Jeremy and Audrey Roloff recently shared an update about Jeremy’s family farm on their Instagram accounts. Audrey previously shared on her Instagram account that she and Jeremy had tried to purchase the farm from Matt in May of 2020 but ultimately realized that it wasn’t meant to be. However, recently, they went back for the first time in years and even stayed on the property.
The family rented Jeremy’s childhood home from Matt, who has the property listed on a site like Airbnb called iTrip.net. They decided to rent it because they’re currently in the process of renovating their own home just a few miles away.
Jeremy shared on Instagram that they had been staying with his in-laws, Audrey’s parents, who also live close by. Because Audrey’s parents needed room to host Audrey’s siblings for Christmas, Audrey and Jeremy decided it would be best for everyone if they spent Christmas somewhere else.
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Jeremy also shared that they were renting the house for another reason, writing, “Metaphorically, you need to get close enough to your dragons to stab/hug them.”
Jeremy and Audrey always shared a desire to buy Roloff Farms from Matt, both on the family’s show, Little People Big World, and on social media. When the sale fell through, they shared that they were devastated on their podcast. Losing the house had been the death of a dream.
The History of Roloff Farms: A Family Matter
Roloff Farms has been a hot-button topic for the entire family for years.
When Matt and Amy divorced in 2016, they continued living on the property in separate houses until Matt bought Amy out of her half of the farm in 2019. At the time, he only paid her $667,000 for her half of the farm. Amy has since said on Little People Big World that she accepted that price because she was under the impression that Matt was going to sell the property to one of their kids for the same price later down the line.
Instead, both Jeremy and Zach placed offers that were turned down by Matt. And it caused years of fighting between the twins and their father, on and off the reality show. After both of their offers, Matt listed a portion of the farm for sale for much more than he had paid Amy.
Roloff Farms is more than 100 acres, and Matt listed just 16 acres of the property for four million dollars, according to the realtor’s website that featured the property. Those 16 acres included most of the Roloff Farms attractions that fans know and love. The family’s pirate ship, western town, and other pumpkin season attractions were included in the sale, as well as the family home that all four of the Roloff children grew up in.
But the property never sold, so Matt removed the listing and decided to rent the family home on iTrip.net instead. The concept was that it would allow fans of the show to stay in the home that they had seen for years on TV. It seems as though no one had rented it out for Christmas, allowing Jeremy and Audrey to rent the home for their family.
Jeremy Never Expected to Be Back in The Farmhouse
Audrey shared on her Instagram that it was a strange experience that they never expected to happen, writing, “It’s crazy even for me being back in the farmhouse, but especially wild for Jer. Tucking our kids into bed on Christmas Eve in the bedroom he grew up in and racing down the same stairs he did on Christmas morning. I never thought we’d go back in the house again once Jer’s dad put it on the market, but here we are.”
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Audrey and Jeremy have shared many times on their podcast that losing out on the sale of Jeremy’s childhood was extremely emotional for both of them, which made their choice to stay there for Christmas surprising.
