It is common for superfans to want a piece of movie history and TV -from Walter White Break bad House to Aragorn's sword in Lord of the ring. But two Evening Lovers scored the final award when they bought Bella Swan's house from the famous vampire franchise.
“I had come and visited all the film production sites,” Amber Neufeld, the owner of the house and her husband Dean, tells Luck. “When the house came into the market, I was like 'Oh my gosh, I know the house.'”
Courtesy of Amber and Dean Neufeld
The couple bought the house in St. Helen's, Ore., Back in 2018 for $ 360,000. It sold for $ 10,000 on the value of asking the bidding end with two other buyers. After fixing other bad places of the house and launching a smooth launch in early 2019, it was ready for rent, with night rates around $ 400. It took a year for things to take; But now the property has continued to hit Airbnb websites, and storage for a year in advance to export within minutes on neufelds' Personal website.
Iconic Swan House from $ 3 billion Evening The franchise, which started as a novel column, now raises up to $ 140,000 annually-and Amber manages the property as a full-time job. The prospect of renting a popular movie house may persuade others to raise and make a good penny, but neufelds say they are not interested in making great profit. The most accomplished part of owning a house is to allow Evening Superfans enter the Bella world, even if it is only at night. Together, he couldn't give birth to someone else's idea to buy a house, and it was stripped of his character.
“What if someone changes, and we lose that history of filmmaking?” Amber says. “I just wanted to save it.”
Courtesy of Amber and Dean Neufeld
Keeping the Swan House on the market for $ 360,000
While the neufelds, who are 43 years old, first found the wind of the five-bedroom house to be on the market, they jumped the opportunity-even if that meant to get a chance to look in the house. Amber admits that she closed during the visit.
“I'm trying to put it in a review so that my realtor doesn't think I'm a longing person,” he recalls.
The couple offered immediately, with enough money for the company's stock to afford the minimum payment at any time. There were two other offers on the table. But eventually they closed the house for $ 360,000 for going to $ 10,000 more than asking the price, being Evening The fans themselves, giving the biggest payments, and submitting positive letters from their realtor.
The following came to repair, and repair Evening House as a movie-precisely possible. Fortunately, all natural floors, outdoor materials, and exterior were not touched from film production days. But Swan's house still needed some TLC, so Dean equalized his full -time work and repaired the house: nails on the floor, leakage packages, and adjusting leak water heaters. Meanwhile, Amber discovered the Internet for native movies or settings, such as a model ship in the Bella house, and a dining room table and chairs. Adjustments and items cost around $ 20,000 in total.
Courtesy of Amber and Dean Neufeld
“I would go to my nine to five jobs, and then I would go home and be there from five to bed,” Dean says. “We actually run financially. We pay two mortgages, pay two water bills, power bills, all fun things.”
Airbnb accident and repair up to $ 140,000 annually
While the neufelds were eating a ton of costs at the beginning of finding a Swan house and running, it is years since they have been forced to worry about funding.
The entrepreneurial couple first made a smooth launch of Evening House in January 2019, opening the list to the public a month later. They were forced to fight to find the following on Facebook, and the storage of books normally. But everything went away about a year later thanks to the tiktok virus. The designer made a video of his stay in the house, laughing with humor at the Bella bedroom area. 1.5 million viewers knew suddenly they could rent a house, too.
“Life wasn't right,” Dean explains. “Our storage was filled when they were open, and it hasn't diminished since then.”
Neufelds started by renting a house on Airbnb – but the web couldn't handle intense traffic. Since then they have changed to handle storage through their own website, which goes every quarter and exports for three to 10 minutes for reservations up to a year earlier.
Couples say great achievements came during the full storm of Evening the emergence again; The series eventually hit the transfer services, and the book The midnight sun It was added to the column. That meant the young children of the parents who went Evening At midnight 17 years ago they were wrapped in rows and laid out of the house.
“All Evening Readers now were old enough to have a big money for boys, “Amber says.” What happened, in many surprises, it was young – the second generation – in the inside Evening Also. ”
Courtesy of Amber and Dean Neufeld
Neufelds now make $ 140,000 in revenue from the Swan House during good years, and the largest population goes up with improvements. They have refused to raise prices in line with high demand, and the way to keep the price is that they can reduce their tax burden. Together, they say it makes enough – drawing more than $ 60,000 annually – covering mortgages and fees, and the remaining money for them and new improvements.
“We don't want to sue more,” Amber says. “Not only that,” how can we make a lot of money? “It really has always been,” Is it? How much can we sue and still return the money into the house and pay for mortgages? “”