Once you've cut that steel beam, it's cut and it better be right and in place.' 'A steel beam is not like a wooden beam that can do different things. Mike said they made a framework for the roof, enforced it with steel beams, and then poured the concrete into the framework. They also had issues getting materials they needed, Mike said, due to supply shortages.Īnother challenge was creating the property's roof, which they said needed extra attention to ensure its measurements and placement were correct. For example, they said that when a contract worker contracted COVID-19, the project was shut down for two weeks. One challenge Mike and Caroline said they faced with their business, like many others, was the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

'Alchemy's' roof during construction (left) and the 12-foot slide being installed (right). The Parrishes began building 'Alchemy' in August 2021 and officially opened it to Airbnb guests in February 2022. The couple later appeared on season two of DIY Network's 'The Treehouse Guys' and built their first treehouse, 'Sanctuary.' They completed their newest addition, 'Alchemy,' an underground house with a hidden slide, this February. 'And at that point, the thought was just traditional treehouses, but it's evolved from there.'

'We started talking about it in 2015,' Caroline, 45, said. 'We were sitting around watching 'Treehouse Masters' one night and Caroline said, 'Why don't we try an Airbnb treehouse because it's Asheville and it's such a cool little town?'' Mike, 65, told Insider. They've built seven properties so far - including the whimsical ' Wizard's Hollow' and ' The Perch' that's an elevated treehouse - on land they initially didn't know what to do with, they told Insider.

The Parrishes launched their company, Treehouses of Serenity, which builds unique travel destinations along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2016.

Caroline Parrish (left) and Mike Parrish (right) of Asheville, North Carolina.

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