‘Nicer than most houses:’ $200K luxury playhouses a thriving business
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Childhood was never like this.
A company in southern Alberta has found an unexpected luxury market that involves the lifestyles of the rich and famous, their offspring and its own reality TV show.
Former landscaper Tyson Leavitt launched Charmed Playhouses two years ago after noticing countless houses with big, beautiful yards geared to adults while the kids had to settle for a rickety swingset.
So he started building luxury playhouses.