Building Skoolies & Changing Lives One Bus At A Time
NOMADIC HOMES
More than a bus. A home built around your life.
Nomadic Homes is a woman-owned skoolie building studio founded on a simple belief: your home should move with you, not hold you back. Every conversion is designed floor-to-ceiling around how you actually want to live — from the layout to the last hand-fitted cabinet door.
A complete custom conversion, floor to ceiling. Every detail — demo, insulation, electrical, plumbing, cabinetry, paint and solar — is handpicked and built around you. Builds typically run 14–18 weeks and start around $100,000.
Built for the hands-on DIY-er who wants professional help in the right places. Insulation, electrical, plumbing, off-grid packages, or Wi-Fi installation — get exactly the support you need and finish the rest yourself. Partial builds typically run 6–8 weeks.
Solar, flooring, windows, fabrication, roof raises, rooftop decks and more — brought in at any point in your build. If you need one thing done right, this is it.
This was the first build featured in my journey on the road. I took this 1990 Suburban to Alaska with nothing but a mattress in the back. What started as a simple setup eventually grew into something much larger — and became the beginning of Nomadic Homes.
THE PERSON BEHIND NOMADIC
Meet Courtney
At 21, Courtney sold nearly everything she owned and bought a one-way ticket to Alaska. What began as an escape from fear became a career: six years and 49 states later, she's built a life — and a business — around the idea that the greatest growth lives on the other side of doubt.
Nomadic Homes grew out of that journey. Courtney now leads a woman-owned studio dedicated to helping others build the freedom she once had to fight for, and is an outspoken advocate against domestic abuse.