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  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail 6 місяців тому +1

    LOVE L-shaped kitchens on bus conversions!

  • @BuckJones1909
    @BuckJones1909 2 роки тому +1

    I agree with Chuck that living off grid and mobile is amazing and puts one in touch with the elements that pretty much would other be ignored!!

  • @BradleyMcCartney
    @BradleyMcCartney 7 років тому +3

    His passion, drive and desire to do this is so incredibly inspiring! He knows exactly who he is and what kind of person he wants to become. He doesn't worry about the conventional lifestyle that society convinces us to live, he's just happy living the lifestyle he wants to live! It's my dream to do the same. What an inspiration. :)

  • @pahzplace7853
    @pahzplace7853 6 років тому +5

    After watching a minute of your video, what you've said propelled me to say that most are clueless about perseverance and survival! It took you needing to survive to have you move in the direction of designing your home by way of a bus. I know this all to well myself. Although I never had to design a bus for a home, but I did so with a big empty basement.......... electricity, lighting, tiling, doors (everything that's needed for an outcome) and I never did construction or the likes before. This type of drive and insight definitely comes from a place within you that you unknowingly reach out to and the best that you have comes to the core. I can literally built a shower from scratch with whatever material I fancy and one would think that I got the idea from elsewhere. Having to make something out of nothing is the best teacher anyone can cross paths with

  • @cre8myreality216
    @cre8myreality216 3 роки тому +1

    I Love your story and so look forward to building my bus. It's about the Freedom!!!

  • @smallfootprint2961
    @smallfootprint2961 7 років тому +1

    Thank you Zillow for bringing us this lovely man. I love what he's doing and how he thinks about it. I lived in a railroad boxcar when I was little. My dad talked about living in a bus and it's been a dream ever since. Getting pretty old now and it might remain a dream, but I never lose hope. Watching him brought it all back. Thanks for posting.

  • @saverns
    @saverns Рік тому

    Yeah it’s a school bus from the outside. But inside, it’s a different story. So beautiful, so spacious. I would definitely call this home.

  • @WestCoastRoller
    @WestCoastRoller 6 років тому

    I loved the narrators spirit of freedom and independence.

  • @Maddiehere89
    @Maddiehere89 4 роки тому +3

    I am in the process of getting a bus and converting to my home on wheels. Thanks for this video.

  • @hawiswavelength
    @hawiswavelength 7 років тому +1

    This video makes me cry every tine I watch it.

  • @Foxiepawstotti
    @Foxiepawstotti 6 років тому +1

    Beautiful bus! Oh it's great that you have made a business out of something you love doing and you and your friend do it so well... I think that is what everyone wants from life, to be living in a space that doesn't cripple you financially and working at something you're passionate about. I think it's wonderful. I am going to try to convert a bus here in the UK. I have a permanent place to put it but I really want to travel a bit before settling down. It's the ideal situation, you can just drive to wherever you fancy (it is pretty easy to go anywhere in Europe) and then take it back home when you feel you want to. I can't think of anything better!

  • @EffieG-ez9tf
    @EffieG-ez9tf 10 місяців тому

    Very moving and beautiful. You have an artist’s soul, Chuck.

  • @CapitanUltraSiete
    @CapitanUltraSiete 8 років тому +5

    Amazing craftsmanship you can tell there was lot of thought put into every part of these rigs.

  • @barbibutton9619
    @barbibutton9619 4 роки тому +1

    It's wonderful. Great job, Charles

  • @MechanicsHubdotCom
    @MechanicsHubdotCom 6 років тому +2

    I love your woodwork! I work at a school district that auctions off buses every year. I've got the opportunity to snatch one up and follow your lead. The older buses are much less trouble and cheaper to repair. Anything non emission (2006 and older) is a good candidate to convert.

  • @NotSoCrazyNinja
    @NotSoCrazyNinja 4 роки тому +1

    In modern times, you have a few options: pay $1+K a month on a rental for the rest of your life, do some credit trickery to gain and keep credit then apply for a mortgage on a house that is a quarter-million dollars then pay on it for thirty years, or take an alternative route (tiny homes, bus homes, RV life, etc).
    For $10K and half a year or so you can get a livable bus. For $30K and a year, you can get a really nice bus. A benefit of a bus is the customizability. You can design it to have the layout that YOU want. I'm contemplating building a bus so that my disabled mom and I can go on one last road trip before she passes. I doubt she has ten years left on this Earth. I can find a mid-sized bus with a wheelchair lift and design it so that a walker and wheelchair can fit in the aisles. I can design it to be essentially handicap accessible. You're unlikely to find such in an RV. The big problem with this plan for me is that I don't have $20K laying around. I'm going to have to figure out how to make this happen hopefully within the next three years.

  • @dylanmagoiofthethalasso4032
    @dylanmagoiofthethalasso4032 8 років тому +90

    I have quite a few dreams of where and how I'd like to live and living in a bus is one of them.

    • @kiijou7524
      @kiijou7524 8 років тому +3

      me too

    • @teamvigilantes6421
      @teamvigilantes6421 8 років тому +3

      Dylan Wilson same

    • @pedro55845
      @pedro55845 7 років тому

      Dylan Wilson mine is too I seen some where they end up miserable and others who find a good life in my case I'm good with both wouldn't mind wasting 3 years living in a bus going around USA Canada Mexico ect travel and leans meet new people and see what's out their

    • @minakllnr
      @minakllnr 6 років тому

      Ugh me too but I can never decide for one

  • @xxXXxx-te2if
    @xxXXxx-te2if 7 років тому

    the guy talking is so lovely. i love his voice and his philosophy .

  • @markedmonds6765
    @markedmonds6765 7 років тому

    I can't wait to find my dream bus and start living like it don't matter again. Very inspiring vid, Thanks.

  • @jypseamoon930
    @jypseamoon930 2 роки тому +1

    I watch this over and over. Again my dream

  • @MiB_TM
    @MiB_TM 6 років тому

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  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail 6 місяців тому +1

    Way to go with view windows and walk around bedroom.

  • @thepoetking70
    @thepoetking70 8 років тому +71

    I wish I had done the same in my twenties. I would have been able to pick up and go live state to state

    • @theworldthroughmyeye5003
      @theworldthroughmyeye5003 8 років тому +11

      Andrew King you still have time! I don't want you to be able to say that on your death bed.... You aren't too old yet!

    • @thepoetking70
      @thepoetking70 8 років тому +3

      +TheWorldThroughMyEye 😃😃😃😃😃😃❤

    • @vincentlapointe4273
      @vincentlapointe4273 7 років тому +1

      Andrew King do it now!!! you can change your life in a blink of an eye😊✌

    • @Tablesaw415
      @Tablesaw415 7 років тому

      Andrew King, I'm in Europe right now and I'm willing to buy a bus and if you buy your own bus I'm in to start to finish to convert our dream bus. Search it, buy it, plan it, build it and a good Whisky on the rocks!! I've been doing a lot of research in the past 2 years and I'm ready and I just got to go at it! Whoever is ready, doing a group could help! Guys, just imagine we help each other! Solar panels, wood finish, nice paint job, everyone's own plan of material! Someone?;)

    • @kaffeice7
      @kaffeice7 7 років тому +11

      its never too late ! ur only limit is ur own mind

  • @MackMooreInc
    @MackMooreInc 6 років тому +1

    Helping people’s dreams become reality, pretty cool!

    • @zillowrealestate9794
      @zillowrealestate9794 3 роки тому

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  • @loveinatincanclintericka
    @loveinatincanclintericka 7 років тому +2

    Absolutely amazing! Love the setup

  • @shinycat01
    @shinycat01 6 років тому +1

    BEST UA-cam on bus life I’ve seen in ages! Love it! Wish you were in Australia 😊

  • @HunterGamesLetsplay
    @HunterGamesLetsplay 7 років тому +1

    when i grow up i want to live off the grid like you guys :D

  • @como5555
    @como5555 7 років тому

    VERY VERY VERY COOL!!!love it...great craftsmanship and beautifully crafted

  • @garygerard4290
    @garygerard4290 5 років тому +1

    good looking bus - great attitude, I love all the wood - keep on trucking

  • @Dailyinput244
    @Dailyinput244 6 років тому

    I converted a bus and lived in it for a few years. It was so comfortable. I loved it. I wish I had not sold it.

  • @MSAINT-bn4vj
    @MSAINT-bn4vj 7 років тому

    Great life! Building and traveling around at your own pace.

  • @kyrabrooks1142
    @kyrabrooks1142 6 років тому +4

    I’m 40 and I planning my escape (Lmaooooooo!) summer 2019. I was going to start in a minivan but I’m leaning towards a cargo van. Age doesn’t matter. Just do what ya heart feels

  • @mikeb8610
    @mikeb8610 7 років тому

    the first thing people see is how can I live in a tiny space and sometimes it overwhelmed you you and Carolyn the RV lady are insprational

  • @allana8253
    @allana8253 7 років тому

    Love love love everything this dude was saying! It's what I strive for too.

  • @JT-SE-OHIO
    @JT-SE-OHIO 7 років тому

    I've had many buses and If I left the flashing lights on the top then I exchanged the red in the front for the amber in the rear since the red in the front is illegal unless it is an emergency vehicle. Easy swap. Also painted over the s and h so it said "cool bus". On one of them I moved the swing out arm off the front bumper (changed the arm to a pole) to the roof and put a flag on it. It would raise and lower by flipping a switch. Never did go this far with a conversion, somebody always made me an offer I couldn't refuse. The worse part is removing the seats and getting rid of the smelly rubber mat. Nice conversion on this one.

  • @bandit2426
    @bandit2426 7 років тому

    I'm a school bus driver and planning on buying one and converting it into an r v. The older ones are better because they have less computer crap to go wrong. I live in ILLINOIS so I'll head out west during the cold months. Thanks for the video Charlie.

  • @coldplayfanatic58
    @coldplayfanatic58 7 років тому

    I love your Fender Jazzmaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I have a Telecaster thinline

  • @cyndifoore7743
    @cyndifoore7743 7 років тому

    Awesome! I'd like to see more details of the builds you've done, especially the gal with the sewing machine.

  • @donaldgrande9779
    @donaldgrande9779 7 років тому

    Love your philosophy your living my dream... Saving my pennies in Denver hopefully I will realize my own bus

  • @elianap5265
    @elianap5265 8 років тому

    An absolutely fabulous idea! I now know what I need to plan for.

  • @msgettylee1
    @msgettylee1 7 років тому

    Well done! Giving me more and more ideas for my little bus build that I plan on doing soon.

  • @alicemartell2946
    @alicemartell2946 2 роки тому

    Beautiful bus and beautiful life

  • @lewisochoa2761
    @lewisochoa2761 3 роки тому +1

    The irony is that Zillow is one of the main drivers of the ridiculous housing market we’re currently in and precipitating the need for alternative housing solutions.

  • @billturner2360
    @billturner2360 7 років тому

    You just made my day with this video you have created.

    • @zillowrealestate9794
      @zillowrealestate9794 3 роки тому

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  • @johannatheone
    @johannatheone 7 років тому +2

    One day..I will live in a beautiful bus

    • @zillowrealestate9794
      @zillowrealestate9794 3 роки тому

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  • @wesbrown3843
    @wesbrown3843 4 роки тому

    Very creative, great atmosphere.

  • @glenrosenberg4300
    @glenrosenberg4300 7 років тому

    That is one beautiful bus conversion awesome

  • @EcoHabitat00
    @EcoHabitat00 7 років тому

    Your bus conversion is sweet! Congrats!

  • @patrickrichmond9896
    @patrickrichmond9896 7 років тому

    I like the idea of converting vintage buses into motor homes. One guy did that to a Vistaramic Carpenter school bus that was built in the early 1960s. Another guy did that to a Pathfinder Superior.

  • @kathrynhuckelby6796
    @kathrynhuckelby6796 7 років тому

    out of all I have watched he is my fav

  • @JohnmillerPowerlifting
    @JohnmillerPowerlifting 8 років тому

    stuff like this is just awesome

  • @jeremiahkirby6552
    @jeremiahkirby6552 7 років тому

    Awesome! I've been wanting to be off grid for some time. Money is the issue but inst it always the issue for most of us? Our lives revolve around numbers and green paper. The power of comfort. There's a chance of moving to Denver with my bro and we are looking into living small. When you realize money and things don't make you happy.

  • @flomietv5960
    @flomietv5960 5 років тому

    I just got a remote job that is going to allow me to do this very thing, so stoked!

  • @scoobydog411
    @scoobydog411 6 років тому +1

    I wanted to do this 15 years ago. Now I have seen to many videos on it. It's too hot where I'm from. I lived in a nice travel trailer for ten years. I know what it costs to cool a metal box. I have a nice double wide now. I rent the bedrooms and I live there for almost free.

  • @surf403
    @surf403 7 років тому

    This is the type of guy that I would be good friends with! He has such a kind and peaceful way about him. But I wouldnt be surprised if he is eex military.

  • @lashayjohnson2857
    @lashayjohnson2857 6 років тому

    WOW!!!🤔 Great idea, one day I shall join the bus conversion community.

  • @markhopkinsphoto7257
    @markhopkinsphoto7257 8 років тому +12

    Great story and love the idea of building out and living in a school bus.

  • @bjmaverick
    @bjmaverick 8 років тому

    Simply Awesome.... Magic! (the good kind)
    Thank you :)

  • @MrJdgibson
    @MrJdgibson 7 років тому +6

    I have always been a wanderer and my dream for retirement is to live in converted bus and to see whats over the next hill and around the next turn.

  • @oOcitizenOo
    @oOcitizenOo 8 років тому

    i wish i could travel across the America by this awesome bus

  • @michaelhorsford403
    @michaelhorsford403 7 років тому

    your a super chilled dude congrats on the bus it was sweet

  • @izapata100
    @izapata100 7 років тому +1

    Love ur bus design.... they r awesome 😍

  • @wolfpak8228
    @wolfpak8228 8 років тому

    Beautiful bus house

  • @godliket5641
    @godliket5641 7 років тому +149

    I'm only 14 now but I'm planning to live in a bus

    • @liamtuk1169
      @liamtuk1169 7 років тому +5

      Original Life good save up

    • @elerosvecchio
      @elerosvecchio 7 років тому +2

      He has to save as much as a new car max. Its not that expensive to build one, just a bit under a new car.

    • @mrs.potatohead8471
      @mrs.potatohead8471 7 років тому +6

      Tobin Cocuzzo 13, and same. 😊💕

    • @miagrundd
      @miagrundd 7 років тому +8

      I am 12 and I already have some models of a bus I want to live in!

    • @melted_pistons
      @melted_pistons 7 років тому

      Saaaame. I've always dreamed of having a school bus turned into a motorhome

  • @cutler65
    @cutler65 6 років тому

    I love this guy!!!!!

  • @kamikazekunze
    @kamikazekunze 7 років тому +20

    What? No link to info on Charlie the bus builder?????

  • @alisahammons291
    @alisahammons291 6 років тому

    That's so neat,awesome

  • @izabellegrace3351
    @izabellegrace3351 7 років тому +6

    His little brother cooper is my tutor at school lmao

  • @asillypiggy
    @asillypiggy 8 років тому +209

    These people are going to survive a zombie apocalypse

    • @Hookahitter
      @Hookahitter 7 років тому +13

      Not once they run into NEGAN!

    • @thebonvivant9027
      @thebonvivant9027 7 років тому

      Andrew Lim true

    • @MavidG
      @MavidG 7 років тому +3

      No they're not they're too sissy to pull a god damn trigger.

    • @StudioTrev813
      @StudioTrev813 7 років тому +6

      I wish to be one of them, where do i sign up?

    • @lisaperez865
      @lisaperez865 7 років тому

      Andrew Lim 😂 so true

  • @wehavealwaysbeenanointed4929
    @wehavealwaysbeenanointed4929 7 років тому

    Awesome bus!

  • @vorname4950
    @vorname4950 7 років тому

    Such an incredible guy

  • @redreynolds8959
    @redreynolds8959 6 років тому

    Great job!!

  • @SorieKondi
    @SorieKondi 7 років тому

    those are the mica's right, solid speakers I got them in my garage, anyways keep it up man, great work.

  • @gsmarcano
    @gsmarcano 8 років тому

    very cool brother, right there with ya,....................................

  • @elleobi
    @elleobi 8 років тому

    I love this!

  • @andreacannon9228
    @andreacannon9228 7 років тому

    Amazing!

  • @beegodslight
    @beegodslight 7 років тому

    I wish I could hire this guy to find a bus, and give him my designs. I'm planning on making my life in a bus like this

  • @jo3lsilvaracidesigner946
    @jo3lsilvaracidesigner946 8 років тому

    Nice job!

  • @vincentlapointe4273
    @vincentlapointe4273 8 років тому +3

    love it !!☺ i am next !!! freedom

  • @printingwithlue4310
    @printingwithlue4310 6 років тому

    Basically legitness. I'm a vet struggling with PTSD and the VA refuses to help me unless I start 5 different types of psychotropic drugs. The "Doctor" said, in the same breath, " we will not help you unless you take these drugs. Maybe you just need a goal."
    As I walked half a mile back to my truck (the VA employees have private parking right next to the buildings) I thought/broaded. I devised the idea to renovate school buses to help homeless vets since the VA won't. I also want to call all the buses on occasion to do a flash mob at the VA facilities blocking the employee parking until they are all in to work, and then moving out so vets could get the good parking!!! This is my dream and it's going to happen.
    I will make that "Doctor" regret those words ever coming out her mouth!

    • @zillowrealestate9794
      @zillowrealestate9794 3 роки тому

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  • @Dunning.Kruger
    @Dunning.Kruger 7 років тому

    I live in Ontario and sooooo need a bus to live in.

  • @timothy_gibbs
    @timothy_gibbs 6 років тому

    How did you raise the roof? I've gotta raise mine, just wondered your process. Thanks

  • @Parasatchitananda
    @Parasatchitananda 7 років тому

    I am curious if you drive your bus/home everywhere you need to go or if you have a separate vehicle to drive. I love this video. Love your home. Love the way you think. Would love to go tiny WITH a bathtub. Have health issues so can not build myself. I wonder where you park? If you travel do you ask permission to park overnight?

  • @anorexicspider9494
    @anorexicspider9494 7 років тому

    Cool concept and vid. You still do buses conversions? Any website?

  • @dragonkxk6309
    @dragonkxk6309 7 років тому

    'Magic faries in the air turned into electons living as faries in the bateries '
    He really took term
    TAKE ALL THE DRUGS
    To a whole new level
    Not trying to be snarky but that was silly , hillarious and strange all at once

  • @punkrox1468
    @punkrox1468 3 роки тому

    We lost our home and have been in a hotel for several months and I would give anything to be able to get into a bus. We already home school our girls and my wife has never traveled much, but i just can’t get us out from under the weight that is on us.

  • @kathyjacobs7569
    @kathyjacobs7569 7 років тому

    this has been my dream for a long time I really wish I could do this

  • @allanlee5783
    @allanlee5783 6 років тому

    Do you have any ready,and how much do they start off ?

  • @ShanLiuGBM
    @ShanLiuGBM 8 років тому

    This is cool. How do you find a reliable engine? Comparison and preferences? What about states that allows this?

    • @cobeath1
      @cobeath1 7 років тому

      Shan Liu all states allow it. Just like buying a used car have it checked by a mechanic. The issue tends to be with insurance, very few will insure it.

  • @RyanHendra
    @RyanHendra 8 років тому

    Really like your philosophy and work, Charlie Kern. Do you have a website?

    • @zillowrealestate9794
      @zillowrealestate9794 3 роки тому

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  • @machupicchushow
    @machupicchushow 7 років тому

    What about waste, and how to deal with that if this is your primary residence? What about address for registering the vehicle? What about cost of all this new construction and conversion versus just buying a used motorhome that is already ready to go with all the components already? Comparisons?

  • @hedgerow.homestead
    @hedgerow.homestead 8 років тому +38

    does the designer have a website?

  • @RideAlongside
    @RideAlongside 7 років тому

    But how do you find a bus for sale on zillow? That would be helpful information to include.

  • @rohittaurus911
    @rohittaurus911 6 років тому

    Just Earned New Subscriber Man, Awesome...

  • @waynefredrickson683
    @waynefredrickson683 7 років тому

    Any info on these guys? Nothing in the description

  • @outwestbus5612
    @outwestbus5612 8 років тому

    awesome!

  • @delosturner2344
    @delosturner2344 7 років тому

    Hi I really like your bus conversion. I have been trying to figure out how I might fit in a bus. I am 6 ft 3-4 inches. I remember banging my head when I was in school. Is it possible to lower the walk way or is it better to raise the roof. I do know that 13 ft 6 inches is the legal height for semi's in all states. ( you can get over sized permits though. ) I have just about have my design figured out now but I need some knowledge and experience to help with the hard part. I also need to have a good insulation for -10 to -30 below zero some times cold weather.

  • @kaffeice7
    @kaffeice7 7 років тому

    mindblown!! :)

  • @findingnimo4707
    @findingnimo4707 4 роки тому

    Can u plz tell me how much solar power is needed to run ac units,,, n is it enough for running ac always or smtyms it may not wrk as well??

  • @bonnied3550
    @bonnied3550 8 років тому

    Would it be possible to see a tour of the bus the gal is sewing in? Thank you in advance.