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This is a tiny off-grid yurt in New Mexico that is only 13 feet in diameter. Molly Caroline bought the yurt secondhand for $2,800 USD including the wood stove.
It’s a traditional Mongolian yurt from a company called Groovy Yurts that was handmade and hand-painted in Mongolia using natural materials like wood lattice and cotton canvas. Molly lives off-grid in the tiny yurt on a piece of land that she bought with her two brothers.
Molly’s $2,800 Off-Grid Tiny Yurt Adventure
Image © Exploring Alternatives and Molly Caroline
The yurt is a super small circular home that Molly has organized and decorated beautifully with a small entrance drop zone, a tiny kitchen, a custom loft bed, an open closet space and dresser for storage, a small reading nook, and floating shelves for books, the battery for her solar panels, and her satellite internet.
Image © Exploring Alternatives and Molly Caroline
For water, they fill a tote at a nearby spring and then use that water to fill smaller jugs that they can carry around the property. For a toilet, they have an open-air outhouse, and for bathing, they built an outdoor bath tub that heats the water with a fire underneath.
Image © Exploring Alternatives and Molly Caroline
The experience of living off-grid in this way has made Molly feel more connected to the land, and to nature, and it isn’t as hard as she feared it might be, although there are certain things she says would be nice to have in the future (like an indoor bathroom) and maybe a small DIY adobe earthen home eventually.
Image © Exploring Alternatives and Molly Caroline
The chores do take up a lot of time because everything is done manually, from gathering kindling, chopping wood, and stacking firewood to carrying water around the property to where it will be used, and making a fire to heat the bath water, and keeping an eye on the battery to make sure she has enough electricity. But overall it’s been a positive experience! Find out more about Molly’s off-grid life in the Exploring Alternatives video below!
VIDEO: Woman Living Off-Grid in an ULTRA Tiny Yurt Home
Highlights
- Molly Caroline purchased a traditional Mongolian yurt for $2,800, which includes a wood stove.
- The 13-foot diameter yurt is handmade and hand-painted using natural materials like wood lattice and cotton canvas.
- Molly lives off-grid on land purchased with her brothers, featuring a self-sustained setup.
- The yurt includes a custom loft bed, tiny kitchen, open closet space, and solar-powered amenities.
- Water is sourced from a nearby spring, and an open-air outhouse and outdoor bath provide basic facilities.
- Living off-grid has deepened Molly’s connection to nature, despite challenges like manual chores.
- Future aspirations include adding an indoor bathroom and potentially building an adobe earthen home.
Additional Resources
- Tiny Yurt Video Tour on YouTube
- Molly Caroline on YouTube
- Molly Caroline on Instagram
- Exploring Alternatives on YouTube
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