We Are Getting A Bus!!!!!!

Saturday 29th March 2014

We have talked about making one of our goals, getting a housebus, when we came back from Australia in September.

We didn't have the cash to buy one outright, so we just did a lot of talking about what we wanted in a house bus, the budget of what we could afford. Researched what things we needed in our future home.

Didn't think it would be happening for a while to be honest.

We don't have the skills to build one and thought it would be a lot easier buying one already set out.

But we also found when looking at ones for sale, that there were not many built for families.

A big majority of them seem built for the retired couple.

But an opportunity has come along to rent to own a house bus, that we couldn't say no to.

So in 5 weeks we say good bye to the four walls of a house and go totally mobile.

Wow! 

It's scary and exciting all in one :)

When we found this one, and it ticked all the right boxes , we just had to go for it.

Features:

1976 305 Mercedes

11m long, 2.4m wide 

200hp rear engine with automatic transmission

Airbag suspension with high ratio diff fitted.

1000 ltrs of fresh water

1100 ltrs of wast

70 ltrs fresh toilet water

80 ltrs of toilet waste

Marine toilet

Gas heater

Califont and full size gas stove

110 ltr 12v/24v.230v fridge

Hi tech absolute 400ah deep cycle house battery with dedicated temperature controlled charging and monitoring system

12m x 4 m awning

With all this, it still leaves plenty of room to still personalise it.

I have been reading blogs on housebus families and how they have things set up in their homes.

We have been reading up on solar panels as this bus does not have them, and how to use an inverter so we can run a washing machine, charge our phones and laptops.

We buy things that we can use that doesn't use electricity, so we conserve what we have as much as possible. Like the hand mixer, whistling kettle to go on the gas stove, wind up lantern/ torches, that kind of thing.

We have been reading up on how to do your washing, camping style.

We have been researching ways to modify this bus so we can be as self sustaining as we can.

I also read up today about super magnets that can be used to put up your curtains instead of using cords and curtain tracks.

It's all so exciting and new.

Do you live in a house bus?

What things did you do to make your life easier?

What gadgets have you found to be, must haves?

We are ideally looking for a bit of land to rent to put our new home on too.

Still need to find this.

How did you find the perfect place to park your house bus?

It's funny this time last year I would never have dreamed that this is what we would be doing :)

But we cross of that days on the calendar, excitedly as we look forward to our new adventure.