You don’t have to
be a rail enthusiast
to see the green
potential and creative
genius involved with
turning old railway
carriages into living
environments.
Y
ou may instantly reject the idea of
living in some old railway carriages,
they’re long and thin, incredibly
heavy, and hard to transport once they’re
off the tracks. So this begs the question
why on earth would anybody want to use
one after they’ve been decommissioned,
let alone live in one?
There are many reasons why actually. As
you can imagine, old railway carriages
are normally much cheaper than buying
a traditional house outright. It’s also
extremely green. Buying up an old
railway carriage will stop it from being
destroyed and potentially harming the
environment.
Like shipping containers, they are
relatively easy to convert yourself, and
with a starting price of roughly £5000 –
£30,000 you can see why this trend is
picking up speed!
Transporting the carriage will cost
several thousands of pounds and with
the installation costs, materials and
l abour costs needed to make it habitable
a fully converted carriage would set you
back near to £100,000, which in todays’
market is very cheap for an energy
efficient home.