A couple are converting a £9,000 double decker bus into a home in a bid to escape their £1,200 a month rent. Alice Keeler, 30, and Xavier Gstrein, 29, bought the 2003 model online from Northern Ireland in May.
The pair have been renting a one bedroom flat in Brighton for two years and were put off buying a home by "extortionate" housing prices - so bought a bus instead. They reckon the complete conversion will cost them more than £20,000 - including solar panels, an eco-friendly log burner, and a compost toilet.
But they reckon they'll save loads of cash living off grid in the bus they have called Baloo. Alice, a speech and language therapist for adults in neuro-rehab, said: “The idea is to get off the grid, be rent free and have more freedom.
