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We work closely with you to specify the layout, facilities, appliances and the bespoke finish you require for your bus conversion. Source: Not $1.5m like in a brand new one. Source: A couple looking to get out of debt and live a simple lifestyle purchased a bluebird bus for $3,000 on ebay, and spent months ripping out the seats and renovating the dirty, dusty interior. This coach was used as a personal limousine for a wealthy was stored in doors all its life near his private jet. An american made double decker sightseeing bus : Source: Not $1.5m like in a brand new one. And one day I’ll maybe think about making it my home,” he added.This coach was used as a personal limousine for a wealthy was stored in doors all its life near his private jet. “I am proud of it, but I won’t be until its finished.

Double decker bus conversion install#

“I’m looking for to site it on another person’s land and rent it out to glampers,” explains Jack, who added that if he found a land owner who agreed to house the bus, they would be financially compensated.Īlthough pleased with his progress, Jack - who lives with his parents Jim and Liz - insists that it will be only when he can fully install all the necessary plumbing and electrics that he can consider the project finished. Originally he thought that once completed, the bus would be his first home, but now he believes it could be the start of a great business venture by renting it out to holiday-makers looking for a luxury caravaning experience. To get the project to its final destination, however, he needs to find a permanent base for the bus for a business venture. When the conversion is fully completed, Jack estimates that he will have spent £16k - money he saved up for since his uni days.įrom looking at similar converted buses that have sold on the property market, Jack believes it’s worth £30k - virtually double his initial investment. Mandatory Credit - Picture by Freddie Parkinson © A shower is external to the bus, but is self-contained ensuring privacy. Heat is provided by a wood burner and a kitchen space comes complete with an oven and fridge.īathroom facilities include a toilet and sink. It now boasts accommodation such as a double bed, a single bed on the upper ‘deck’, while the downstairs there is a dining area, which also can be converted into a second double bed. “I got an electrician in, wires were put through the bus and then sockets. Then I started putting in wood frames, panels. Probably the hardest process stripping the inside,” reveals Jack. “They made these buses hard to rip apart. Shipping it over to Warrenpoint via Heysham port in Lancashire, its now temporarily sited in the Mayobridge area where Jack has since spent his spare time on the laborious process of stripping back the interior - which is around 2.3m wide - to its shell - not the easiest of tasks. Jack McGrath and his glamping project of a Leyland double decker bus. “Although its basically a 30-year-old vehicle - Leyland was bought over by Volvo and the engines are like tank engines,” he explained.

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“The bus was still in full operation in 2016 in Kent. “A bus can move, it can be sited anywhere,” stressed Jack, who works for pharmaceutical company Norbrook Technologies.Ĭhoice made, he located his double decker outside Liverpool and impressed by the 29-year-old Leyland model, he stumped up £5,500 to purchase the bus in May 2017. “My original motivation was the show like (Channel 4’s) Amazing Spaces, and lots of YouTube videos about alternative living spaces.”Īfter doing some research, the former Abbey Grammar school student quickly ruled out various options such as shipping containers and quickly settled on what he felt was a more practical choice. “A few years ago in England I was looking at housing options - and obviously there are housing issues there and here,” he said.

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