Admit it: You’ve been daydreaming about what it would be like to live inside Howl’s Moving Castle… Well <br />Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder are just the pair to give you a glimpse of that lifestyle. In 2014, they started building a house inspired by steamer trunks and vintage train cars because they needed an easy way to relocate for work opportunities. Together they own B&C Productions, a company specializing in set design, costume styling, and creative direction for film and photography. <br /><br />Their profession gave Chloe and Brandon the fundamental knowledge for figuring out how they could build a mobile home with modular expanding sections that retract while they drive from one location to the next. The house is 8 ½ feet wide, 12 ½ feet tall, and 18 feet deep. When fully expanded, it ends up 15 feet wide, 15 ½ feet tall, and still 18 feet deep. It has all the comforts you can imagine, including a home for their free-roaming pet rabbit Cosmos (aka Mr. Nose). According to Brandon and Chloe, the initial build cost them around $20,000, but they’ve also continued to iterate on the home since then. The biggest challenge for them has been finding a spot to park the home, but so far they’ve successfully found willing property owners to rent parking spaces from. <br /><br />Brandon and Chloe showed Bustle around their abode and shared the most enchanting as well as the not-so-magical parts of living in their home. <br /><br />Follow Chloe and Brandon on instagram: @chloebarcelou http://instagram.com/chloebarcelou and their website: https://www.productionartanddesign.com/<br /><br />Relocated is a brand new series from Bustle, where we follow daring individuals who choose to live off the beaten path.
