My dream retirement home is an RV. That’s right, I said it.

When I retire, I don’t dream about living in a million dollar home on a huge plot of land. I don’t dream of living an extravagant lifestyle. I don’t dream of owning 5 cars, a boat, or wearing expensive designer clothing.

When I retire, I want to see the world. I want to travel, experience different cultures, and I want to do it without having to worry about money. Another big part of retirement for me is to live a simple life, while doing the least possible damage to the environment surrounding me.

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I was watching a design show yesterday called Small Space, Big Design. It featured a Canadian architect by the name of Andy Thompson, who has created something called the miniHOME. It’s an off-grid ecologically designed home that has been made affordable for anyone. It combines resource-saving features like solar power and a composting toilet with luxury items like a full soaker tub in a cedar bathroom. It’s classified as an RV because it’s on wheels, but it has been designed to feel like a real home.

This is the world’s first off-grid, high-style, portable house. At only 325 sq. ft., it’s packed with amazing little nooks and crannies, and all the modern conveniences of a typical house … except that it uses just 1/10th of the energy.

I love how functional everything is in the home. The dining room table is rigged to triple as a side table, a kitchen table, or a dining room table, depending on how many guests you have. The sliding full-sized closet doors also double as the washroom door. The staircase upstairs to the loft doubles as a bookshelf, and the kitchen has 4 ft. of space in-between each side, so it can easily accommodate 2 people … plus, with the loft, that means the ceiling is 13 ft. high!

There’s a lot of appeal in the fact that this home is off-grid. I’ve been watching a lot of shows lately that deal with just this sort of lifestyle. In particular, I’ve been fascinated by Les Stroud and his show, Off The Grid. This is the same guy who does the show Survivorman. I love this guy, and he could not be a bigger badass.

This home is honestly everything that I’m looking for. All I would need is a remote plot of land on this island somewhere in the mountains, nestled by a beautiful lake, and the means to get this home to the location. :)

For more information and more pictures on the miniHOME, check out sustain.ca!