When the owner of this house in Wimbledon Heights, Phillip Island, Australia, Mykey O'Halloran, got the idea to make an Airbnb, he heard somebody banging on his door, one night. When he opened it, five angry men confronted him over his plan to paint his house with bright rainbow colors, he said.
âThey told me, âDonât do it. Paint your house and see what happens, because next time we meet, it wonât be so nice,â â said Mykey.
âOne of them said I would make his house drop in value by $20,000 if I painted my house in âstupidâ colors,â he added.
The men shouted homophobic slurs, and one threatened to kill him if he went ahead with his rainbow project.
âI froze up inside and thought I was about to be seriously injured,â he said.
He told them he didnât feel comfortable talking to them and shut the door. Then he phoned the police. One man was charged with unlawful assault and making threats to kill
He decided to share his story about the unsettling experience on Facebook and other social media.
âI cried myself to sleep last night after feeling so invaded, homophobically attacked, and threatened in my very own home,â he wrote.
He also wrote that he was not going to allow anyone to bully him out of his island getaway.
Hundreds of people who read his post agreed, and they volunteered to help him paint it.
âFor every ratbag like him, the island has a thousand others who welcome you,â one neighbor commented.
âYou paint your house whatever colors you want to! Iâm so sorry this happened to you!â commented a woman from PA.
More than 100 people â including children, a few home renovators, and a couple of police officers â came to Mykeyâs house and spent seven hours painting.
 One donor had 8 surveillance cameras installed in case anyone threatens him again.
âThe positive response filled my heart with love and made me feel supported and not alone,â Mykey said.
âSo many people said they thought it would look awful, but now that theyâve seen it, theyâre pleasantly surprised by how well it turned out.â
âThere was a lot of openheartedness there on the day, and someone volunteered their time with a barbecue to feed all who attended,â
He couldnât contain his delight when the last bright coat of paint had dried.
Mykey OâHalloran (front left) with some of the volunteers who helped paint his house.
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