This log cabin in the woods is the most popular house in the world, according to Airbnb

wooden hovel only 15 square meters in California must be booked eight months in advance and was only empty three days in the whole of last year.



This small pre-built shed, originally built to house a friend of the owners who had no place to live, is the most popular property in the world in the Airbnb website. Located in the woods on the outskirts of Santa Cruz, not far from the Californian coast, the cabin is so disputed that there are only places for an end-of-week from November this year. Over the 365 nights of 2015 the hut was occupied by tourists in 362.



In the photo, it appears that the house is small. In fact, it is even lower: a wide-angle lens gives the feeling of space.

It was the very Airbnb who announced that this was his most successful property, to the surprise of the owners, who had never imagined that a cabin was so unpretentious holds a world title. To honor her, the Airbnb had installed at the headquarters of the company a replica of the shack, with 80% of original size - in order to remind their employees the kind of home that your customers like.

                                             

The success is partly because the shack has designer: design is based on the famous geodesic dome, designed by legendary American architect Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), a precursor of sustainable design obsessed with ultra-efficient structures. Many of the visitors who come are people who are interested in Motion Tiny House, who preaches a life simpler (and cheaper) in tiny houses, but warm. They are staying there to experience the feeling of sleeping in a hovel, before moving definitively to one.


The rent includes a barbecue for grilling bacon at breakfast, American style.

Comprising a ground floor of 10 square meters and a mezzanine just a little bigger than the double bed which it contains, the shack hosts three people and costs $ 110 per night. Despite the tightening, the public loves. Virtually all 807 reviews of visitors give it five stars for the place and rave about the comfort. The success is due to the nice terrace surrounding the cabin, with the right shade of sequoias, visits of hummingbirds, a gas grill and even a puppy, the friendly Elliot.


Meet Elliot, the host of one of the most popular houses in the world.