He took a chance, passed go, and paid the ultimate luxury tax for love.
Justin Lebon and his fiancée Michal Ott are self-described homebodies who love a good game of Monopoly.
Since their usual board was one Lebon made in high school, and a few cards were missing, he wanted to create a new board as a Christmas gift to Ott that would celebrate their relationship. And then he decided to pop the question with the new board.
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Lebon called on his friend, woodworker Mark Becker, to pitch his idea, and got to work on naming the custom properties.
Lebon worked mostly in Excel to create all of the properties and other cards. "The first thing I knew was that I could do something with the engagement ring and the luxury tax spot," he told BuzzFeed Life. "I wanted to figure out how to make some kind of trap door underneath it, and it all came together while I was walking around work one day last November."
Justin Lebon
Becker, who runs the Etsy shop Old Redwood, built the board in just over three weeks.
He used wood from an early 1900s ice box to create the board, and delivered the finished product to Lebon on Christmas Eve.
Mark Becker
Naturally, the property names correspond to important places and events to Lebon and Ott.
The place names include the streets where they grew up, their favorite vacation spots (Maui and Napa got notable placements), and for the ultra-valuable Park Place and Boardwalk, their current apartment number and "Home Sweet Home," respectively.
Justin Lebon
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