![]() One challenge Mike and Caroline said they faced with their business, like many others, was the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. "Alchemy's" roof during construction (left) and the 12-foot slide being installed (right). ![]() They said "Alchemy" cost about $300,000 to build.Īs of Friday, the property is available to rent on Airbnb for a nightly rate of $396.ĭuring the building phase, Mike and Caroline said they used the mountain's sloping terrain to their advantage. "And then they come into the tent and find the slide."Ĭaroline added that they wanted the Airbnb to look "solely like a tent" outside.Ĭaroline and Mike said it takes them six to eight months to build a fully equipped treehouse, but that time varies depending on the project. "We thought, how cool would it be to have a tent sitting there and people pull up and think, what in the world is going on here?" he said of building the underground home. The couple wanted to create an unexpected entrance for the underground home, so they settled on a camping tent. Mike told Insider they were inspired to build " Alchemy" during a Pinterest search when they stumbled upon a photo of an underground bunker. Treehouses of Serenity built "Alchemy" (pictured), an Airbnb hidden beneath a camping tent. ![]() The Parrishes began building "Alchemy" in August 2021 and officially opened it to Airbnb guests in February 2022. The couple later appeared on season two of DIY Network's "The Treehouse Guys" and built their first treehouse, "Sanctuary." They completed their newest addition, "Alchemy," an underground house with a hidden slide, this February. "And at that point, the thought was just traditional treehouses, but it's evolved from there." "We started talking about it in 2015," Caroline, 45, said. "We were sitting around watching 'Treehouse Masters' one night and Caroline said, 'Why don't we try an Airbnb treehouse because it's Asheville and it's such a cool little town?'" Mike, 65, told Insider. They've built seven properties so far - including the whimsical " Wizard's Hollow" and " The Perch" that's an elevated treehouse - on land they initially didn't know what to do with, they told Insider. The Parrishes launched their company, Treehouses of Serenity, which builds unique travel destinations along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2016. Their most recent addition, called Alchemy, was finished in February and provides Harry Potter-inspired delights from the very moment of arrival.Caroline Parrish (left) and Mike Parrish (right) of Asheville, North Carolina. Delighting in creating themed rentals, such as their Hobbit hole-inspired offering called Dragon’s Knoll, the pair also invested in the enduring trend of Potter-themed places. North Carolina couple Mike and Caroline Parrish started their company, Treehouses of Serenity, in 2016, with the goal to create unique and whimsical travel destinations in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Adventurous wizards with their minds on the mountains, however, should look no further than Asheville, North Carolina, where a new Harry Potter-themed Airbnb awaits, as reported by the Daily Mail. Fan-friendly rentals of this nature have been popping up all over the world, including, recently, a house in Yorkshire suitable for Slytherins and a haven for Gryffindors in Manila. After a long day of travel, it is essential to have a relaxing and suitably magical place to hang up one’s cloak.
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