This 28-year-old filmmaker pays $700 per month to work and live in a renovated cargo van (via CNBCMakeIt)
About four years ago, after a breakup, the filmmaker moved out of his house in Atlanta, Georgia, to hit the road with his dog, Millie. Since 2018, they've has lived over 20 cities and visited over 20 U.S. states, all while living and working as a full-time independent contractor from his van.
Since moving into a van in 2018, Trent Arant and his dog Millie have visited 20 cities and 20 U.S. states.Here's how Arant transitioned to his life on the road, and how he maintains his lifestyle living out of a cargo van:When his relationship ended in 2018, Arant was working as a visual effects artist in Atlanta's film industry — and living alone in a home that was previously shared.
Around this time, he also started a content-creating side-hustle on TikTok and YouTube, partially to document his new lifestyle.The move from the first van to the next was more arduous than one might expect. Arant camped in South Carolina for five months while renovating his new living quarters, officially completing the project and moving into his new van in April 2021.
Arant remodeled his 2020 RAM ProMaster Van himself. It now includes a full bed, kitchen, toilet, cold-water shower and a full-size gaming P.C.A cooking enthusiast, Arant says the kitchen was particularly important when "building out" his van. It includes a relatively large fridge, a three-burner stove, an oven and a working sink, which draws water from a 40-gallon tank under Arant's bed. The excess water drains into a six-gallon tank, which he empties outside or at dump stations.
Millie, Arant's four-legged travel companion, also has a space of her own. She sleeps in a 2.5-foot by 2.5-foot space, equipped with a fan and a light.Arant moved into the van for the flexibility to travel around the country, of course. Atlanta is still technically home, but only when he's occasionally required to work in person. When he spoke with CNBC Make It in February 2022, he was living in the mountains in Asheville, North Carolina.
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