Michigan Couple Gets Grant to Build Airbnb With Used Tires
A West Michigan couple are about to build a home, but it’s not like any home you’ve ever seen before. This house will be built entirely from old used tires.
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Clayton Brown and Kimberly Sullivan purchased about 23 acres of land in southwestern Michigan and soon discovered there was a “gigantic mountain” of used tires on the property, as part of it was once a broken.
Finding a Solution
Knowing that they had to somehow get rid of the old tires, the couple started looking for solutions. Clayton tells WXMI-TV that recycling them was not an option as they could only dispose of four tires per year. Kimberly noted that the cost of removing all the tires would be astronomical.
A couple almost missed a golden opportunity
Clayton and Kimberly say they almost rejected an Airbnb email as spam. The company sent out a massive direct mail for a competition to build a home with an original design, funded entirely by Airbnb through what it calls an “OMG fund”.
Kimberly tells the TV station that it took a while before the idea hit her.
“Oh, that’s how we can use these tires,” she thought to herself. “We can build a giant tire-shaped house using the tires.”
Clayton notes that using tires to build houses is a common practice in the desert.
The couple are one of 10 recipients of $100,000 that will be used to build the unique homes.
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