it's not for everyone

i see people shipping their vehicles to iceland/from europe and some doing the arctic to patagonia route and i'm filled with envy

My friend lived in an RV for several years while he worked out in buttfuck nowhere Sask at his gas station. He sent me pics and it looked pretty nice for the amount he paid (like 40 to 50K I think) and he was able to tap into his existing water and sewage.

yes and then after their epic trip they are going back home to their houses or apartments.

they have those! and then some.... or you can just shit in the woods, and take a shower underneath a waterfall like those instagram retards

i used to be a huge vanlife van (pre pandemic) fan but all these homeless instagram bitches ruined my desire to build my own van...life.

Plus spy balloon thinks ill do a shit job of it, and end up killing us both with my poor made by china quality. WHAT? a solar panel wired into a inverter, inverted? why all these AGM batteries underneath the bed!?

instant balloon roast.

2-3 YouTubers we watch frequently who used to be globe travellers all went into van life during Covid as a way to keep making content.

The biggest take away from all of them? DIYing your own camper is never worth it. Even if it’s like 20-30k more to buy a transit or sprinter that was purpose built for a camper it seems 10000% worth it.

Nothing but problems and headaches with every single one of these units people bought from people who built them from scratch

Aye true. We looked at a winnebago sprinter and it was 120k to start. Man fuck that ! You know how many nights of hotel that is ?! Plus the gas on that thing sucks.

It’s totally not my thing but those Winnebago branded ones are pretty baller little everything is thought of and arranged in the best case scenario for space etc.

haha i think a 4wd guy said the ones that go all-out completely unnecessarily, the first few nights in your setup will be equivalent of few grand a night, you gotta really use it to get money's worth

yes so goes to show even some of the quite fortunate ones can live a year or three without glamour

like i said, not for everyone

They’ve reviewed a couple of them that cost as much as a house

How about doing it in a Lambo

https://youtu.be/gEWwEbOz8-Y?si=-WqLDOdwkwHH4R57

right, but what i mean is it's easy to do when it's temporary and not your actual housing situation. you know when your trip is done you have a cozy home to go back to with all the modern luxuries.

Chrome from Vancity Vanlife? :lol

Nah don’t watch any local people, anyone I’ve come across locally seems pretty cringey

Repost from RFD RE thread. From Garth Turner originally about someone someone who bought in at Joyce by Westbank.

... Someone say vanlife? :lol

Wouldn't live in it but the dog tolerates camping in it more than when we were in a tent.

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.n...jg&oe=66EC386F

That post smells like dogshit

The detailed report (23 pages)
No bank is doing 23 pages for appraisal.
I had my unit reviewed by RBC, a dude showed up for 5 minutes, took some pics, and left.

The mortgage rate is 9% (not uncommon for a loan from a non-bank lender),
Never heard of this, non bank lenders usually have cheaper rates than banks, unless she straight up signed some shady ass shit, 9%??????????? Maybe if the bank is in russia. My heloc was 7% at its peak, and those are always higher than variable rates

plus property tax and strata fees ($640 monthly).
Those 440sqft units are 300$ in strata, and 120$ in prop taxes, maybe if you add in utilities (if vancouver even has them) and then bank charges

She made a bad decision, but she aint pooched if she can keep up the payments. / Rent out move back with parents or 6 room buddy guy special

Il see myself out

https://www.zealty.ca/mls-R2925537/6...UE-Burnaby-BC/

https://cdnparap130.paragonrels.com/...d5411b2cd5.JPG

https://cdnparap130.paragonrels.com/...21006d0a3a.JPG

Seriously?

Garth Turner is full of shit. He's been harping for a crash for over a decade and has continued to be wrong. I used to be an avid reader of his and he made sense for a time until rent prices skyrocketed and his mantra of rent & invest the rest no longer made sense.

Famous architect or infamous architect ?! This looks like crap

Those outside pieces looks like unpainted dry wall. And yea that's sus no bank is gonna do a 23 page appraisal for $300. If it's a condo most likely it's just some online appraisal. They won't even go to the unit especially if it's that new. And she's a dumbass for signing a 9% mtg usually the ones that developers advertise is lower than bank rates. She over paid and signed for a stupid mtg. Just suck it up, only fans for another year or so and rates will come back down, price goes up and refi

ROFL at the firewood storage for what looks to be a gas fireplace and the Porsche used in the floorplan drawings

Some of the tile work is atrocious. And what's with those ugly planks it used for the flooring....

And also the baseboards... that's certainly a look.

A lot of that story does sound like BS, but on that note, I've been watching sales (or lack thereof) at Joyce by Westbank because it's in my neighbourhood. I wouldn't be surprised if multiple owners are underwater. The units aren't moving.

Westbank managed to sell these shoeboxes at comparable prices to Brentwood but Joyce is not Brentwood... there's a lot of development and it's getting better but it's not there yet.

Is anything else coming up at Joyce? Isn't it pretty much fully built already? They don't really have the space for more towers.

https://www.facebook.com/share/s7dWN...ibextid=kL3p88

Probably can get for $2xxxx can shit and shower anywhere you want.