Big wheels. Big heart. A project looking for solid ground.

This is our first bus and our third Hideout Collective project.

Stan arrived without ceremony. No spotlight. No grand reveal. Just a big, slightly weathered bus turning up quietly, carrying the kind of potential you only notice if you’re paying attention.

And we are.

Stan is here to be transformed.

From bus… to beautiful.

The plan is simple and ambitious in equal measure. Stan will become a fabulous Airbnb. A proper one. Not novelty-for-the-sake-of-it, but a space people genuinely want to stay in.

He’ll have a huge, comfortable double bed. Warmth. Character. Thoughtful design. All the things that make somewhere feel like a place, not a project.

But as with everything we do at The Hideout Collective, the refurbishment is about more than the finished look.

Stan will be rebuilt by people rebuilding themselves.

The work will be hands-on. Practical. Sometimes frustrating. Always real. Skills will be learned. Confidence will return. Pride will quietly reappear where it’s been missing for a while.

We don’t just refurbish structures.

We refurbish belief.

Belief that change is possible.
Belief that experience still counts.
Belief that second chances don’t need permission.

The missing piece.

We know what Stan is becoming.
We know how we’ll get him there.

What we don’t yet have is land.

Stan needs a permanent place to park. Somewhere secure. Somewhere long-term. Somewhere that allows the refurbishment to begin properly and the opportunity he represents to fully unfold.

Without a home, he’s a project on pause.

With one, he becomes a living example of what happens when space, trust, and purpose come together.

So here’s the ask.

If you have land, know someone who does, or have an idea we haven’t thought of yet, we’d love to talk. Sometimes the biggest changes start with something as simple as a place to stand still.

Stan isn’t just a bus.
He’s a chance on wheels.

Now he just needs somewhere to belong