George Harrison’s home has become an Airbnb and house museum

In November, George Harrison’s childhood home in Liverpool, England, went up for auction for the initial time in nearly a 10 years. Two months later, it landed a buyer from the other facet of the pond — superfan Ken Lambert, who is now turning the legendary household into an Airbnb rental and house museum. 

Lambert, 48, who hails from New Hampshire, in no way dreamed he would one day individual a piece of Beatles record, until he set in an present for £171,000 (which equates to $250,000) and no one else bid any better. 

Now Lambert, who is in commercial construction, is only the 3rd proprietor to have at any time owned the home considering that the Harrisons. 

“Once I realized I was the winner, it was really shocking,” Lambert instructed The Put up. 

“I seriously began to believe about what I was likely to do with the property. I’m not a rich personal. It’s not like I go around shopping for up attributes. I’m a Beatles supporter, of course, but I am a huge George Harrison fan precisely.” 

Situated at 25 Upton Inexperienced in the suburb of Speke, the historic house was employed as the band’s principal apply location in the late 1950s, with the group identified as The Quarrymen at the time. Harrison and his spouse and children had to begin with moved into the dwelling in 1949, when he was just 6 years previous. They lived in the residence until 1962, when Harrison was 18, in accordance to Omega Auctions, which taken care of the sale. 

Lambert revealed that what prompted him to change the residence into an Airbnb and residence museum for weekly excursions was the realization that the other members of the band — John Lennon and Paul McCartney — had dwelling museums dedicated to them, but Harrison did not. 

“I feel it was a shame that George’s household experienced no relevance to tens of millions of Beatles lovers, but they’re ready in line to walk into John Lennon’s house,” Lambert reported. “George is my beloved Beatle. I want to regard his legacy.” 

The home is “a living museum by permitting individuals continue to be right away,” Lambert said, including that a weekly tour team also stops by and spends about fifty percent an hour in the property ingesting tea and actively playing songs. 

Even though most of the a few-bed room, 1-lavatory household has been renovated above the years with an upgraded kitchen, some of the first pieces from Harrison’s days in the property continue being — including the primary hutch in the kitchen, the bathtub and bathroom sink, the stair post and closet doors. 

Lambert has since frequented the dwelling two times, paying far more than two months to get the area all set, considering the fact that it came unfurnished and emptied. 

“It was rather insane when I was in a position to wander through the household. I was there by myself. I variety of walked by way of it after I owned it. It was a extremely surreal encounter, it was a exceptional feeling.” 

A person of the initial issues Lambert did was go to a nearby guitar shop in Liverpool to invest in an acoustic guitar for the home. 

“I play a bit and played in the space they rehearsed in. That was so important for me to do. I left the guitar there as a doing the job prop,” he reported. 

Lambert strategies on traveling to again and having a vacation to the historic home with his spouse and two children in the summer months. Now, he has a community property manager using treatment of the land and overlooking the rentals and the weekly tours.

Probably the coolest element about his time visiting the residence was getting to satisfy up with the previous Quarrymen drummer, Colin Hanton, who was one of the unique band associates just before they grew to become the Beatles.

“He is now 83 several years old and it was so outrageous that I was capable to chat with him and be set in this placement,” explained Lambert.

According to the Airbnb listing, it rents amongst $275 and $400 a night time, dependent on the date, additionally a $150 cleansing cost. 

“Walk and keep in George’s bed room, exactly where he very first read himself and the band on the radio! There is a snug double bed and a significant closet,” the listing suggests. 

“Sit and strum a guitar in the exact space that George, Paul, and John sat and rehearsed all through the early many years,” the listing provides. “Listen to old Beatles albums, on our retro standing report participant — within just a Beatles house!”