Can’t afford a mortgage? How these ordinary people converted buses and horseboxes into their family homes
RISING house prices and sky high rents mean many Brits will never be able to buy their own house.
But some families have been getting creative, converting everything from horse boxes to Double Decker buses into their family homes.
From the outside, they all look perfectly normal - meaning you'd never know what is hidden inside.
These are six of the most impressive and striking bus conversions we have seen...
The American school bus
This family spent £23,000 transforming an iconic American school bus into a luxurious mobile home.
Luke and Rachel Davis have travelled 20,000 miles around America in the finished product, with their two-year-old daughter Charlotte in tow.
It took 18 months to complete their stunning holiday home, with a plush kitchen and wood burner onboard.
They've also decked the bus out with homely cushions and flowers - and their dog joins them on their travels.
Brian and Starla Sullivan, and their THREE kids, also live in a converted school bus.
They spent £24,000 on the conversion, but are forced to live with frozen pipes, and without heating or hot water.
The Double Decker bus
Inventor Rick Hunt has grand plans to build three-bedroom family home on a Double Decker bus for just £20,000.
He opened the doors to his home-on-wheels on Channel 4 show How To Live Mortgage Free.
Rick hadn't finished the upstairs bedrooms yet, but the kitchen and living room were coming along nicely.
The ambitious dad-of-two spent just £3,600 on the bus itself, leaving £16,400 for doing it up.
The Airstream caravan
Creative dad Tom spent £36,000 converting an Airstream caravan into an impressive home for him and his daughter Katie.
He stripped the home of its wooden fittings and created a deceptively roomy open plan kitchen with stools and a bar to eat at.
Appearing on How To Live Mortgage Free, Tom said he planned to move the caravan to a local campsite full-time, paying £500 for full use of the services and halving his monthly rent and bills.
There are also two bedrooms, a bathroom, lounge area and bathroom - and Katie gets full use of the master bedroom when she comes to stay.
The horsebox
This unique horsebox home hit the market for just £12,500 in 2016 - and it comes with great neigh-bours.
Willow Wolfe and her husband Tom forked out £8,000 on refurbishments for this horsebox home, where they have lived for five years with their nine-month-old daughter Faeryn.
It's fitted with a fully-functional stove, running water and electricity - and is powered by solar panels and a fitted water tank.
There's a double bed, drawers for storage and a sofa area too - as well as rustic fittings.
The house that YouTube built
School teacher Emily Myaard and her husband Matt spent £13,500 transforming an American school bus into their home.
They did the entire job between them, teaching themselves carpentry on YouTube.
They painted the iconic vehicle yellow before going travelling, and even took their dog along for the ride.
There's a kitchen, bed and makeshift living area in the mobile home - which they are currently travelling around America in.
The guest house
If these homes have pricked your interest, but you don't fancy living in a bus full-time, we might have the solution for you.
This big green bus, from 1982, is one of the quirkiest guest houses in the country.
It can sleep up to six guests for £160-a-night, and is parked up in Whitesmith, East Sussex.
There's even a log burner and hot tub on board.
