I can buy a half decent one for $20,000.
Currently I am paying $20,000 a year for rent, power and water.
This will rise to $23,000 from May.
I need to do plenty of research regarding the pros and cons of van life.
Cost of maintenance, hygiene re showering etc, legal parking, must have air conditioning for extreme heat.
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If I didn’t own a house that is what I would do too. Though a caravan might be cheaper and better value.
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That’s fine if your able bodied, but what about when you get older and can’t manage as well or take ill? I’d think very hard about a life changing decision like that. Maybe move house if you don’t like where you are, also what if your motor home breaks down and needs to go in into a garage for several days.
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Couldn’t live permanently in our Motorhome as a couple, maybe Ok as a single person.
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Yes, plenty to think about. The more I think about it, the less attractive it becomes.
Perth’s extreme temperatures can go on for weeks at a time.
That is a major problem that realistically cannot be overcome.
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My daughter and hubby live in a ‘Park Home’ Bretrick, far cheaper to run than a house or bungalow.
It’s on a wonderful and friendly site of over fifties and is out in the country.
They both came from broken marriages and have now been married to each other for 7 years but at over fifty didn’t want to be shackled down with a mortgage, and the park home was affordable by combining their assets.
Cheap to heat in the winter using bottled gas, and cool in the summer with windows and doors open (don’t need aircon for the week of warm weather each summer in the UK) They would benefit from solar panels in the summer, but electricity is quite cheap from the site manager who buys in bulk for the whole site from the supplier.
It’s like visiting another world, away from the hustle and bustle of the town and nobody can throw them out, they are masters of their own destiny…and happy as Larry…Whoever Larry is…
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Well, it seems you’re forking out a lot right now, and getting no turn, so give it a try. AFAIK you’re young & healthy, when you’re no longer so, you can go back to apartment living.
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Foxy’s park home sound interesting … but a campervan?
I’m with Rox. Perhaps not the best place to live as you need more handy amenities around you especially once your health isn’t so good and then life on the road isn’t so appealing.
But then as d00d says … you can always go back to renting,
I think it’s great you’ve got such a sense of adventure.
I couldn’t do it.
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It’s a really interesting thought Bretrick, actually quite appealing!
But…at least in my own life experiences the reality can be markedly different from the dream.
Just my own thoughts fella! 
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I have knocked that idea on the head. Too stressful.
I am going to Melbourne to live with a friend in his 4-bedroom house.
He lives there alone.
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Excellent … well, it sounds like a good opportunity.
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How are you with company Bretrick? I get the feeling that you are a bit of a loner and need your space…
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My sympathies 
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With your love of nature you will be well served with reserves around here.We live not too far away.That’s an invitation not a threat 
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I will be about 20km from Dandenong National Park
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I have always lived alone.
I think I am mature enough to not become overwrought living with someone.
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What are you going to do for a job?
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I retired 9 months ago. Free to do as I please.
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I can see rom the thread you are decided on going to Melbourne but a friend of mine brought and now lives in/on a Narrow boat he adores the lifestyle.
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I would be able to live on a houseboat, for sure.
Not many about here and mooring places are rare and at a premium.