Ive travelled the uk for the last 41 yrs in 15 different campers fabricating and installing zinc and copper roofs, parked in spots you could only dream about on grand design style houses..my last 5 vans have been merc t2, currently had my 709 9 yrs, the travelling roofers truck of choice ..might see you on site somewhere.
@@DrWa11is Well before I'd had kids then I'd say the van but I could never trade my kids now. As the @theflyfromthefly says, the best way would be to encompass them all. I did live on a semi submersible sub for 3 years before family life so don't feel I've completely missed out.
I think your home is lovely, and looks comfy. I love the bathroom and all the plants. It's a good lifestyle while you are you g and active. Enjoy your travels .
Great video, as always, Sophie and Ryan.. Tash and Connor are a fab couple with a fantastic home. . Real vanlife friends🫶🏻, who inspired us when we were building Mavis. I'm sure this video will inspire many more 😊
What a great van! Glad to see the amazing shower and toilet space. Thank you for showing us around and all the best. I've got a small roof job for you if you ever need to come to Bristol.. I'll do your laundry and recycling for you.. (:
what’s a lovely couple! And the quality and practicality of their van is amazing, I love the colour too, my first campervan was based on a Ford transit chassis, it was an auto sleeper conversion with a pop-up top, and it was painted bright yellow. Thanks again for a fascinating video, greetings from the West Midlands the UK, Peter
Hi guys, It was great to meet you both today in the cafe. Your home looks awesome! If you're still in the area feel free to park up on our land. We have plenty of space and we can show you the tiny home. Jade x
Now I know why I was sent your channel. You're ad, about the battery. I did research on these a couple of years ago. They were the perfect blend for price per kw for my project. The battery is a medium grade battery due to it not having its own battery management system on board.. I don't need the high tech and have everything connected with Bluetooth. I like this product.
Another cracking video guys, what a stunner of a van and lovely owners, Do these guys have contact details ? I think I put some roofing work their way next year in France 🤞 be a good road trip !
Love your van and the layout. Having the bike is a major plus. I have a small motorcycle as well and it makes life so much easier with a larger rig. I agree that finding parking spots in the UK is a challenge, but possible. Europe is so much easier....
Hey guys! New Vanlife youtuber here SUNFLOWERS BIG ADVENTURES. Beautifull van and in the absolute best colour possible. great job! peace & love from Sunflower the yellow mercedes campervan ❤
That was a great van & build. Van life is becoming more crowded everywhere I think. And more difficult, at least in the US. The recycling bugs me too. Love the color they chose for the van.
Loved this video, really good mix of lifestyle and a van tour, so interesting! Recycling - True Blue Travels have a special bag which fits on spare wheel for rubbish etc might be an idea? Thanks again for this ! 😊🐶🐶🚐
Just excellent!! My favourite one so far! Just one question.. What kind of motorcycle was that? Yes it's a Yamaha of some sort, but what variant? Simply fantastic work on the videos, we'll done.
I’d love one of those barriers to run lights and my shower at home it’s gotta to be cheaper then paying a leccy bill although mines only about £25 a month as I’m a cheap stake anyway 🤣, I’m even looking at buying some camping chargeable lights to use instead of main lights .
I drove a 307D in the 80s and it was the most hated vehicle on the fleet - and my personal most hated thing I have ever driven. The headlights were like candles on a stormy night, the starter motor kept needing a good wallop, the gear selector mechanism was more of a hope than an active decision by the driver, and the engine noise from lack of insulation meant you couldn't hear yourself think let alone the radio... if it was working of course. However, this awesome couple have done a grand job with this variant and I wish them many happy miles.
@@doodlesbug I think the 307s were a smaller vans, but I never drove one. The 814 vario was a bit low geared for motorway work and I much more enjoyed the 814 truck, box wagon tbh. More comfortable and just better for the job.
@@WalksInCamera You're right, the 307 was similar sized to the Ford Transit of the day. The other vehicles we had then were Leyland Sherpa then it was a step up to Ford Cargo 7.5t. That would have been just about the time of the Ford/IVECO merger... blimey I feel old now!
Great video thanks. Love seeing other people with unconventional lifestyles. But hey, let's admit the career/mortgage thing provides a sensible pathway for most folks. If you're going to have a family and provide for yourself later, conventional works.
This are the same people in years to come to complain that they can't get in the property ladder... But they just put 33k in an old bus... But it's very unlikely they'll get 7-10k if they have to sale it. People demonise the brick and mortar, work, etc... But In reality, it's best to have options.
Hopefully the cult of home ownership will stop one day. Some of need to be strong enough to say no, I won't be trapped in a mortgage and one location for decades. @@zaneta3880
Completely agree it’s always good to have options, you never know what’s around the corner! We don’t like to plan too far ahead but with working hard and keeping money away for a rainy day keeps us happy. 😁
Lovely build. One question that will help me and maybe others. You need a residential address for the vehicle log book, a driving licence and insurance, as well as banks account, HMRC, etc etc. How you overcome this? Also how you access GP surgeries? Great vid. And safe adventures.
Great questions, As with most people who live in vans we luck only have relatives addresses to use for the important bits 🤟🏽 We’re still registered with our GP’s when we lived with relatives but touch wood we don’t go very often
It is really no sacrifice. Most people have far more than what they need, and all that stuff is like a millstone around their necks. Getting rid of all that stuff is do liberating.
It's so annoying to be restricted by weight here in northern europe. I had to cancel half my build to avoid having to upgrading my drivers license, just to drive the van.
Always a good option for people as well 🤟🏽 we just don’t want the tie and stress associated with it and this is what works for us whilst earning money on the road 🙂
That 30k ish is well and good to put it on an old bus(reliable this types), but it's not like you arent throwing money down the drain. I do appreciate the utopia and the freedom (debatable) people seek, but the older you get and playing at carefree no roots earthling, the harder in your older days, to live a comfortable less stress life. You put any of this vehicles up for sale and you won't get much back. I have a self built camper cause I love the freedom... Bug I would never get rid of my home to just ride into the horizon... Yeah it's great, but I know people that lived that lifestyle and now they live in shared accommodation. Nowadays is harder to park whenever you want. But they said it's harder to get in the property ladder... But 30k is more than a deposit for a mortgage.. Unless you want to live in Belgravia...
Fully appreciate your comment and thanks for watching 🙂 We live by the belief we’re never promised tomorrow, we don’t like to get stuck in planning the future too much as we’ve seen it time and time again life can throw massive hurdles, we live living in the now 🫶🏼 great to hear you have a camper too, hope you enjoy your trips!
They seem to get along and laugh a lot. I love the fold up bed they made! Bathroom ceiling is cool!
What an amazing couple and a great vanbuild.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Lovely couple living a great life. Super impressed with the shower and the bike!
Ive travelled the uk for the last 41 yrs in 15 different campers fabricating and installing zinc and copper roofs, parked in spots you could only dream about on grand design style houses..my last 5 vans have been merc t2, currently had my 709 9 yrs, the travelling roofers truck of choice ..might see you on site somewhere.
Got to be one of the best builds out there👏👏 and a lovely couple.you could only wish them the best.🇮🇪
Stunning build guys, and what a fab couple..
I LOVE this couple more than the house ...but they complete the entire situation
Love the channel you two! Always great content and love how your intro is always the same, and then you let the subjects of the video take ove4.
One of the best van builds I've seen. I'd do the same if I didn't have a mortgage and kids, hindsight is a marvellous gift. Enjoy the ride.
Do it 'with' the kids! Show them a better way of life
Doing it with kids just isnt practical at all and dont believe what you see online people only posting the positives @theflyfromthefly
What if you woke up and you had a van, but you'd never bought a house or had kids.
It's a wonderful life 2 - on the road.
@@DrWa11is Well before I'd had kids then I'd say the van but I could never trade my kids now. As the @theflyfromthefly says, the best way would be to encompass them all. I did live on a semi submersible sub for 3 years before family life so don't feel I've completely missed out.
Great to see the channels subs getting ever higher … well deserved guys 👍🏻🤗
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I think your home is lovely, and looks comfy. I love the bathroom and all the plants. It's a good lifestyle while you are you g and active. Enjoy your travels .
Great video, as always, Sophie and Ryan..
Tash and Connor are a fab couple with a fantastic home. .
Real vanlife friends🫶🏻, who inspired us when we were building Mavis.
I'm sure this video will inspire many more 😊
So grateful for you both 💞
@TashM-r7y ditto ❤️
What a lovely couple and amazing van .. wish you all the best living the dream 😎happy days ❤
That's one sweet rig! Crackin place to be down in Cornwall n all. Good job guys!
Superb video Liveration. Great conversion and great couple. Xx
@@Olliebenn69 I totally agree 😊
What a great van! Glad to see the amazing shower and toilet space. Thank you for showing us around and all the best. I've got a small roof job for you if you ever need to come to Bristol.. I'll do your laundry and recycling for you.. (:
Thanks for watching, that’s so kind! 🫶🏼
Love it 🎉 another brilliant video ❤ thanks Liveration for showing everyone how great vanlife life can be 👍
what’s a lovely couple! And the quality and practicality of their van is amazing, I love the colour too, my first campervan was based on a Ford transit chassis, it was an auto sleeper conversion with a pop-up top, and it was painted bright yellow. Thanks again for a fascinating video, greetings from the West Midlands the UK, Peter
My kind of people, the world and system is messed up (by design) .. love your van, wow
Hi guys,
It was great to meet you both today in the cafe.
Your home looks awesome! If you're still in the area feel free to park up on our land.
We have plenty of space and we can show you the tiny home.
Jade x
Hi Jade it was so lovely to meet you yesterday! Thank you so much that’s really kind of you, hopefully we see you again soon x
Love it! These Mecedes are getting more,and more popular. Kinging it did theirs beautiful.
Learning so much from this couple , more about comparability than their home , lol.
I love this van. It is the perfect size. I wish we had them like that in the US.
Now I know why I was sent your channel. You're ad, about the battery.
I did research on these a couple of years ago. They were the perfect blend for price per kw for my project.
The battery is a medium grade battery due to it not having its own battery management system on board..
I don't need the high tech and have everything connected with Bluetooth.
I like this product.
brilliant van... 💯
lovely couple... 👍
Enjoyed this one, nice couple 🎉
Lovely couple....great life, guys x
Another cracking video guys, what a stunner of a van and lovely owners,
Do these guys have contact details ? I think I put some roofing work their way next year in France 🤞 be a good road trip !
Love your van and the layout. Having the bike is a major plus. I have a small motorcycle as well and it makes life so much easier with a larger rig. I agree that finding parking spots in the UK is a challenge, but possible. Europe is so much easier....
I’ve got the same problem with recycling with my truck
Roofers 😂 fair play. Not like roofers round my way
Love this channel! Content is always 👌
Beautiful van build! Much too small for me. I'm a home body, but great for outdoorsy couples!
This brought me joy, what a cool vehicle too!
Hey guys! New Vanlife youtuber here SUNFLOWERS BIG ADVENTURES.
Beautifull van and in the absolute best colour possible. great job! peace & love
from Sunflower the yellow mercedes campervan ❤
great van. what a beast!! Kernow bys vykken 😊😊
Awesome Build Guys ❤❤❤
DINKS lifestyle choice. Fabulous van, wish you the best.
Loved this van both inside and out it’s very cool 👍
Great Bus the couple is made for each other. ❤
I do really enjoy this channel. Lots of amazing people.
This is lovely. Where do you get those fire extinguishables for electrical fires? thank you.
Great video and a beautiful van
Fist time I hear of a bathroom that can turn into a dry room. V. Interesting. 👍
1:00 Ooh, sliding cab door! 😊
absolute lovely van that is
Fantastic and inspiring. 🖤
That was a great van & build. Van life is becoming more crowded everywhere I think. And more difficult, at least in the US. The recycling bugs me too. Love the color they chose for the van.
I've been busy over the last two videos but I'll catch up and add this one too! Binge night! 🤩
Great informative video.. as they said; the good, the bad and the ugly!
Really nice people & awesome van
Love this video
Awesome love it all the best 🙏🏽 🌞 👍🏾 👌🏾
Amazing van guys. Great video as always @liveration 👍
Cool rig 😁👍
Inspirational couple !
what a lucky couple
Great to see you guys again cracking van...P.S. fruit and veg at Aldi is amazing wouldn't bother with the hassle of growing my own hahaha
Eh thanks Simon 🤟🏽 haha ideal will have to pop to Aldi 😜
Loved this video, really good mix of lifestyle and a van tour, so interesting! Recycling - True Blue Travels have a special bag which fits on spare wheel for rubbish etc might be an idea? Thanks again for this ! 😊🐶🐶🚐
BRILLIANT.
Just excellent!! My favourite one so far! Just one question.. What kind of motorcycle was that? Yes it's a Yamaha of some sort, but what variant? Simply fantastic work on the videos, we'll done.
It’s a Yamaha Enduro XT 225 Serow 🤟🏽
@@TashM-r7y Thanks for the info 👍, much appreciated.
I’d love one of those barriers to run lights and my shower at home it’s gotta to be cheaper then paying a leccy bill although mines only about £25 a month as I’m a cheap stake anyway 🤣, I’m even looking at buying some camping chargeable lights to use instead of main lights .
I’m all for alternative living, but how did you got a habitation certificate with soft furnishings over the gas oven?
Used to drive one of these in the 90's as a delivery van. Seemed solid and well made and they've converted it really well.
I drove a 307D in the 80s and it was the most hated vehicle on the fleet - and my personal most hated thing I have ever driven.
The headlights were like candles on a stormy night, the starter motor kept needing a good wallop, the gear selector mechanism was more of a hope than an active decision by the driver, and the engine noise from lack of insulation meant you couldn't hear yourself think let alone the radio... if it was working of course.
However, this awesome couple have done a grand job with this variant and I wish them many happy miles.
@@doodlesbug I think the 307s were a smaller vans, but I never drove one. The 814 vario was a bit low geared for motorway work and I much more enjoyed the 814 truck, box wagon tbh. More comfortable and just better for the job.
@@WalksInCamera You're right, the 307 was similar sized to the Ford Transit of the day. The other vehicles we had then were Leyland Sherpa then it was a step up to Ford Cargo 7.5t. That would have been just about the time of the Ford/IVECO merger... blimey I feel old now!
Looks great 🎉 but once they'll have children . .? the Van is up for sale quickly ?
Lovely couple, van and video guys. I’d love to know where this was shot. I’m van living in Cornwall too ❤
Can you guys from liberation do your van tour, your personal van
I had one of these vans, converted into a camper. At 48 miles an hour, the engine felt like it would run forever
What a very strange place to put an oven. !! Never seen anything like that before..
Great video thanks. Love seeing other people with unconventional lifestyles. But hey, let's admit the career/mortgage thing provides a sensible pathway for most folks. If you're going to have a family and provide for yourself later, conventional works.
This are the same people in years to come to complain that they can't get in the property ladder... But they just put 33k in an old bus... But it's very unlikely they'll get 7-10k if they have to sale it. People demonise the brick and mortar, work, etc... But In reality, it's best to have options.
Hopefully the cult of home ownership will stop one day. Some of need to be strong enough to say no, I won't be trapped in a mortgage and one location for decades. @@zaneta3880
Completely agree it’s always good to have options, you never know what’s around the corner! We don’t like to plan too far ahead but with working hard and keeping money away for a rainy day keeps us happy. 😁
location is stunning! where abouts is it?
Where are the vehicles registered to?
Lovely build. One question that will help me and maybe others.
You need a residential address for the vehicle log book, a driving licence and insurance, as well as banks account, HMRC, etc etc.
How you overcome this?
Also how you access GP surgeries?
Great vid. And safe adventures.
Great questions,
As with most people who live in vans we luck only have relatives addresses to use for the important bits 🤟🏽
We’re still registered with our GP’s when we lived with relatives but touch wood we don’t go very often
Fingers up to Bills
looks like a yamaha XT225 Serrow
Really hard to find a link to these guys
like & love it 👍 ❤
What would you do if you wanted to buy a grand piano ?
Not really park anywhere because there is alot of restrictions on campervans staying overnight
8:53 only 200A (2KW-ish) discharge?
(£500)
It's like, we're like, it was like... no thanks
As long as you don’t mind having to move to a new location constantly..
Everyone to their own but it not nicer than a house is it, it’s a sacrifice for the lifestyle you chose and that’s your choice
It is really no sacrifice. Most people have far more than what they need, and all that stuff is like a millstone around their necks. Getting rid of all that stuff is do liberating.
I like the van. I don't think the kitchen/cooking setup looks that practical though.
It's so annoying to be restricted by weight here in northern europe. I had to cancel half my build to avoid having to upgrading my drivers license, just to drive the van.
In Cornwall, who’s your Mechanic?
Trash and Connor….. Where ‘ee too my lovelies? I’m down Stithians…..❤❤❤
Being that it's full time, I'd be miserable. And claustrophobic. But for weekends and traveling, no problem.
Yes but it forces you to spend more time outdoors
Claustrophobic? Hard to be claustrophobic when you have the world's largest back yard!
Suggestions:
* work from a script
* rehearse
* edit ruthlessly.
With adverts, that was nearly an hour of chatty filler.
Where do you live when old? It's nice to have a payed off house before retirement .
What exactly is ‘the system?’
My sister just brought a house 235k average house pride in are area 45k upfront deposit madness
Do they both drive the van?
We do indeed! Both had to take our C1 license for the beast 🤟🏽
@ wow! Good to hear.
Maybe Liveration could add info about driving these beasts. It’s interesting.
Do a you tube good luck enjoy living❤
Secret spot in West Sussex
Princess avenue
Bn131ar
You could get a mortgage then rent it out, then in 30 years time sell it and retire on the money 💰
Not every country let's you get a buy to let. In mine, you have to own your own house before you can buy one to let
@ what a shit country, that is total control 😂😂😂
Always a good option for people as well 🤟🏽 we just don’t want the tie and stress associated with it and this is what works for us whilst earning money on the road 🙂
All that space and the bed is like a coffin?
It’s a very comfy coffin 😜🫶🏼
That 30k ish is well and good to put it on an old bus(reliable this types), but it's not like you arent throwing money down the drain. I do appreciate the utopia and the freedom (debatable) people seek, but the older you get and playing at carefree no roots earthling, the harder in your older days, to live a comfortable less stress life. You put any of this vehicles up for sale and you won't get much back. I have a self built camper cause I love the freedom... Bug I would never get rid of my home to just ride into the horizon... Yeah it's great, but I know people that lived that lifestyle and now they live in shared accommodation. Nowadays is harder to park whenever you want. But they said it's harder to get in the property ladder... But 30k is more than a deposit for a mortgage.. Unless you want to live in Belgravia...
Fully appreciate your comment and thanks for watching 🙂
We live by the belief we’re never promised tomorrow, we don’t like to get stuck in planning the future too much as we’ve seen it time and time again life can throw massive hurdles, we live living in the now 🫶🏼 great to hear you have a camper too, hope you enjoy your trips!
Yeah 😂
The van is great but not the bed
2 beds 🤟🏽
@ yes the sofa bed is great so is the big bed but it is to closed in I wouldn’t be able to get in it or sleep in it