As would I, if I could find a contractor who isn't a fly-by-night crook. Solar seems to be overloaded with those. I've got neighbors who have roofs bedecked with big glass panels less useful than wind chimes. Plus I'm in PA and the sun doesn't always show up :(
The reality of solar panels on the house and “being off the grid” must mean that the house does not “sell” any electricity back to the utility. It is self-sufficient.
My guess is that the truly self-sustaining, independently powered house is extremely small in number. Most are still connected to the grid. An article in the not too distant past explained in detail that people who “sell back” from their residential solar panels are actually heavily subsidized, i.e. receiving a government “welfare check” for their utilities as the actual cost without subsidies still makes solar significantly uneconomical. And since poor and lower middle class, and many in the middle class cannot afford to install subsidized solar requiring monthly rental checks to rip-off solar companies - these classes are not eligible for the welfare payment now being made to predominantly leftist environmentalists.
My Queens co-op decided to install solar panels on the buildings to provide electricity for the public areas of the complex---outdoor lighting, laundry rooms, office, maintenance room, etc. Panels were installed on the buildings' roofs, sometimes causing water leaks into residents' apartments. Everyone was assessed $1000, even if you didn't vote for solar power. I think they probably chose the company to do it because they were someone's brother in law or something. If anything, the maintenance charges went UP, not down. I think solar power is vastly overrated and overpriced. Just glad I'm outta there.