Premium Day van/Remote camper - High-Victron-spec - Low mileage - Pro Bespoke Conversion - 2024 Ford Transit H2 L3

An exceptional day van for (genuinely) remote working, or an extended stay off-grid, depending on access to facilities. Alternatively, it is a very comfortable premium day van for simply working away from the office. Just had 2 year service (engine and underside video available, and Ford service report showing van is in excellent condition).

Great off-grid and mains-option power set up from Victron (details below) with a Savvyvan 5″ digital touch control panel. Starlink fits neatly in the cabinetry.

Private mobile office and sleep space that is very pleasant to work in, and to relax in, with flexibility to work remotely nearer to nature, or when travelling for work. Comfortable and quiet and spacious to sit in – in any weather – to get some work done, after a cycle/morning hike/swim etc. And downtime, to lie back on the sofa with the back doors open and read a book by a river, or have a zoom call.

No corporate grey. There’s priority given to a calm interior, bookshelves and a place to mount a guitar. There’s a small telly that’s never been used. There’s a place to file your papers and hide your shoes. There’s a small fridge (Alpicool K18 18L Compressor Fridge Freezer) you don’t need to crouch down to access, and if useful, you can pick it up and place it outside.

The “kitchen” is a pull-out drawer, built by Siraxbuild Carpentry in Norfolk, that you pull out the van’s sliding door, for cooking outside the van (there’s a Fiamma awning). The top shelf of this kitchen drawer fits the fold out heat-resistant table, next shelf the gas stove, and the bottom shelf fits a crate that holds everything for cooking.

Most of the van’s cabinets, and the desk/table, are custom-made by Siraxbuild, designed for ease of use and to be easy on the eye.

The laminated sofa/sliding bed is from Van Furniture (Total bed size 1600mm/1800mm x 1100mm) and has under seat storage. The seat simply slides out for sleeping, doubling in size.

Bespoke specialists CamperVinn in Rugby handled the conversion, including the electrics and Victron system (Victron details below), four layers of insulation (sound deadening, thermal, vapor barrier and a finishing layer), 12mm thickness panel boards, floor insulation with Kingspan, practical but attractive Karndean Spring Oak vinyl tiles on the floor and stretch carpeting for the rest.

There are two roof windows (Dometic Midi Heki, with flyscreen and blackout, without ventilation, 700 x 500mm) and a Rhino roof rack.

Privacy and “stealth”

I did not want to open the drivers cabin to the living space, nor have side windows, to be more discreet, and that has been wonderful. It has given me a lot of privacy, and has meant I have been able to stay occasionally overnight in places where an obvious conversion would perhaps not be so welcome. It’s not complete “stealth”. If you stand back from street level, and look closely, you’ll see the edge of the roof windows behind the roof rack but it’s a high van, so if you’re just walking by, it looks like a trade van.

Seasons

The roof windows are well designed, with screens. The insulation is excellent. It deadens road noise if you have pulled over in a layby, and makes the van comfortable to sit in in hot and cool weather, and, as the temperature drops, the Eberspacher diesel heater has proven very effective. I did not use the van though in the middle of winter so I have not tested it to this extent.

When the weather’s pleasant, I have very much enjoyed parking up somewhere green and working with the back doors open, and with a roof window open there is plenty of circulating air. I could also open the sliding door but often haven’t needed to. There are also two discreet vents in the floor for circulation.

Driving comfort

Comfortable driving cabin, and unlike older models, it has excellent vision. The side windows are large (and fold in automatically at the press of a button by the steering wheel) and the rear view mirror is actually a very clear rear view from a rear mounted camera. The large screen in the console gives you very good sat nav mapping display and all the usual audio options (simple to connect a smart phone and drive away) and excellent guidance when reversing.

Things to know

I chose a height so I could stand up inside the van post-conversion, so the overall external height (with the roof rack etc) is 2.72m. (I’m just shy of 5ft 7)

A barely used Thule bike rack that fits this vehicle (and two cycles) is included in the price. It is not currently mounted on the van.

Total CO2 Emission:182g/km

Exterior Colour: Grey

Date of Reg: 28/06/2024
First service undertaken: 23/06/2026 (By Marshall Ford Cambridge, from whom the van was purchased)
(Service requirements 2years or 25000miles whatever is soonest)

The Ford Warranty is 3year 100,000 miles from 28/06/2024

There’s a remote controlled Adventurer door step for the van’s side door access.

Victron details:

The van is equipped with a high-quality 12V electrical system built around a LiFePO4 lithium battery, providing reliable off-grid power for extended trips.

A Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30 charge controller manages the solar input, keeping the battery charged efficiently from the roof-mounted panels. For mains-style power, a Victron MultiPlus-II 12/3000 inverter/charger supplies 230V sockets and allows easy hook-up to shore power when needed.

All key components are linked through a Victron Cerbo GX, giving clear system monitoring so you can check battery level, solar input, and power usage at a glance. Power is safely distributed via a Victron Lynx Distributor with built-in fusing.

Overall, it’s a dependable, easy-to-use setup that supports off-grid living while still offering the convenience of mains power when required.

First MOT date due June 28, 2027.