Man Buys Bus, Converts It Into Dream Home

Forget about bricks and mortar: one man’s found himself an ideal abode in these times of austerity - a converted school bus.

Patrick began the project back May, converting the 1990 bus - nicknamed Big Blue - with a lot of help from his dad.

He hit the road from his parents’ home in Las Vegas in August, and has since visited 30 states and covered about 10,000 miles.

Since sharing his story on Imgur, Patrick’s pictures have gone viral and been viewed more than 230,000 times in 24-hours.

“Skoolie Love is breaking the internet over on Imgur,” he said on Instagram. “Welcome all new followers. Its a pleasure to realize you exist.

Where it all began: “ It all worked out and we got our bus!! Now to start the next stage,” Patrick, above, said (Instagram/skoolielove)

Work in progress: Patrick said he was “simply amazed at what my dad and I have gotten accomplished.” (Instagram/skoolielove)

Patrick calls his bus project Skoolie Love, describing it on his blog as “the lifestyle that I want to live. I want to live fully on a bus, and make that my life. The road trip that I just took is over, now its on to living in a bus while parked.

"Skoolie is a nickname/slang for converted school bus, taking a school bus and converting it into a tiny motor home.

"Love is about spreading positivity, being compassionate, and caring about yourself and the world around you.

“I felt like downsizing my home and the amount of stuff I have, while living on a school bus, would allow me to figure out what i’m looking for. I may have found it. Living on the bus has been exactly what I was looking for.”

Living the dream: Patrick wouldn’t have life any other way (Instagram/skoolielove)

Life on the road: Alki Beach in West Seattle is just one of the places Patrick’s visited (Instagram/skoolielove)

Now parked on his friend’s driveway in Florida, wannabe writer Patrick is enjoying the fanbase his bus project has earned him.

Perhaps his dream of becoming a writer may become a reality a little earlier than he was expecting…