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In 2020-2021, we did what many people did during the ‘not-much-to-do’-times of Covid-19: Build our own campervan. 

We had, a year earlier, sold our previous campervan (A Mid-wheel-base Ford Transit), and had taken up the plan to build our own when we sold it, but planned to do it later in 2020 as we were going to do an air-travel holiday to Greece, so not much need for a van. Of course, that holiday got cancelled at the height of the pandemic, so we started researching vans. 

Below is a short summary of our van build and how we approached it. 


You can find a more elaborate documenting on our Instagram, scrolling all the way back to the start, as we started the account specifically for the vanbuild. 


We’ll also share some of the resources we have created during our van build, which you can find on the Resources page!

If you have any questions or want to get more detailed information, just drop us a message, we’re always happy to help out! 

Side view of the van with Rene in the door opening, middle in the Serra da Estrela

Quick links to various parts
of our van build journey:

 

01Choosing & buying the van

02.  Design & Planning

03Stripping & cleaning the van

04.  External features

05.  Sound deadening

06.  Floor & floor insulation

07.  Electrics

08.  Further insulation

09.  Bed & under-bed storage

10.  Seating area

11.  Wall units

12.  Kitchen

13.  Wall & roof cladding

14.  Overhead cabin storage lining

15.  Door cladding

16.  Finances: how much did it cost?