00:00Hi, I'm Jessi. Welcome to my Mobile Suite digs. Before you come in, subscribe below.
00:05The bus was $7,000 and all in all I spent $125,000 renovating it. Currently I'm
00:11parked in Asbury Park, New Jersey and I pay $100 a month in rent. Expenses were
00:16carpenters, electricians. The largest cost was the master carpenter that I
00:20hired to do all of the interior woodwork. I found the bus on eBay and I
00:24love the aesthetic of a 1966 Greyhound. This is my reading nook where I like to
00:29just cuddle up with my blanket and read, but I also use the space for whenever I
00:33don't want to fold clothing. I just kind of throw it on so it's my catch-all
00:36chair. Growing up I had a ritual with my mom. She would wake me up early every
00:40Sunday morning and we would clean the entire apartment while she blasted
00:44either Queen or classical music. So for me it was always something that you just
00:48kept up with. A lot of the items that I have throughout my home come from my
00:52travels. I bought the pillow in South Africa. I got it when I was studying
00:56abroad there. It's embroidered by women in a township and it gives back to their
01:00community. I also bought this carved wood box in Hawaii at a thrift store. It's
01:04actually not for sale. The owner told me that someone was passing away on the
01:08island and wanted to give it to me as long as it was something that I was
01:11going to keep in value in my home. Over here I have a seven-foot closet. It
01:15extends to the same area that this does. It's all one pole. They're larger than
01:19anything that I had in New York City. I grew up in Manhattan. I had always lived in
01:23small spaces so it made downsizing pretty easy because all of my
01:27apartments were around the same size as the bus which is 400 square feet. I
01:31decided to downsize more so because I wanted to live outdoors and spend less.
01:35I love going hiking and boating and swimming so for me having this outdoor
01:40lifestyle was only possible by having a tiny home. Back here is my bedroom. My
01:45favorite space in the bus is definitely the bed. It's just super cozy. I love to
01:49sleep and just cuddle up here especially on cold winter nights. I love to read
01:53with this antique lamp that I have in here. I just started War and Peace for
01:57probably the fifth time. I would like to finish it. This is my kitchen area. I have
02:01lots of counter space. The stove is propane. I have the propane tank under the
02:05sink. It's a 20 pound propane tank which you could fill at any Lowe's or Home Depot.
02:08The water tank is underneath the bed. I think it's about 50 gallons 47 to 50 gallon tank
02:13and there's PEX piping which leads it to the kitchen and bathrooms. Heat the water. I have an
02:17instant hot water heater which is underneath the sink and it's meant for
02:20RVs or tiny homes so it vents through the floor. One thing that is really
02:25different from apartments or other places that I've lived is that I'm much
02:28more conscious of the amount of water and propane that I'm using. I recently
02:31learned how to cook spanakopica, a vegan version. I had a bacon in the oven with
02:35pastry dough and it was a huge hit. The plates and fruit bowl are a matching set
02:39for my great-grandmother. They are from their apartment when they lived in the
02:43tenements on Delancey Street. When the apartment burned down they saved the
02:47plates and moved to Brooklyn with them. There's hidden storage throughout the
02:50bus. Bus battery, charger, all of that stored in these cubbies down here. In the
02:55baseboard of the kitchen I decided not to waste the space and I put utensils
02:58down here. And in the back of the bus I have cubby holes acting as a night table
03:03all around the bed. There's no dishwasher but I have a large sink so I'm able to
03:07pile my dishes in there but I'm usually pretty fast with cleaning. I have my shower
03:11over here. In here I have mahogany wood strip floors so when I step out of the
03:15shower I can drip dry off. All of the flooring underneath the mahogany wood
03:19drains to the same place that the shower drains to. And I don't have a gray water
03:24tank so I make sure that all my shampoos, conditioners, and body washes are
03:27biodegradable. Here I have my bathroom. I have my mirror and sink in here. I
03:32previously had a compostable toilet and I'm looking to update. Up here I have the
03:36driving area and also the guest bed and couch area. So far I've only had a couple
03:40people over. Mainly people stay in the bed with me. It's just cozier back there.
03:44But I do have a pullout bed in the front of the bus that's a queen size and fits
03:48two people. The front area of the bus has a ton of windows. The windshield is
03:51massive. I would like to figure out a way to make it more private for when I have
03:56guests over. Can you comment with how I can possibly do that? This is the original
04:00seat and steering wheel from this 1966 GMC Greyhound commuter bus. The horn still
04:05works. When the bus is in motion I secure everything so that nothing breaks. I don't
04:10have many delicate things but for my plates and all of those items I just
04:14wrap them up when I'm on the go. The tiny home movement is awesome. I do hope that
04:18it becomes more mainstream and I think that it has been lately. People are
04:21surprised when they find out I live on a bus. I think specifically when I was on
04:25dating apps. It's the best place I've ever lived because I designed everything so it
04:30was really just custom to everything I wanted in closet size, kitchen size, all these
04:35different spaces and it has the aesthetic that I just really enjoy living in. I'm
04:39selling because I want to travel abroad for some time. For my next dream home I
04:43think I actually want something even smaller and easier to drive in cities.
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