To live in my car/camp full time??

And don't forget a good quality 4 season sleeping bag with liner!

We traveled around Iceland in a converted Renault Traffic Master van for most of last summer. It wasn't that warm most of the time, max 12c and as low as 5c at night.
If you were going to live in a van in the UK, you need at least a way of having heating in it, either have a parking heater (2nd battery that charges as you drive), or a little wood burner.
But then you'd need a chimney.
Lots of people in Bristol live in vans and campers on the streets, but they all work!
Best bet is to find a long term campsite or even a friendly farmer who will let you use a corner of his field.
You'd soon save up a healthy deposit for a new flat.
Hope you find a solution.

Get a campervan! Totally doable that way. Not in your car though, that's shit.

Dont do it, your physical and mental health will suffer. Move into a house share in a nicer area, move back in with your parent, get a cheap caravan and find a site that will give you reduced rates, put up with the druggies and alcoholics. Anything is better than living in your car for 2 years.

'always fascinated with alternative lifestyles' - yeah, me too! plus I think the price you have to pay to live a conventional or respectable life - if you aren't well-off - is often too high... so you have to get a bit creative!

Well there is no slope, it is homelessness

Noclue I was always fascinated with alternative lifestyles. Some one else I knew travelled the world for 5 years working on a yacht.

Could you perhaps get a quad room share with someone in a slightly better area? There’s so many variables it’s hard to advise.

I have to agree with the pp, if you’re vulnerable or you’ve got even the slightest of MH problems, please don’t do it. As it could be one slippery slope to being homeless.

She’s clearly not earning much, indicating she’s not in a Specialist or professional role so can’t see why she wouldn’t be able to resign and get a job elsewhere near her parents. You’re looking for excuses when we don’t even know there are any!

She is going to stay with her parents at the weekend so doesn’t seem to be an issue

And it may be because they're too far from her job to live with or I'm sure she'd have considered it as an alternative to living in a car.

@nancy75 yes you are right. She works at our farm and the shed is at the farm. So certainly safe. I would not want to live in a car, I must admit. Though have friends who have lived in converted vans for many years. Really different prospect though

What do you do when you are ill? Having a stomach bug is miserable enough, I cannot imagine being sick and not having access to a bathroom.

LeftRight exploring all options before deciding to live in your car is essential. Living in your car is homelessness. It's not a sensible thing to plan to do, it's a fairly desperate situation to end up in.

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Why do people trot out tripe like 'Go home'. Her parents may live too far from her job, may not have room, may say no.”

She is going to stay with her parents at the weekend so doesn’t seem to be an issue

It’s not a sensible idea. You’ll freeze in winter. Do you have to live and work where you are now? Are there other options?

That's just being homeless, sadly. If you visit your parents every weekend you'd do better to ask if you can move in temporarily while you save.

Why do people trot out tripe like 'Go home'. Her parents may live too far from her job, may not have room, may say no.

There must be steps that you can take before getting to stage of needing to sleep in your car?

It's a terrible idea, surely you know that.

It’s a terrible idea. You’d be very very cold in the winter.

Go home with your parents I think is the best idea.

Nettle where is your friend’s shed? It’s surely not the size of the building that’s the issue but where you put it? You can’t just build a shed in a park or in someone’s land

I guess youre not being unreasonable but it might get a bit much.

What about lodging? We used to have a lodger for a while and we only charged him £50 per week incl all bills

You’d feel much more aware of the drug users and alcoholics living in a car.

Where would you go to the toilet?
Where would you park at night? Most free car parks lock up at night and not many people would want someone living in a car parked outside their house. If the area is as rough as you say would you be safe in the car at night?

my friend lives in a shed. She is very low impact living, forages alot of her food, etc. The shed is insulated and her son fitted a window that was being thrown away from a build. It is a TINY shed 8 x 10 ft. She has access to an electricity supply but really only uses that for a one ring stove. She is very happy.

It’s an awful idea . Go home.