‘Complete catastrophe’ home on Zillow may promote for greater than $429k
The itemizing makes it clear: the home within the College Hills neighborhood is a fixer-upper.
The itemizing makes it clear: the home within the College Hills neighborhood is a fixer-upper.
DENVER — A realtor’s brutally sincere description of a Denver residence listed for $429,000 did not scare away potential consumers from bidding on “one of many worst properties available on the market.”
Denver actual property agent Pat Krekel mentioned she misplaced depend of the provides made for the house she described as a “complete catastrophe.”
The itemizing Krekel wrote for the house within the College Hills neighborhood seems on Zillow. It reads:
“This home is a complete catastrophe! Bought ‘as is’ together with all of the ‘stuff’ on the property. An awesome storage nonetheless. It’s essential to convey your creativeness. One of many worst properties available on the market.”
The itemizing contains pictures from contained in the 1,300-square-foot residence displaying rooms nonetheless cluttered with previous furnishings. Towels look like taped over among the home windows. Krekel mentioned one of many two loos is lacking a rest room.
“The within appeared fairly unhealthy,” mentioned Melissa Normand, who owns a house throughout the road.
Normand and her husband, a normal contractor, have mounted up and flipped houses within the College Hills neighborhood. They mentioned the home subsequent door to their rental property may require an excessive amount of heavy lifting.
“We checked out it and considered writing a suggestion, however there was already an excessive amount of competitors,” Normand mentioned. “Then, it wants plenty of work on prime of that.”
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Krekel mentioned she had about 80 showings of the home over two days. As of Thursday, she mentioned a money provide was pending, and it was above the asking value for the house.
Normand wasn’t shocked given Denver’s housing market. In March, the median value of a single-family residence offered within the metropolis was $660,000.
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“Good place to personal a home, however not an amazing place to purchase a home in the intervening time,” Normand mentioned.
Normand is not certain what is going to occur to the house subsequent door, however she’s certain will probably be an enchancment over a “catastrophe.”
“It will possibly’t go an excessive amount of additional downhill until they gentle it on hearth,” Normand mentioned.
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