{"id":44026,"date":"2023-11-14T03:39:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T03:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histarmar.net\/?p=44026"},"modified":"2023-11-14T03:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T03:39:03","slug":"im-the-king-of-my-own-tiny-castle-after-moving-into-a-double-decker-bus-converting-it-into-a-luxury-palace-for-free-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histarmar.net\/world-news\/im-the-king-of-my-own-tiny-castle-after-moving-into-a-double-decker-bus-converting-it-into-a-luxury-palace-for-free-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm the King of my own tiny castle after moving into a double-decker bus & converting it into a 'luxury' palace for FREE | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A GYPSY has described how he is the King of his own tiny castle after moving into a double-decker bus and converting it into a "luxury'" palace for FREE.<\/p>\n
Neil Wainwright, 61, from Falmouth, Cornwall, said he felt "imprisoned" in his council house – and preferred to live in the bus parked outside in Glasney Road.<\/p>\n
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The self-described gypsy grew up living in caravans and said that he felt more comfortable in the bus.<\/p>\n
His bus is kitted out with its own shower, toilet and kitchen and he absolutely loves it.<\/p>\n
He told the Sun: "Life is great on the bus, I love it. I live like a king, everything in here looks really expensive but I've made it out of things I've found.\u00a0<\/p>\n
"I want to show people you don't need loads of\u00a0money\u00a0to live well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
"I'm a gypsy. My name's Wainwright. It means wagon maker and I've lived in wagons all my life."<\/p>\n Residents have been campaigning to get the big red bus moved from their residential street since it parked up there in 2019.<\/p>\n Now four years later, the bus has finally towed away – and taken to County Hall in Truro.<\/p>\n Neil said: "I\u00a0think I'm likely to be here for 10 years before they find me a suitable site and I would happily give up my council house and somebody else can live there but they need to get me a 10-metre shipping container here and\u00a0transport\u00a0my things up.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "The council has done everything possible to stop me living in a wagon so me getting here is like winning the lottery."<\/p>\n Local residents had long complained that the bus was a health and safety issue, and that they felt "intimidated" by Neil.<\/p>\n Announcing the news on her Facebook page, local Councillor Jayne Kirkham apologised that it had taken so long.<\/p>\n She said: "The Glasney bus has gone!! Finally. After a lot of sorting by an awful lot of people and this pushy councillor.<\/p>\n "Sorry it took so long to resolve a situation that was very difficult for everyone involved."<\/p>\n Local residents became concerned about the bus after it was revealed that Neil had been powering it using an extension cable leading from his home's letter box.<\/p>\n Technicians from Western Power later visited the bus and concluded that they could not remove the power connection as it was "not illegal".<\/p>\n Councillor Kirkham added that Neil had now been moved to a "safe place" where he "had access to services".<\/p>\n Speaking previously, Neil said: "I want to live in my wagon, I don't want to live in a house. Five years I have been imprisoned in a house."<\/p>\n Cornwall Council said: "As with any individual that we have a duty of care for, we have to take each case on its merits and find a solution based on the facts of the case.<\/p>\n "Our priority is to provide a place of safety, balancing the needs of the individual and local community."<\/p>\n<\/picture>ALL ABOARD <\/span><\/p>\n
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