This one is definitely unique and a very nice build. I love that he rescued a bit of history, repurposed it while keeping it's charm and bits of it's story like the murals!
I grew up in South West Scotland. In the 70s I went back and forward to school on these very same buses. These buses were old even then 🤣 being out in the country and miles from the nearest city, Glasgow, we got all the cast off buses when the cities got the new ones. That switch box was for the lights inside the bus. We used to switch them off as kids 🤣 Back in the day there were conductors and conductreses so the driver sat up in his space without contact with the public, thats why the driving position isn't in the bus. Nice to see the bus have a new life
I came from Stockport which is just south of Manchester, the buses would run in both directions and I’m old enough that I probably traveled on it. My father used to build them, they were designed to keep the driver separated from passengers so that they could concentrate purely on the driving with no distractions. At the back of the bus on the platform would be a conductor who once you had sat down he would come along collect your money and give you a ticket. If you told him where you wanted to get off he would ring the bell, to let the driver know to stop at the next stop so you could get off. Later when they allowed women to be conductors they were known as clippies. Happy days. Excellent job on the conversion.
Half cabs where the driver sat above and alongside the engine were not designed to to stop the driver from being distracted, it was the design and technology and layout of the day it also provided good access to the engine unlike today’s vehicles that are usually underfloor or rear engined. ‘ Hold tight please plenty of room on top!’
Yes, it was the design and tech of it's day to have the layout that you see in this AEC Regent Three, as it was a natural progression from.the design of the horse buses that the early petrol engined and later diesel versions, evolved into. Horse buses had a conductor at the back, so the driver was seperated at the front and so when engines came along and took over, it was put at the front as it was where the horse would have been. That design survived for a good sixty or seventy years, until One Man Operation, (OMO), later One Person Operation, came in, in the late fifties and early sixties, where the engine went to the back and the driver took the fares as well, in a bid to cut operating costs, as buses lost out to the popularity of the private car.
@@Nettledust In reasonable numbers, I would agree, but if by "came in" you are referring to being originally introduced,, that would be the late 50"s. Specifically around 1958 with the first production Leyland Atlantean. Wallasey no 1.. ( FHF 451) which fortunately got preserved.
I love when people take something like this bus, restore it and then we get to read about the memories people place in the comment section. So cool to read about how something shaped their lives or was an integral part of their family in some way! Thanks for sharing and to all of you who have shared in the history of these busses “Thanks for the memories, of sentimental verse, nothing in my purse… Awfully glad I met you, Cheerio and toodle-oo, Thank you, Thank you so much.” (Thanks for the Memories- 1st and last verse-Bob Hope)
Odd that you chose a Bob Hope quote ...did you know Bob Hope was born "Leslie Hope" in Eltham, near London, England in 1903 and lived in Bristol with his parents and siblings before moving to the USA? So he probably rode on some earlier version of these 'Double-Decker' buses I would think also.
I don’t have the skills to get it started, and I have run a successful Airbnb out of my back yard, so this is a perfect fit. But if I had the skill, you are right, making it run would be incredible!
@@ultimatewhit I love what you did with it and for an air bnb you probably wouldn't want it running anyway. I live in a rural city in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 so an air bnb wouldn't be viable and the fact I've been working on car and truck engines since I was 14 years old also means I wouldn't have to spend 30-50k to get it running which is probably a very low estimate of the cost to get that running and to pass a safety for road travel.
Thanks for the time travel for me on this video. The old Midland Red buses from my area had a pole in the middle of the large open space at the back of the bus. which when you where running to catch the bus and approaching from the front you lunged for the pole and swung onto the bus much to the annoyance of the conductor. Happy days. I never thought I would see a double decker with a double bed in it. My Girlfriend (now wife) and I got into enough mischief on the big bench seat at the back of the upper deck. All in all a wonderful conversion. Whit; you now need to add two more buses then you can use the old line: " You wait and wait for a bus and then 3 show up". And can you please put the Googly eyes back on.
Hahaha. That’s hilarious. Funny enough, I just found another doubled decker for sale and the listing says “ a once in a lifetime opportunity“; my wife says “ a twice in a lifetime opportunity!“
That would probably have been a BMMO D9 that was actually built by Midland Red themselves. They built nearly all their own buses at one time in Birmingham. A very advanced bus at the time. And all buses in all areas in the UK at one time, had a chrome plated pole at the back where you jumped on. Great fun.
A fun destination stay! I love the feel and look… this would be a great home school stay- letting the kids learn about English transportation. (Or a Harry Potter’s night bus?) ☺️
I think a Harry Potter makeover for Oct would be fun and not too expensive. Have guest robes of all 4 houses, a homemade sorting hat, a cauldron in the kitchen, Harry Potter chess set and BeanBoozled in the game area, and the movies streaming upstairs!
You have done an extraordinary build on your family’s home, amazingly well put together. Pray that you and the family would continue to be Blessed in your home. God Bless love’s 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
Excellent video Mr Scott. Lovely job. I run a fleet of vintage buses here in the UK that now mostly just do tourist tours, weddings and TV and film work for period piece dramas etc and accordingly I would have loved to have seen that lovely old girl restored and running back on the streets of the UK. However, what you have done is excellent and keeps her alive in another way at least. I am interested in knowing her history as whilst she might be from somewhere in the Manchester area, I don't think she was actually a Manchester Corporation bus as I don't recall them having AECs. Salford did and Ashton too and Bury, but not to my knowledge, Manchester itself. My money is on Bury, but I'll check. If you have any information on her original registration here in the UK, I could pinpoint it more accurately. It would be something like BEN 123, if from Bury. Also the cab is like it is, split, because that was a natural progression from the horse buses that the earlier versions of your bus replaced. On those, the driver was seperated at the front with a conductor taking the fares at the back. The engine replaced the horse that was at the front, so the driver stayed there, seperated in the "half cab" as it was called. The vintage electrical box you found, controlled the interior lighting. It would probably say things like, upper saloon n/s, upper saloon o/s on it above each switch. You mentioned in a reply about getting her going again. They are very basic engineering and so, that would not, I'd guess, be that difficult. Anything you think that maybe I can assist with in acheiving that, or at least seeing if it's possible, just let me know. Finally, you may already know, but there is a bus museum based in Manchester that would also, I'm sure, be delighted to help you with anything that they can. It's based in Cheetham Hill at Queen's Road bus depot and is called the Manchester Museum of Transport. You might find it helpful to get in touch. They are a friendly bunch from my many dealings with them. Hope this is of help and all the very best in your venture. I know where I'm staying if ever I'm over there near you. Lol.
Fun bus vacation design. Too close to the main house for me. I wonder if he could put up a divider with nice climbing vines or something to give it a bit more privacy. 🤓
There is a possibility that my late father could have been part of the team who built that bus. The "Regent" was built at several factories in the UK. In their original colours (livery), they often had lines on the sides. My dad often painted those, he had a very steady hand. He would have been fascinated to see what you have done with it.
When I was little I always wanted to live in a bus or a railway carriage ,I always would be thinking of the layout ,I’m from Liverpool our buses were green ,I travelled miles back n forth to town in all the years they were in service,You could always hop on the bus grabbing the bar to hoist yourself on if you were quick ,haha
I was one of the school girls that would jump on hold on to the bar, if the bus conductor came near you to pay you would jump off the bus as it was been driven. As soon as your feet touched the road they had to be running. X
I was born and raised in Morden and used the get the 157 where it came out of. The 164 and the 118 were still routemasters in the late 70’s. I used to run and hang off the bar of the 118 when travelling to school in Mitcham. Loved the routemasters.
Nicely Done,I'm glad to see you preserved one. Only thing I'd up grade the throw pillows on the bench and glasses and mugs ,only three. Maybe your not finished? Otherwise Sweet 🐦. JO JO IN VT 😆💕
Sorry for this long-winded comment but this just got me thinking and I just had to talk about this. The way the rules are in this city is if you already got a small or 'tiny' house, you can remodel it or add on, but you can't build a tiny house. Our neighborhood was built and established in the 1850s so most of the houses are from that era. They were built by ,and for, the areas. "working poor" , so they're all really small. I actually raised three kids in a small two room shotgun shack with a bathroom added on in the 70s. We added a bedroom on the back in the '90s My husband's great-grandparents bought it in 1920. We had a really private yard. It backed to the railroad tracks and had kind of a small wooded area on one side and an open field with several large shade trees (where several houses used to be) on the other. We were able to have two campers in the back that my teenage children called their homes for several years. It was like a campground back there. With large shade trees, a bbq pit and picnic tables and private alley access. We even had electric ran to them and even cable TV. We spent most of our family time back there. Until they moved out on their own. So our family is used to living in tiny homes. I wouldn't have it any other way. It remained a low-income blighted area until recently. Now the neighborhood is full of remodeled tiny houses and it's called the "East Village" with all these new stylish tiny homes that used to be shacks. Most of them still had out houses and well water until the 70s, when the city made everyone get indoor plumbing. It's just strange to think that something that poor people had to "suffer" through is now something that everybody longs to do. I'm glad everybody's starting to get back to the basics. Because in reality, all we really need is a place to lay our head, a place to cook and a room to bathe and go to the bathroom. It's basically the only lifestyle I know. Thank you if you made it all the way through this comment LOL
i own a 1954 english double decker bus. I will be also converting it to a tiny home in my back yard. I am always looking for unique design ideas and suggestions.
Interesting layout. You completely left out the area where the chairs are. If I want to watch movies I'd rather be sitting on a chair or couch, not a hard floor. But to each his own. I like the murals.
I love it. I don't drive, but I'd love one being stationary on a plot of land, and having my mate driving it there. Do you still need to pay Mot if its stationary, please? Hello from England, UK
There used to be a UK double-decker red bus in downtown Asheville NC in the late '90s, early 2000s, parked and set up as a café. Anyone here know if it still exists? I believe it had the destination sign set at "Trafalgar Square" . Never mind--I found its website: Double D's Coffee and Desserts. I really enjoyed this video!
i watch these with subtitles because it makes it easier for me to follow, and I'm just saddened by the quality of the subtitles on like, all videos ever. If I had to absolutely rely on subtitles, I would only understand what's going on part of the time. :c I kind of want to write my own subtitles for videos, just so i can improve the quality 😢
❓Did you use UV-safe, non-yellowing archival spray for the mural? Many clear sprays yellow over time. 🏞 Art supply stores have “archival non-yellowing” sprays that are use to protect paintings, etc. I imagine if you used regular spray, you can still apply the archival spray over it. Yellowing can turn so dark, some almost look brown so it’s worth the price to do it. The mural is very fun. The whole bus is a delight!
@@sassychickybabe It actually wasn't as rare as you might think. In the first and second world wars, it was the norm, as most men were away fighting and whilst when they returned, the men took the job up again, sadly due to male casualties and other factors, there were often shortfalls of staff, so women filled the gap in fair numbers until they were replaced when the rear engined buses appeared in the late fifties and early sixties.
Damn cool! Love the whole layout of the bus, and love his reusing and re-imagining it into this living dream. May all who stay in this magic bus enjoy their ride. And, may it bring much abundance.
Absolutely amazing! What a fantastic job, you should be so proud to have revived such an iconic Bus into what you have! As a Brit you brought back some wonderful memories of my childhood! My Mum also used to be a Conductress on these Buses! 🙏
brings back memories as a kid living and growing up in Manchester me and my friends would wait until the bus went round a corner and all jumped off pretending to be parachuting, with the driver raising his fist to us all - it was health and safety gone out of the window - and none of us with broken bones, I think we were made of rubber back then. Thanks for sharing it you have done an amazing job, wish it was nearer so that I could rent it wow! Paul born and bred in Manchester England
Used to love riding the old Double Deckers when I was in the UK. I always found it funny that the driver was totally separate but they always had a "Bus Conductor" who stood on the back step and sold Tickets. As you said it was open at the back and not very pleasant in the Winter! You have done a great job. One thing I would add is a small BBQ in that little courtyard area. Spending $22k even though you did most if not all of the work is still a really good deal.
@@questionmark9819 No. Only the 2760 that London Transport bought, or a handful that Northern General in Newcastle had and a similar amount for BEA and BOAC as airport shuttles in London. The VAST majority of other ones have various names. AEC Regent, Guy Arab, Leyland Titan, etc. There was a London Transport version of this particular type of bus, but it was called the RT and was best known probably as the bus used by Cliff Richard in the film "Summer Holiday", where he and "The Shadows", travelled across Europe in one to Greece.
@@dancedecker thank you, I just presumed that they were all called route masters, I do miss them though, the boris buses aren't the same plus there's no conductor now, I think they trialed it initially but now it's just the driver although there is a heritage route around London, the number 15 does part of the way in the old style buses, or at least it did a few years back around Tower Hill.
@@questionmark9819 You are most welcome. I agree that the "Borismasters" don't quite do it, but they do have a lot of original RM type features that have more than a nod to the old girls. Sadly the pandemic saw to it that TfL had an excuse to withdraw the 15 after already scrapping the 9 previously. So now, no regular service RMs I'm afraid to say. So the odd private hire one, I think there's a mobile afternoon tea one, every day and the odd preserved bus event. That's about it and London, in my humble opinion, is the poorer for it.
Great Job, It's beautiful! Love the statement you made at the end. (So true) I always say, Live life to the fullest, you only have one! Don't live in regret.
C’mon Route Master! I used to love those old buses, you could leap on and off at will and hang off the back as it went zipping along… well until the conductor shouted at you 😄😄
It isn't a 'Routemaster ", it's an AEC Regent Three. It was from Manchester which never had Routemasters, though they did borrow one ( RM 1414), in the early sixties to see if they might like some. It is nearer to the "daddy" to the RM, which was called the RT and was probably best known as being the subject of the Cliff Richard film, "Summer Holiday ".
This bus has lived many lives and is still going strong….absolutely incredible. Love everything about this 😊
This one is definitely unique and a very nice build. I love that he rescued a bit of history, repurposed it while keeping it's charm and bits of it's story like the murals!
I grew up in South West Scotland. In the 70s I went back and forward to school on these very same buses. These buses were old even then 🤣 being out in the country and miles from the nearest city, Glasgow, we got all the cast off buses when the cities got the new ones. That switch box was for the lights inside the bus. We used to switch them off as kids 🤣 Back in the day there were conductors and conductreses so the driver sat up in his space without contact with the public, thats why the driving position isn't in the bus. Nice to see the bus have a new life
People riding this bus 50 years ago never could have imagined it would end up in the states as a food cart and then a bnb..
I watched a vlog by a British guy, who'd bought a double decker as well, and turned it to a 3 bed house
I came from Stockport which is just south of Manchester, the buses would run in both directions and I’m old enough that I probably traveled on it. My father used to build them, they were designed to keep the driver separated from passengers so that they could concentrate purely on the driving with no distractions. At the back of the bus on the platform would be a conductor who once you had sat down he would come along collect your money and give you a ticket. If you told him where you wanted to get off he would ring the bell, to let the driver know to stop at the next stop so you could get off. Later when they allowed women to be conductors they were known as clippies.
Happy days.
Excellent job on the conversion.
Half cabs where the driver sat above and alongside the engine were not designed to to stop the driver from being distracted, it was the design and technology and layout of the day it also provided good access to the engine unlike today’s vehicles that are usually underfloor or rear engined. ‘ Hold tight please plenty of room on top!’
Yes, it was the design and tech of it's day to have the layout that you see in this AEC Regent Three, as it was a natural progression from.the design of the horse buses that the early petrol engined and later diesel versions, evolved into.
Horse buses had a conductor at the back, so the driver was seperated at the front and so when engines came along and took over, it was put at the front as it was where the horse would have been.
That design survived for a good sixty or seventy years, until One Man Operation, (OMO), later One Person Operation, came in, in the late fifties and early sixties, where the engine went to the back and the driver took the fares as well, in a bid to cut operating costs, as buses lost out to the popularity of the private car.
My dad was a bus conductor in Salford. ❤️
One man buses came in during the mid to late 1970s.
@@Nettledust In reasonable numbers, I would agree, but if by "came in" you are referring to being originally introduced,, that would be the late 50"s. Specifically around 1958 with the first production Leyland Atlantean. Wallasey no 1.. ( FHF 451) which fortunately got preserved.
I love how this bus turned out. Awesome.
He did an amazing job of this bus. What a great way to enjoy a double decker bus.
I love when people take something like this bus, restore it and then we get to read about the memories people place in the comment section. So cool to read about how something shaped their lives or was an integral part of their family in some way! Thanks for sharing and to all of you who have shared in the history of these busses “Thanks for the memories, of sentimental verse, nothing in my purse…
Awfully glad I met you, Cheerio and toodle-oo,
Thank you,
Thank you so much.”
(Thanks for the Memories-
1st and last verse-Bob Hope)
Odd that you chose a Bob Hope quote ...did you know Bob Hope was born "Leslie Hope" in Eltham, near London, England in 1903 and lived in Bristol with his parents and siblings before moving to the USA? So he probably rode on some earlier version of these 'Double-Decker' buses I would think also.
British people are awesome and so are the products that come from that wonderful country. We have so much to learn from them! We are years behind!
I love these old double-deckers. We had them here in Australia for years. Fun going around corners hanging on the the pole on the back step.
This is so awesome! Great job, thanks for letting others share in a bit of history and to enjoy their vacations.
This bus is incredible!!! Why don't we have more awesome vehicles like this being made anymore?!?!
I love it. This is absolutely beautiful....I'd consider it a dream home. Great work.
Thank you so much Terra,hope to have you for a stay some day!
This is most definitely the most unique dwelling and really cool. It would be fun to stay in it.
Now this is the bus I want to build into a working driving rv. This is a nice alternative but I would definitely rather have it running and driving.
I don’t have the skills to get it started, and I have run a successful Airbnb out of my back yard, so this is a perfect fit. But if I had the skill, you are right, making it run would be incredible!
@@ultimatewhit I love what you did with it and for an air bnb you probably wouldn't want it running anyway. I live in a rural city in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 so an air bnb wouldn't be viable and the fact I've been working on car and truck engines since I was 14 years old also means I wouldn't have to spend 30-50k to get it running which is probably a very low estimate of the cost to get that running and to pass a safety for road travel.
Thanks for the time travel for me on this video. The old Midland Red buses from my area had a pole in the middle of the large open space at the back of the bus. which when you where running to catch the bus and approaching from the front you lunged for the pole and swung onto the bus much to the annoyance of the conductor. Happy days. I never thought I would see a double decker with a double bed in it. My Girlfriend (now wife) and I got into enough mischief on the big bench seat at the back of the upper deck. All in all a wonderful conversion. Whit; you now need to add two more buses then you can use the old line: " You wait and wait for a bus and then 3 show up". And can you please put the Googly eyes back on.
Hahaha. That’s hilarious. Funny enough, I just found another doubled decker for sale and the listing says “ a once in a lifetime opportunity“; my wife says “ a twice in a lifetime opportunity!“
@@ultimatewhit I tell you; that third one is just around the corner. lol
That would probably have been a BMMO D9 that was actually built by Midland Red themselves. They built nearly all their own buses at one time in Birmingham.
A very advanced bus at the time.
And all buses in all areas in the UK at one time, had a chrome plated pole at the back where you jumped on.
Great fun.
Great music for a great vehicle!!!
I'm from Manchester. I remember these buses, they did primarily the routes to the University. I may well have been on this!
Glad I caught a premier. Good reuse of the bus!
That bus had alot of journeys. It's finally found a home. And someone staying in her would b proud of the design. Great job.
Hello Terry
This is absolutely amazing. I love this 💓
Thank you Tammy!
A fun destination stay! I love the feel and look… this would be a great home school stay- letting the kids learn about English transportation. (Or a Harry Potter’s night bus?) ☺️
I think a Harry Potter makeover for Oct would be fun and not too expensive. Have guest robes of all 4 houses, a homemade sorting hat, a cauldron in the kitchen, Harry Potter chess set and BeanBoozled in the game area, and the movies streaming upstairs!
This is the coolest bus build I've seen! What a great space!
Good work. Looks amazing. 😊
You never cease to amaze me. ❤
You have done an extraordinary build on your family’s home, amazingly well put together. Pray that you and the family would continue to be Blessed in your home. God Bless love’s 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
Excellent video Mr Scott.
Lovely job.
I run a fleet of vintage buses here in the UK that now mostly just do tourist tours, weddings and TV and film work for period piece dramas etc and accordingly I would have loved to have seen that lovely old girl restored and running back on the streets of the UK.
However, what you have done is excellent and keeps her alive in another way at least.
I am interested in knowing her history as whilst she might be from somewhere in the Manchester area, I don't think she was actually a Manchester Corporation bus as I don't recall them having AECs.
Salford did and Ashton too and Bury, but not to my knowledge, Manchester itself.
My money is on Bury, but I'll check. If you have any information on her original registration here in the UK, I could pinpoint it more accurately.
It would be something like BEN 123, if from Bury.
Also the cab is like it is, split, because that was a natural progression from the horse buses that the earlier versions of your bus replaced.
On those, the driver was seperated at the front with a conductor taking the fares at the back.
The engine replaced the horse that was at the front, so the driver stayed there, seperated in the "half cab" as it was called.
The vintage electrical box you found, controlled the interior lighting. It would probably say things like, upper saloon n/s, upper saloon o/s on it above each switch.
You mentioned in a reply about getting her going again.
They are very basic engineering and so, that would not, I'd guess, be that difficult. Anything you think that maybe I can assist with in acheiving that, or at least seeing if it's possible, just let me know.
Finally, you may already know, but there is a bus museum based in Manchester that would also, I'm sure, be delighted to help you with anything that they can.
It's based in Cheetham Hill at Queen's Road bus depot and is called the Manchester Museum of Transport.
You might find it helpful to get in touch. They are a friendly bunch from my many dealings with them.
Hope this is of help and all the very best in your venture.
I know where I'm staying if ever I'm over there near you. Lol.
Fun bus vacation design. Too close to the main house for me. I wonder if he could put up a divider with nice climbing vines or something to give it a bit more privacy. 🤓
It has a cool pre-selective gearbox. I remember them well as a schoolkid, going to school.
There is a possibility that my late father could have been part of the team who built that bus. The "Regent" was built at several factories in the UK. In their original colours (livery), they often had lines on the sides. My dad often painted those, he had a very steady hand. He would have been fascinated to see what you have done with it.
When I was little I always wanted to live in a bus or a railway carriage ,I always would be thinking of the layout ,I’m from Liverpool our buses were green ,I travelled miles back n forth to town in all the years they were in service,You could always hop on the bus grabbing the bar to hoist yourself on if you were quick ,haha
Awesome job on the wood
Much appreciated Bill!
🐼 Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 69 yr old grandma in Texas, USA. 🐼 ❤ 🎀 👍 🧚♂ 🐈
Best tiny house yet!!!!
It looks amazing❤️
Really lovely, looks so cozy with all the necessary facilities. Would love to stay but I'm in England
I was one of the school girls that would jump on hold on to the bar, if the bus conductor came near you to pay you would jump off the bus as it was been driven. As soon as your feet touched the road they had to be running. X
Absolutely stunning, good work.
outstanding job. Love your work done on the bus. Plenty of room. thank you for sharing your video
hi, Its really beautiful. amazing and unbelievable. You did great job. from Pakistan.
Hey, that looks like the old 157 that i used to go from the Crystal Palace to West Croydon to visit the bars and dance halls back in the late 60's.
That would have been an AEC RT and later on the RM
I was born and raised in Morden and used the get the 157 where it came out of. The 164 and the 118 were still routemasters in the late 70’s. I used to run and hang off the bar of the 118 when travelling to school in Mitcham. Loved the routemasters.
Looks like an exHuddersfield AEC Regent III with an East Lancashire Body. Don't know about it being in Manchester though.
Super cool thanks Jenna for sharing.❤
I’ve been hoping we’d see one these someday! Thanks
The Kelly Family was also on the road again with their double-decker bus, and they also have the bedroom upstairs 👍
I love it!!
I’m in love 🎉😊
This is Gonna B so Good🔥🔥🔥👍….
Another Whitney! Thanks Whitney!
So cool! Love it!
🙂 Comfy!
Awesome!
This is cute!!!
Nicely Done,I'm glad to see you preserved one.
Only thing I'd up grade the throw pillows on the bench and glasses and mugs ,only three. Maybe your not finished?
Otherwise Sweet 🐦.
JO JO IN VT 😆💕
The pillows need an update, and they certainly could’ve been fluffed for the video. Haha.
Just a thought but I think that twinkle lights would be nice up around the bed area. Maybe a spider plant hanging.
This is so stinking cute ❤️
Great job, the bus looks so good. Three of my grandparents came to the states from Manchester; just love those English buss es. 😊
the drivers cab, I would make into a reading nook....
Sorry for this long-winded comment but this just got me thinking and I just had to talk about this.
The way the rules are in this city
is if you already got a small or 'tiny' house, you can remodel it or add on, but you can't build a tiny house.
Our neighborhood was built and established in the 1850s so most of the houses are from that era. They were built by ,and for, the areas. "working poor" , so they're all really small. I actually raised three kids in a small two room shotgun shack with a bathroom added on in the 70s. We added a bedroom on the back in the '90s My husband's great-grandparents bought it in 1920. We had a really private yard. It backed to the railroad tracks and had kind of a small wooded area on one side and an open field with several large shade trees (where several houses used to be) on the other. We were able to have two campers in the back that my teenage children called their homes for several years. It was like a campground back there. With large shade trees, a bbq pit and picnic tables and private alley access. We even had electric ran to them and even cable TV. We spent most of our family time back there. Until they moved out on their own. So our family is used to living in tiny homes. I wouldn't have it any other way. It remained a low-income blighted area until recently.
Now the neighborhood is full of remodeled tiny houses and it's called the "East Village" with all these new stylish tiny homes that used to be shacks. Most of them still had out houses and well water until the 70s, when the city made everyone get indoor plumbing.
It's just strange to think that something that poor people had to "suffer" through is now something that everybody longs to do.
I'm glad everybody's starting to get back to the basics. Because in reality, all we really need is a place to lay our head, a place to cook and a room to bathe and go to the bathroom.
It's basically the only lifestyle I know.
Thank you if you made it all the way through this comment LOL
i own a 1954 english double decker bus. I will be also converting it to a tiny home in my back yard. I am always looking for unique design ideas and suggestions.
Neat bus. TFS
Interesting layout. You completely left out the area where the chairs are. If I want to watch movies I'd rather be sitting on a chair or couch, not a hard floor. But to each his own. I like the murals.
Nice job!
I love it. I don't drive, but I'd love one being stationary on a plot of land, and having my mate driving it there. Do you still need to pay Mot if its stationary, please? Hello from England, UK
It would be helpful to know how much he rents it out for. Love the style of those old busses and that most are manual transmissions!!
Awesome ❤️
There used to be a UK double-decker red bus in downtown Asheville NC in the late '90s, early 2000s, parked and set up as a café.
Anyone here know if it still exists? I believe it had the destination sign set at "Trafalgar Square" . Never mind--I found its website: Double D's Coffee and Desserts. I really enjoyed this video!
From my neck of the woods
The owner of this tiny house looks like Nate Buchanan from Nate and Kara
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So it's actually a 1 bedroom? How does that work being an air b & b ?
It is its own space for a couple (or single) to stay.
Well done….
How much to stay? I have family in Oregon!
It's cool, but skip over showing the downstairs living room area?
i watch these with subtitles because it makes it easier for me to follow, and I'm just saddened by the quality of the subtitles on like, all videos ever. If I had to absolutely rely on subtitles, I would only understand what's going on part of the time. :c I kind of want to write my own subtitles for videos, just so i can improve the quality 😢
@6:30 Go round and round 🚌
Where do the kids sleep?
3 mins of ads breaking this video up is too much
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❓Did you use UV-safe, non-yellowing archival spray for the mural? Many clear sprays yellow over time. 🏞 Art supply stores have “archival non-yellowing” sprays that are use to protect paintings, etc. I imagine if you used regular spray, you can still apply the archival spray over it. Yellowing can turn so dark, some almost look brown so it’s worth the price to do it. The mural is very fun. The whole bus is a delight!
You seem sad on that video hope u ok 😍
Better small than no washroom too many windows
My mum was a bus conductor on one of these when she was young
That’s incredible!
@@ultimatewhit yeah was rare that they allowed females to do it lol
@@sassychickybabe It actually wasn't as rare as you might think.
In the first and second world wars, it was the norm, as most men were away fighting and whilst when they returned, the men took the job up again, sadly due to male casualties and other factors, there were often shortfalls of staff, so women filled the gap in fair numbers until they were replaced when the rear engined buses appeared in the late fifties and early sixties.
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Has the bnb feel to it. Not homey.
Love that this family has taken a piece of history, restored it and allowing others to enjoy it. So so fun!!!🤗
Did I miss it but where do the kids sleep??
The kids don't live in the bus and neither does he. It's an airBnb rental in his backyard.
Damn cool! Love the whole layout of the bus, and love his reusing and re-imagining it into this living dream. May all who stay in this magic bus enjoy their ride. And, may it bring much abundance.
Is that double-speaker for shagging?
Absolutely amazing! What a fantastic job, you should be so proud to have revived such an iconic Bus into what you have! As a Brit you brought back some wonderful memories of my childhood! My Mum also used to be a Conductress on these Buses! 🙏
brings back memories as a kid living and growing up in Manchester me and my friends would wait until the bus went round a corner and all jumped off pretending to be parachuting, with the driver raising his fist to us all - it was health and safety gone out of the window - and none of us with broken bones, I think we were made of rubber back then. Thanks for sharing it you have done an amazing job, wish it was nearer so that I could rent it wow! Paul born and bred in Manchester England
I love this story Paul, such a great piece of history. We are going to try to share these stories in the bus!
@@ultimatewhit
Great story Paul !
I was born and bred in Manchester too many many years ago lived near Belle Vue and Longsight station
@@floswason8776 wow used to go to belle vue roller skating as a kid - small world - paul who now lives in sunny Bournemouth
I love this bus! I would have given the bus a veranda and kept the backdoor area open. Beautiful job on the build!
Used to love riding the old Double Deckers when I was in the UK. I always found it funny that the driver was totally separate but they always had a "Bus Conductor" who stood on the back step and sold Tickets. As you said it was open at the back and not very pleasant in the Winter! You have done a great job. One thing I would add is a small BBQ in that little courtyard area. Spending $22k even though you did most if not all of the work is still a really good deal.
The old route masters are very sturdy and have lasted a long time, so nice to see one being transformed in to a home.
Not a routemaster, it is an AEC Regent lll
@@paulsee2037 oh i didn't realise, I thought they were all called route masters! Cheers ☺️
@@questionmark9819 No. Only the 2760 that London Transport bought, or a handful that Northern General in Newcastle had and a similar amount for BEA and BOAC as airport shuttles in London.
The VAST majority of other ones have various names. AEC Regent, Guy Arab, Leyland Titan, etc.
There was a London Transport version of this particular type of bus, but it was called the RT and was best known probably as the bus used by Cliff Richard in the film "Summer Holiday", where he and "The Shadows", travelled across Europe in one to Greece.
@@dancedecker thank you, I just presumed that they were all called route masters, I do miss them though, the boris buses aren't the same plus there's no conductor now, I think they trialed it initially but now it's just the driver although there is a heritage route around London, the number 15 does part of the way in the old style buses, or at least it did a few years back around Tower Hill.
@@questionmark9819 You are most welcome.
I agree that the "Borismasters" don't quite do it, but they do have a lot of original RM type features that have more than a nod to the old girls.
Sadly the pandemic saw to it that TfL had an excuse to withdraw the 15 after already scrapping the 9 previously.
So now, no regular service RMs I'm afraid to say.
So the odd private hire one, I think there's a mobile afternoon tea one, every day and the odd preserved bus event.
That's about it and London, in my humble opinion, is the poorer for it.
I’m from Liverpool England and I used to love travelling on the top deck of the bus fond memories what an amazing tiny house 😍😍😍😍
Wow! You’ve done some great things to the bus! I love it… gives you some fancy camping feel!
It sure does! Strong glam ping vibes with this bus.
Born and raised in se London uk these buses were my transport daily
Me encantó esta pequeña casa, se nota que se hizo con mucho amor, que la disfruten por siempre.
Great Job, It's beautiful!
Love the statement you made at the end. (So true) I always say, Live life to the fullest, you only have one! Don't live in regret.
Sounds like we’d be friends! Thanks for watching.
C’mon Route Master! I used to love those old buses, you could leap on and off at will and hang off the back as it went zipping along… well until the conductor shouted at you 😄😄
It isn't a 'Routemaster ", it's an AEC Regent Three.
It was from Manchester which never had Routemasters, though they did borrow one ( RM 1414), in the early sixties to see if they might like some.
It is nearer to the "daddy" to the RM, which was called the RT and was probably best known as being the subject of the Cliff Richard film, "Summer Holiday ".
So well done and how this guy presents his bus makes it even more charming! 👏🏻
This guy is a trip. Had me laughing and smiling the whole time. God bless everyone here 😎
Hahha thanks Brooke!
Brooke Pippin " a trip " I see what you did there...