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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
World
Neil Shaw

Family cut bills by £12,000 by moving into a double-decker bus

A couple converted a double-decker bus into a holiday home on wheels - but loved it so much they moved their family-of-six into it full-time and now save around £1,000 each month. Conrad Kirk, 31, and his partner, Nicole McCarthy, 31, bought the 1978 Rod-Bodied Daimler Fleetline double-decker bus in September 2021 for £2,000.

The pair planned to convert the vehicle into a luxury mobile holiday home - so they wouldn't have to fork out two 140-pounds-a-night hotel rooms for accommodation on family breaks. After completing the renovations, they decided to vacate their three-bedroom rental house in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and move into the bus full-time with their four daughters - Luna, four, Poppy, seven, Summer, seven and Phoebe, eight,

The idea of leaving their £1,300-per-month rental property and moving into the bus initially started as "a joke". But became a reality when the couple realised they could save around £1,000 monthly.

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