Traveling and Living Differently: A Few Words of Inspiration

We took 2005 Gillig City Bus (that was bought at auction from someone for $3900, then sold to us for $5900), and we turned it into an apartment on wheels!

When we moved Frau Fowler  (it took 3 x 53′ foot trailer trucks), we turned a city bus into a house so that we could move our business, our home and our family, and we lived in the bus while we fixed our new Frau Fowler building up!

With the rising costs of houses (which is outrageous and retarded), we think getting a sweet deal on a bus and turning it into a home/ travel vehicle is the way to go if you’re AMBITOUS and YOUNG and WANT TO REALLY LEARN BY DOING!

You can learn so much by the process and it can be so enjoyable- even the work!

We did everything (except install the granite countertops) even the paint job (which was actually the hardest), and we did it all in a DIRT PARKING LOT!

I have multiple videos of HOW TO that need to be complied and put into a video, but I haven’t had much motivation because we don’t do SOCIAL ANYMORE due to the censorship that we just cannot be a part of- we refuse it out right.   I will see if I can get into it one day, because it’s not only FUNNY, but it’s full of SENSE MAKING!

The total cost of our bus build was about $40K (we did our own work, but didn’t skimp on the quality).  It’s an amazing living area that we STILL ENJOY WHILE IT IS PARKED ON OUR CAMPUS HERE, as a THIRD BEDROOM WITH A KING BED!

I hope this post is some motivation for everyone to just go HAVE FUN WITH IT!  These buses cost tax payers $600,000 (back in 2000), and you can score many for around $6-10K now, with newer diesel engines (that usually last a VERY, VERY, VERY long time).

Get creative.

As always,

Perry, The Alchemist

A few things to consider:

• We went with a compost toliet, so we have no BLACK WATER. It works great.
• We have giant fresh water tanks that can be heated on demand, for the shower and for the sink (located next to each other). No shower curtain needed due to the design of the walk in area.
• We have a two burner gas stove fitted inside the countertop, with an easy access for the gas tank.
• We put our king size bed and headboard from our house into the back.
• We put a couch from our house inside the bus- works great.
• We left the electrical box behind the driver’s seat in tact, painted it with EMF paint and loaded our battery system inside it.
• New tires is the most expensive thing you’ll buy for your new bus.
• We put in a wine rack for me, because it’s fun!
• We put in skylights in both emergency exit panels in the front and the back, over the bed (good star gazing).
• We used a porch door to divide the driver’s area off from the rest of the bus- giving us privacy.
• We put a freezer in, instead of a fridge. It’s more energy efficient and you can buy a gauge that turns the freezer into a fridge!

Happy Building Y’all!