My mechanic has done it, bought a bit of land of the farmer, has built some hard standing, 3 big garages....uses 1 garage for all the machine, lathes, mills etc and the other has the workshop in, lift and tools etc. Third garage, huge door....and he has parked his caravan inside it....got planning to make it into a house and he is taking his time doing it....10 years there so far!! He loves it....its as warm as toast in there during the winter and cos the van cant be seen, he has no hassle from anyone....