The links are all very nice. I’ve seen a few nice adobes on acreage in Jamul.If I were to go rustic around here from scratch that would be tempting. There are some beautiful oak groves on seasonal creeks in several areas. Descanso too.An adobe or rock house, log cabin or some mixture of types, like the steel clad cabin linked, could be built around here. Our kids soccer coach said he is working on a high end, log cabin kit from British Colombia. This is not off the grid. Julian has some permitted off the grid areas.I think a back up generator with noise suppression is required.
Off the grid could be really fun. My neighbor has a really cool solar tracking well pump system. It wakes up every morning and locks in east, then tracks the sun all day. Not sure if it runs his pressure booster system or not. He did say he can store some excess energy.
Edit:With the aim of peace/natural beauty and privacy, if you haven’t thought about it, make sure you keep the current zoning in mind and check with planning to get a good idea of what could impact your chosen site in the future. I see people bent out of shape all the time because of what neighbors do even when it is within zoning parameters. I have been disappointed by a few changes in my area of mostly 20 acre and bigger properties that has a zoning for a minimum of 10. Some of the projects were “legal” some were not. In my case the trend is mostly best case scenario and following what I was told it would be by planning.
