'WE SOLD EVERYTHING WE OWN...TO LIVE IN A TRUCK!'

Karstan Smith and Maxine Stokes sold their dream home and gave away all their possessions - and they couldn't be happier!

- Phillip Koch

These childhood sweethearts from Newcastle are literally living in a truck with their two young daughters after making the shock decision to sell their beautiful home and hit the road for an outback adventure.

And after parting with many of their cherished possessions, including the suit Karstan wore when they tied the knot on The Block 11 years ago, they are loving their new life in a home on wheels.

“It was the best feeling – it felt wonderful to take all our stuff, and there were lots of nice things in all those boxes, to Lifeline,” Maxine tells Woman’s Day.

The inspirational couple walked away with just $40,000 from one of the most controversial seasons of The Block with Darren and Deanne Jolly, Michael and Carlene Duffy, and Chris and Jenna Susetio. Brothers Shannon and Simon Vos won, taking home $435,000. But Karstan, 37, and Maxine, 35, have no regrets and are now mortgage-free millionaires after flipping two houses in Newcastle.

THE GIFT OF TIME

They recently sold their “dream home”, a renovated beach house they called The Palms, in Merewether for a massive $550,000 profit after making an even bigger profit of $1.35 million on a house they renovated a few years earlier.