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The ultimate van build: Wilford's Nissan NV2500 cabin on wheels

Nomadic Van Life in his Nissan NV2500 That’s Built Like a Cabin

He transformed a Nissan NV2500 van into his personal cabin on wheels, tailored perfectly to his unique requirements. The moment you slide open the van door, you’ll quickly realize that this is far from an ordinary vehicle. It boasts a bespoke wooden entryway equipped with screen doors, effectively warding off Florida’s pesky mosquitoes. For the [...]

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Single Level Retirement Tiny Home

Single-Level Retirement Tiny Home in Colorado Village

Ken and Laurel were retiring and wanted to simplify their lives, but also wanted a custom home that met all their needs and design tastes. They found the Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Tiny Homes and worked with Ricky to design a Gooseneck THOW that’s perfect for them. The house has a huge kitchen with full-sized appliances, [...]

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Couple’s $7K Montana Cabin

Retired Couple’s $7K Montana Cabin

Below, Kevin and Elizabeth take us on a tour of their 420-square-foot cabin in the Montana woods that they built as a guest house for just $7,000! While yes, it was started and completed before the lumber price boom of 2020, it’s still an impressively low figure for such a beautiful, well-finished cabin. They kept [...]

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Retirement Skoolie Miss Daisy 2

Miss Daisy: Couple’s Retirement Skoolie

Shirley and A.W. wanted to do something new during retirement, so they bought a bus and built out a skoolie! Their only regret? That they didn’t do it sooner! They have a neat L-shaped couch in the back of the bus which becomes their queen-sized bed at night, and another couch that turns into a [...]

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The Boulders 875 sq foot tiny lake front cottage 2

Their 875 sq. ft. Lake-Front Retirement Cottage

Maria and her husband purchased this 875-square-foot first as a vacation property, so they could escape their city life in New Jersey in the mess of 2020. After the death of Maria’s father, the couple decided it was time to simplify earlier rather than later. They moved in full-time just two weeks ago! They added [...]

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Retirement in Their Hakuna Matata Adventure Bus

Retirement in Their Hakuna Matata Adventure Bus

Steve & Barbara were reaching retirement and figuring out their next step. Eventually, they settled on bus life and spent a year looking at buses. When they came across this 2007 Thomas C2 Skoolie that had only 30K miles on it, they decided to spend the $9K on it and get to work on the [...]

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German Couple’s Epic Overlander w Amazing Design 3

German Couple’s Epic Overlander w/ Amazing Design

Olly and Harriet are a lovely German couple who had always loved traveling during their vacations from work and wanted to use their retirement to keep seeing the world. So they purchased an amazing Mitsubishi Fuso and had it converted into an overlander dream house on wheels! The professionals who outfitted the interior did an [...]

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