With the credit crunch still biting hard, most people would be ashamed to admit owning a $400,000 dog house — but not Paris Hilton, who happily provided us with these eyebrow-raising pictures.
The heiress says the 30 square-metre, hot pink home — which she had built for her dogs Tinkerbell, Prince Baby Bear, Harajuku, Marilyn Monroe, Dolce and Prada — is just what her pets deserve.
“It’s a miniature version of my house,” says Paris, 28, who took the interior photos herself. “I designed it with the help of my decorator, Faye Resnick.”
Los Angeles real estate agent Timo Ketola estimates the two-storey home, which sits in the backyard of Paris’s $7.5million mansion, is worth more than the average Aussie apartment.
No expense has been spared on the dog house, which has a clay-tile roof with copper gutters, intricate ceiling mouldings and central air conditioning.
The pampered pets can have a nap in the upstairs bedroom, lounge about in the downstairs living room on miniature Philippe Starck furniture, or chase each other up and down the staircase under the glass chandelier.
“They love lying on the balcony, playing in their backyard and hanging out on their living room furniture,” Paris says. “They appreciate the house that Mommy built for them.”