Is van life ACTUALLY cheap? (from an ex-vanlifer)

After living in a van for 3 years, here are my thoughts on van life vs. renting

#vanlife #vanlifereality

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[Maramae]

unfortunately, most used vans these days are more like $4, 000 to $8, 000, and that’s for banged up vans with minimal space and a small kitchenette area in the back that gives you no protection from the elements. Someone on a van-life group on FB, said something along the lines of “People buy a van for $5K then drive around in it for a year, then add a couple $20 dollar Kmart attachments or Temu accessories in it, and think that that automatically doubles the price of what they paid for it.”

My partner and I, looked into doing van-life for 6 months to travel NZ and save some money, just getting jobs as we go. The biggest thing was going to be buying the van, then the second biggest cost was going to be cleaning the van up and doing renovations to make it comfortable and suit our needs.

[geneyoung]

Van life is challenging but also rewarding😊

[christopher.kennedy]

Renting a place currently in NZ and it’s absolutely disgusting expensive.

[williamhauser]

Yeah, but where is the money coming from in the first place? I don't know how a person works while on the road in a van.

[alexandrasimofi-ilyes]

Imagine this is your only context for today 14 years ago... we had no idea living in a van or renting would be so scary expensive.

[rcg]

We pay 2k in rent it blows. 5 years ago this house went for 850 a month😂 kms

[fun----]

By 12 years old I had 3 newspaper runs for years after education, with my 2 dogs, dad trained. I purchased freehold my first home at 17. Years later, I now have several homes all freehold. I just saw a dalipidated home for 80 thousand. Water, sewerage, power, storm water connected, with pathways. I'm gping to purchase and sell house to movers and build. In your thirties, I'm just saying, don't muck around. I know people 60 plus age, cannot afford to live, due to rent. A lady in her 80s, evicted. Don't wait for a guy is my advise, get on with it. I'm a female, for 5 years after fulltime work, I took on another job, 2 jobs. I didn't purchase, clothes etc...just saved and invested hardout. Boom, 2 more freehold houses, rentals. I am financially secure for life, by my own means. Just a thought, for you.

[robbierenteria]

My generation just sounds ungrateful. We suck.

[Flaggyt]

Incredible how people are so far attached from reality that paying money for a house to live in is terrible.

A roof over your head is maybe the most important thing after having food and water, that useful money spend. The car, the holiday etc etc ís too expensive cause it is unnecessary basicly.

And when you rent you basicly live in someone else's house who has invested a ton of money in it. If you can't deal with that buy or build you own house and live there.

The ungrateful generation...

[chrisallison]

Just buy some land and live in your van until you decide on what kind of tiny house you want