Who has never dreamed of dropping everything to embark on a slightly crazy project to realize a dream that has been left aside and gradually forgotten getting by the countless responsibilities that fill our lives?
A young woman, tired of her career in finance, deciding to transform her way of life after falling for an old bus put up for sale on the internet.
Jesse decided to buy this car to make it her dream home. After years in the world of finance a stable job and income, a young woman decided to move on.
Jesse lipskin, then 30 decided to create her dream home. Instead of wasting her time looking for it, she decided to move out of her New York apartment after falling in love with a 1966 GMC Greyhound bus. She found, while scrolling through her eBay searches. This incredible story began in 2015.
Jesse was getting tired of her job and she wanted to let go of everything to enjoy life.
One day while serving the internet, the young woman came across an advertisement for a Suburban bus for sale. It was a 1966 GMC Greyhound the same model bus used in the Keanu Reeves movie, Speed and Jesse loved it immediately.
Jesse was lucky enough to win the auction and was able to buy the bus for just seven thousand dollars. Jesse is an ambitious and very courageous woman. Just the decision she had made had already made her an extraordinary person.
Unlike many people who refurbish and transform buses for money and fame Jesse had very different motivations in this story. You will discover that this amazing woman, Jesse lipskin, was anything but ordinary Jesse was a bookworm and she loved reading and researching things she loved.
She was also vegan, which also encouraged her to take an eco-friendly path. She wanted to learn and adopt a sustainable life after working in the corporate world. Jesse felt she had to achieve something bigger.
She took time to prepare. It was thanks to a documentary that it all started for the young woman. Jesse became genuinely interested in sustainable living as an alternative through the documentary garbage Warrior. The film focused on the life of architect, Michael Reynolds, Michael Reynolds, is an Eco architect who designs and constructs practical buildings and structures called Earthship. Jesse was not like other young people who loved the luxurious life without thinking about tomorrow.
She opted for a more economical lifestyle. In the long term. Jesse was a young woman who hadn’t moved much during her teenage years, so the bus might allow him to change that. Jesse wanted to start living a simpler life, but she also wanted to see the world with her own eyes. She had lived in Manhattan for many years and wanted to experience more than that.
Jesse had lived and worked in New York with its busy streets and tall buildings, but deep down she knew that having a portable home was the best solution. An old commuter bus sold for several K dollars would usually put off many potential buyers, but not Jesse.
Jesse was excited, she had seen the potential of this old bus and what it would look like once the transformation was complete, the bus was sold, as is on the internet. Jesse knew from the start that it wasn’t going to be easy. The bus was almost empty and didn’t have many interesting features.
There were only a handful of seats left and nothing else. Undeterred, Jesse worked with a team and began removing all remaining seats from the bus. Jesse could not do this work alone. She needed a helping hand for this transformation. Jesse moved around a lot during the Reconstruction of her bus and she met many people who would become friends.
These friends helped Jesse turn her bus into her dream home. Although she liked to do everything herself, her expertise did not include Plumbing architecture, carpentry or even electricity Jesse, and made a decision that puzzled, her entire family. Some disagreed with what she was doing. Despite the successes she had had with the help of locals and other professionals. Some people weren’t happy for her.
They thought his new lifestyle was very radical. His mother even felt like she had gone crazy, which he told everyone in her building about her plan to live in a converted bus. Many people thought that it was a gigantic project and that it would be difficult for anyone to achieve what she planned her family expressed their doubts and tried to convince her not to continue in the end.
His job was to oversee and make sure everything was according to his plan and instructions. The success of this project ultimately depended on her if the bus was to be renovated into a house.
It had to be furnished for this Jesse had to make a choice about the materials that would be used. A home is never complete without a closet or Furnishings. Most homeowners prefer tough materials that last a lifetime, but Jesse had to choose materials that were both sturdy and lightweight. For her home. The best choice was wood.
Work began with a scaffolding and Mainframe of the new house. Once completed the basic Furniture was installed. The house was built on a bus and Jesse wanted to keep that look and show it off.
She had therefore decided to keep all the details of the bus y didn’t want to forget that her newly transformed home was once a bus, and she didn’t want to hide it. She felt that the best way to pay homage to the great history of this bust and its people was to keep elements of it in her new home and incorporate them into her furniture and decor bus.
Jesse’S bus had become unrecognizable. Even the salesman could no longer recognize it. Three years after diving into this adventure, Jesse’s bus truly felt like a home Jesse was very proud of the outcome of her project. She had invested a lot of time, money, effort and even tears and sweat to make this dream a reality.
In total, she had spent more than seventy thousand dollars to build her house bus, Which represents 10 times her initial investment when purchasing the vehicle.
This amount may seem insane to some people, but let’s compare it with the cost of buying a small apartment in Manhattan. The average price is 2.2 million dollars and the rent costs between two thousand dollars and eighty five thousand dollars per month.
The young woman’s house was quite spacious inside no one could have imagined that she could have all this space. The bathroom is clean and very pretty it resembles the bathrooms of the luxurious apartments that Jesse may have occupied during her career.
Jesse’S room had been decorated in the colors of nature, the young woman had been able to follow her heart and her desires. The room was beautifully designed and had an open window. The wind of allowed Jesse to have impressive views of the outdoors while enjoying the comfort of her bed. The landscape was thus different.
Each time she moved to a different place on her bus after the renovations and Furnishing of the new house, it was time for Jesse to enjoy her new home.
After all, the work done on the bus to turn into a house Jesse made a very difficult decision. Finally, Jesse was forced to make a sad decision. She had to sell the bus. The main reason that prompted her to sell the vehicle was its size Jesse explained that it was too big for her to drive alone. She also mentioned that she had an opportunity to travel abroad and wanted to experience it fully.
She decided to put the house up for sale on Craigslist for 149 thousand dollars as of October 2018. His message is no longer on mine. The converted bus is still relatively new. Jesse also admitted that, while she loved her new home, she preferred to have one that was smaller and easier to drive around. She said, however, that she had fully benefited from this experience.
Jesse had a home like any other, with space reserved for hosting visiting guests. This beautiful house has of course, changed hands since Jesse decided to sell it. This unusual dwelling is now listed on the ERM site and anyone who wants to experience Jesse’s lifestyle can rent it for just one hundred dollars. A night photos of Jesse’s stunning home have been shared on social media. She had wanted to share her inspiration with internet users.
Jesse’s story has already spread and inspired tons of budding DIY enthusiasts. Many might feel encouraged to unleash their creativity and bring their DIY projects to fruition.
