CAMPER VAN CONVERSION│Iveco Daily│Expenses & Costs

This is a cost & expenses break down from our Iveco Daily camper van conversion. We spent 7 months fitting this van out and now it's our home.
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[@briancurran1140]

Nice build

[@sarakowalski7177]

Beautiful home you have created. Really good use of space; especially for your boards. Looking forward to future videos of your adventures. Peace & love from Tucson, Arizona :)

[@CharlieRachel]

Cheers Sara! We’re so glad that you like it. Thanks for the positive vibes 😊🙏

[@zeldaray5562]

Well done, you have a beautiful home and life.

[@CharlieRachel]

Thank you Zelda 🙏

[@errol7158]

Ahh, the laid back life. I envy you two. Good luck and live your dream.

[@CharlieRachel]

Thank you Errol 🙏

[@pauladams1156]

Cool van...one of the best I’ve seen.

[@CharlieRachel]

Thanks mate! 😊🙏

[@rodellwilliams871]

Beautiful job guys all the best👌🙏

[@CharlieRachel]

Thank you. Have a great day! 😊

[@Kayellen658]

Wow! Y'all did a stunning job on your van! To think that the van was not road worthy when you bought it, to what it looks like now, is amazing! And, yes, you could sell it for much more!! I am looking forward to seeing your next video!

[@CharlieRachel]

Thanks Kay! Sometimes we look back and wonder how we did it. I think it’s just one of those things were you just take it one step at a time, otherwise it’s easy to get overwhelmed! 😊✌️

[@ken3509]

Hey guys, noticed your awesome van and stopped to say hello down at Town Beach yesterday. So glad I did :)

[@CharlieRachel]

Thanks for stopping by Ken! Have a great day, it looks like it’s going to be a nice one! 😊✌️

[@TerriLynch]

Love it! I spent 300 on my conversion van to buy it, 4000,00 to fix it so far. I'm not even done yet. Yours is way nicer.

[@CharlieRachel]

Haha, cheers Terri! That reminds me of my old van, I sold it for 500 but it needed about 7000 in repairs 😂

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

your van is so beautiful

[@CharlieRachel]

😊🙏

[@Scrambler85]

Great job on the van build. I never saw the huntsman spiders, but when I drove the Gold coast highway it was alive with poppers.

[@CharlieRachel]

Thanks again! I’m not sure what a popper is, but I suspect you’ve been auto-corrected!

[@Scrambler85]

@@CharlieRachel its what the locals were calling the cain toads. It was 1992-93, the roads at night was swarming with toads.

[@CharlieRachel]

Of course! Yes there’s still quite a few of those around, though I don’t think they’re as prolific now...

[@Michelle-zv8wk]

Oh wow! is that 21k Australian dollar? That's only about 12k GBP. That's impressive. My favourite build so far.

[@CharlieRachel]

Thank you Michelle! Yes that is Australian dollars 😊

[@BlondyPi]

epic video, can't wait to hear more about what it is like to live in it with the warm summers that we have here in Australia!! Where have you gone to escape that heat?

[@CharlieRachel]

Thank you! We’re on the north coast of NSW this summer, so it’s pretty mild. It’s rarely above 32 or below 26, so it’s nice! 😊✌️

[@mardicuming1320]

Its a great van after a lot of hard work. Still try and put up the odd video when you can as they just got better and better as you went on. All the best.💝

[@CharlieRachel]

Thank you Mardi! More to come soon…ish 😁

[@pauladams1156]

If the pulsing of your tap is annoying, you can get an accumulator. It will give a steady flow.

[@CharlieRachel]

Our pump has an internal bypass, so it doesn’t stop-start. Works really nice and has a constant flow 👌

[@eval3651]

What a lovely job you've both done. I've wondered about wood interiors being heavy and using up fuel. Do you think it matters?

[@CharlieRachel]

Thanks Eva! We were very careful to keep our weight under the vans limit. It’s definitely heavy, the weight of the fitout without our gear is around the 600kg mark, but the van handles it very well and there hasn’t been much of a change to fuel economy, about an extra half a liter over 100kms 👍

[@kevinmoult9550]

Love your van build. Would like information your GVM and how hard it was to stay below this for registration purposes.

[@CharlieRachel]

Thanks Kevin. We tried to save weight where ever we could without compromising on quality too much. Our build is probably heavier than some, but when we're fully loaded we still come under our GVM of 3,500KG by about 100kg. Haha. If we did it again we would probably go dual rear wheels with a GVM of 4,500kg, just so it handles a bit better on the road and so the suspension isn't always fully loaded👍🏼

[@VikingFitness00]

Great van guys! Did you do the electrical yourselves or hire a electrician? I'm looking to DIY a van conversion and not sure about the compliance we have to follow in Australia. Did certain things need to be certified before you could get it insured.rego'd etc? Cheers guys :)

[@CharlieRachel]

Hey, sorry for the slow reply! I (Charlie) did the electrical, which is all 12 volt. No issues as far as rego goes, it's just registered as a regular van. I believe if you want to register it as a camper it will need to be signed of by an engineer, which is both expensive and time consuming. If I was to have a 240v system, I would definitely have it done by an electrician. Our gas system is really simple, but my grandfather, who is a gas fitter and plumber, helped us with that. I hope that helps!

[@skiddy1984]

The dislike is from the spider :P

[@CharlieRachel]

Hahaha. Sorry about that! 😂

[@kevinmoult9550]

How long did it take to complete the build?

[@CharlieRachel]

7 months of doing about 20-30 hours a week! But we do work slow... Oh and a lot of that work was not to do with the build, but on the van itself!

[@Alicia9745]

What is the make and model of your van?

[@CharlieRachel]

It is a 2002 LWB Iveco Daily 👍