There are a few more days before we can move the caravan from its current location to our place where she will begin her makeover. What to do till then.
Firstly we need to work out how we are going to move her as she is not currently registered and we don’t have a trailer big enough to stick her on. In comes the brains trust with some helpful hints on the “Fix It or Renovate That Caravan” Facebook page and after a bit of research on the good ol’ internet I discovered that we could apply to the Roads and Maritime Authority for an Unregistered Vehicle Permit (UVP) in NSW and move the van legit! you can read up more on the permit here.
As part of obtaining the permit you need to complete a safety declaration that includes saying what lights/indicators etc you have. Therefore one of my missions tomorrow is to head out and check all the globes and make sure the wiring is ok and ready to go for the big move which we are hoping to do on the weekend.
I have found a lot of fun can be had in contemplating the layout of our future home. Now I would love to say I had CAD designing program and am rocking the design process – but alas, I do not. instead I have done a rough measure of the van and done a bit of a drawing of the space on paper. Then in the interest of easy ‘mind changes’ I have done the design up in excel.
Here are two of the designs we are considering:
NB: we have considered the things we ‘think’ we will need in the van and decided on;
- A queen size bed
- A cot for the baby
- a lounge that can double as a bed (if we need it)
- a kitchen
The medium dark rectangles on the outside of the image shows where windows are. On the bottom edge, the second rectangle from the left is the door for the van. More details and options to follow once I have had a chance to play some more.
Feel free to pop suggestions here for things that we have overlooked or not thought about!
More soon!
Pumpkin to Princess 