Hack the Grid

The Ultimate Off-Grid Living Guide (2025 Edition)

By Ivan Medarov

Discover how to live with complete freedom, comfort, and sustainability — even on a tiny budget.

In this hands-on, realistic, and beautifully simple guide, Ivan Medarov walks you through the mindset, tools, and strategies to exit the system and create a life on your own terms.

Whether you dream of building your own off-grid home, becoming energy-independent, growing your own food, or just simplifying your life — this book gives you practical, tested, and inspiring tools to make it happen.

What you’ll learn inside:

• The best countries in Europe for off-grid living (with real costs)
• How to build a tiny house or cabin on a budget
• Set up your own solar energy and water systems
• Compost toilets, solar showers, and hygiene off-grid
• Minimalist kitchens, rocket stoves, food storage without a fridge
• Legal & financial survival tips — live free, live smart
• Gear checklists, beginner kits, and long-term sustainability

“You don’t need more to live better — you just need less of the wrong things.”

This book is for:

✔ Homesteaders

✔ Digital nomads

✔ Minimalists

✔ Freedom seekers

✔ Anyone who wants to live closer to nature — without going broke