When I was searching for our perfect skoolie, I had two lists: Must-Haves and Would-Be-Nices. On the list of must-haves were things like some sort of table for eating and working, a toilet (preferably composting), and at least a full bed. …

If you spend much time in skoolie owner groups and forums, you’ll start to notice some patterns. People asking what to do for work when you live on the road, trying to figure out how to install their solar panels, comparing different kinds of toilets, and bemoaning their leaky emergency…

We’ve all seen those photos. Beautiful people relaxing on a cute rooftop deck overlooking some beautiful vista at sunset. It’s hard not to want that for yourself. In fact, I’d wager that the idea of relaxing on a rooftop deck like that is the idea that has spawned a thousand skoolie enthusiasts. Of course, the online forums and skoolie groups on Facebook are chock full of heated debates about…

My husband and I have been planning and saving up for our move to full-time skoolie living for 5+ years. Neither of us is particularly handy or interested in the “trial-by-fire” YouTube University method of learning how to build things that you see so many people use when they embark on their skoolie journies. Because we weren’t interested in doing our own build, we had always planned on spending a bit more to buy an already built-out, mostly move-in-ready skoolie.