The Superfans’ Twilight ” bought Bella Swan’s house for $ 360,000 – now they earn $ 140,000 per year to rent the article from the ultimate collector
It is natural that superfans want a piece of history of cinema and television – from the Walter White Break the bad House at the sword of Aragorn Lord of the Rings. But two Dusk Lovers marked the ultimate price when they bought Bella Swan’s house with a massively popular vampire franchise.
“I came and visited all filming places,” explains Amber Neufeld, owner of the house with her husband Dean, Fortune. “When the house appeared on the market, I was like” Oh my God, I know this house. “”
With the kind permission of Amber and Dean Neufeld
The couple bought the house from St. Helen’s, Oregon, in 2018 for $ 360,000. It sold $ 10,000 compared to the value requested at the end of a tender shuffle with two other potential buyers. After fixing worse areas for the employment of the house and a soft launch in early 2019, it was ready to rent, with nighttime prices around $ 400. It took a year for things to take off; But now the property has continuously crushed the Airbnb site, with reservations for one year in advance selling in a few minutes on the personal website of Neufelds.
The emblematic Swan House of $ 3 billion Dusk The franchise, which began as a series of novels, now reaches $ 140,000 per year and Amber manages property as a full -time job. The prospect of renting a house famous for the film could attract some to overload and make a penny, but the Neufels say that they are not interested in making a big profit. The most fulfilling part of the possession of the house is to leave Dusk Superfans enter the world of Bella, if only for a night. In addition, she could not endure the idea that someone else buys the house, and he is stripped of his character.
“What if someone changes it and we lose this story of filming?” Said Amber. “I just wanted to save him.”
With the kind permission of Amber and Dean Neufeld
Hang the swan house out of the market for $ 360,000
When the Neufels, who are both 43 years old, first took the wind from the House of Swan of five bedrooms on the market, they jumped at the opportunity – even if it meant only having the opportunity to look inside the house. Amber admits that she has Fangirled during the tour.
“I try to keep him in check so that my real estate agent does not think I’m just a crazy person,” she recalls.
The couple made an offer immediately, having enough money linked to the actions of the company to afford a payment at any time. There were two other offers on the table. But they finally locked the house for $ 360,000 by going $ 10,000 on the price requested, to be Dusk The fans themselves, offering the greatest deposit and subjecting a positive letter from their real estate agent.
Then come the renovations and the manufacture of Dusk House as precise as possible. Fortunately, all the floor coverings, the original lighting and exterior were not affected by filming days. But the Swan house still needed TLC, then Dean balanced its full-time work with the renovation of the house: hammering floor nails, patcher taps which leaks and fix fleeting water heaters. Meanwhile, Amber has traveled the internet for original film furniture or the replicas of the whole, like a model ship in Bella’s house, and the table and chairs in the dining room. Repairs and items cost around $ 20,000 in total.
With the kind permission of Amber and Dean Neufeld
“I would go to work my nine at five, then I would go home and I would be there five until bedtime to repair things,” explains Dean. “We actually ran financially. We pay two mortgages, pay two water bills, electricity bills, all these fun things. ”
Crasshing Airbnb and winner up to $ 140,000 per year
While the Neufelds ate a ton of costs at the start of the swan house on service, that did not have to worry about financed it.
The entrepreneurial couple first made a gentle launch of the Dusk House in January 2019, opening the list to the public a month later. They had to fight to win an audience on Facebook, with reservations that flow irregularly. But everything took off about a year later thanks to Tiktok Virality. A creator made a video of his stay in the house, humorously recreating a scene at the Bella bedroom window. The 1.5 million viewers suddenly knew that they could also rent the house.
“Life has never been the same,” says Dean. “Our reservations were filled when they were open, and he has never slowed down since.”
The Neufels began by renting the house on Airbnb, but the website could not manage the intense traffic online. Since then, they have gone to the management of reservations via their own website, which increases every quarter and are sold within three to 10 minutes for reservations up to a year in advance.
The couple says that massive success came during the perfect storm Dusk recurrence; The series finally struck the streaming services and the book Midnight sun was added to the series. This meant the teenagers of parents who went to Dusk 17 years ago, the first at midnight were now hung on the series and reserved the house.
“All the Dusk Readers were now old enough to have big boy’s money, “said Amber.” What really happened, surprisingly often, is that they are the teenagers – the second generation – entering into Dusk Also.”
With the kind permission of Amber and Dean Neufeld
Neufels are now making $ 140,000 in Swan House revenue during the good years, with a majority with regard to general costs and improvements. They refused to increase prices in tandem with high demand, and an advantage of maintaining the prices below is that they can mitigate their own tax burden. In addition, they say that it makes it sufficiently – profits more than $ 60,000 per year – to cover mortgages and costs, with money for themselves and new improvements.
“We don’t really want to charge more,” says Amber. “It is not only:” How can we earn the most money? ” It has always been “how much can we invoice and still put money in the house and pay the mortgage?” “”
