7 Strategies to Build a Home without a Mortgage

I’ll bet you’ve heard about people who have built homes without a mortgage and who are living a debt-free lifestyle. Sounds appealing, doesn’t it?

But with the current way we design, build, and buy homes - it probably seems like an impossible task. And using the currently accepted method of acquiring a home - it is impossible except for the very rich.

In this video, I’m going to share with you Six Strategies I used and now teach to others to create mortgage-free and utility-free homes and lifestyles.

More stuff to help you build a sustainable home of your dreams:

🌻 FREE PDF Download: The Six Essentials of a Sustainable Home Plus Bonus - the Before You Buy Property Checklist:
https://www.sustainablehomeresource.com/SixEssentials

📘 BOOK Twisted Oak: A Journey to Create a Self-Sustaining Life and Home by Kristina Munroe PE
https://www.sustainablehomeresource.com/book

💻 Module 1 of Pipe-Dream to Plan - available now:
https://www.sustainablehomeresource.com/

Some Conscious Building Materials

Rammed-Earth Tire
www.SustainableHomeResource
https://www.earthshipglobal.com/

Strawbale
Book: The Strawbale House by Steen & Bainbridge

Earthbag
Book: Earthbag Building by Kaki Hunter & Donald Kiffmeyer

Compressed Earth Block (CEB)
YouTube Video https://youtu.be/IuQB3x4ZNeA
https://www.earthblockinternational.com/

Adobe
https://www.adobebuilder.com/

FasWall
https://faswall.com/

Bio
I’m Kristina Munroe. I’m a structural engineer, author, and consultant. My passion is guiding you step-by-step through designing and building a sustainable home you’ll love without the typical frustration, overwhelm, and costly mistakes.

In 2010 I moved my two young sons back to my hometown of Durango, Colorado to build an off-grid home and to start a new life. Along with a talented carpenter, and a couple of helpers, we built a small solar-powered home we lovingly named Twisted Oak. This magical home is not only beautiful, whimsical, and fun, but it heats and cools itself, generates its power, collects and heats its household water, and manages its waste in an environmentally responsible way.

I believe we can all live more abundant lives by lessening our impact on this precious planet and living more connected to cycles of nature. This is not about living in lack, but rather embracing the abundance we have by consuming and throwing away less.

I raised my two young sons in Twisted Oak. And in all those years, I've never regretted creating a small, simple, and affordable home.
We love living closer to nature and reducing (not eliminating) electrical devices or modern conveniences.

I carefully and consciously designed our home so that we do not have a mortgage or monthly utility bills.