A man has turned a £3,400 horse box into a one-bed home - and now he rents it out for up to £170 per night.<br /><br />Jamie Duff, 24, bought the second-hand 9m by 2m horse trailer from a website called DoneDeal and tore out the inside to make room for a bathroom, kitchen, bedroom and lounge.<br /><br />Ten months and £18,000 of renovations later, the home which is 30 minutes from Dublin comes complete with an outdoor jacuzzi, bar, full kitchen, fire pit and BBQ.<br /><br />And despite the tiny dimensions, he's renting it out on Airbnb for between €140 and €200 a night - up to £170.<br /><br />He doesn't want to reveal how much he's earned from the tiny pad, but it's enough he's bought a second horse trailer which he's also turning into a tiny Airbnb home.<br /><br />Jamie, a self-employed graphic designer from Meath, Ireland, said: "When we first got it, it was a useable horse truck - it had the horse partitions and could transport four horses.<br /><br />"It had a tiny living area but it was very dated. I just had to rip everything out and start from scratch.<br /><br />"I put the bathroom in the middle of the truck and that acts as a separator - I wanted an open plan living space.<br /><br />"Everything in total cost me €25,000 and I am super proud of the result.<br /><br />"I have been blown away with the amount of people who are staying in it, to be honest.<br /><br />"It has been super super busy.<br /><br />"It can hold up to four people and costs anywhere between €140-200 depending on how many people are there."<br /><br />Jamie and his is girlfriend Martha Constantine, 24, a digital marketer, embraced 'van life' in lockdown in 2020.<br /><br />After submitting their university thesis', the pair wanted a break and decided to go travelling, so bought a Renault Master for €7,000.<br /><br />They spent a further €7,000 renovating it before travelling around Europe for a year - stopping in France, Italy, Germany, Austria and Croatia<br /><br />It sparked a passion for Jamie who loved building the van up from scratch.<br /><br />While on the road, he started looking at horse boxes, and bought one in October 2022 for €4,000.<br /><br />In August 2023 it was complete and Jamie put the horse box on Airbnb.<br /><br />He bought another in November 2023 for €4,000 and is mid-renovation.<br /><br />"I have a similar plan to the first one but I want to challenge myself more," he said.<br /><br />"I want to make it a different style so when people come onto Airbnb they have two different styles to choose from.<br /><br />"Renovations are going well. I only started renovations in January so we still have a way to go.<br /><br />"I hope hoping to get it finished by July 2024."
