Van office, DIY or bought?

spark_sara

First, this is more of a "What-if" type of question, open for discussion. I am currently a student at a German university and I dream of working remotely, in the IT sector, from a van, so that I am not bound to stay in one place and can work from wherever I want. Obviously, I would need a van for that. And now the question I am currently thinking about is whether I should try to buy a simple van and convert it so that I could live in it or buy...

Originally asked by Hagenbeck on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I converted a 3.5 tonne Transit medium wheelbase a few years ago. We designed it for use mainly on campsites, but I've done the odd night in car parks in the UK. Campsites are preferable if you're spending more than one night in it, but full time van life is not uncommon here. Mine is big enough to have a retractable double bed and a kitchen with fridge, sink, and (when you've got mains power) oven/microwave. It's also got a toilet but no shower. The cassette toilet (look then up) has its own tank for flush water as well as a waste holding tank. Fresh water can use a tank built underneath, or in my case a 25l container in a cupboard. Either way it's pumped to the tap. Waste water goes into...

Full answer by Chris H - UK: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/186136 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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