Lol, my husband will realize his dream of a shop as soon as he finishes my house lololol! That's the trouble with being married to a building contractor, he's always building houses for others and mine still isn't completely finished! Kinda like the cobbler whose children don't have any shoes! :-) But when it comes right down to it if we do decide to build it out of tires I'll wait for the house since it's 99% complete.
Yep, good all the way around to be off the grid, it certainly is our dream. Hope you realize yours too Spud.