Left homeless, Benoit barber Jo Ann Assery began looking for a place to live. But the funds on hand were clearly not enough to buy even a small but decent mobile home. Fortunately, a decommissioned Boeing 727 airliner caught her eye.
Turning an airplane into a house was not an easy task, but the result was worth every cent! The Boeing 727 had been in service since 1968 until the early 90s when air carriers switched to the more modern 757. It was the decommissioned plane that Ann was offered to buy by a relative who worked for the airline. The purchase cost the woman $2,000.
Since the house of a woman was completely destroyed by a squall wind, and have to live somewhere, she did not refuse to buy.The next six months were spent on conversion into housing. Where there used to be a passenger cabin with 200 seats, Ann equipped a kitchen, living room, 3 bedrooms, and a Jacuzzi in the cockpit.
All repairs, according to the woman, took about $25,000. A woman did most of the finishing work herself. Pretty quickly the journalists found out about the original house and invited Anne on TV. The media dubbed her place Little Trump, comparing it to Donald Trump’s corporate jet worth $ 16 million – the luxury, of course, is less, but everything is beautiful, comfortable and practical.
The woman’s creation did not go unnoticed among the city’s residents. The head of the city administration immediately declared a house from the plane as a local landmark and relieved Jo Ann from paying taxes. The woman lived in his aviakvartira 4 years, and then decided to make her a museum. Now the unique house can be visited by everyone.
Asseri residence has become popular not only among tourists. Her grandchildren love to come here and have fun. The children, the only regret is that the house-plane no longer flies, and sometimes they would like to feel like pilots.