This Plane House Is Not So Plain

Don't know what to do with that spare Boeing 727 in your backyard?
How about a little renovation.

















This plane is owned by Hotel Costa Verde in Costa Rica, and costs $400 - 500 per night depending on the time of year you wish to stay. The plane was hauled, piece by piece, from the San Jose airport to the National Park along the edge of the Manuel Antonio Jungle.
















Welcome. This is the entrance to your fuselage suite, nestled in the trees.
















Here you can relax while you are watching TV.
















The kitchenette - dinning area is great for casual entertaining, and...
















perhaps you would like to serve cocktails on the wing balcony.
















Overnight guests? Not a problem. They can stay in the second bedroom.
















And for you, they have the master bedroom and...
















master bath.



















You are perched upon a 50 foot pedestal, and as you can see, you have marvelous views of both the jungle and the beautiful ocean.




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JoAnn Ussery purchased a retired 727 for $2000.00 from the nearby Greenwood, Mississippi, airport. For $4000.00 she had it moved to her Lake Whittington property, and for $24,000.00 had it remodeled. Much of the remodeling she did herself. She was allowed to salvage a few interior panels and other miscellaneous bits and pieces from other retired planes. At the airport salavge center she was known as the "gutsy little grandma."

When all was finished she had a three bedroom lake house, and the cockpit had been transformed into a master bath with a jacuzzi.
















JoAnn named her home "Little Trump," referring to Donald Trump's $16 million corporate jet, which is also a Boeing 727.




My thanks go to L. Sobey for sending these pictures to me.