Great news, abandoned children: The house from Home Alone has just gone up on Airbnb
The McCallister's family home is available to rent for one night this December
Film Features Home Alone
Though it isn’t ideal for any kid to find themselves as one of the presumably hundreds of thousands children accidentally abandoned by their parents during vacation preparations for the holidays, a silver lining has just appeared for them this year: A chance to run amok in the house from Home Alone.
Airbnb is listing the huge Winnetka, Illinois home that served as Kevin McCallister’s burglar-torturing playground in the 1990 movie for a single evening this month. This is excellent news for at least one plucky child left sleeping all alone in their terrifying attic by their negligent parents. The house has been decorated with a Christmas tree, lights, and a bunch of Home Alone-themed stuff.
Its listing is written from Buzz’s perspective—the character that actually seems most likely to rent out his parents’ home to internet strangers—and explains what guests can expect. He says the home provides “a cozy holiday scene” and tells visitors that they can “feel free to eat junk food, watch rubbish on TV, borrow my dad’s aftershave, and choose your own adventure with a legendary battle plan as a guide.” (We imagine that last point has something to do with the on-site “member of my McCallister Security team” who will guide visitors around during their stay.)
Apparently there’s a tarantula in the house and “a viewing of … Home Sweet Home Alone” as part of this, too. Hopefully, interacting with these features is an option rather than a requirement of what otherwise sounds like a pretty good time.
The booking opens up on December 7th and the renter will get access to the house on December 12th. Airbnb says it will “make a one-time donation to Chicago’s La Rabida Children’s Hospital” as part of the Home Alone house’s listing.
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The hospital is named La Rabida, y’all typoed.Also, the interiors for the movie were shot on a soundstage (well, inside the gym at New Trier high school) so the actual house will not quite look the same.
I thought I heard there was substantial shooting in the house, and filming ran months over schedule, necessitating the family that owned the home to stay in a hotel far longer than initially anticipated. Also I thought I heard the film crew were (unintentionally) pretty destructive i.e. punching holes in walls with equipment, fucking up hardwood floors, and so forth. This is based on a half memory that I thought I heard on a podcast like a year ago so totally possibly I am 100% wrong.
There is an Movies that Made Us (on Netflix) about Home Alone that was pretty interesting. They really only shot exteriors at the actual house — here’s an article: https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a30392694/home-alone-house/(that said, according to a photos around the internet, it did basically duplicate the interior of the real house at the time, with some decor changes)
And to make it a truly authentic experience, Kieran Culkin will stop by, drink several cans of Pepsi, and urinate in one of the beds.
by bed I hope you mean my mouth 😉
Much funnier to imagine Roman Roy doing that now.“Did you pee in the bed?!”“Oh, did I? Fucking Hercule Poirot of fucking piss over here…”
“a viewing of … Home Sweet Home Alone” as part of this, too”I hope there’s a discount for having to put up with it.
Nobody cares. Let me know when THIS house is up for sale! 641 Castlewood Lane in Deerfield, Illinois
Or this oneI’m not gonna give out the address. Hopefully you recognize it, w/out the pizza on the roof.
The problem is, the owners of that house have always complained of random people trying to recreate that classic scene.
They had to put a fence up 🙁
Just get your tetanus shot first, and pack a helmet. And a cup
You can sleep in the bed where dad McCallister used to destroy Catherine O’Hara. She might seem uptight, but the lady loved to fuck.
How much extra to beat the snot out of that kid from the new version?
There she is. That’s the silver tuna.