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A carpenter has transformed a former horse box truck into a tiny home and wellness retreat — and the results are nothing short of dazzling.
Using mostly recycled materials, this Welshman has turned an old wagon into a relaxing refuge.
“Most people think it’s ridiculous and think it’s totally impractical,” 44-year-old Guy Williams told The Post of his DIY mobile home, which features a lounge, a dining room, a bedroom and the pièce de résistance: a bathroom featuring a heated jacuzzi tub.
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Williams’ “chalet on wheels.” Picture: @thefatponyworkshop/Instagram
The tub is under the couch. Picture: @thefatponyworkshop/Instagram
The tub in use looks like absolute bliss. Picture: @thefatponyworkshop/Instagram
“I tend to agree,” he said of the hate on what he calls his “chalet on wheels,” but “it’s their faces I love to see when I show them there’s a jacuzzi bath under the floor.”
The tricked-out truck also has a home theatre with surround sound, a log burner, a full kitchen, a kingsize bed and underfloor heating.
To create it, he cleverly reused items like an upcycled dresser for the base of the kitchen unit, old roofing slates for floor tiles and an old mattress for the couch.
The project took him several months, which surprised many of his online followers when he shared the posts on his Instagram.
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The kitchen. Picture: @thefatponyworkshop/Instagram
The lofted bed above the living space. Picture: @thefatponyworkshop/Instagram
“I built it in 12 weeks, and although everyone gasps when I tell them that, I worked on it tirelessly for 15 hours a day, seven days a week,” he explained.
“I built it during lockdown with the hope that I could escape to the Alps once it was over, and that’s what I did.”
Indeed, after completing his wheeled abode, Williams was able to not only travel Europe in it but sell his former, ‘un-wheeled’ house — where the monthly mortgage bills were more than he could afford — and get out of debt.
Now without that financial burden, the former chartered surveyor has been able to follow his passion of doing creative carpentry full-time and makes his money creating other tiny homes.
“On selling the house, I paid off all my debts, bought an old horse box, and that’s where it all started,” Williams said.
“Now debt free with cash in the bank, I went about converting vans for a living.”
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This story first appeared in The Post and was republished with permission.
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