A British couple who spent nearly $100,000 converting a massive American yellow school bus into a luxury home are now offering the unique dwelling for sale through a raffle.
Lucy Stevens and Glen Carloss bonded over their love of American cars on their first date, and even spoke about a shared dream of converting a big bus.
Just a few months later, they shipped a 36ft x 8ft yellow bus from New York to Southampton in the south of England.
It still contained kids’ toys, discarded school jumpers, and sick notes, and they spent nearly a year converting it into a luxe mobile home.
Out came the seats and in went heating, a ‘cinema room’, a bathroom, a fireplace, and a king size bed, but crucially the iconic yellow exterior remains untouched.
Videos on Instagram show their entire process, and the work that went into the transformation.
Lucy said: “We both shared the same dream of owning a big vehicle to do a road trip for a year or longer.
“We worked so hard on it, it’s been blood, sweat and tears just because we’d never taken on anything like that before.. and how we achieved the look we wanted to achieve, I’m really proud of it.”
Lucy, who’s a nanny, went on her first date to a rooftop bar in London with tattoo artist Glen in July 2019.
When their bus arrived from the States? “It was huge,” Lucy says. “It’s so much more daunting in real life but I absolutely loved it, I couldn’t actually believe I owned it.”
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The couple got to work with a full renovation, tearing out the seats and flooring before installing electrics, plumbing, and heating, and partitioning off the bathroom and bedroom.
Then they added things like a sofa bed, dining area, compostable toilet, indoor shower, fridge, hob, oven, work desk, shower, and even a garage space for outdoor equipment.
The bus enthusiasts have now nearly completed another second school bus renovation, which they plan to take on a road trip around American and Canada before leasing it out as an Airbnb.
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As for that first bus that you can see in the photos above? Lucy and Glenn have decided to sell their first American bus in a raffle, with tickets costing £20 ($28).
They’re offering the motorhome, along with £1,000 ($1,390) towards the category-C license required to drive it, as well as six months of free storage. If you’d like to enter the raffle for the big school bus, just head here.
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You guys did an absolutely wonderful job! I also converted a yellow school bus into a home … at the time I wanted to make it more of a hippie natural home but only had the money to convert it simply. Raised roof two feet. Living room with pot belly wood stove, storage area, kitchen area, large closet, bathroom area with bathtub, closets, hot water converter, and camping toilet…but not as beautiful as yours. Lived in it for about 4 years and loved every minute! I am living in a 37 ft motor home for 20 years now ( Traveled western USA for 10 years) – and loving it. I like having a home I know I can move and still be living at home sleeping in my own bed. Thanks for sharing – good luck!
You two are amazing! This just made my month. I converted a 54 passenger bus back in the 70’s as a band bus with bunks , carpet, and it was very Spartan compared to yours. We painted it Orange and loved it. One night we were coming back from playing in New Orleans and a drunk lady hit us head on. Amazingly because of the safety designed into a school bus no one was hurt. Even the lady who we had to pry out of her truck only had a sprained wrist. In any case the band was named Dark Horse and about two weeks later one of your countrymen named George Harrison called my agent and bought the name Dark Horse because he had a record company named that. I was in awe that I got to sell it to one of the Beatles. Your bus is beyond a magic bus and I hope it someday ends up as a permanent home or in a museum. Your creativity is pure joy!
Alan Tooraen