We bought an old grain silo for £1 and turned it into our home – people are shocked when they come inside
A COUPLE has told how they bought an old grain silo for £1 and managed to transform it into their dream home.
Bob Campbell, from Derbyshire, and his partner Carol Ann bought the structure online for just £1 and painstakingly transformed it into a cosy and economical home.
Bob revealed that he spotted the site while scrolling through eBay after a “few beers”.
And after pouring their heart into the project, the couple have now lived in the tiny home – which cost about £4,000 to develop – for almost six years.
“I was thinking a couple weeks would be absolutely fine, I’d probably have had enough by then, but yeah, about five-and-a-half years,” Bob told Living Big in a Tiny House.
Carol Ann said she was “not very keen at first” on the project, but it was “meant to be”.
“It’s been a brilliant five years living in nature,” she said.
The couple have also kitted out the surrounding landscape, which features artworks and a pond.
The silo was initially intended to be an artwork, but over time evolved into a “tiny house”.
It stands at roughly four metres tall, and four metres in diameter.
“It’s tiny,” said Bob, who crafted just about everything inside the silo too, including a fireplace made out of an old gas bottle and a dining table made from a sawblade laid into concrete.
Recycled plastic was used to help insulate the structure, and parts of old palette were cut down into bricks for use on the walls.
The kitchen features all the amenities you might expect – oven, hob, kettle, and sink, with plenty of room for spices.
The bed is located in a sleeping space “upstairs”, accessed by a ladder which pulls down.
The bathroom is hidden away behind a door inspired by something which you might see on a submarine.
A circular shower and composting toilet are squeezed into the tiny space, along with a mirror and sink.
Bob and Carol Ann’s story comes after a nature lover revealed why he decided to live in a van and forage for food – while only working two days a week.
And in April this year The Sun reported on a woman who lives in a van she built using just two tools – but who admitted she would rather be in a house.
And in March, a family of eight revealed how they managed to keep together in the face of homelessness, as well as saving over £10k a year by converting two double-decker buses into their home.