Very impressive. I have been watching your narrow boat channel and ended up binge watching your van build-out. Now back to the boat vids!

From the son of a professional campervan builder I am very impressed. What you have achieved with your limited resources, effectively in a field! is quite remarkable. Congratulations to you!

I didn't realise that I suffer from OCD until I saw that the paint on the wooden slats only covers the first inch or so under the mattress. :)

Very nice. The most enjoyable part of your video was the fact that you did not have any annoying music or ridiculous lead in / out logo. The info is what I am here for not some amateur film making. Much appreciated. Super build.

Great Job , and congratulations. I was just thinking earlier today, where is the vlog. from David. I especially like the flooring. I somehow had the impression that your van was a Volvo. Guess I was mistaken . Good thing you don't live in Arizona, Scottsdale is 102 F, today and the carpeting in you van would have really heated the vans interior. Amazing piece of workmanship. Cheri o for now. Richard

Congratulations David on a great van conversion. The videos have all been entertaining and informative, thanks for sharing the process.

Just like "cruising the cut" I've watched all the vandemonium vlogs and enjoyed them immensely. Congratulations on a camper well built sir.

Hi David, thanks for showing the finished result of all your hard-, very good- and well thought-out work. You can be proud of what you did, and now start using and enjoying your lovely small campervan that will allow you to visit places of interest you can't get to by narrowboat. Good luck, and have fun, Peter.

This popped back up in video's I might enjoy. I saw the date and I was surprised. It is hard to believe that it has been 2years!

Well done, David! Perhaps you'll take us on some UK and European road adventures!

Nice to see it finished, looks great and ready for odd trips away. Hope you enjoy... Just think how your life's changed from before the narrow boat journey. Now what's your next project?

Great job Dave. Now can we get some cruising the cut videos - please. I really miss them.

Brilliant! the David Attenborough narration style made it that much more enjoyable

Nicely done!

Best part of building your own, you never get tired of it

well done !!! im just starting my dispatch camper after having an LDV LWB for 6 years.In that 6 years i changed the layout 4 times because over time you adapt your van to your needs .Your van is personal to you and you should be very proud ,have fun on all your future trips away.

Love the setup, you planned that very well.

Nice work David. I'm looking forward to a few trip reports!

You should be proud of what you've accomplished. Smashing.

Turned out very well. Excellent job!

Vantastic! Cheers

Looks great , now enjoy your great van .

Looking amazing! Fab job!

What fun! Wonderful job. I enjoyed this immensely.

Really nice conversion. Well done on having the guts to start cutting holes in your van for the vents and windows .i think I would be procrastinating still. Just stood there drill in hand coming up with excuses not to start.

Wow, your van looks great! You do great work!

Excellent build, you packed a lot into that van!

Well done. Looks good and perfectly functional.

Really quite an impressive job, considering you didnt have a workshop or garage, you did everything outside in not the best of weather, respect. Enjoy!

All is high quality work. Nice job, David!

Excellent! You gave me some great ideas for my old sprinter. Thank you!

Wow, beautiful build. Alot of thought & expectations are rolled up into this space. Good job.

Well done Dave

Finished at last, and so worth your effort. Looks really cosy and self contained so you're ready for anything. Thanks once again for your time sharing the journey with us. Ta!

Great work. That came out really nice.

that looks so sweet good job done wicked.

What a Nice surprise! I follow you with the Narrow boats and now i discover that you're on vanlife.

Congrats! Loved all the build videos that got you this point - very impressed.

very well thought out. very handy. you could totally live in that full time.

Very nicely done! congrat!

Very well presented video and van. Really well laid out and looks quite spacious for such a small vehicle. Thanks for sharing.

really nice camper, you really would make a fantastic golf sports commentator

Nice job Sir. Thank you for your time.

Lovely job! 👌🏻

A very smart looking interior. You should be proud of yourself. You're very talented.

Love your Van build,got a lot of Idea,s from your Work, Thanks for Sharing your ideas and Video,

Wow!! What a great build, so well thought out👍🏻 I love it. Makes me miss my van so much. Thanks for the tour 😎

Wow, that is absolutely fantastic! And you did it yourself! How brilliant is that! Such a practical layout, no space wasted at all, and even an emergency loo! I love the table! You should be very proud of such an achievement - well done!

I am a carpenter and I think you have done a fairly decent job, well done

Great insulation and woodworking. Looks cozy.

As always top notch content and commentary!

I've fitted out several vans in the past - and I gotta say, you've done a cracking job, well done!

Nice job, I'm at a similar stage with my vito conversion. Just need to use it now and see what bits I'll change. Next year I hope to get round to putting water tanks underneath and a few other bits.

Great build! And nice video. Enjoy!

Beautiful van build😊

Hi. Just going to start ripping on my Citroën Dispatch today. Your videos have been great for ideas and layouts. Many thanks

Good job!!

Great job. Happy Trails.

Job well done, enjoy your videos.

This is amazing. I was just at an RV show recently and this is easily just as nice as most of them. Your cooktop and sink are by far a better setup than most I have seen..

...top notch job!

Fantastic job, well done x

Congratulations on completing a fine land yacht. I hope it’s everything you need it to be. Are you aware that you didn’t blink once in this video?? Lol.

I'm a Nomad in the USA and live in a Honda Odysee minivan , I like this channel and your cruising the cut channel

For extra shelf storage for things like tea bags and coffee you could screw jam jar lids to the underside of your shelf then screw the jars to the lids. Ps. I stole this idea.

This is really impressive. Well done

You did a great job David. Looks good.

You may have given someone the confidence to try this themselves. I think you did a fine job

Watched so many campervan video's and eventually came across yours. First impression was another boring vid. After watching a few more they became enjoyable to watch no stupid annoying music no dancing or pulling stupid faces at the beginning of the video and they were quite amusing. I am just starting my own conversion and found your vids very helpfull. Very funny when you say you measured and cut everything but when you tried to fit it together it just didn't fit so you chucked it and made another one, made me laugh. Thanks hope my conversion works as good as yours.

Cracking Campervan! Happy travels.

Impressive job. Well done.

Where will you be taking your first trip in the van ?

Top job David. Couldn't have done it better. Fabulous vlogs as usual as known from 'Cruising the Cut'.

Very nicely done. Smart, efficient and well thought out. Cheers

Congratulations on completing your project.

Bravo! Great build. I did a Transit Connect last spring so I feel your pain and triumph. Now when are you going to start your epic journey?

you are highly inventive engineering this remarkable van... Very impressive an extraordinary... Thank you for sharing you are brilliant man...

Superb. Well done on a great build! 👍👍

It looks realy professionaly! good luck in your trips.

Mate you've got an excellent voice for documentaries/news or something

Nice build, shows what's possible using basic materials and some common sense. One concern: stuff on shelves and no bulkhead. If it's not strapped down or shut in, it's a projectile come collision time. Maybe a fastenable flap over the front of the shelves? Other than that, very nice job.

That looks really awesome. Very impressive, well done sir.

Well done and it looks good hope you enjoy it nigel

I could live in that no problem

Nice work , and allot of kit .... just wondering after doing it all and driving it, would you do all the same but in a slightly bigger van? It just seems allot of effort for a small space but this is obviously me overlaying what i would do ... I am 6,3 as well ;) and i can see advantages of having a smaller van, was it a case of wanting a more "car like" driving experience?... Nice van all the same and the Toyota is a good choice i feel, excellent reliability ;)

Great work! I hope you continue to enjoy!

WoW! Very nice conversion! Time to binge watch your video's. Thank you for sharing.

Overall, it turned out very nice. Well done. I was a bit perplexed when I saw your 4 ceiling lights. Why would you have the two rear ones over the bed and none over your kitchen work area? Also, I’d be s bit concerned about your tea cups jumping out of the shelf on a bumpy road.

I wish I could get a van with a millennial anti-theft device here in the US. Alas, all we get here are automatics.

thank you loved watching this hope to watch more of your vlogs soon

It's great, well done. Looking forward to seeing some of your travels :-)

Certainly couldn’t have done better myself. I subscribe to Cruising The Cut and by extension, though not actually, your van vlogs. I imagine you will spend many comfortable days out and about in you van. Well done! Now please can you cast off and go cruising again? We miss you here in inter web land. Thing is, your the one who started the whole idea of selling up and doing ones own thing for my wife and I. We are well on with our own plans. Much like Floating Our Boat- same age and stage in life. Seems you’re a little under par at the moment. Don’t mean to be personal but if so, Get well soon.

Now you need to build a butty to put the camper van on so you can haul it around with you in the narrow boat!!! Huh? What do ya think??

Turned out great! Can’t wait to see the trip videos :)

A very neat and tidy job. Have watched the videos and enjoyed process very much. Can’t wait to watch your next project. Cheers Keith

Did spending so much time on your narrowboat help with the layout and assembly of the camper van? It strikes me that boat design and camper design have many of the same challenges, although often at different scales.

It just doesn't look to have quite enough cheese storage space to keep pace with the 10 gallons of tea.

It would be sad if I commented before watching just trying to be first. Edit: Okay, I've finished watching now. Again, I'm disappointed not to see running water and burning gas. Surely you could have made a cuppa. However, I'm very impressed by the work. I've been watching from the beginning and the transformation is significant. I could not have done that. Good job, David.

Well done it looks great ... enjoy !

Bravo! Your build reminds me of my first van build, when I was a teen, albeit yours is much more nicely finished. My only advice to anyone new to vanlife, even weekenders, is learn to love baskets and bags, so everything has a home. Clutter is the bane of any nomad, which can suck the positivity of the nomad experience out of anybody. Keep a proper tea box for your teas, with desiccate, especially. Vans and most campers have humidity buildup, especially when running a catalytic heater, which I presume your propane heater to be. Catalytic heaters are very efficient, much more so than combustion heaters, but they do create more dampness. Don't ruin your teas. I highly recommend using packing bags to sort your clean clothes, and manageable-sized tins and/or plastic totes for storing essentially everything else. I personally prefer tins, whenever possible, because I prefer my belongings be out of view. As I approach 40, I am diligently saving for retirement and a new van build, but I'm uncertain how set those plans are, given legal residency changes in my country aimed towards stopping people from living in vans. Van life ebbs and flows in popularity, and it is met with everever-increasing regulations and restrictions, which can be tedious, even to a part-time nomad.