A Couple Transformed Their School Bus Into A Gorgeous Home On Wheels

Home is where the heart is, and the McVays found theirs in a simpler but unique lifestyle — an incredible converted school bus! The couple risked all their worldly possessions to hit the road and get away from it all. Even though their future hung on a knife edge, their gamble paid off and when you see the incredible results it might even tempt you to do the same!

The perfect life

But what could be so incredible to lure you away from your place in a stable yet stationary home? Well, the McVays’ vehicle house is a work of art, yet some would say they already led the perfect life. “We were classed as successful and should have been wildly happy, but we weren’t,” 34-year-old Tawny told British newspaper The Sun in 2019. 

Regimented life

She’s right, too — at least from an outsider’s perspective. Perhaps it was the couple’s trip to Rome that made them realize how restricted their regimented life was. Whatever the cause, they decided there was something missing from their lives, and they didn’t know what until they saw another family’s story. It sparked a fire underneath them to change their lifestyle in a drastic way. 

Tiny homes

Tawny elaborated, “In early spring of 2018 we saw a documentary about a couple who converted a school bus into a tiny home. We did some research and put our house on the market a few weeks later.” It wasn’t just the house they sold, either — by the time they were finished, the McVays had auctioned off most of their worldly possessions. 

Happy accidents

“Within two months, we had sold most of our belongings and had the house and our business under contract,” Tawny said. “We searched and searched for the perfect bus, finally found it, and with everything tied up, we bought the bus and jumped in.” They discovered the bus in question quite serendipitously from a big truck retailer. Yet their happy accident quickly turned into a disaster.