A 28-year-old paid just $10,000 for a rundown house that she and her dad are renovating into a hot-pink Airbnb

Dan LatuMay 18, 2023, 03:34 IST

Katie Hanes purchased a 118-year-old home with a vision for a pink Airbnb.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

Katie Hanes bought a rundown Ohio home on the Kentucky border for $10,000 in December 2021.
She is renovating the house and will fill it with pink items, including a 99-cent grandfather clock.

Katie in front of a hot pink telephone booth with roses exploding out from it

Hanes posing at Rose Cafe in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

The front of the home with paint peeling off and plants growing on frame

The front of the house.Courtesy of Kaite Hanes

A side of the house

The porch of the house.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

The porch in the middle of renovation

The house in a state of disrepair.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

Katie sitting on the front stoop holding out the keys

Hanes at the house.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

A side of the house with worn-out siding and dirty windows

A side of the house.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

An outdated kitchen with a broken sink

A "before" shot of the house.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

Katie and her father on side-by-side ladders fixing the roof

Hanes and her father working on the roof.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

The living room with a dated green carpet and fireplace

A "before" space in the house.Courtesy of Kaite Hanes

Katie posing with a hammer in a room with wallpaper peeling off

Hanes in one of the rooms she plans to overhaul.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

A destroyed bathroom with wood paneling falling off the walls

A bathroom mid-demolition.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

A bathroom in disarray

Another bathroom in need of repair.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

Katie and her father installing siding.

Katie and her father installing siding.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

Katie and her father installing siding at the very top of the house.

Hanes hunted all over for pink siding but had to settle for white.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

A vintage pink stove

Hanes' vintage pink stove.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

A grandfather cart in a shopping cart

The grandfather clock as it was purchased.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

The finished clock painted pastel pink with a ribbon of pink flowers cascading down

The finished clock.Courtesy of Katie Hanes

Wall structures standing in the gutted home

The interior of the home under construction.Courtesy of Kaite Hanes

Katie standing on the porch with a drill in a neon pink shirt

Hanes on the porch.Courtesy of Kaite Hanes

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