Michael McNamara sent this photo of Lloyd’s current residence. He extended the walls of a van to create this beautiful space. He was building it when I visited him a year or so ago. It was a cold day and we had some tea sitting around the little stove he’d welded up out of an old propane tank with a wok for a door. It’ll be in our forthcoming book on tiny houses.
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Looking like some of the House Trucks in New Zeland..very nice!
VERY NICE in deed. and how about a picture of the whole house truck from the outside?
So many questions. Is this built upon a usa type full size cargo van?
Do the wood walls join the metal walls such a van would have, or did Lloyd H cut down the metal to form a well of sorts?
More pictures please and a nice place in the upcoming tiny house book. When is that due out any way??
PhilM
I think it's awesome, and hope one day that I build something as cool as that trailer.
Looks so cozy . . .
this photo makes me smile so simple and elegant
That looks great, I can't wait to see more pictures—especially the outside. Your blog is looking good as well! Talk to you later… Alex
To be factually accurate, you might consider changing the name to "Lloyd's AWESOME Blog".
Nice!
Funny , I recently came across this ford van conversion while looking for someone to ask a question to . I feel in love with it as I knocked on it's door. Sadly Loyd wasn't home.
Can anyone tell me what kind of stove this is?
I'm looking for something similar.
Stove is homemade from 5 Gal propane tank.
a fellow has got himself a business renting out van conversions for 800 per month, in San Francisco
https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/in-pricey-bay-area-some-turn-to-vans-for-cheap-living-quarters/2016/06/02/7568e696-eac3-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-realestate%3Ahomepage%2Fcard
For the time being, San Francisco law specifies only where and when people cannot live in their vehicles. According to San Francisco Municipal Police Code, the “use of vehicles for human habitation” is prohibited from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m in streets, parks or beaches within the city and county.
“This section is not often enforced,” Officer Albie Esparza said in an email