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Incredible Double Decker Bus Cottage


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This is an incredible double-decker bus cottage. It’s a 1962 Bristol Lodekka Double-Decker Bus turned into a one-of-a-kind rolling tiny home.

Amazingly, it’s available for sale out of Greensboro, North Carolina, with an asking price of $169,000. According to the listing, it has been professionally converted into an RV-certified travel trailer! Update: While this double-decker bus cottage is no longer available for sale, you can still enjoy the incredible tour below!

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1962 Bristol Lodekka Double Decker Bus Tiny Home

The double-decker bus has been completely renovated.

Yet much of the original character remains.

Now it’s a fully functional tiny house!

Not to mention, it’s completely one-of-a-kind.

This could make for quite the awesome Airbnb for anyone out there who is looking for a super-unique tiny home experience to offer their guests.

The upstairs coffee and reading nook with a view. I love this spot!

I once got to go inside of a double-decker bus coffee shop in Asheville, and this reminds me of it. 🙂

Since the engine was removed, this double-decker is now considered a 2021 travel trailer.

This is cool news for anyone wanting to buy it because you can finance and insure it. 🙂

Highlights

  • Professionally converted double-decker bus
  • It was built within the existing chassis and shell of a 1962 Bristol Lodekka
  • Imported from England
  • Titled in 2021 as a travel trailer
  • All new wiring, plumbing, HVAC, flooring, paint, appliances, cabinetry, and more were installed while maintaining most of the look and feel of the original vehicle
  • The engine has been completely removed, hence why it is now considered a travel trailer
  • The bus does not run and depends on hookups for usability
  • 30′ long with approximate 20k lb weight
  • The 2021 Travel Trailer title makes it eligible for RV financing and insurance
  • Vinyl zero VOC flooring throughout
  • Mini split HVAC downstairs, rooftop RV vent fan upstairs
  • Kitchen with SMEG retro refrigerator, quartz counters, dual burner cooktop, and convection/microwave combo
  • Lower-level dining booth and sofas
  • Salvaged “RCA” bath door
  • Subway/penny tile shower, bath vanity, and Saniflo (flushing) toilet
  • Upper coffee bar + sofa “perch”
  • Built-in king-size platform bed (includes new IKEA hybrid mattress + hypoallergenic cover)
  • Vintage Hifi Stereo
  • Mid-Century Modern chair/ottoman
  • Upper level wired for RV rooftop AC and ceiling mount projector
  • Asking price $169,000
  • Located in Greensboro, North Carolina

Discussion

So what do you think of this double decker bus turned travel trailer cottage? Is this something you can see yourself in and use as a home or is it just another Airbnb tiny home to add to the wishlist? 

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  • Victoria A Banaszak
    June 15, 2021, 6:21 pm

    I think this would make a nice home but the colors are not cohisive. The green and blue really don’t go well together. Without an engine it would be difficult to move to a location, so as far as campers go, it is useless. As a tiny home that you move to a property and leave it it seems fine although they didn’t show any storage or bedrooms.

    • Kaylynn Schiesher
      July 29, 2021, 11:00 am

      My friends and I NEED this bus for when we go to college. We graduate from high school in 2026. Then we’ll make a road trip to go see it. Please hold it until then. Thanks!

  • Sunny
    July 8, 2021, 9:48 pm

    Very expensive for a non running sweatbox.

  • Lourdes Medina
    July 22, 2022, 4:57 pm

    Its honestly my dream to have a double decker home bus… my theme however will be a mash us of traditional Japanese + gypsy + hippie. I like purple and blue and I’m naming the bus Lorelei.

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