'If you have a van what's wrong with staying in it?'
BBCThere are calls for Guernsey's rules surrounding motorhomes to be relaxed, to make it easier for islanders to live in their vans.
Using a motorhome or caravan for living in anywhere else other than at an approved campsite is currently not permitted.
Islander Mark Ferbrache said changing the rules to allow you staying on private property in a van would help some islanders in certain situations.
The Development and Planning Authority and the Housing Committee have been approached for a comment about any future plans.
Ferbrache, who needed a place to stay whilst renovating his home said: "If you've got a van, what's wrong with staying in it?"
What are the rules?
According to States of Guernsey guidance, stays are generally limited to one month, but have at times been permitted for a maximum period of three months.
Owners are permitted to keep a van on their own private property, providing it is the only one and it is not being slept in.
Ferbrache kitted out a campervan of his own and keeps it on his property ready to take it off-island for holidays.
For almost two years he lived in it home full-time as he was renovating his property.
He said: "That enabled me to do my property, otherwise I would have been paying the rent out and I wouldn't have been able to afford to do it."
Ferbrache said van life appealed to him and he is noticing more people seem to like the idea locally and worldwide.
He added he would not like to see the rules relaxed in Guernsey's public areas as he did not think the island would want "too many people doing it".
"You see in England along coastal places and there's just like rows and rows of vans blocking people's sea views from their homes which they've spent a fortune on, so I don't think that's fair," he said.
Alyson Grainge and Sebastian Wale bought a Volkswagen Type 2 campervan with the view to one day travel and live in it.
At the moment it is parked in their drive but they spend time at local campsites staying in the van.
They said if the rules were less restrictive they would ideally live in the van full-time in the island until moving away.
"We're having to stay in this accommodation where we are now because of our jobs and if we wish to modify our working hours or work for another employer then we have to think of something else, and our best option would be the van."
The couple said they would like to see the rules relaxed to accommodate longer-term stays.
"It would be good test for us living in it. If we can live it in full-time here, knowing all the services and having the safety net of Guernsey... then later going further abroad."
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