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A Swedish millennial bought one of Japan's famously cheap abandoned houses. Here's how he turned the 100-year-old property into a luxury Airbnb.

Anton Wormann, a 30-year-old Swedish model, moved to Tokyo in 2019 after visiting for work. Wormann started buying and DIY-renovating cheap, neglected houses in his neighborhood. His most recent ...
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They gave up big city life to buy an abandoned $10,000 house in Japan and renovate it. They say they'll never take on a project like that again.

Gilles Beaufils and his wife ditched Tokyo city life to renovate an abandoned house in rural Japan. Beaufils, 56, estimates they spent less than $10,000 buying the abandoned property, or akiya, on ...