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gardenfelder
He spent a helluva lot more than 100k. That's just the airplane, sitting at an airfield. It had to be moved to his property. Mucho dinero...
postalrat
The article says he paid $100k for the airplane and $120k total.
tpmoney
I read that as $100k for the plane and $120k to decommission/dismantle and tow it to his property. So 220k total for a hair over 1k sqft. For reference a quick search says that would run you ~300k today in that town and the one property I could find listed with pricing back to the 90's indicates it probably would have been about $100k then.
dsfyu404ed
It has its own wheels. Orange reflective triangle is $19.99…
clouddrover
Probably best to add up the numbers in the article. $100k to purchase, $20k to transport, and $15k to renovate.
lolive
I stopped reading at "I’m a nerd. I don’t cook, so it’s a minimal kitchen area".

[French nerd here. My most important room is obviously my kitchen]

desireco42
While I like his idea and I think airplane does offer some very interesting advantages over regular house... his looks like miserable place to live.
walrus01
There's a few YouTube video tours of the interior if you search for 727 airplane home Oregon.