Leeds caravan couple speed-up saving

A Leeds couple who bought a static caravan and a plot of land now save 90% of their wages every month.

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00:00Here are some of your most asked questions about living in a caravan.

00:03So I think first the most asked question we had was where would I find a land?

00:08Now we're fortunate enough that this land was supplied to us by

00:11family. It was disused, it was a mess, we had to tidy it up

00:14but we were lucky enough that that came through. But I think if you're looking

00:18for a patch of land somewhere, these types of lands aren't usually

00:21advertised on the internet. They're usually looked at as just

00:25pointless or unused by the person that owns them and they've never thought to

00:28rent them out. So my suggestion would be, word of mouth, put a few posts out on

00:32Facebook, ask family, friends, even go ask farmers because there might

00:35be a corner of their field they're just not using that they'll be willing to

00:38rent out for a small price a month. I think the next question was how do

00:42you power it? Again we were fortunate enough that there's a power line here

00:46that we can tap into but you could also run the entire

00:49thing off solar panels. I have seen that done and it would supply enough power to

00:53run a household. For all of our hot water and our cooking

00:55this thing only cost us £96 and it lasts four to six months.

00:59As for heating the caravan, we have to stock wood and rely on that to keep us

01:03warm through the winter. It's a bit of graft but it's so nice having a fire.

01:06I think next is do I need planning permission?

01:09As far as I know, caravans are classed as temporary structures or non-permanent

01:14structures which can be moved at any time, just like a shed

01:16or something else like that. So I'm pretty sure that you don't need planning

01:20permission. Next, how much do they cost? This one

01:24cost us five and a half grand but I have seen them a lot cheaper and also a lot

01:27more expensive. I've even seen them for free if you can

01:30pay for removal or like transport and the transport that we paid for

01:35with a high ab to lift it into the area cost £1,500 for the day.

01:39Another big question we got asked was why would we live like this when we

01:42could just go rent a house? Why would we put ourselves through the cold winters?

01:46Well for us it's part of a much bigger plan which is allowing us to save money

01:49a lot quicker and we've just bought a bus which we're

01:52converting so we're able to do that and go on holiday and eat out quite a lot

01:55and live a pretty good lifestyle considering the economy.