A lot of us dream of having our own homes, and for some the best way to realize that dream is to work very hard and save a lot of money for their dream home's construction. But all of us have different tastes when it comes to the perfect house. While some prefer swanky, over-the-top mansions, some are contented with quaint, little bungalows or a modest two-storey house.
But these couple from the United Kingdom had a different idea. Instead of building a modern house with 4 walls, they opted to renovate a 2012 Mercedes-Benz Van and transformed it into a home on wheels.
The brains behind this awesome idea are these couple, Jack Richens, a broadcast systems engineer, and Lucy Hedges, a sound engineer. They both love traveling on road trips, and even though they have been riding on converted vans for long, they've decided to build one that is more suited for a family of four and designed according to their needs.
The whole venture took about 4 months and $18,500 for construction expenses. The $10,000 was allotted for the van adjustments and the remaining change were spent in designing the interior of the van.
The finished product was successful and earned a lot of praises not just in their local community, but their project also became a star on the internet. Tech Insider has featured their mini house on wheels and since then it has garnered over 12 million views on Facebook and thousands of shares.
In an interview, Jack Richens said: "Following the undignified death of my old post office camper conversion my girlfriend and I found that life without a van is considerably less fun. After a great deal of shopping around we found that, almost without exception, camper vans are impractical, motorhomes are ugly and canal boats don't do 80 miles per hour."
"We set about creating vehicle for the next chapter in our lives which we rightly suspected would welcome children. So the main remit was to design a van that could accommodate a family of four on a typical British, rainy holiday to a windswept coast and not want to kill each other by the end of the week. I'm glad to report we are alive and well."
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