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Great job on your build!

I loved the part of comparing yourself to people who live in houses.

Wow it’s stunning!!! 😍

Finally! Been asking this question about WiFi for a couple of years! Fantastic info, thanks very much!

That shower would be perfect for me because I only shower before bed, so I could leave that out to dry overnight.

Lol We have a First Question on narrowboats too! What would you say it is? 😉 Bet you are already thinking it - “Is it cold?” 😂 I get so tired of hearing it I am tempted to just say - yes it gets so cold I have icicles hanging from my ceiling!! 😂

Clever girl, lots of good stuff going on in here.

Wow, very well done for doing this Jodie! 🌟 It’s not easy doing such a big, long-term project but it looks like it’s been really worth all the effort and expense as it’s all done now and you can enjoy it as much as you want! I live on a 35 ft narrowboat in Shropshire and it has been really difficult getting to grips with someone else’s design which doesn’t suit my needs as a dressmaker and artist. I’ve just had help removing one of the fixed sofas to make floor space for yoga and a removable dressmaker table on folding legs. My next plan is to add shelves to the wall to store my art supplies, replace the wardrobe door with a curtain to prevent damp and remove the other fixed sofa on the opposite wall to make a slatted pull out double bed, raised to I can see out of the window better with more storage under. I also need a compost loo so will watch your video on that. I absolutely hate the Elsan loo! So smelly and a big, heavy hassle. It’s such a long haul but I will get there even if it’s takes a year! Jenny x

planned well and practical

Wow, wow, wow!! I have been researching van conversion builds now for over 18mths and this is most definately the best and closest to exactly what I have been looking for. Thank you soo much for sharing 🙏

Very, very nice, I'm really impressed.

Probably the best set up I have seen, love everything and how it all fits so well.

Look at you thriving and vibing 🙂 💚🤎🧡💛 Thank you for sharing your story of beginnings with vanlife and how you felt doing it solo verses with your ex. I'm pretty excited to be steps closer to my own launch. My thoughts are, if I hate it, I'll just have a large POV parked outside my flat. 😂😂😂 Stay safe and TFS 💚

Brilliant video- so helpful thank you

Was watching it patiently until you showed Taylor Swift’s picture and claimed that she was your “absolute icon”. So that was enough for me to turn off your video and will not watch any of yours again. Taylor Swift is pure evil.

Going back to a place of opening curtains in the morning same view after venturing different views every couple of days trust me from experience, i see it as life as wearing concrete boots and life on pause, every one is different, im stone henge now freezing cold out but cosy in my van ❤

Disastrophise is epic, love it!

22:06 I had frozen pipes in Oxford, it's not just an "up north" problem! The worst part was a frozen drain, crawling underneath with my body heat melting the mud while I sawed the pipe off at a ridiculous angle is a lasting memory! My next build is going to have a push-fit joint tight against the floor so I can just yank it off in seconds.

8:21 that's a key feeling, my guess (& I may be projecting) is that because you've got the extra space but none of your stuff around you you're rattling around like a pebble in a tin can. It's a feeling I get when I move into something new & larger, it usually only lasts a few days at most & is aleviated somewhat by getting busy with tasks.

Wow this is amazing. Love the green kitchen. It’s wonderful. Good for you securing your investment. Very good idea 👍 I would love one like it.

4 years in, about to build a new van, interesting perspectives, happy travels ✌️

Hi! Amazing mini camper, I love it! I’ve been looking at Vauxhall combos for a while now and think they’re great little vans to convert. Just a quick question, is your combo a long wheel base? I can’t quite tell if it is or not.

If you think about( WHAT IF ) if you think like that you wont live the house because you fall and dead so in life there is no WHAT IF

I wonder if I’ll get out there and it will suck. LOL meaning I will wish I didn’t have to wonder and plan where to park each night which could take up a part of the day. And that it would be hot , or cold, or the van would become dirty fast and I wouldn’t shower as often and wouldn’t have a lot is “selfie moments” but rather be almost embarrassed of living in parking lots. But I think I am wasting time in this house and might as well waste it out there with variety.

I think you like green, maybe? Anyway great job😊

"shit happens everywhere.." :)

This is the kind of content we need more of! Thank you for sharing this amazing and genuine story <3

Have to say, have watched 1000s of van build videos, but this one has such a great setup for such a small space. It was also really enjoyable to watch. Straight to the point, and a great tour, really well explained. Pleasant voice/accent too lol

Great layout Jodi this Van is so functional and I love that pole idea

So amazing 😊from the USA

Thank you so much your amazing 😊from the 🇺🇸 USA

Thank you for this,,,,,ive been living long term in a homeless hostel,,,,,,plan to buy a van start a new van life.... Dave in lreland

Amazing and so beautiful Van, the best I seen 🙂

Love you you have done well

Fear can be a headwind or a tailwind, and it sounds like it’s been both for you. I’m really glad you are so positive about your life choice; it’s not right for everyone but then neither is living in a house. Living in a van is a part-time job that you learn to do and for me the freedom, community, flexibility, variety, outdoorsiness (proper word) and personal growth are the payoff. I hope it continues to be a positive experience for you 😊

I'm in the planning and budgeting stages of a van build, and I'm getting ready to take a holiday trip in a rented campervan just to make sure I don't completely hate it before I jump in. I've been feeling really nervous that the trip won't go well and I'll realize that it's not for me, or that I'll ignore my feelings and convince myself I love it and I should do it anyways, just because getting a van is the only sense of direction I have right now. So it's really reassuring to know that you can have all of that discomfort even in your own build, and it won't necessarily last. I am still really looking forward to my trip though and I think it'll be a lot of fun.

Wonderful build and color scheme! ❤Where do you find/buy your blankets?

You should learn how to speak English

Nothing ventured Nothing Gained..

If a person dosnt enjoy travel or camping then they probably wouldn't enjoy van life.

The concrete structures that were on the beach are the remains of the original telegraph exchange boxes! Massive cables ran through the ocean across the world and Empire from them, the first cabled internet … the tower / folly on the cliff was dismantled and rebuilt to stop it falling off the cliff into the sea! The coast near to where I live… nice to see it on your channel.

what i would like to know is where you stay overnight insurance cost and company used toilet waste disposal water replacement and power consumption income,cost per week to live in the van, this sounds like a holiday trip to me not van life

Love this Jodie, well done. We're in the middle of our van build...converting an old ambulance!! Great ideas from your build so thank you for sharing.

😂😂😂

What a lovely van. 🙏🏼

hi Jodi love your layout, though i'd still rather a shower you dont have to setup toying with the idea having it at the front as a walk through into the cab the jury is still out on that one haha, did you do an installation of your security cameras also have you had any problems with the system, i've seen reviews on Amazon, there's been a few mention software issues and having to replace cameras, i'll follow your travels, incidentally i live on a boat so off grid living isn't new to me haha

Thanks for compiling your products. Frustrating for me though as notion. so says that javascript is disabled even though it isn't (for me, as I have a more complex setup than average). What are those clippy things called that you use to affix the PVC shower curtain tubing to the ceiling? Neat solution. Thanks, and good to see your van build ideas. BTW the importance of a shower varies with lifestyle. When touring the western USA, with lots of hot dusty hiking, and no gym for 100 miles, a shower in the van is 10 times more appreciated than when a gym or rec center is nearby.

lebensraum??? u realy think that is a what?? lebensraum?? u satisfy with nothing do u even own the land ur parking on?? or are u just some gipsy? ever feltd the plesure of knowing u own all the land u can see in sight? think u dont even got a spark of ambition in ur mind so sad...

Love your van build!😊

Fear is good, means you are human and have survival instincts. But, control Fear, as we control aggression or as we control compliance. A famous quote states, ‘imagine if you had no fear, what would you have achieved today?’. Control of our primal instincts comes from knowledge, training & experience, which once gained, must be complemented with research, planning and contingencies. We are always stronger than we feel or think we are, especially if having a character that is willing to fight to survive. Though contradictory to this, is majority of humans choose flight over fight, which is also fine, as it is the primal human survival instinct to survive and escape what we fear. The reality is life is full of sacrifices and it depends on what we are willing to sacrifice on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly basis. Only warning, is modern society, thinks about the here and now, with no time given, to planning our future older lives. So as much as we plan daily, we must plan for the future, in the medium & longterm. Remember, the greatest gift we as humans give to ourselves and we can give to another, is ‘time’. This is where modern lifestyles clash with giving, as they are often far to self-centred, self-focused, that to give-up our time for another or for ourself, is forgotten or dismissed. It is why there has been an increase in mental illness, as self-focus often means a ‘dislocation from expectations’, which then causes mental stress. Enjoy your choices, believe in yourself, but never stop seeing the world for what it truly is and if we are to achieve something, it means sacrificing our time, often our pleasures, to do so. Always ask the deep questions of yourself, why am I choosing something, what is my aim and short, medium and long-term aims with doing what I’m doing? (Don’t be like modern society & only care for the moment with no longterm planning. Longterm = into your 50’s and retirement years) Am I doing what I’m doing to escape something (flight) or escape something I’m to scared to take responsability for, or to selfish to fight for? Understand and know yourself. Don’t blame others, don’t blame society, don’t blame your luck in-life, take responsibility of all your actions as anyone from 16yrs old or 18yrs old should do and don’t expect something or relying on benefits from someone in later life to make it alright (Inheritance, choice of partner, etc), for self benefit choices in earlier life, where no planning and actual preparation was done for your future life. From someone born an orphan, homeless from constant institutions at 15yrs old, with no ever known relatives or family, living rough on the streets finishing my O’Level’s and grew-up on the hard-side of life. Done the whole living out of a van for years before it was even a perceived modern thing to do as a ‘choice’ (As each generation think they were the first to a certain lifestyle, yet Vanlife was a lifestyle 50+ years ago, though listening to TH-cam, you would think it is new). I learnt, majority who live this life are escaping from something, often responsibility of life, where for me it was true survival and not a choice. When you then gain a choice, because you had to do it for survival, you leave this lifestyle, as in my personal view, it never gets you anywhere in life, especially later-on in life. Don’t get me wrong, it is fun, it is free, it means you can wake-up with beautiful views, but, the reality and truth, is the rest of society sees you as a gypsy, though they will not tell you to your face as modern culture is not to offend, so truths are never told and why so many suffer from dislocation of expectation. I’ve lived most of my life from birth till my 30’s as being seen by society who truly don’t care, as a nobody, a gypsy, an orphan that was expected to be locked away due to no family guidance. Yet, truth, honesty with my self situation, fighting my fears, often my tears, confronting responsibilities by not taking flight, gave me far more self-worth. It makes me sad when I see, read and listen to people who have choices and make this choice for lifestyle reasons of flight from responsibility. Oh the luxury to have had such a choice. Just my thoughts, but all the best, for today, tomorrow and the future. Just never give-up believing in yourself as otherwise you become trapped in a culture of lifestyle. Knowledge dispels fear, but that comes with personal sacrifices. Life is never free, but well worth fighting for to improve your lot in life.