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12 Best Shipping Container Homes Under $100K

If you're looking for an eco-friendly tiny home that's as kind to your bank account as it is to the environment, then check out these affordable shipping container homes.

Couple Purchases Dodge Sprinter Van and Uniquely Converts it for Full-time Living

I love stepping into a van conversion that emanates the feeling of home. Cozy lighting, lots of pillows, and intuitive space designed for everyday life. There is nothing like a tiny home on wheels that fills all the gaps between stationary life and feeling like a free spirit out on an adventure. That is the […]

Skoolie Conversion Inspiration For Your Next Build

There comes a time in most vanlifers journey when their camper starts to feel a bit small. One way to combat this is a skoolie conversion. School busses make great tiny homes as they’re spacious, giving you the ability to spread out and even have separate rooms. But, most importantly, for any traveller, they can […]

How To Turn Your Shed House Into A Tiny Home

Living in a tiny house is rising in popularity, so many people are ditching the white picket fenced, old fashioned dream for a slightly different way of life. Alternative living in tiny homes has become an affordable way to own your own home, live independently from family and to stop paying rent. There is one […]

Top 10 School Bus Conversions That Feel Like Home

Skoolie Life is growing almost as fast as the vanlife movement and converting a school bus is an excellent alternative if you want slightly more space inside your tiny home. Many vandwellers will make the move from camper conversions to school bus conversions as their family grows or when they decide to live a more […]

Living In A Tiny House – What Is It Actually Like?

Living in a tiny house has changed my life forever. It might be a little cliche to start off an article about alternative living with a sentence like that, but it’s true. We get hundreds of people asking us every day what living in a tiny home or travelling in a van is like. Sometimes […]

Tiny House YouTube Channels – The Top Ten To Watch

For some vandwellers, the natural progression from living in a van is to living in a tiny house.  By living in a tiny home, you can stay connected to nature, minimise your carbon footprint by living off the grid and continue, or begin, your alternative living adventure. A great way to gain inspiration for your […]

Amphibious Camper Takes Off Grid Living To A New Level

Today we’re looking at an off road camper trailer that takes the meaning ‘off road’ to a whole new level. After a life on the road, many vandwellers find themselves dreaming of a life on the water and of a different type of off grid living. Well, this electric trailer does both so if you’re […]

10 Affordable Tiny Homes For Under $50’000

The notion of becoming a homeowner seems so out of reach for many in today’s world, and for many millennials, the dream of being able to afford to buy their own home is as unrealistic as Darth Vader becoming the next President of the United States. But it’s not just graduates straight out of university […]

This Off Grid Caravan Transforms & Rotates Into A Mini Hotel

Now I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is no; we haven’t moved into the realm of Caravans. The subject of Caravanning divides the Van Life world almost as much as politics, so we usually prefer to be Switzerland in the matter and stay out of the crossfire. But today, we’re stepping into no-mans […]

This Harry Potter House House Was Made For Die-Hard Potter Fans

If you’re a certified Potter-head, then you’re going to love this tiny Harry Potter House. It may be a tiny home, but it’s not made for house elves; it’s a fully functional home that can sleep up to five muggles — two in the Ravenclaw loft, one opposite in the smaller Slytherin loft, and two […]

Alternative Living Inside The Escher Tiny House

Are you looking for a permanent solution for living off the grid? If yes then we have two words for you – Tiny Homes. They’re the new alternative living solution for the modern day homeowner and they are absolutely out of this world! If you like your home comforts but don’t want to be tied […]

Conquer The Land Or The Sea With The Caravanboat

Living off the grid just got even more interesting! So Caravans aren’t usually something that we cover here at Van Clan; we talk about top tiny homes and terrific trailers, but the closest thing that we’ve got to a caravan has been the Airstream Trailer which is like comparing Star Wars with Star Trek (completely different right!). But […]

Converting A School Bus Has Never Looked So Freaking Good

Just by looking at it, you will notice that the Mayes School Bus conversion is more than just an old school bus conversion reformed and rebranded. It’s basically a work of art and among some of the best ways to customise a bus the way you want to. The Mayes family managed to create a […]

Tiny Eco House Is The Greenest Off Grid Home On The Market

If you’re looking for a Tiny Eco House to start your off grid dreams then the Leaf House could be your new dream home. It’s got a tiny footprint, it provides an eco friendly way of living, and it’s named after something that helps to gives us oxygen – everyone loves leaves! So without further […]

16 Best Tiny Homes To Live In Off The Grid

We love every single type, style, method and choice of tiny homes here at Van Clan, and with housing prices at an all time high there really is no better time than now to think about downsizing into a tiny home. It doesn’t matter if you tow it, climb up into it or parachute down […]

Meet The Tiny Home Fit For James Bond Himself

This week at Van Clan we’re delving into the world of the Tiny House, exploring the different shapes, sizes and options out there for those that want to leave the city and live their lives in a tiny home. As you’ll see from this next example of small alternative living, having a tiny home doesn’t mean […]

Tiny House On Wheels Is A Luxury Weekend Paradise

Over the past year we’ve covered everything from the Ford Transit Camper right the way through to the mighty EarthRoamer. We’ve drooled over many a retro Volkswagen Bus and chewed the fat over Truck Campers. But one thing that we haven’t covered in great detail is the concept of a tiny house, one of the giants of […]