Vintage Caravan Restoration. Part 1

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Жыл бұрын

Part one of our vintage caravan restoration project where I show you around and talk about our plans to create a cute, shabby/chic holiday home on wheels!
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@GardenofEmma Жыл бұрын

What a lovely idea to restore a vintage caravan. Perfect for holidays

@Garden-of-weeden Жыл бұрын

Oh I love caravans for their innovation … here’s a table that turns into a 4 bed house! Lol enjoy all the adventures it will bring!

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

😂 🤣 😂

@kay-xs5en Жыл бұрын

Ooh this is so exciting. What a project! We used to have a narrowboat on the Leeds and Liverpool canal and we had such fun designing the interior layout, colour scheme and buying all the essentials. Sadly we decided to sell it several years ago. We found the locks and swing bridges were becoming too much like hard work plus I was finding it difficult leaving the ponies at the weekend. My daughter and granddaughter would see to them for me but I felt it was too much of a commitment for them. I now have my little plot and of course my two ponies and am very content. You will get so much pleasure and have great fun with it. You will have to give it a name😀😘

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

Ooooh yes, maybe I'll run a community post for suggestions 😁 How lovely to have had a narrowboat! xx

@TheGrowUpChannel Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to staying in that bad boy roo! Haha 😄 I'm chuckling, imagining me you and Jane away in that 😄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

😂 Well you know you and your dogos will be welcome any time 😁 and me and Jane would have a right adventure with tea and cake and brisk walks and an overall jolly good time 😃xx

@witsonsmom729 Жыл бұрын

I love its big windows. Looks like a fun project.

@charissatroup5611 Жыл бұрын

Oh, that looks like a fun project. I'm looking forward to the updates.

@robinmiller1783 Жыл бұрын

Wow well appointed little vintage RV. Looking forward to seeing your renovations.

@theallotmentnewbie Жыл бұрын

This looks like such a fun project Roo!

@LorraineG123 Жыл бұрын

Roo I love it,she is a beauty, my friends were a travelling funfair, they had that size one for stock, then my husbands parents bought similar years later for a holiday extra space on the family land, both said they are perfect. She has loads of room. Ah now, ye will have to name this wee baby. Well ware with her and lots of great memories to be had.

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

I'm super excited 😃 and yes, you're the second person to say she needs a name. I will run a little competition on my community tab on here for suggestions, so watch this space 😁 x

@LorraineG123 Жыл бұрын

@@Roo-s_Life Ha ha love it.

@theflyinggardener Жыл бұрын

What an exciting project Roo! I love caravans! 😍💪🏼😁

@NicksAllotmentDiary Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s In really good condition Roo. Will make a great project. Take care. Nick

@ErnieCG Жыл бұрын

Nice to have a caravan

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

We're really looking forward getting it into a condition to take it away on little holidays xx

@bristolveggiebeds5310 Жыл бұрын

It'll be a lovely project!

@JanesGrowingGarden Жыл бұрын

Oh now this is fun! Really looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

I have so many ideas, lots of preparation and stripping back first but like you with your shed, I have an image in my head 😃xx

@BoatTime Жыл бұрын

ooooh so exciting!! good luck with the project! 🥳🥳

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

Thank you, super excited 😃xx

@lizhodge3537 Жыл бұрын

Ohh that does look in good condition. We had a touring caravan it was a 2009 model and it had a fixed double bed at the back. I chose that because like you I didn't want the hassle of having to set up a bed every evening. I cursed when our granddaughter came with us and we had to set the bed up haha we did love her company but not the hassle. We sold our caravan a few years ago and started staying in holiday cottages in the Lake District.

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

We're definitely going to go with a fixed layout for less hassle ☺ xx

@stevendowden2579 Жыл бұрын

nice video

@yesidtac7863 Жыл бұрын

Execelente vlog

@anitahaywood9827 Жыл бұрын

Ohhhh wow!! we could have done with that when we moved house 2 years ago, we were living in a building site. by the time we were 3/4's of the way there I thought about a caravan . . . . The house looks amazing now but we were literally eating dust lol. Take care Roo! x

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean, I lived in a house at the same time as renovating years ago, it's amazing where dust can get! 😂 x

@myrustygarden Жыл бұрын

Ohh very cool 😎 we are looking forward to going camping soon in our camper. I made new curtains for it the other day. Have a fab week stay safe 🥰🇨🇦

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

You're not venturing out in the snow then?!? 🤷‍♀️ ❄ 😉 😂 xx

@myrustygarden Жыл бұрын

@@Roo-s_Life 😂😂😂 I’ll have to because I need pots out of poly 🤦‍♀️

@debbailey2956 Жыл бұрын

Cant wait to see how you get on..ive always wanted to donthis🌞♥️

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

There will be another video coming up sometime soon! x

@ericaslittlewelshgarden Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see how this project progresses! I've got a few questions if love to ask... Maybe you could tell us in your next tour? First one is, how old is the caravan? You showed the small shower. Is the bottom of the toilet a shower tray then or does it flood the whole van? Is there anything important you needed to check before buying it? Also how much did it cost? Rude question I know but would love to know. Can't wait l see what you do with it! I just love it so much.

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Erica and such interest. The van is around thirty years old. The important thing is that it's fit to tow /roadworthy, so the chassis, towbar, and wheels. The little wash / shower room has a shower tray. I'd rather not say how much we paid but you can pick a similar one up for anything between a few hundred to a couple of thousand pounds depending on the area you are in and the condition of the caravan x

@alanyarwood5369 Жыл бұрын

Great project, are you putting solar panels on and leisure batteries.

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

Definitely leisure batteries, maybe solar but all cost dependent xx

@alanyarwood5369 Жыл бұрын

If its mainly static I'm sure Chris could fettle a wind turbine out of an old car dynamo and metal old radiators cooling fan. Looking forward to seeing it develop. Are you rewiring it for usb ports etc.

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

@@alanyarwood5369to be honest we'll probably keep it pretty basic, I do like the idea of some solar though. We have a power bank that we used to take camping, a bit like a Jackery but an older (and much cheaper) version for USB charging etc x

@alanyarwood5369 Жыл бұрын

@@Roo-s_Life what power bank do you have. Jackery are stupid prices.

@Roo-s_Life Жыл бұрын

@@alanyarwood5369I actually can't remember, it's possibly a Halford's one, we've had it for years x