Off-The-Grid Millionaire Lives In Derelict House In Scotland And Roots In Bins For Food

An off-the-grid millionaire has revealed that he lives in a derelict house on a Scottish island that he owns (with no central heating) and even bin-dips for food.

Roc Sandford, 63, is a single father-of-four who purchased the island of Gometra in 1992 for £600,000.

Originally hailing from London, Roc is on a mission to rid his life of fossil fuels, meaning that he gets by without a car, hot water or central heating.

The damp house that he lives in was built 160 years ago and has five bedrooms - one for each of his children, and of course one for himself. None of his kids live on the island with him but they visit on a regular basis.

You might be wondering how he was able to afford the island - well, Roc made his millions in property and now he keeps his costs low as he grows much of his own food.

Speaking to The Sun, he said: "I'm vegan but at the moment I'm eating eggs. Some of my children are freegan, which is when you just eat what comes out of dustbins.

"I'm very happy to go freegan if something's chucked out after someone's closing their shop or something. A lot of lovely stuff is chucked out, like peppers or bananas.

"I draw the line at eating people's leftovers, which is something my dad used to do and I think some of my children do."

The climate campaigner generates his own electricity using a solar panel and added: "It's enough for me to power my computer, my telephones, my power tools and my torches.

"What I don't have are things like an electric kettle, washing machine, electric fire... the things which use a huge amount of electricity.

"A washing machine is maybe one of the biggest things I miss. But it's a luxury, I can easily wash my clothes by hand.

"I've got these gardening trunks, they're like big plastic buckets. I fill them with cold water, we don't have hot water, that's another thing I've learned to do without.

"We soak the clothes for a bit with a bit of soap and then tread them like grapes. As I like to say, I end up with very clean feet. Then I rinse them and hang them up on the fence."

Roc will appear on Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, airing at 10pm tonight (17 May) on W Channel.

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