The Most Asked Questions After 4 Years of VANLIFE!
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- You asked, we answered! After four years of vanlife we’re getting open and honest about everything 😳 From vanlife to van building to our hopes, fears and future goals, we really hope you enjoy getting to know us a bit better in this video :)
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I watch a lot of van conversion videos and I can say with confidence that you guys have some of the cleanest and intentional vans I've ever seen, full stop. I don't think I will ever want to buy a van to live in full time but if I ever do, I would look into hiring you guys!
Exactly 💯!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So kind! Thank you so much ❤️
I love the design of your van builds. The key difference I see is that you build them to be a home, which shows in the details (Finished doors, window frames, etc.) My biggest pet peeve is when I see a beautiful designed van with some bare metal doors!
Thank you very much! That’s so nice to hear 🙏🏼
You can tell you guys focus on art and creativity with your builds- that’s why we follow you ❤
Aw thank you for saying that!
Would you ever do a custom build if the client provided land for you to live on and a shop for you to use? Asking for a friend ;)
Potentially 😉
You are both such lovely, genuine people and make really beautiful content so I imagine your videos will be loved by all of your followers (and more). Enjoy your travels!
I'd love to see what you guys come up with when it comes to a tiny home. Hope you guys are on the way to finding that piece of land. =)
That’s one of our major goals for the next few years!
Your last question reminded me of the time I lived on a sailboat. Being built of wood I was able to make some modifications in the interior that improved the quality of living, and the ideas came to me organically after living on it for a while.
Living in a space is really the best way to think of all the little things you would improve. Thanks for watching ❤️
Good luck with all of your future plans! Can’t wait to see you enjoy life for a while. I’m sure I speak for many when I say that I will miss your van build videos. ✌️
Hopefully the travel videos we are making will be of interest to you!
Fun Q and A, thanks for taking the time.
Thanks for watching!
You two seem like the coolest people out there living the van life! Your videos are superb 😊
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you are enjoying the videos. 😀
Congratulations on the sponsorship! 👏👏👏
Your work clearly demonstrates that minimalist does not have to be cold, sterile and boring. Clean, uncluttered, functional, attractive and comfortable... far more so than many... most... conventional residences.
Your goal to aquire a small piece of property is definitely the way to go. Having a set base to operate from while maintaining your flexibility with a small wheeled residence. Having land provides you with the ability to have a degree of self sufficiency... continuing to take advantage of modern technology without being a slave to a misdirected system.
Best wishes and thoughts to you..
Well done.
Thank you very much. 🙏🏻
Great video, we just started our first van..
From Cornwall , your vans have always looked very good and different, your skills will always make you money, I’ve enjoyed your videos cheers
Ultimately, what makes you happy is of primary importance to your lives. Happiness is relative; no one person defines it exactly the same as another. But the beautiful part of it is that there's plenty of room in this world for everyone :)
Aghhh the van turned out super gorgeous!! Happy to watch this anticipated video!! You guys have inspired me sooo much to live in a van so I wanna thank y’all for that a ton 😊 So exited to follow along y’all’s adventures 🩵🩵 Also the ETA is a gameeee changer I don’t think I’ve came across a better power bank so I most likely will be buying it when I build a van 🩵🩵
Amazing! Thank you so much for watching and for the support. ❤️❤️
@@scarletandseth of course!
I want to watch more♥️ Bless you both always
Smart idea to find your own piece of land. You could use part of it for van building and repairs business. I could see you guys also teaching courses on it. There are decent tax right-offs for this (I am Canadian).
We would love that!
You are both so sweet and smart! Loved this video. I can't wait until you are traveling with your furbabies so we can join your adventures! Absolutely talented in design. I hope you do very well in consultations! All the best! ❤😊❤
We are posting videos of our travels every Friday. ❤️❤️
Hi ya love the builds and your consultation will be awesome,take care and stay safe cheers from Australia 🚐🇦🇺🌟🥰
Thank you! ❤️❤️
My plan is to sell my house, build a tiny home and a camper van in the next 2-3 yrs…
I sooooo hope your path will lead you back to van building ..your layouts and quality is superb!
I’ll keep following you guys 😊
Who knows. It may or may not. It’ll all depend on how the next few years go for us.
Love the "can you live in a van if you're not an influencer?" Question haha made me chuckle. I'd say once you have a van setup (which does often need a lot of saving to be fair) you can get by in a van comfortably for like $500/month and upwards. All in. It can be an incredibly cheap way of living... That was the point of it back in the day 😅
We would totally agree! It can be a bit of an investment up front but we also really believe that you can build your own van without it being super expensive and there are other options like financing the van itself as well to keep that initial investment a bit lower. It’s a little unfortunate how expensive everything has become.
@@scarletandseth yeah it's a little more crazy nowadays. My first van cost less than 4k all in and I lived in that for 3 years. Not sure I could do it that cheap now but it doesn't have to be expensive. Anyways great work as always guys, love your content!
You are the most professional builders I watch on YT and I wish you could have come up with a profitable business model. Selfishly, I enjoy watching you both build vans/homes. Don't give up the dream and perhaps one day you can realize your potential. Stick to a model, perfect the building techniques,, and find a way to do it in a more profitable way without sacrificing the art and quality of your builds. Maybe you can find an investor with the same vision as you? I will follow as long as you are here because you are very good producers of content.
Thank you so much! Unfortunately, something like and investor would ultimately lead to us making even less on our own work since they would receive some of the profits as well. The materials cost and appliances have skyrocketed in price over the last few years. This has brought our return on investment down to 8%-10% of what we put into each build which is simply not worth the risk of investing that much anymore. We have looked into custom builds where the client provides the van and have actually spoken to a few potential clients about doing their vans. However we always walk away from those conversations feeling that the finished van would not meet the same artistic level as our other builds (which is what ultimately fulfills us creatively). There are profitable ways to build camper vans sure. But the real struggle has been to create something unique, artistic, high quality, functional etc. AND to make money without totally overcharging the person on the receiving end of that van. It’s the classic dilemma of fulfilling yourself creatively OR being able to pay your bills and make some money. Unfortunately we have not found a way to make both work at this time. Our own passion for the lifestyle and our creative vision for our vans has gotten in the way of creating a successful business model. We will continue to live in a van for the foreseeable future. Hopefully we can bring some of that same creativity to the content we produce and to future endeavors such as a tiny home or off grid property! Thanks a lot for sticking with us ❤️
I can completely relate to the trials of van building as a business.. after my build was done, my wife and I considered it and ALMOST pulled the trigger on renting a shop for it, BUT then we realized the cost of that shop was going to eat up our winter travel budget, so we opted to stay a nomad electrician with minimal overhead.
No regrets.
Yeah, our expenses pretty much ate our entire profit margin!
@@scarletandseth ya, such an awful position to be in! And vans are so much work too! I always say, 500unique parts going into every van, customers 1 have high expectations for the money they are putting out & 2 become a liability who are going to call you whenever something goes wrong (even if it’s their misuse). We like the marketability of making good vans..we even thought about making some for students in Toronto - call the model “the dormitory” - everything they need to make it through school without dorm rental costs, but the risk is just too high. It’s so much easier to just bill out per hour as an electrician vs RV shop mechanic-designer-supplier-plumber-carpenter-electrician-&-life-coach!
But it’s too bad..I would have loved to design and build different models of vans, including “The Apocalypse”!
Some people will rent a storage unit short term for a van build. Fairly reasonable and have appropriate covered space
That does seem like a decent option!
Hi guys, love to see you on the road with the travels in full swing! Were you able to insure your new build? We're just about ready to hit the road, but having a hard time finding a company that will insure a self build. Thanks for any insights on who you use and why. (PS Don't miss out on the Oglala National Grasslands, Nebraska is worth the trip!) Happy trails : )
Yes we were! I will. Say it does help that we own a build company and built it under that company with the certifications and licenses we have. However State Farm has been great for us even in the past before we started that up with our first van!
I'm excited about your consultation services! I'll be signing up soon!
Amazing! Hope to chat soon :)
I love how y’all talked about kids. Realizing that you can take your OWN path and you don’t have to follow the status quo, is freeing! 💕
I am only “disturbed” that you’re able to share such a small coffee without drinking it all 😂❤
Hahaha 😂
You are so cute together, Im so Happy for you
I'd like to know more about doing a consultation with you guys. I just got a 2021 promaster 2500 159 and I like you guy's style in building.
The best place to reach out to schedule something with us is on Instagram! Right now we are primarily doing 1/2 hour ($75) or 1 hour ($125) consultation video calls. We usually ask people to send over any ideas they have before hand so we can take a look before the call and answer questions/flush out some ideas. We are also thinking about opening up something a little more in depth like a design program where we actually help DIYers source finishes and put together a vision board for their projects. Or a complete 3D model of the space that will help you stay on track with measurements while you build. We are very familiar with the promaster platform and the 159 offers a lot of opportunities for some creative and functional design choices! Thanks for watching our videos and being a part of our community here ☺️❤️
Loveeee all of your designs this is the best one yet!! How can I contact you to purchase your last camper?
We just sold our last one and are moving out of our shop space. We won’t have anything available in the foreseeable future.
When you are just using the van where will put your clothes?
How do you leave the van while the cats are inside? What's the setup that allows you to have air conditioning for them while the van engine is off? And how long does that last
We have AC and heat and our van is also insulated very well. The AC can run for about 18 hours on our battery bank.
Seth, October....... Don't forget that date man 😂
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is this your first black exterior van? I like how it looks--but wonder if it gets hotter quicker than white.
We had a darker color van before but this is the first one we’ve lived in that is black. We did extra insulation because of the color and have been pleasantly surprised at how nice it stays in summer! It is MUCH better than a van with a lot of windows all around. 👍🏻
Van life is a bit of streesed , if a person is living total life in van that would be a much much stressful , i think van life for a tourist bussiness is good . not for a person who seem's like a homeless or anybody who just wanna experince van life .
it's a hard life to live in a van , sometimes a person can sick and then what would you do ? a bit more stressful .
for a less less time van is perfect , like a week or 2 week thats it , and it can only happen if you rent a van to a tourist . then's it gonna be nice passive income but also a van will have some issues over the periods of years , and half of the profit had to bee spend in resolving issues . also i think it's better for the country who has more tourist who just wanna see a nice mountains and lakes and stuff like camping .
this is what i think , also it's more better for older people then a younger , a younger can even live in a etc car or anything , but it's challenging for a older ones , oldercouples . becauze older get sick more and need comfortable place and the van is perfect for them also they wanna live freely after the retiremnt so it's better for them .
You two are an inspirational couple. You guys really seem to listen to each other and gel so well. I'm sure you guys may differ on this point of view 😅
Honestly we really love doing this together ❤️❤️ thanks for watching.
I'm interested in learning ouw to build a van like this. Can you help? Or possibly have floor plans?
We have our 3d model, and all the links to everything we used as well as tutorial videos and blog posts up on patreon!
You guys make so many really smart van design solutions, so it annoys me that that isn’t paying out enough for you. Hope the consulting goes well.
You’re selling me on the Enernova. I really like that they separated the AC plugs so if you need to plug in a bulky plug you can still access the other outlet.
Thank you, to be honest we just really love the lifestyle and want to keep is as accessible as possible! There was probably a way we could have made more we just didn’t feel right doing it.
We love it! We actually use it so much and think the price point is pretty great for what you get.
Vegan couple?! 💚🌱 love that!
Yes! 🍀🍃🌳
Do you guys do consultations for people who have school buses? I love the way you guys design things and I have layouts drawn out for my bus (6 window, 2 emergency doors) that I'd like some help fleshing out. 🙂
Yes we would! If you’d like you can DM us on Instagram for more info, but we would love to help you dial in the layout for your bus.
@@scarletandseth I just saw this! I'm gonna dm you when I get home!
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what type of van did yall use to build in
We have done about 7 different models all with unique builds!
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Is your last van for sale? If not, I would like to purchase, please. Thx!
We don’t have anything else for sale sorry!
So are you guys selling any of your fans?
Or renting services, that would be great business….
We are no longer building out or sellling vans. This is currently the only one we still have. Rentals are a pain. They are expensive and you need to be based out of a highly trafficked town that is also probably very expensive to live in.
how much money you guys will charge me if I let you guys build the van in my house?
Quick question: Which van conversion software are you using?
We just used the free version of sketch up mostly. We do cut sheets for everything and pretty detailed hand drawn diagrams throughout the build as well.
Your parents of kitties
Exactly ☺️