Moving In Day!

6th May 2014

Two day ago we started our new life living in a house bus.

After some minor frustrations as we piled all our stuff into the bus and had to clean our old home.

We could finally be on our way, not only moving into a house bus, but also moving areas.

We arrived in Papamoa later that day and had free range of the motorcamp.

Since it is winter, there is practically no one else here, which is just awesome!

We chose a motorcamp as our first place to park up for a while, as we just needed a bit of time to get our heads around the running of our new bus. As well as being close to a dump station, electricity, and somewhere to wash our clothes.

When we first got here I had to empty out the bus of all our belongings and then re organise them into the workable places for everything to go.

Our bedroom is right up the back of the bus. It is super cost and very snugly.

There are four bunk beds. We created a cosy snug little space that resembles kind of like a hut for Miss Personality, to not only sleep in, but also her own space to do what she wants in. An identical snug spot has been created on the other bottom bunk for when Miss Blondini comes to stay. 

The top two bunks, will be used for extra storage.

Miss Personality loved it on our first night, as she was so close to our bedroom. That she could just lie in her bed and chat to us about all her worries, concerns and thoughts and then drift off to sleep as happy as can be :)

All our personal touches have been placed, and everything has been given a home, even Blousey & Elizabeth the mice :)

It rained the second night, and we found a few spots that leaked, but we think it may have been more from the top pop up windows, that had been opened and may have not been shut completely properly.

We still have a few things on our wish list to get at some point. Like an inverter, as there are no power points in the bus. We also need to get the bus certified so that we can legally and safely use the powered sites at motorcamps. We also need to get a truck licence so that we can move around our bus or go visiting Mr Affectionate and Mr Confident and his little family in Gisborne.

The best part about our first night in our new home, was going to sleep listening to the sounds of birds, the waves at the beach, such bliss.