Take a look inside this LI man's beach-themed converted school bus
Amityville native Bill Skinner converted a 2002 International school bus into a tiny home, which he plans to drive down to Florida this summer and live in full-time.
"This was three times as hard as building a house," said Skinner, who has 40 years of construction experience working on Long Island.
His new home has a total of about 220 square feet and is equipped with a power generator, a full bathroom, a backup camera, GPS, two television sets, a 10 cubic-foot refrigerator, a zoned heating system, air conditioning, 24-inch electric stove, washer and dryer unit, an exterior shower, and a queen size bed.
Here's a peek inside the "Fishing Fanatic" before it departs to its permanent home in Florida.
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A hallway in Bill Skinner's converted school bus features the bathroom on the right and the kitchen area on the left. The kitchen has a full-size fridge, stove and also a washer and dryer unit.
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Skinner's converted beach-themed school bus named "Fishing Fanatic" still has some of the original windows of the bus.
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Skinner had to downsize his fishing pole collection to just a few of them to take with him on the bus. The poles are all mounted and screwed to the roof.
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A sign for the "Mermaid Lounge" hangs in the dining area next to the kitchen. The mirrors are handmade by Skinner.
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The dining area on "Fishing Fanatic" features a quartz table top with reinforced steel to hold it up, Skinner said. The mirrors on his bus are handmade and underneath the seats is more storage space.
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Skinner's favorite part of his bus: the pull-out bar. The bottles and glasses are all set in foam so they don't wobble around while driving.
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Skinner has a full-size shower on his bus. The tiles were the hardest part, he says, because they had to be cut to specific sizes to fit the curves of the bus.
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The bathroom window is one of the original windows of the school bus. On each side of the sink, he has pull out mirrors.
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On his beach-themed bus, Skinner has bamboo walls which are from California and palm tree hooks along the walls for storage.
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The word "Beach" is written in rope over the main door of the bus.
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Amityville native Bill Skinner shows off his converted school bus on Thursday, April 19, 2018.
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Wooden monkeys greet guests entering and leaving Bill Skinner's bus.
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The driver's seat of the bus features remote controls on the left side for to control the television and lighting systems.
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After coming back from the beach, Skinner can shower off with his exterior hot and cold shower system outside of his bus.
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A "mermaid hunter" sticker decorates the bottom of the main door on the bus.
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The front of his bus has more mermaid decals along with names of his daughter, step-daughters and their children.
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The name of his bus is "Fishing Fanatic" and is also what he describes himself as.
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The back of his bus holds his power generator and more mermaid decoration along with the name of his company Gone Coastal.
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A statue of a female pirate greets guests walking in to his converted school bus.
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Amityville native Bill Skinner shows off his converted school bus on Thursday, April 19, 2018.
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On the front of his bus, he has a custom rack to hold a scooter, which he plans to get in Florida for quick traveling.
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A photo of a great white shark greets guests entering his converted school bus.
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