This 68m² structure does far more than shelter vehicles. Designed with the aesthetic of a farm barn, the garage forms a counterbalance to the food garden on the opposite side of the house, creating a protected west-facing courtyard that offers refuge on windy days and a sheltered vantage point for warm sunsets.
Three parking bays accommodate daily vehicles while workshop space allows for practical tinkering and maintenance. But the real infrastructure lives below and within: a 40,000-liter underground reservoir stores water from both rainwater roof collection and the borehole, feeding the house through an integrated filtration system that ensures quality without complexity. The solar system's batteries and inverter occupy dedicated space here—five Vestwood 9.6kW lithium batteries and the Deye 16kW inverter that powers the entire property.
This is where self-sufficiency translates from concept to hardware, where the off-grid systems that enable barefoot luxury are housed in a structure that reads as simple agricultural vernacular rather than technical necessity.
