Hi there, yes the kids enjoyed watching the video and seeing how ‘little’ they were at the start of the build compared to now! We wanted them to be a part of it as living in it is a family affair too 😃😃
That basement play room was a Hella good idea. I rv...i see alot of stuff that will fall all over the ground once you move the bus but you guys will figure that out as you use it and make adjustments.
Haha yes we learnt the hard in the first few trips that’s for sure! Let’s just say…. The oven is now tethered to the wall and we have grippy mat stuff on all the shelves 😅
Great to see more content about converting coaches into homes for families. So much skoolie conversion stuff from the US on here so nice to see family oriented designs. Hope you guys make more content about the conversion and systems
I entirely disagree. Those kids have absolutely no privacy. Bus living is fine in my opinion but not if you have kids. You're forcing them to leave friends and school behind
Love that you're in the zone and actually DO KNOW what you're doing! Sweet kindness involving even the littlest of your kids. Such a beautiful bus to begin with
I have seen a lot of conversion, and this right here is the best for your family size. The kids' beds are nice and roomy, and the lower bunk play room just puts it over the top.
Absolutely gorgeous build. You made it look so easy. Lol. I loved that you worked the whole thing with the family and that they all played a part in building it. The children seeing everything it took to build will help them to appreciate it also. The pride they took in their own beds made it very personal and fun for the kiddos. Mom we seen you even made a human while dad was making a home. And congratulations on the new member of the family. With all of the sawing and building while you were pregnant and the baby hearing it all while in the womb maybe the new baby will be a carpenter. Lol. Wonderful family project I hope your travels will be amazing and the kiddos learn all new things along the way. May your travels be fun exciting adventurous happy and safe. I’ll be watching for new videos as you have hooked me with this one.
OMG I'm in love with the 'secret' room and that you have bookshelves 📚 😍 See you hopefully on the road and I'll beg for a actual tour 😄 oh and awesome blackout curtains 👏 very talented wife 😁
You are quite right @kat_n_bob_roamingNZ, I have a VERY talented wife. This bus wouldn't be what it is today without her awesome design flare and creativity
Wow, I think it's far from perfect, we still have many things we want to add and improve, but we do love being able to live in it so comfortably. Thank you
With the current housing crisis in Australia I can see this becoming more popular it's definitely got me thinking hard about it....lifting the roof has made such a big difference making it less stuffy feeling....
That is an epic job on that conversion. When you said you were raising the roof, I thought I have to see this, very ambitious and well executed. I don't think I would have attempted that manoeuvre. I would quite happily live in that. 🙂
I have watched many of these, but this is by far the most decent one doe a family of your size. The kids' rooms are nice and roomy, but the lower playroom puts it over the top.
wow ! what an awesome build !! So nice to see the entire family pitch in ! Thats what makes it into a real home ! Wishing you and your family loads of happy times with your new motor home ! :-)
Love what you're done mate. I would love to get a bus and do what you've done. Its built from scratch they way you want it and what fits your family. I am sure when you're kids are older they will talk about the adventures they had in that bus/ mobile home. Some of my best memories are of camping and being at the caravan and tent in the summer time as a kid. And i am still a nature lover now because of it. I am in Scotland so thats why i said camping in the summer time because thats the only time you can here.👍😂
Hey @MrG77, my great grandmother was Scottish, so we have something in common as well as our love for getting outdoors! We love adventuring and spending so much time with the children while they are young, totally worth it.
@@RadiantBuslife hey that's great to hear. Yeah get the kids out and in nature and having adventures. Brilliant to hear. It seems this generation of kids are stuck inside in front of the Xbox or Playstation. Seems that's all there interested in nowadays. You couldn't keep me in when I was a kid, either football, skateboard, swimming with mates, building dens, out on the bikes or going places with mum and dad. Brilliant memories. Hope one day you could get your camper to Scotland. We have some of the best unspoiled nature in the world. We have it all , mountains, lakes,beaches, Forrest's ,open meadows, snow capped peakes. If it was sunny here it would be a no 1 tourist destination.👍🙏
They do have a window 👍🏻 and an air vent in ceiling that opens all the way…. Annnnd of course the secret trap door that leads down below to the toy room/library that has doors on either side that open completely up to the outside… so there can be a lot of indoor/outdoor flow in there which is nice 😊
It was a hell of a job to make out of a bus. But shit a project that you came into the house with.' You can pat yourself on the back for that! And your whole amazing family to be able to cope with these difficulties you must have gone through. For such a huge project you really know you have a really strong family,…❤ That's why I give your whole fantastic family my subscriber. 😎🤟🏼,.. Really looking forward to some great experiences in going out with the fantastic bus.☺️👌🏼
Hi @sunnyolsen3891 we're so thrilled to receive your positive comment. It certainly was a hard journey to get here but we love enjoying this as a family together. Thanks for subscribing, we look forward to posting more videos soon 👍
We were sceptical at first too, but it seemed like most larger family’s living full time in skoolies/rvs used and loved this type of toilet. We are full converts now! We plan on doing a video on it at some point as it is def a conversation point when talking about the bus 🚌
I would love to have watched this video but couldn't stand that background music that was only a 20 second long clip repeated throughout the entire 20-minute video over and over and over again. I kept fast forwarding checking fast forwarding checking fast forwarding checking and that 20 second long clip goes throughout the entire video! :(
Delighted to see thre content of your this Video, I looked at the original one again & really look forward to further updates on your plumbing & electrical... & decisiond thriugh the build.......Right at this point, I like your under cabinet drawers in the kitchen, they are are very wide.. You mentioned 'Pinterest' in where you saw the idea..... Can you share those details please, I am shortly to help a friend with her small kitchen revamp of a fairly new but verp poorly designed house & can build this in......I can utalise that very well but need to understand the construction, I am assuming the process was with metal rather than timber... Easier to do with narrow drawers! but much more practical with wide ones A simple sketch detail would be greatly appreciated! I was impressed with the drivers office, The use of the Batteries from the communictions towers & your use of the elastic pockets for the kids in the bunkroom....also why your use of the flexible PV panels.... was that decision for weight or even height? (I thought the flexible panels were less efficient & much more expensive) I might be wrong but interested in that too..... I saw so many more good ides but mention these few to name a few... Marcus is my name I live about an hour SE of Melbourne
Hi Marcus, wow you really took notes! Here are a few quick answers... The kitchen cabinetry was done by a kitchen joiner, as with any normal house build. We simply asked him to "turn the toe kicks into draws please" ... and that is what he built. A great use of the toe kick space which is usually wasted in a normal kitchen. The use of flexible panels was because they were cheap, you are right they are not as efficient as other solid panels, we may upgrade in the future when we can afford it (same with batteries)
What a job fantastic! I currently live on a Dutch barge in the south of France when/if I get tired of this I thought I would get an old coach and convert it but I don’t have the skills you have so I would to pay for the conversion. But what adventures you will have together.
Hi David, the original aircon just simply wasn't suitable for the conversion. It only ran off the running bus motor and a cousin of mine who is an aircon and electrician informed me that the whole unit was out of date and would not be able to be serviced. We installed large high powered extraction fans in each bedroom and the kitchen which really get the air moving nicely.
Not mucking around. Great effort! Tell me, understand8ng that polesteirene eats the coating off electrical cable, did you wrap the cable? I used special purple cable in our trailer designed, especially for the foam.
Hi @philstrang6907, yeah we aren't here to much around. You are correct about polystyrene eating cable insulation (although it takes decades)... Cool thing about spray foam is that it's not polystyrene but polyethylene, the chemical make up of this type of foam preserves cable insulation rather than erodes it. Cool huh
I still dont understand WHYYYYY!!! We had the obsession to carpet everything bar the windows in these old coaches, but just looking at it reminds me of my high-school years and instantly gave me a cold!
Yes, we travel around our country in it 👍🏻 it’s a fully working coach bus still. The drivers seat area converts into an office area when we are parked, and then back to being functional for driving when we are on the move
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Awesome that this project was a family affair. Lifetime memories for sure.
Hi there, yes the kids enjoyed watching the video and seeing how ‘little’ they were at the start of the build compared to now! We wanted them to be a part of it as living in it is a family affair too 😃😃
Man, the inside of that bus reminds me of so many cross country bus trips I took when I was younger
That basement play room was a Hella good idea. I rv...i see alot of stuff that will fall all over the ground once you move the bus but you guys will figure that out as you use it and make adjustments.
Haha yes we learnt the hard in the first few trips that’s for sure! Let’s just say…. The oven is now tethered to the wall and we have grippy mat stuff on all the shelves 😅
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Ok, so converting something like this is brave enough, but to cut its roof off and raise it! That takes big balls man.
LOL thanks Mark, as they say “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”…. Fortune favors the bold 💪
If you’re going to be a bear, might as well be a grizzly.
Did you have to get the roof structurally certified before getting it registered.?
Great to see more content about converting coaches into homes for families. So much skoolie conversion stuff from the US on here so nice to see family oriented designs. Hope you guys make more content about the conversion and systems
It's all bout family for us, fun, adventure and education. More content coming soon...😊
I entirely disagree. Those kids have absolutely no privacy. Bus living is fine in my opinion but not if you have kids. You're forcing them to leave friends and school behind
Love that you're in the zone and actually DO KNOW what you're doing! Sweet kindness involving even the littlest of your kids. Such a beautiful bus to begin with
Hi Jennifer, thankyou for for lovely comment ☺️ we are glad you enjoyed it!
I should say, it's one of the nicest transformations of a bus to a camper. It literally looks like a long apartment 😍🥳
We put a lot of work into it, glad you like it! 🥳
I absolutely love the kids play room, what a grand idea. Have fun whanau ❤
Thank you! 🤗
I have seen a lot of conversion, and this right here is the best for your family size. The kids' beds are nice and roomy, and the lower bunk play room just puts it over the top.
We agree! 😃✨
Absolutely gorgeous build. You made it look so easy. Lol. I loved that you worked the whole thing with the family and that they all played a part in building it. The children seeing everything it took to build will help them to appreciate it also. The pride they took in their own beds made it very personal and fun for the kiddos. Mom we seen you even made a human while dad was making a home. And congratulations on the new member of the family. With all of the sawing and building while you were pregnant and the baby hearing it all while in the womb maybe the new baby will be a carpenter. Lol. Wonderful family project I hope your travels will be amazing and the kiddos learn all new things along the way. May your travels be fun exciting adventurous happy and safe. I’ll be watching for new videos as you have hooked me with this one.
OMG I'm in love with the 'secret' room and that you have bookshelves 📚 😍
See you hopefully on the road and I'll beg for a actual tour 😄 oh and awesome blackout curtains 👏 very talented wife 😁
You are quite right @kat_n_bob_roamingNZ, I have a VERY talented wife. This bus wouldn't be what it is today without her awesome design flare and creativity
Amazing build. And the kids bunk room and secret library is cool asf
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
Absolutely amazing, cracking effort to all , that is one fantastic Mobil home 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you very much!
Wow, the perfect bus. It is amazing.❤
Wow, I think it's far from perfect, we still have many things we want to add and improve, but we do love being able to live in it so comfortably. Thank you
So good to see everything start to Finnish! Great Mahi team!
With the current housing crisis in Australia I can see this becoming more popular it's definitely got me thinking hard about it....lifting the roof has made such a big difference making it less stuffy feeling....
Yes, it was 110% worth raising the roof!
Awesome conversion. Can't remember the last time I've watched a bus get converted. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching this :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
The most interesting and well done bus build video that I have ever watched!!👍👍👍
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it! 😄
That is an epic job on that conversion. When you said you were raising the roof, I thought I have to see this, very ambitious and well executed. I don't think I would have attempted that manoeuvre. I would quite happily live in that. 🙂
Thanks very much. Yes, the roof raise did make me a little nervous at first, but it turned out great!
Beautiful job and home design
Thank you very much! ✨😃
Nicely done
Awesome job! Looks so cosy
Thank you! We put a lot of love into making it homey 😊
I have watched many of these, but this is by far the most decent one doe a family of your size. The kids' rooms are nice and roomy, but the lower playroom puts it over the top.
Hi 👋🏻 thanks for the lovely feedback! The toy room underneath the bunkroom is definitely popular! Was such a fun idea to dream up and then build 😃
Absolutely beautiful. 👏👏👏👏
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
wow ! what an awesome build !! So nice to see the entire family pitch in ! Thats what makes it into a real home ! Wishing you and your family loads of happy times with your new motor home ! :-)
Wow thats really nice. Enjoy your journey.
Hi Dianna, thanks so much for ur lovely comment 😊
Love the bus! I could easily live in it. Great work 😊❤
Glad you like it!
Bravo bravo bravo c est magnifique.
Thankyou 😃
Well done , specially the roof !👍👍
Thank you 😃
Stunning build. Well done!
Thank you very much!
Very nice. Playroom - great idea
Thank you 🤗
Great Job
Thankyou 👍🏻
Hello, uncredible job, really nice bus, congratualtions.
Thank you very much! 😃
The kids are soooo cute❤
Love what you're done mate. I would love to get a bus and do what you've done. Its built from scratch they way you want it and what fits your family. I am sure when you're kids are older they will talk about the adventures they had in that bus/ mobile home. Some of my best memories are of camping and being at the caravan and tent in the summer time as a kid. And i am still a nature lover now because of it. I am in Scotland so thats why i said camping in the summer time because thats the only time you can here.👍😂
Hey @MrG77, my great grandmother was Scottish, so we have something in common as well as our love for getting outdoors! We love adventuring and spending so much time with the children while they are young, totally worth it.
@@RadiantBuslife hey that's great to hear. Yeah get the kids out and in nature and having adventures. Brilliant to hear. It seems this generation of kids are stuck inside in front of the Xbox or Playstation. Seems that's all there interested in nowadays. You couldn't keep me in when I was a kid, either football, skateboard, swimming with mates, building dens, out on the bikes or going places with mum and dad. Brilliant memories. Hope one day you could get your camper to Scotland. We have some of the best unspoiled nature in the world. We have it all , mountains, lakes,beaches, Forrest's ,open meadows, snow capped peakes. If it was sunny here it would be a no 1 tourist destination.👍🙏
Love you’re home bus. Very innovative and unique. From Auckland
Hiya! Thank you so much 😃 glad you enjoyed watching!
Your kids are very lucky , awesome job!!
Thankyou! It’s definitely an awesome adventure to be on in the current season we are in 👍🏻✨
Great video.
Thanks @maxinevine779 it sure was a lot of work to put all the footage together. We're so glad we did
אתה אלוף! זמנים טובים כל המשפחה ביחד ❤️
Thank you 🤩
Hermoso bus muy funcional rico dormir hacer de todo y viajar hasta las estrellas felicitaciones de Cali Colombia 👍🎉💝😘🤣💕😂🩶💖❣️🛸🛸🛸🤎💯❣️🛸💋🌹💋😂🙌🎂
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WOW! That looks amazing!
I want such one for my family now! 😀
Amazing! Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to more videos, if you all feel like sharing!
This was worth watching ' awesome floor plan to cater for everyone 🎉🎉🎉
So glad you enjoyed it! We spent a lot of time playing around with floor plans and layouts. We love how it came together 😃
WOW what a wonderful job. Congratulations
Thank you so much!
This is Amazing! Thanks for the tutorial.
You're very welcome! Glad you liked it.... more tutorials for "BusLife" coming soon 😊
Awesome channel find, (via Gallichan's) looking forward to following you around the country!
Welcome aboard!
Great job 👏
Thank you! 😃
Awesome job mate.
Cheers!
Absolutely amazing job. But I personally would prefer windows in children’s bedroom. I would get claustrophobic bing in there
They do have a window 👍🏻 and an air vent in ceiling that opens all the way…. Annnnd of course the secret trap door that leads down below to the toy room/library that has doors on either side that open completely up to the outside… so there can be a lot of indoor/outdoor flow in there which is nice 😊
@@RadiantBuslife my apologies I obviously missed that. You did an amazing job
Well done!
Cheers!
dammm this is too good man!!!! we could just imagine such thing but made it possible!! your family support was superb!! love from india
Thanks man 👍🏻😃
Amazing job well done ❤
Hi, glad you enjoyed!
It was a hell of a job to make out of a bus. But shit a project that you came into the house with.' You can pat yourself on the back for that! And your whole amazing family to be able to cope with these difficulties you must have gone through. For such a huge project you really know you have a really strong family,…❤
That's why I give your whole fantastic family my subscriber. 😎🤟🏼,.. Really looking forward to some great experiences in going out with the fantastic bus.☺️👌🏼
Hi @sunnyolsen3891 we're so thrilled to receive your positive comment. It certainly was a hard journey to get here but we love enjoying this as a family together. Thanks for subscribing, we look forward to posting more videos soon 👍
That looks fantastic well done 👍
Your too kind 😊
Great projekt 😊 Life Project 😊 BUS Life
Thankyou, we sure put a lot of work into it and it’s been totally worth it 👍🏻
@@RadiantBuslife yes 😀
I loved everything but the music, great job!
😅👍🏻
One of the best I've seen. Well done. 👍
Thanks 👍
Amazing. Done follow your UA-cam channel. Watching 📺 from Malaysia Kuala Lumpur ..😅enjoy your camping trip with your beautiful family ❤have fun
Hello 👋🏻 thanks for watching and we are so glad you enjoyed it ✨🤩
This bus is amazing!
Glad you think so 😊
I love this!!! Awesome job guys
Thanks!
Wow. You guys did amazing job. That was a lot of work. Your bus looks amazing ❤Happy traveling.
Thanks so much! 😊
Not a fan of composting commode's, but this is one nice bus design ! love the secret play place for the kids ! so cool ! wicked nice !
We were sceptical at first too, but it seemed like most larger family’s living full time in skoolies/rvs used and loved this type of toilet. We are full converts now! We plan on doing a video on it at some point as it is def a conversation point when talking about the bus 🚌
@@RadiantBuslife 'sceptical': nice pun :)
فقط بازسازیه یک اتوبوس نیست ، بلکه شما هنرمندید . از دیدن کارهاتون آدم لذت می بره . ممنون که هستید ❤
Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
Awesome!!!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed 👍🏻
New subs bro❤❤
Keep it up ❤ full support from northeast India ❤
Hi 👋🏻 thanks for watching and subscribing! We are happy you are here 😃
Outstanding!!!!
Why thank you 😃
That ending was great
This a brilliant video
So glad you enjoyed it!
Well Done!
Thanks 🤩
Awesome build
Thanks!
Amazing work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Woooww excellent bravo 👍🏾
Thank you so much! It’s been a labor of love, and we’re so happy it resonates with you
I would love to have watched this video but couldn't stand that background music that was only a 20 second long clip repeated throughout the entire 20-minute video over and over and over again. I kept fast forwarding checking fast forwarding checking fast forwarding checking and that 20 second long clip goes throughout the entire video! :(
Hey John, thanks for the feedback... you could try muting the video and using subtitles... just an idea 😄
Go! Go!
It is pretty annoying
First world problems
Mute the music dummy old woman😂😂😂
great job
Thanks Loretta!
Delighted to see thre content of your this Video, I looked at the original one again & really look forward to further updates on your plumbing & electrical... & decisiond thriugh the build.......Right at this point, I like your under cabinet drawers in the kitchen, they are are very wide.. You mentioned 'Pinterest' in where you saw the idea..... Can you share those details please, I am shortly to help a friend with her small kitchen revamp of a fairly new but verp poorly designed house & can build this in......I can utalise that very well but need to understand the construction, I am assuming the process was with metal rather than timber... Easier to do with narrow drawers! but much more practical with wide ones A simple sketch detail would be greatly appreciated! I was impressed with the drivers office, The use of the Batteries from the communictions towers & your use of the elastic pockets for the kids in the bunkroom....also why your use of the flexible PV panels.... was that decision for weight or even height? (I thought the flexible panels were less efficient & much more expensive) I might be wrong but interested in that too..... I saw so many more good ides but mention these few to name a few... Marcus is my name I live about an hour SE of Melbourne
I'd love to know how the drawers go. Drawers are great but they tend to pop open 😕 well our caravan ones do...
Hi Marcus, wow you really took notes! Here are a few quick answers... The kitchen cabinetry was done by a kitchen joiner, as with any normal house build. We simply asked him to "turn the toe kicks into draws please" ... and that is what he built. A great use of the toe kick space which is usually wasted in a normal kitchen. The use of flexible panels was because they were cheap, you are right they are not as efficient as other solid panels, we may upgrade in the future when we can afford it (same with batteries)
Push lock knobs when installed well seem to be really good!
Beautiful… happy travels ❤️
Thank you! 😃
That sir is a masterpiece 💯💯
Just want to say how much we really appreciate encouraging comments like this ❤️
Nice work buddy
Thank you! Cheers!
What a job fantastic! I currently live on a Dutch barge in the south of France when/if I get tired of this I thought I would get an old coach and convert it but I don’t have the skills you have so I would to pay for the conversion. But what adventures you will have together.
Cracking build! Well done🎉
We had a cracking team 👍🏻😄
WoW ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉bravo so cool awesome 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks a lot! It’s been an adventure turning our vision into reality, and we’re so happy you appreciate it
Big like!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cool 😎
Glad you enjoyed 👍
Stunning content - I hope you get 100k subs soon as it would be well deserved. Fantastic job, well done! Psyche aka Psyche Thompson UK 🌹
Wow, thank you! @psycheinc-theSLC 😊
Super Arbeit ❤
Amazing
Thank you!
Inspired.
Yay! 🙌🏻
Nice vid💪
Cheers 😃
very nice !!!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
Looks seriously cool.
Though the kids ain't going to stay small forever.
You sure you'll fit 6 of them when they're in their teens?
This is just a season for us, not forever! And yes, they will keep growing which is why we knew we needed to do it now, before we won’t all fit! 😅
Looks fantastic I think I would have left the aircon unit on what about ventilation
Hi David, the original aircon just simply wasn't suitable for the conversion. It only ran off the running bus motor and a cousin of mine who is an aircon and electrician informed me that the whole unit was out of date and would not be able to be serviced. We installed large high powered extraction fans in each bedroom and the kitchen which really get the air moving nicely.
Nice 👌
Thanks 😊
Awesomeness 🎉❤
Thanks 🤗
Thats Nice, good Job 👌👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Unbelievable 🎉
Cheers Peter!
Not often you see a kiwi bus conversion on UA-cam! Kia ora from north canterbury!
Hey hey! Most of the work was done in Sefton, North Canterbury Represent 🙌
Not mucking around. Great effort! Tell me, understand8ng that polesteirene eats the coating off electrical cable, did you wrap the cable? I used special purple cable in our trailer designed, especially for the foam.
Hi @philstrang6907, yeah we aren't here to much around. You are correct about polystyrene eating cable insulation (although it takes decades)... Cool thing about spray foam is that it's not polystyrene but polyethylene, the chemical make up of this type of foam preserves cable insulation rather than erodes it. Cool huh
I still dont understand WHYYYYY!!! We had the obsession to carpet everything bar the windows in these old coaches, but just looking at it reminds me of my high-school years and instantly gave me a cold!
Haha yea. It was pretty satisfying to rip out
Is it still possible to drive the bus or is the drivers seat there for show?
Yes, we travel around our country in it 👍🏻 it’s a fully working coach bus still. The drivers seat area converts into an office area when we are parked, and then back to being functional for driving when we are on the move
1:45 bus had carpet on the ceiling but not on the floor lmao 😂
Lol yeah go figure