An American guy left his city job and is now living off the grid in a treehouse he built for himself in an effort to “escape the matrix and get back in touch with nature.”
The 35-year-old Robert Breton used TikTok and YouTube to explain how he “achieved his dream life” by building his own home, surviving only on rainwater, and raising his own food.
According to a Metro report, Breton was a grocery store worker in 2020 when he made the decision to leave his life in the metropolis of Northern California and embark on a new experience living alone in the Hawaiian forest.
In an effort to find the ideal site to reside, he paid $29,850 for a quarter of an acre of property on which to erect a two-story house.
Breton spent two years building the 200 square foot, 20 foot tall, 14 foot by 14 foot house, which he claims is only 5.5 feet from the ground.
A working sink, mini-fridge, shelves, a futon, and a loft serve as the “sleeping quarters” in the “treehouse.”
Breton gathers rainwater from the roof and stores it in a sizable 300-gallon tank before filtering it and dispensing it to his home’s faucets.
Breton claims that he is relocating to the Hawaiian rainforest because he wants to be surrounded by all the native wildlife and floral species.
Breton stated in 2021, “I wanted to leverage on that while having the notion of developing this house because it’s just absolutely fantastic being immersed into nature itself.
In addition to his social media profiles, where he exhorts others to follow in his footsteps of living off the grid and give up their 9 to 5 jobs, it is reported that he earns money from a supplement company he started.
The two solar panels put outside Breton’s home provide power for his phone, laptop, and TV.
The 400 watts of power provided by the panels allows Breton to run the lights and other equipment in the home as well as create content for social media.
Breton spends $25 a month on a 4G wifi router that gives him access to the internet and antennas that are attached to his home and connected to a cellular tower eight miles away in order to make sure his content is seen online.
Along with the main treehouse, Breton also constructed a greenhouse and an outhouse as two other “houses” on his property.
He claims that the greenhouse is where he cultivates his own produce, such as green beans, broccoli, beets, lettuce, and carrots. He claims that on occasion, he makes the short trip to the nearby town to buy grains and other supplements.
