


The off-grid Tarzan.
A California man quit his job, moved to another state, and is now living off the grid in a treehouse he built himself in an attempt to “escape the matrix and get back in touch with nature.”
Robert Breton, 35, shared on TikTok and YouTube how he “achieved his dream life” by building a house with his bare hands and living off 100 percent of rainwater and growing his own food.
Breton worked as a grocery store cashier in 2020 when he decided to leave his life living in the cities of Northern California and start a new adventure living off the grid in the Hawaiian jungle, according to Metro.
He purchased a quarter of an acre of land for $29,850 and built his own two-story home in an effort to find the perfect place to live.
The 200-square-foot house, which Breton claims is only 5.5 feet off the ground, is 20 feet tall, 14 feet by 14 feet and took him two years to build.
The “treehouse,” features a functioning sink, mini fridge, shelves, a futon, and a loft that holds the “sleeping quarters.”
Breton collects rainwater off the roof into a large 300-gallon tank, where it gets filtered and sent to the faucets inside his house.
While showing off his newly completed house in 2021, Breton described the reason for moving to the Hawaiian jungle, was to be immersed with all the wild animals and flowers that The Aloha State provided.
“It’s just absolutely incredible being immersed into nature itself, so I wanted to capitalize on that when having the vision of building this house,” Breton said in 2021.
The self-proclaimed “Off-grid Tarzan” makes money from a supplement company he founded along with his social media accounts, where he urges others to follow in his footsteps of living off the grid to quit their 9 to 5 jobs.


Breton has all the modern amenities he needs including a TV, laptop and a phone, which are all powered through the two solar panels attached outside his house.
The panels provide 400 watts of power, enough for Breton to make content and run the lights and other electronics in the house.
To ensure his content gets to his followers online, Breton pays $25 a month for his 4G wifi router to provide access to the internet with antennas attached to his house that are connected to a cellphone tower eight miles away.


Breton built two additional “houses” on his property alongside the main treehouse; a greenhouse and an outhouse.
The greenhouse is where he grows his own food, where he grows his own fruits and vegetables, including green beans, broccoli, beets, lettuce, and carrots, and only rarely takes the hour walk down to the nearest town to pick up grains and other supplements.
The outhouse is more of an outdoor bathroom with a functioning sink, washer, toilet, and shower that uses the collected rainwater.
Many followers of Breton shared similar aspirations to living off the grid, with some saying they couldn’t wait.
“One day, that is gonna be me,” a user named Kenzi commented.
“Beautiful and so peaceful. I hope that one day I will be like you,” another commented.
“Omg dude for real how much would it be to get a similar home to this???!?” said a third user.