Turning a van/ people carrier into a camper

Wheelhome did a neat conversion on a Ford Galaxy.
Pics on this one that was for sale a while ago should give you some ideas:
www.caravans-for-sale.com/adverts/147/14766/

That says "two berth", do they mean oompa loompa two berth?

Maybe some better pics might show it better, I'm not claustrophobic but I was when I saw that!

This subject is something we have considered on and off, off at the moment due to wife's health/employment issues and family (and the virus!) but I think we'd look at something less fixed if we went for something Galaxy-sized. I'm thinking platform for bedding, cooking on camp stove type arrangement, but we'd only ever be looking at localish weekends away.

I converted a Merc Sprinter into a camper.
I bought an old caravan stripped it, kept what I needed ( cupboards, beds, toilet compartment, cooker, fridge, sinks, lights, then sold the chassis and scrap alloy..
Ill dig out some pics soon if you like...

Just a thought, if you re-register it as a camper it will be allowed into low emission zones, as a van it will not. * (Although this might have changed with ulez,) I'm sure someone will be along to advise, but I think it needs a hob and a sink to be classed as a camper.
Also insurance may be easier/cheaper on a camper than a van.

*assuming diesel

Doing it RN on a LWB Trafic. The DVLA have made it so tricky to get reclassified (it also involves X number of windows on each side and, believe it or not, stickers) it's almost not worth it.

It's a whole new world of vapour barriers, insulation, ceiling fans and split charge relays...

It's a whole new world of vapour barriers, insulation, ceiling fans and split charge relays...
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Oh. I stand corrected... carry on as you were. I had no idea it was so involved. I wonder if builders were lobbing sinks and hobs into their vans and smoking around London in 'motorhomes'
Also, I wonder if that is why you see really nicely converted vans with awful palm tree graphics and daft names plastered down the side like "Freedom Roamer" or "Transient Probe"*
*I made those up but if you want to stick them on your van I don't mind

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324136708924

Here’s one for ya, deck it out nice inside & leave the outside ‘ard as nails’ 😀

You could try something like this:

Nissan Homy 4x4

Registered as a car 70mph, car park spaces no issues, London taxi engine.

It's for sale.

Guidance is here www.gov.uk/government/publications/converting-a-vehicle-into-a-motor-caravan/converting-a-vehicle-into-a-motor-caravan

The guidance lists various external features that are expected of a motorhome, although it stops short of saying that they are all mandatory (to my reading anyway). So you could probably not have stickers for example if it blatantly looked like a camper. On that note, conversions have been turned down because they don't look like a camper - the guidance mentions that the purpose of changing class is to aid identification, so that riot van above may not be approved unless it gets a coat of white lol. Ambulances are quite popular for conversion, nice and roomy with good access, but again should really be unliveried.

The internal requirements are stricter, you need permanent fixtures, not just a mattress and an inverter to power a kettle

Also you can only convert certain vehicle types to campervan, for example they won't let you re-register a trike to a motor caravan!

As strikey mentioned, hard to find good Bongos. Not long ago they were everywhere down here in the Westcountry, but most of the ones I see now are spares or repair horrors where you can put your hand through the holes.

The main reason to change class appears to be insurance, cheaper than commercial for vans etc.