In 2021 my wife Jude and I (Erik) purchased 43 acres of Chihuahuan desert property in Terlingua, Texas close to Big Bend National Park. The land is entirely off grid, isolated, and amazing. Our goal is to build our own self sufficient home with solar and rain water catchment so we can move here full time.

Garage


The garage and workshop is the first planned building that will be part of our permanent compound. I designed this 30′ x 45′ building with a 15′ carport using the Mueller steel building tool. 15 feet of the building depth will be framed out inside into a temporary living space that would later be converted into my workshop once our final home is built. This is something I could assemble myself but may hire Joe and Lisa Pound to build this out of welded steel -which would likely be cheaper. I will also contract out to have the foundation poured.

Additional plans for the building include separate solar and water collection as well as a car lift to work on my project cars.