The trend of revamping old vehicles into tiny homes has gone big on the Internet. Remember the US Army veteran who turned an old bus into a house on wheels? Well, architecture student Caleb Brackney’s own project is similar to that previous renovation project. Brackney made a split-second decision and bought an old bus on Facebook, which he then turned into his own personal home:
Inspired by a former mentor at school, Caleb bought the 26-year-old bus on Facebook Marketplace for $3,000 (€2,500) and spent another $7,000 (€5,760 ) on turning it into his home. He named it 'Roamer'.
"The name 'Roamer' also came from the town where I bought the bus. It was named Rome, Georgia."
After eight months of hard graft and lessons learned the hard way, he moved in.
"I definitely underestimated how long it would take to take everything out," says Caleb, recalling that "There were over 1000 screws holding the bus together," many of which were covered in rust.
Caleb plans to live in the tiny house for the next few years while he finishes his studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. "I want to be able to provide a perfect case study. I have enough to be happy. I'm content and live a really great life," he says.
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