Why arent you living in a van yet Jow Forums?

Why arent you living in a van yet Jow Forums?

>Can live in the most expensive cities in the world for free
>Save thousands a month youd be spending on rent
>Leave at any time

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Cause I enjoy having a home instead of being quasi-happy with some hipster lifestyle

fuck i really want to but eh i dont have a drivers license and cant make one in europe bc i dont have an official adress FUUCKK I WANT A VAN AND FREEDOM ARVWKS DBWKABDBWB

>no toilet
>no kitchen
>no electricity
>have to buy a fucking van

>compost toilet or shit in anywhere that has a toilet
>kitchen is in pic related
>solar panels for electricity see pic related, lighting

I'm hoping to hit a lucky 10x on crypto so I can buy a small block of land and build a cheap shipping container home as a base and a van like this to travel to different ski slopes in, however I'm worried that insulating and heating a van won't be feasible.

>Spend 60k+ installing OPs pic
>Not just renting a property instead

where tf do you take a shower?

>60k

thats doable with 10k and thats including the cost of the van.

Doubt

what do you think is expensive in that pic besides the fireplace?

Gym after you work out. I had a friend do this once.

I reverse image searched your pic and found the owner saying this.
>"The van was 35k brand new, and the build out cost me 15 grand and five months of my life."
So there you go, 50k plus 5 months of labour.

Retard.

I plan to retire at 40 and then either vanlife or make a homestead. Unfortunately not possible for most people with jobs

>not much storage space for clothing, etc
>no reliable, wired internet
>have to go into random places to shit and shower
>have to find safe/non-ticketing parking every day to park
>have to explain to people you live in a van
>the cost of the van is like 5 years rent

>park on yellow line
>bye bye home

that looks... comfy as fuck

>brand new
>probably paid labourers

50k!? Not worth it besides being useful in case of a government collapse and anarchy spreading to the point that driving to another country is safer than staying at home. Even then most of its installed equipment is for comfort.

Cause that shit is not big enough to hold all my anime pillows.

this

Bumping for van life info.

>every other reason people don't want to live in a van
>pictured van probably costs at least 30k
>you can probably buy a house for that much and you actually get land with it.

It does, but probably gets old fast.

All that heavy furniture is just going add weight to the van and make travel more expensive.

Solid plan but I have to burst your bubble a little: shipping container homes are better on paper.
Firstly to get one that wasn't used ,(you kind of have to) is more expensive and also defies the whole recycling point.

Secondly if you use just one then fine...providing you use minimal glass. If you use more than one or try put in a lot of glass you need to start adding structural steel and then it negates the whole cheap thing.
The reason being shipping containers don't have "walls" per se. They just have a skin and then the corners have extra supports. This basically means you can't just cut holes in it willy nilly for windows without destroying its structural integrity.

You'd really be as well off buying a van honestly. I tried designing a shipping container home and without using more than one your spscr us limited to 2.5 metres wide before you even build up the wall at all. Then try fit in a stairs. It's possible but it isn't at all comfortable.

Although a really nice house was built in Ireland from shipping containers. But several. Plus structural steel. Dudes name is Patrick Bradley - well worth looking at if you go that route.

BUT the good news is: you can look into Adobe building. Or ranked earth. Google rauk Haus Austria for a beautiful example.

>hit bump
>knife goes flying
who designed this?

That guy who was on Grand Designs? He nailed that house. Never seen Kevin McCloud so genuinely happy with how someone's house turned out.

Pic related

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it's totally feasible. i essentially lived your plan for a few years in a van and it was fine. spent a winter/spring in canada and alaska and slept in a t-shirt every night.

marine heaters are not even that expensive. propane are even cheaper but have a few drawbacks.

50k is a believable pricetag for a high top van like this, especially if they bought it new, but the only retard is the person spending that kinda dough for a work van. these days there's tons of boomers buying overbuilt and overpriced sprinter vans that unironically cost more than a down payment on a home, but if you're even remotely creative and know a thing or two about used vehicles and basic electric, plumbing, and carpentry there's no reason you couldn't build something comparable for

Where's the shitter?

mcdonalds

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I want to live in one of these bad.

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where do you park tho? is it legal? i thought about this in Canada

BTFO

Walmart lots

>get diarrhea or whatever
>waddle into McDonald's at 3am and then every hour to shit and piss
Yeah sounds wonderful

crown land and walmart lots if you can't get creative

if you eat real food this happens maybe once all few years lol
>usa
bleh

thanks! would you suggest getting like fake decal to make it seem like plumbing van or something? do people give a shit that you live in a van or would they call the cops on ya?

Is parking in major cities very expensive?

fuck, would be nice, but to reno a what, 11'+ box van and buy one, what would it cost you? like close to 100k?

The one I posted is only 9k.

why not buy something like this instead

columbus.craigslist.org/rvs/d/grove-city-2005-holiday-rambler/6782526244.html

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That's 56k.

For the price, I'd get a pickup camper. Usually can get one for a few grand and they have showers and toilets in them.

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i never had to deal with any cops but i was generally in rural or flat out wilderness areas, i'd imagine that you might run into issues parking long term in the burbs though, just use common sense.

fake decals are probably not worth it. cargo vans are already hot targets for junkies and if they think there's tools in there you might be setting yourself up for problems. i did consider getting a septic tank maintenance decal though kek.

i see, how long have you been living in a van for? as of now, i have no reason other than housing prices are impossible unless the whole crypto market moons again. but it could be one of the best shtf investment one can make maybe. from experience, whats the hardest part about living in a van? is it shitting and showering? keeping cool/warm?

i lived/traveled/freelanced out of the van for two years but i've since sold it and settled into a more permanent job in a large city. for what it's worth i would never consider living in a van in an urban area -- too much to worry about and the whole benefit of being minimalist and mobile is being able to position yourself wherever, whenever you want. financially it worked out great: i spent

>(((real food)))

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>ear cancer

Obama is a fucking nigger

What are property taxes
Home insurance
Retard

>Home insurance
not even mandatory everywhere
>What are property taxes
what is gasoline? cellular internet? gym memberships? laundromats? restaurants?

>buy comfy van
>buy cheap plot of land in the sticks for $50k or less
>set up outdoor shower and toilet
>live in comfy van on cheap plot of land and go outside when need toilet/shower
>drive van into town once a week to get supplies
will this work?

it's the go to option for hobos like you

Just get an old minivan, rip out the back seats, and throw down a mattress.

Sink and stove? Jesus Christ aren't we fancy?

Homes in SF/NYC run >$2M. A van and heated parking garage spot is

Is this real?

>outdoor toilet
do you know what that entails?

>american problems

yeah, i mean it was the architects own house, if he would have fucked that up...

i wonder how much the same house with traditional building would have cost

Ops pic is the same

>do you know what that entails?
portable toilet and empty it out once a week at the rv dump station

Why arent you living on the street yet Jow Forums?

visit countries beside of america user

But where to poop?

it's -23 degrees celcius outside my window right now, i'd freeze to death in a van or have it so heavily padded that it fit nothing but a bed

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