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Inventor on How To Live Mortgage Free builds his family a three-bedroom home on a DOUBLE DECKER BUS for just £20,000

  

  

   How To Live Mortgage Free 

OWNING your own home in 2017 is becoming an increasingly far-fetched dream, with sky-high deposits to pay, and then the daunting prospect of a massive mortgage.

But one ambitious family decided to think outside the box and design their dream home for just £20,000 – on a double-decker bus.

The unusual pad would have to be fully adaptable for his wife Amanda’s limited mobility issues, which were caused by a sky-diving accident when she was in her 20s.

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The new home was shown just three months away from the family moving in and already had a kitchen, dining room and area for the kids to do their homework

 

Their new living space is now bright and airy and even features a lift

  

In the big reveal, all the seats had been taken out, and replaced with light and airy furniture and even a lift for mum Amanda to reach the top deck

  

Sarah Beeny was amazed at inventor Rick’s ambitious plans

The couple, who have two children, James and Caitlin, were unable to save the deposit needed to buy a three-bedroom house in their local area near Cambridge, which typically sell for around £300,000.
Instead, they planned to put their £20,000 savings into building their dream three-bedroom home, in an old double decker that would include a lift for Amanda to reach the second floor.

  

Spending just £3,600 on the bus, Rick set about stripping the seats from the vehicle and kitting it out with a kitchen, dining area, bathroom and an upper seating area for when the bus is moving.

 

Rick was determined to transform the bus into a home for his wife and two children

  

Amanda revealed she had limited mobility after a skydiving accident in her 20s, so required a home that would be fully accessible

  

Son James explored the area that was to become his bedroom, which wasn’t completed by the time the programme aired

In a bid to keep their living costs down even lower, the unique home would run off solar panels and use bottled gas for heating.
Rick spent £15,000 on the renovations, and Sarah was amazed at the result, near the end of its completion.

      

The home-on-wheels had a upper seating area that would be used for people to sit in when the bus was moving

  

Rick spent a total £15,000 on the renovations of the double decker bus

(The Sun, UK)