Life In A Caravan

   in my opinion the panels are the best option, but they are expensive, even on a rainy day they give less electricity naturally but if there is some light they produce electricity, you have to estimate how much electricity you will need, what to include and from there to assess whether the panels will they work for you

   you're not over 18, are you?

   to 2: I'm actually well over 18. Before you accuse me of unrealism, I will say that in the UK, many people live in caravans, keeping them in so-called permanent camping sites. That is, a place where you go with your caravan and you can stay there as long as you want for a minimal rent. You have electricity, washing machine, water and more. In Bulgaria there are no such campsites near the cities, but only in resort areas. But I thought - after all, what are the possible obstacles to permanent life in the caravan? There are caravans of 18-20 square meters. m and up - that this is more than my student room in Student City, which I shared with three people. to 1: Well the panels are good because they are another step towards independence! But I have to research when what power they can give. If, for example, in the summer they make 2-3 kV for me, it's perfect, it's even a lot. But in the winter if they fall below 1kV ... In reality, I will use electricity, lighting, a computer, a stereo and some household appliances. Possibly a refrigerator, if I can't find gas. Oven stove and caravan heating and gas boiler.

   Yes, you can live in a caravan. For electricity - there are options, just go to the energy and there they will explain. The caravan will be a movable object or something similar, see the Spatial Development Act. They will give you power. Eventually, you can ask for power for agricultural purposes if the caravan is placed in a yard, for example. I no longer know the question about water, if you are in a yard with your own well, there is no problem, but about the plumbing? Abe, in fact, can, if we say in a yard and there is a building of the main building. It doesn't have to be habitable, it just has to be in the note. deed entered and they will open your account. From the water meter point you can now take your water to the caravan.

   Yes - in England there are quite large caravans, which are a whole studio, and more. But I've always wondered if it's cold inside in the winter, what their insulation is, etc. Otherwise I've seen Irish travelers / traveling gypsies (Irish gypsies) with them. They travel with them from place to place all over the country and so they live in such large caravans with their whole household. The municipality determines a place where they can park their caravan - where there is electricity and water and so they become a whole campsite.

   PS And have you thought about a yacht. With it you can walk around the sea. In England, there are people who live in yachts on the canals .... A small one is cheaper than an old small house. But I was wondering if it's not very wet all year round in this "shell".

   Thank you for the answers! to 4: Water I don't think is such a problem. There are tanks for caravans of 80-100 liters. When I take a short bath with 15-20 liters of water, it is quite tolerable in my opinion. A separate tube of mineral water from the liquor store. Thanks for the clarification! My plan is very far away for now, but at some point I will start to be even more interested. I really want to achieve a life as independent of the "system" as possible. to 6: I haven't thought about a yacht, where will I keep it if I live in Sofia? You have to go to one of the nearby dams (Pancharevo, Iskar, etc.), and then somehow the main idea of ​​the yacht is lost. In this regard, I am a little jealous of the people living by the sea :)

   I have also considered such a variant, in Bulgaria the weather is even warmer and sunnier than in Western Europe, so here the panels will do a better job for you. I'm at sea, I checked for a yacht / shell, but it turns out that even if I take it, I have nowhere to stop near the city at a reasonable price. And the caravan has nowhere to leave it, except at the campsites on the sea, where they want 600 BGN per month with electricity and water, and the caravan for rent at the same is 1200 BGN per month. From there for now comes the cheapest accommodation BGN 250 panel. In Europe it is the cheapest life in a caravan in Bulgaria for now it is an expensive pleasure.

   from author to 8: Thank you! But I still wonder, for example, how the garages in front of some blocks are placed? It's about someone just bringing a metal garage in front of the block and leaving it there. In order for something like this to happen, do you need to live in the given block?

   Do you want to live in front of a panel block in a caravan? For this you have to ask permission from the municipality, the property / the land in front of the block / is municipal. Read the Spatial Development Act, Article 56 and the regulations related to it for the city you have chosen. But if the city is Sofia or the big cities, the probability of being allowed to place the movable object in front of a block is zero, the people from the block will raise their voices. Most garages on municipal land are illegal and with warnings for removal. Even if your caravan is registered in the cat, you can't leave it wherever you want, there are even cities where it is forbidden to enter the center with the caravan. Even if you have an apartment in the given block, you still can't put the caravan in front of it. In fact, there are several ways. In the city you have chosen, you are looking for a place with a private owner or an association of owners. Private yard of the building,

   to 10 by the author: No, I don't want to live even next to a panel block, I don't particularly respect them. But I was interested in how things were going with the land there. I understand now. Thanks for the offer!

   Well, the caravan is a vehicle. Why can't I park it like a car? For example, one night I park it in one neighborhood, another night in another. By the same logic, I can live in a car sitting in front of a block. Or by the same logic, I can just have a caravan that I don't live in and park it in front of the block, because I don't have a garage, for example.

   You are my ally. I have a paranoid intolerance to any form of addiction and my biggest dream is to live outside the system. But I never thought about the caravan, but about my own village house. Your biggest problem will not be in the efficiency of the panels, but in the fact that they will simply steal them from you while they are gone, and not only them but they will get rid of everything. You can't stay in the caravan for 24 hours every day and all your expensive equipment such as panels and batteries will be easy prey for gypsies and other marauders.

   from author to 13: I want to escape the system in part, but I don't want to isolate myself in the countryside, at least not yet. That is, I want to take the best out of the system and get rid of the bad as much as I can. If I am in a village, I will have high transportation costs, ie I am still in the system. Otherwise, I ride my bike in the city (even at that time). The thing is, I don't want to take out loans and pay them off for 20-30 years to have my own home in some ugly 10-story panel. I hate panel blocks, I love houses and space outside. I like being in a country house, but I also like having a social life in the city. That's why I turned to the caravan as a "middle" option. Abe, I have no pleasure ... Unfortunately, you are very right about the caravan and the potential looting.

   Author, not that you have no pleasure, we understand you, but in Bulgaria such a way of arranging is unthinkable, due to the factors, municipalities, gypsies, difficult administrative settlement. There are too many obstacles compared to abroad. Forty years ago, only the middle-class could afford a caravan abroad for regular excursions, but now plane tickets and hotels are cheap and caravans for the rich have become unnecessary. Now abroad only the poorest live in caravans, in designated municipal places around the cities. There are still no such municipal places for self-accommodation in Bulgaria and the Roma neighborhoods are considered as such. But with Roma around you can't move out normally, whatever you buy will be stolen.

   The topic intrigued me a lot. I also want to live in a caravan and I wonder if the following option is not possible. I have information (not checked and may be wrong) that you can buy a parking space from the municipality. If we accept this information as true, could we not buy a parking space or two next to each other, because of the size of the caravan, and park it there?

   ... and I'm trying to come up with such an option.

   A variant with a caravan in Sofia is a bit difficult for me to imagine because of the above obstacles, but if you expand the radius a bit and include the peripheral villages to which there is regular public transport (Plana, Passarel, Zheleznitsa, Ivanyane, Bankya, etc.) it is not impossible. Shortly before Passarel, on a dirt road in the forest there is a caravan with a permanent resident. Another option is to pay for a camper and a parking space, but it seems to me much cheaper and practical to live in a room with one or a maximum of two roommates. There are Facebook groups for this purpose, my colleague has been using them for years and he is satisfied. Our Balkan mentality makes us look with suspicion at all the wave of wandering people and the thinking of the municipalities simply does not include the construction of such infrastructure, not to mention the lack of funds ... But there are things