http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales Your Guide to Luxury Homes on the Big Island Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:05:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Great news! We've created a new, customized, FREE, iPhone application that allows you to search hawaii real estate from your iPhone. To download the application, go here: http://tinyurl.com/hilobrokersiphone Alternatively, you may go directly to the iTunes store and search for "hilo brokers". [caption id="attachment_342" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Click image to download the Hilo Brokers iPhone ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/11/20/free-hilo-brokers-iphone-application/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Could You Live Off-the-Grid? Part VIII - Surfing (the Web) in Hawaii Internet access is the biggest challenge for an off-the-grid user. Without telephone "land-lines" for DSL, or CATV cables for high-speed connectivity, you will have to accept a somewhat slower service. And when you're ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/11/19/here-on-the-big-island-could-you-live-off-the-grid-part-viii-surfing-the-web-in-hawaii/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Could You Live Off-the-Grid? Part VII: Staying In Touch Once you have secured water and electricity, and can keep the temperature comfortable in your off-the-grid house, you can start thinking about what most people also consider key ingredients of civilized life: telephone, television and internet. Obviously, ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/11/10/here-on-the-big-island-could-you-live-off-the-grid-part-vii-staying-in-touch/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Could You Live Off-the-Grid?  Part VI - Winter Wood-Working           Nighttime winter temperatures along the coasts, here, can get down to 60° F.  Add the cooling effect of clouds and rain, and on the eastern side, at least, you can expect nights in the 50s. ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/10/29/here-on-the-big-island-could-you-live-off-the-grid-part-vi-winter-wood-working/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Could You Live Off-the-Grid?  Part V - Getting Into Hot Water           You probably don't want to live anywhere without hot water.  But fortunately, that's the easiest convenience to have, off-the grid.  In our warm and sunny climate (sunny enough, even in Hilo), a simple ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/10/27/here-on-the-big-island-getting-into-hot-water/ The October Newsletter is published. View the October Newsletter here. View other Newsletters here. Sign up to receive future Newsletters to your email box here. <!-- --> http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/10/22/october-newsletter-is-posted/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Could You Live Off-the-Grid? Part IV AC vs. DC Every electric motor and light bulb in an ordinary house runs on alternating current (AC). And though your cell phone or laptop computer runs on direct current (DC), you keep them charged up with a little transformer ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/10/16/here-on-the-big-island-could-you-live-off-the-grid-part-iv/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Could You Live Off-the-Grid?  Part III: Here Comes the Sun           Turning sunshine into electricity is the most popular way to generate your own power, here, although two conditions must be met.  First, you really have to have a good view of the sun all ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/10/13/here-on-the-big-island-could-you-live-off-the-grid-part-iii-here-comes-the-sun/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran "The Music Man" Comes to Hilo I'm interrupting my discussion of living off-the-grid to let you know that some of the best local actors and musicians stage a Broadway musical every October at Hilo's Palace Theater, and this year's (Eighth Annual) Fall Musical is "The ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/10/06/274/ HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND By Kelly Moran Could You Live Off-the-Grid Part II: (Electric) Power to the People In my discussion of catching rainwater, last time, I neglected to mention that in some places it's possible to draw water from a well, especially if your land is near to places where Hawaii ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-luxury-home-sales/2009/09/25/here-on-the-big-island-could-you-live-off-the-grid-part-ii-electric-power-to-the-people/