{"id":1062,"date":"2023-12-05T12:20:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T12:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2023-12-05T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T12:20:19","slug":"man-buys-a-1950s-double-decker-bus-used-as-a-food-truck-and-remodels-it-into-a-fun-tiny-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=1062","title":{"rendered":"Man buys a 1950\u2019s double-decker bus used as a food truck and remodels it into a fun tiny home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When this double-decker was a commuter bus back in the 50s, nobody could imagine it would eventually end up being someone\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9575\" src=\"https:\/\/beautyofworld.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-38.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>But the cute vehicle had a long life on the road before retiring. You see, after being a commuter bus in Manchester, UK, it was transported to San Francisco and then Mt. St. Helens, where it was used as a tour bus.<\/p>\n<p>Then, it was really time for retirement. So, it was bought by Matt, who turned it into a food truck. It was taken to Portland, Oregon, where it became famous as the<em>\u00a0Grilled Cheese Grill<\/em>. You see, Portland residents seem to love food and drink, so the bus was really popular for the nine years it was active.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9576\" src=\"https:\/\/beautyofworld.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-39.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>And then, someone imagined it as a tiny home. And he turned it into one.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Whit Scott had been in the bus when was still owned by Matt, and then he found it again, bought it for $8k, and decided to turn it into a proper house.<\/h2>\n<p>He renovated it, with the help of family members, over five months, and the whole project cost about $22k- including the money spent to buy it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scott is really proud of how the tiny home looks today, and his family have been renting it on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/rooms\/22280517?source_impression_id=p3_1662747685_xA3md%2Belwr0958BJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Airbnb<\/a>\u00a0since August.<\/h2>\n<p>The proud owner takes us on a tour around his tiny home, and we\u2019re absolutely loving it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s cute that he kept the\u00a0<em>Grilled Cheese Grill<\/em>\u00a0sign, and it\u2019s even cooler that the tires still move if you turn the steering wheel!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9577\" src=\"https:\/\/beautyofworld.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When this double-decker was a commuter bus back in the 50s, nobody could imagine it would eventually end up being someone\u2019s home. But the cute vehicle had a long life on the road before retiring. You see, after being a commuter bus in Manchester, UK, it was transported to San Francisco and then Mt. St&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=1062\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Man buys a 1950\u2019s double-decker bus used as a food truck and remodels it into a fun tiny home&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}