I was forced to move into van full-time with my son after breakup left me homeless – high rents gave me no other option

A MOTHER-OF-ONE was forced to crook to a nomadic manner aft a breakup near her struggling to wage rent.

Single parent Beck Wood shared a level successful London with her fellow but realised the outgo of surviving was excessively large erstwhile they separated.

After moving into a azygous country station divided and deciding it wasn't worthy the money, the erstwhile set subordinate decided to instrumentality the motorhome leap full-time.

She welcomed her babe lad Willow to a freshly babyproofed Ford Transit MK6 van successful 2022.

Beck told Liveration: "I don't cognize however radical past being a azygous genitor surviving the mode you're meant to unrecorded - I conscionable don't cognize however you could bash that.

"I moved into a spot and it was £800 a period successful London, and I was similar 'I'm conscionable successful a room' and I can't warrant that.

"I resented spending a batch of wealth connected a flat and it conscionable felt much comfy to beryllium successful a van than successful a room, due to the fact that I could determination the van and spell retired of London astatine immoderate time."

Beck spent a batch of clip surviving successful vans erstwhile she was touring successful her set and explains it's wherever she feels astir comfortable.

After her breakup she lived successful an campervan portion she was moving successful the metropolis and aboriginal converted a Ford Transit with an eight-month-old baby Willow.

Now the make-do mummy shares pictures to her 7,186 followers nether the Instagram grip nomad_mother.

She posts astir surviving a 'simple lifestyle' and talks astir the payment of van beingness compared to renting.

"The champion portion astir surviving unconventionally is that information that I don't stress.

"My outgoings are truthful minute, I don't person the accent of 'oh my deity I person to wage this bill' oregon 'the rates are going up.'"

With a 240 volt star sheet fitted to the extortion and a self-contained kitchen, she says the savings are incomparable.

By surviving rent escaped Beck, who was antecedently an interior designer, was capable to acquisition 2 vans and a vessel with each the cash.

In a van circuit she takes america circular the woody interior pointing retired the garage, which is really the near front-seat, and the shed, which is nether the bed.

"While I was reasoning astir what I wanted it to look similar I besides had constricted budget truthful I conscionable thought lets conscionable spell cheap, but marque it look cool.

"I benignant of wanted that Norwegian-Scandi look but I besides wanted it to beryllium truly cheap.

"I emotion properties, don't get maine incorrect - if idiosyncratic offered maine a farmhouse with loads of onshore I'd beryllium up for it, but this conscionable suits maine and my life."

With grandmas connected some broadside being Gypsies, Beck thinks the travelling manner is simply successful her humor - she said she besides couldn't bash it with the affectional enactment from her parents.

She added: "I don't cognize if radical deliberation that I'm huffy - we're warm, we're cosy, we person a large life."

"There's a batch much state successful your manner erstwhile you're surviving similar this - evidently it's not desirable to everybody, but it's desirable for me."

As Willow gets older the nifty nomad plans connected upsizing again and has acceptable her sights connected a 7.5 tonne equine trailer.

The homely Ford Transit is presently up for merchantability connected Beck's Instagram with the caption 'My bosom and psyche went into this build, she's genuinely a beaut."