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Find the place. Grow the life.

From dreaming about land of your own to a life that actually works.

Grounded helps families find the right place, understand the finances and build a sustainable life with growing and animals, one step at a time.

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Family tending a kitchen garden beside a red wooden farmhouse with a greenhouse and hens

How it works

Four steps that take you from a feeling to a concrete plan you can start working from.

  1. Step 1

    Tell us about the family

    Describe your finances, life situation, available time and your goals.

  2. Step 2

    Build your place profile

    Work out what land, buildings and location you actually need.

  3. Step 3

    Understand the full cost

    Run the numbers on purchase, running costs, renovation and setting up.

  4. Step 4

    Get a step-by-step plan

    Build up growing, animals and self-sufficiency at a pace you can sustain.

Grounded does not promise that rural life will be easy. We help you understand what it takes to make it possible.

  • Financially realistic
  • Made for the whole family
  • Built for a Nordic climate
  • Sustainable over time

Example: a family of four

A made-up example showing what a first assessment can look like.

Current home
House in Uppsala
Land wanted
2–5 hectares
Goals
Kitchen garden, fruit, berries and laying hens
Time available
12 hours per week
Recommendation
Start with growing in year 1 and animals in year 2
Financial safety
Keep at least one full-time external income while establishing
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Our sources

Guidelines, figures and recommendations in Grounded are based on public and research-based sources. Choose your region to see the ones that apply where you live.

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These sources are used as background knowledge. Grounded is not affiliated with, or reviewed by, these organisations.