Van life/Bugging out

If your planning on wild camping, vehicle appearance is a big one, especially if going anywhere remotely built up.

If your customised trailer screams someone living inside it, you will likely encounter issues

Most locations have bye laws for parking, so you'll need to check each councils website for their relevant parking laws. If you park up in a residential area you'll have the residents complaining. You'll have to move regularly regardless of where you park. A lot of campsites close for the winter and not many allow permanent residence.

What will you do during the autumn and winter because living in a trailer will be cold?

Before selling your house why not rent it for fixed short term and rent a camper van in the depths of winter to try it out. The rent would keep you with an income, and may rise with inflation.

Thinks like water, sewage disposal, showers can be difficult to obtain. Some have tricks such as showing at canal services.

As others have said many go very low profile with only windows on the roof, no windows on side nor back door. They make it look like a van. If any windows then heavily tinted to look black.

Heating in winter, with without toilet.

There was an "ask me anything" on boards.ie from a person sleeping in a van in Dublin and working a day job.

I would be very hesitant to sell my house as if you spend the cash you may never get a mortgage in older age, particularly if of no fixed abode.

That was an excellent thread, I agree with the recommendation.

There ARE people who live in vans fulltime, even in Ireland; and they are savvy and smart because they need to be.

They know the round of safe, discreet parking spots; they don't hang around too long; they have arrangements in place for disposal of waste - (bins are a perpetual problem) - they have a postal address.

Think about heating; about hygiene; about long wet evenings; disposing of your recycling; emptying your loo, if you have one. (And if you haven't, how would you cope with a dose of the runs?)

Sorry to be so blunt but living in a van could quickly become squalid if you don't plan every such detail.

And all that is assuming that your vehicle holds up!

Saw this come up on done deal. If you were going to try it this would be a good design, shame it's a renault