#van-life

Living in a van or car in the UK: the real costs, where you can legally sleep, and the free-vehicle myth

A van can drop your housing cost to under £300 a month — but "free van living" is mostly a myth, and the cheap version runs on a thin line of legality most people only learn after a 2am knock on the window. Here's what it actually costs, where you can sleep, and the rules that keep it legal.