UK Couple turn a double decker bus into a home.

testarossa40

If you've ever ever felt that you commute on buses so much that you practically live in them... (Yes, an ex-DB RH is featured :eek:):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2166028/Property-developer-spends-11-000-turning-double-decker-bus-new-home-priced-housing-market.html

Run_to_da_hills

An opening for DB with surplus stock.

What type of a driving license would you need for this over here?

"A cash strapped property hunter has turned his back on the housing market by making his family home out of a double-decker BUS.
Daniel Bond, 28, spent four gruelling months and £11,000 turning the neglected vehicle into a luxury two bedroom home. The self employed auto-electrician was desperate to move in with girlfriend, Stacey Drinkwater, 20, but the young couple were left stumped by 'ridiculous' house prices".



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2166028/Property-developer-spends-11-000-turning-double-decker-bus-new-home-priced-housing-market.html

BorneTobyWilde

Looks like the bus cost 9500 !

azul

What´s the point of this silly thread? Surely there´s more important things to start talking about than some silly unemployed homeless British auto elec. Next topic please:eek:

Judgement Day

Why don't you start a thread then?

SimonLynch

azul wrote: »

What´s the point of this silly thread? Surely there´s more important things to start talking about than some silly unemployed homeless British auto elec. Next topic please:eek:

Yes, bad grammar, it's 'there are'.

CommanderC

Wow- that's really cool. How innovative.

Thanks for posting !!

CamperMan

it' nothing new... people have done this before...

Cookie_Monster

CamperMan wrote: »

it' nothing new... people have done this before...

this basically. Have seen plenty over here. In fact I suppose I could go and photo 3 of them for yis, they do look kind of cool. One double decker and a couple of coaches. I see some interesting truck converts over here from time to time too, the best so far is somebody simply tying a caravan down onto the back of a flatbed with cargo straps

SimonLynch

CommanderC wrote: »

Wow- that's really cool. How innovative.

Thanks for posting !!

Poster asked if there were more important things to talk about, I personally think grammar's more important than Brits on a bus (not a grammar Nazi)

Run_to_da_hills

I was hoping this would bring up the subject of the MK3's

There's an opening in the market to convert these into cheap bungalows.

SimonLynch

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I was hoping this would bring up the subject of the MK3's

There's an opening in the market to convert these into cheap bungalows.

Austin Maxi would whoop their ass, you could put a fitted kitchen and two bedsits inside them (shudder)

Mr Simpson

There's already a thread about this here

corktina

mmcn90 wrote: »

There's already a thread about this here

i think this thread was first was it not?

corktina

azul wrote: »

What´s the point of this silly thread? Surely there´s more important things to start talking about than some silly unemployed homeless British auto elec. Next topic please:eek:

The point is it is about an ex Dublin Bus bus. You may not like Bus Spotters, but it's (sorry it is) more evidence of the need for seperate Bus Fans Forum on Boards.

Personally I thought it was well worth posting and relevant to C+T as the girl is slightly hot.

longhalloween

That is pretty cool. Imagine rocking up to Oxegen or EP in that!

ceegee

Daily Mail seem to have a pretty loose grasp on the term "property developer".

Also, jaysus your one is small

Mr Simpson

Actually it was, didn't notice that.

seamus

ceegee wrote: »

Daily Mail seem to have a pretty loose grasp on the term "property developer".

And the word "luxury". One of the windows is boarded up, for crying out loud. Nice idea, but it's two-storey, double-length caravan, not a "luxury home".

cbl593h

RH 119

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/couple-live-on-double-decker-bus-because-944277

Davidth88

why do I want to burst into song....


We all going on a summer holiday , no more working for a week or two ......



Where is Cliff ?

Defiler Of The Coffin

Would anyone risk converting an old Dublin Bus? Lord knows what you'd find...

corktina

ceegee wrote: »

Daily Mail seem to have a pretty loose grasp on the term "property developer".

Also, jaysus your one is small

did you never read "Little Women"? not scary little is she?

Oh and the Daily Mail has a pretty loose grasp on being a newspaper...

patrickbrophy18

Having your name as the route number would be pretty cool!:D

You go "DAN" the man!

christmas2012

one of the best boards.ie stories i heard so far..

Victor

azul wrote: »

What´s the point of this silly thread? Surely there´s more important things to start talking about than some silly unemployed homeless British auto elec. Next topic please:eek:

I don't think there is a particular problem with the thread. If you have a problem, report the thread.

SimonLynch wrote: »

Yes, bad grammar, it's 'there are'.

Behave

dfx-

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Would anyone risk converting an old Dublin Bus? Lord knows what you'd find...

Chances are they may not be the first to go to the toilet on the bus:pac:

ceegee wrote: »

Also, jaysus your one is small

As someone near 200cm in height, smallness is an advantage nay pre-requisite on Olympians..

Cool. Makes me want to grab a couple of Mark 3s and do something similar. :pac:

L1011

The Daily Mail also still has its problem with property prices I see - £200,000? Keep talking it up boys and it might come back... houses of much better livability in Canterbury for well under 150k asking at a very quick search there.

Monty Burnz

I expected the UK property bubble to burst around the same time as ours did. That's useful in reminding me that I really have the barest idea of what is going on.

The_Wrecker

As an ex RH type driver i wish them the best BUT advise some Columbia or North Face gear for the winter! The upper heating was never great.....

Type 17

BBC video about the story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18651140

Buffman

seamus wrote: »

And the word "luxury". One of the windows is boarded up, for crying out loud.

Ah, that's just a battle scar. It must have been a 77A at some stage!:D

jimmycrackcorm

SimonLynch wrote: »

Austin Maxi would whoop their ass, you could put a fitted kitchen and two bedsits inside them (shudder)

And they were perfect too for this because their unreliability made them ideal as permanent dwellings.

starviewadams

Jaysus that bus/home will be freezing in the winter no matter how much insulation they put in,unless they installed triple glazing on each window!

Rabies

Property developer spends £11,000 turning double-decker bus into his new home after being priced out of housing market
Daniel Bond spent four grueling months turning the neglected vehicle into a two bedroom home
The couple were unable to afford a deposit and found it almost impossible to get a mortgage because he is a self employed electrician
It is kitted out with a double bedroom, a twin bedroom, kitchen, TV lounge, bar, toilet and bathroom
The kitchen even has a hob, cooker, fridge and sink with running water
Daniel hopes to have his bus driver’s licence so that he and Stacey can take a trip to Cornwall where he grew up


A cash strapped property hunter has turned his back on the housing market by making his family home out of a double-decker BUS.
Daniel Bond, 28, spent four gruelling months and £11,000 turning the neglected vehicle into a luxury two bedroom home.
The self employed auto-electrician was desperate to move in with girlfriend, Stacey Drinkwater, 20, but the young couple were left stumped by 'ridiculous' house prices.

Big bus: Daniel Bond, 28, spent four gruelling months and £11,000 turning the neglected vehicle into a luxury two bedroom home with girlfriend, Stacey Drinkwater, 20
The couple were unable to afford a deposit and found it almost impossible to get a mortgage from the bank as Daniel is self employed.
So the ingenious electrician decided to buy the double-decker bus last October despite his mum telling him it was 'barmy idea'.

More...
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Amazingly the bus, which was used on routes in Dublin and East Sussex is kitted out with a double bedroom, a twin bedroom, kitchen, TV lounge, bar, toilet and bathroom.

Road to happiness: Daniel hopes to have his bus driver¿s licence by August so that he and Stacey, who works at Whitstable bowling alley, can take a trip to Cornwall where he grew up

Homely: The kitchen even has a hob, cooker, fridge and sink with running water
It has full plumbing running throughout, a 220 litre water tank, and can be connected to mains electricity to power lights and appliances.
The kitchen even has a hob, cooker, fridge and sink with running water.
Daniel and Stacey now live in the converted 1991 Leyland Olympia and the couple say they 'could not be happier', with their solution to the plight facing first time buyers.

All mod cons: Amazingly the bus, which was used on routes in Dublin and East Sussex is kitted out with a double bedroom, a twin bedroom, kitchen, TV lounge, bar, toilet and bathroom


Revamp: He completely stripped the innards of the vehicle and fitted the insulation, damp-proofed it and put up partition walls to create the different rooms

Cosy: The bed in the back of the bus where the couple sleep
Daniel said: 'We were desperate to move in together but house prices were just way too high and we did not want to waste our money renting someone else’s property.
'It is really difficult for first time buyers so this seemed like the best solution.
'I am so glad we did it people thought it was a barmy idea at first but people have really come round to the idea.

Cheap choice: For a decent two-bedroomed house, the first-time buyer would have been forced to pay close to £200,000

Living room: believes the vehicle is now worth more than £20,000 and is more spacious than most people¿s houses
'When you are on the bus it feels like an ordinary house, you completely forget that it is real a bus.
'It has taken me the last four months to do. I’m the sort of person who really gets stuck into things and go for them big time.
'But the whole point of this bus was to make things affordable for us.'
Daniel, from Canterbury, Kent, bought the bus from e-bay for just £3,000 and spent a further 8,000 kitting it out.
He completely stripped the innards of the vehicle and fitted the insulation, damp-proofed it and put up partition walls to create the different rooms.
The heating of the vehicle runs on diesel while the rest of the bus is powered by battery or by connecting to a mains plug.
Daniel believes the vehicle is now worth more than £20,000 and is more spacious than most people’s houses.
The properties he was looking to buy started at £100,000, but were all just pokey flats.

Haven: Daniel hopes to buy his own plot of land and plans to turn a single storey bus into a bar as his next project
For a decent two-bedroomed house, the first-time buyer would have been forced to pay close to £200,000.
Daniel hopes to have his bus driver’s licence by August so that he and Stacey, who works at Whitstable bowling alley, can take a trip to Cornwall where he grew up.
The vehicle is currently based on a plot of land, which the couple rent on the outskirts of Canterbury.
Stacey said: 'I love it.
'My friends love it everyone thinks it is just a brilliant idea.
'Our mates who also struggle with high house prices even want to come and build their own house bus and live next to us.
'I am only 4ft 10 so i have more than enough room plus the bus is pretty spacious. If it wasn’t for the bus we would not be able to be living together.
'We do not have any kids on the way at the moment but if we ever do maybe Daniel can convert a school bus for them to live in.'
Daniel hopes to buy his own plot of land and plans to turn a single storey bus into a bar as his next project.

How can this be considered journalism?

starviewadams

Daily Mail in fairness,I doubt anybody who willingly reads that paper is concerned with journalism standards!

gsxr1

Great Idea.

TILL WINTER. Ohhhhh. They will freeze.

popebenny16

looking at the upstairs pics you can see where years of vandals have been at work hacking away at the rubber around the windows down the back. the RH's, as well as having intermittant heating also ended up full of condensation and smelling of mould upstairs (propably a side effect of the heating)

Even with a few super sers thats gonna be cold.

of course, being a bus, they will probably just drive to spain for the winter.