The “build” is the creation of your campervan from whatever condition it is currently in. Regardless of the eventual type of build, you may find benefit in using a standardized order of events.

Builds range from bare essentials to technical wonderlands to luxurious. Various methods are used for planning:

• pen and paper
• sketchup or other design/CAD programs
• Cardboard Aided Design²⁾, 1:1 modeling the van space in the real world
• the “sit/stand in the van and think” model recommended by secessus

• A clean, functional build for $1200, which could have been considerably less without custom welding and powdercoat.

• a woodworker's build