And of course you must be very rich huh? One of the greatest things in life is watching a very poor person work hard, educating themselves and becoming not only a wealthy professional but remembering where they came and started from. That's the true meaning of success.
Actually, I'd say it was more a a rich person who didn't dive the remotest damn about resale value and just wanted to live in his dream home. Which was considerably odder than most people's dream homes. Like, the real estate guy's advice about keeping your home impersonal to maximize market appeal is fine advice, if you think you're going to sell it one day. But if you plan on living in your house forever and/or just plain aren't going to have to worry about money? Make it yours, why not. Spend five million dollars to build a house that would be a tough sell at a tenth of that.
@@unclegeorge7845 , yes it's a hack job. A terrible hack job. I just added my own comments. They are in serious need of videography and editing 101. Maybe even remedial.
@@julianada1567 You don't necessarily have to be intelligent to be rich....The guy who had the house built was pimping out women... Ya it made him a lot of money but it doesn't really require a whole lot of intelligence to be a pimp. Nor does it require a whole lot of intelligence to know that you will eventually go to prison for being a pimp.
@@rosequill7925 as much as I would love to beat your bid . I can't afford to spend more than 30 on this gorgeous house. I wish you would retract your bid and let me have the house of my dreams.
Okay seriously, who filmed this and thought it was good? The camera movements are insanely quick for showing the inside of a room or giving an overview of a house. Absolutely frustrating to watch, with a camera man this excited.
Jan Ševčík for some weird af reason i kept thinking throughout the whole video, "man, someone's gonna go effing buy this house of oddities now that they made this"! & i dunno, i guess i hope i'm right, if for no other reason than to get this realtor a well deserved commission & someone who can love this house living in it already! ;p
it just might as some sort of theme park / movie imagining Air BnB... it's has an niche appeal if you can rustle or hustle others to see that same vision or get into that same vibe.
@@emelianemone777 exactly !!! it's a ready made movie set... so whoever the buyer group will be can rent it out for photo shoots and the like they'll take it proceeds hand over fist.... it's wild, weird, freaking ugly, to unimaginable and very soon it'll be SOLD...
This house will never sell for that price and location. It will end up being bought by a realtor for 1/5th asking price at auction. They do it all the time. Those auctions are rigged AF.
" You want to make sure the house is going to make you money when you sell it. " That is the biggest problem we have in this country is people expecting to make money on their home and not looking at it as a place where they are going to live.
This house sits on multiple lots, can't be separated. Has house built behind existing house, Zoning violation. He took money for insurance work then work was NEVER done. Didn't pay contractors, leans on property. Taxes owed on ALL 7 properties it sits on. Can not move in until ALL zoning violations are taken care of. Multiple city hookups, CANNOT be put on one account. Has multiple law suits and leans filed on property by neighbors. House is being sold to settle court judgement. How do I know this? I worked on the house, have friend that did appraisal on house, dealt with inspectors, saw the trial.
@@healinggrounds19 well because we haven't always lived in your ideal kind of world where government agents watch every thing that everyone ever does. How is this even allowed? Becauae stupid things happen that have nothing to do with you or me-you just have to deal with it and not let it affect you.
@@ChadDidNothingWrong I live in a house that was built before zoning and construction regulations came to our area. My garage is tiny and shared with the neighbors. The sewage lines were a mess, and had to be straightened out. Travis is right, regulation is a relatively new idea.
It should be a gag house: event hall for eccentric/theme parties, that dungeon halloween haunted house in October, music videos, movies... he's not thinking big enough, oddly.
I was Caretaker for a property like this. The owner lived in another house in another country. I only met him once. Nobody lived in it for 7 years, except the Caretakers who were paid to live in it. It was a monstrosity with a leaky roof.
@@jitulvslife03 It took a large crew to fix the roof. The leak occurred because one large section of the building had separated from another. There were 3 sections, each one of which could contain 12 appartements. It was a gigantic mansion.
Brian Sanders (the agent showing the Indianapolis house) is so awesome. He is so positive and optimistic, has not one unkind thing to say about the house, even though the reporter kept trying to get it out of him. What a great guy.
The price for the first house is unreasonable. But c'mon. There's a cool ridiculous eccentric Bond villain vibe from that place. The worst part is it's located in Indiana.
@@Kevin-it4fh - Haha Yeah no i've been to Bloomfield a few times and Indianapolis. It actually is a pretty gorgeous state and area. I don't know if I could ve a resident. But it's certainly a nice place to visit.
Bond villain vibe is probably the best description for a house I’ve ever heard(and personally if it was aesthetically pleasing to me, and if I was hella rich, I might go for that in a mansion)
Only $1.3M for a huge property with 5 structures? Look at real estate in Vancouver BC lol, $1.3M will get you a 2000sqft semi-detached house on a 4000sqft lot.
It's in Indiana that's why. If it was in a major metropolitan hub it would be millions more just for the lot, forget about the tasteless home. No takers for million dollar price tag . . . But someone will score it eventually.
Its very likely grandfathered in. If you talk to the permit board and pay all the necessary fees they may allow it depending on the neighborhood. I mean its better than a vacant property, that stuff is terrible.
Our house was built in 1964 and when we bought it in 2009 it still looked like 1964 inside and out. However, that's specifically what we were looking for because we're eccentric and we collect vintage decor and furniture. Our things would look ridiculous in a modern/renovated home. You can always sell a house, just gotta wait for the right buyer.
Yeah, and I kinda suspect the house was unsellable ONLY on the show, i.e. "unsell-ability" is a major plot element every property show. In addition the house was easily photographed, had memorable shape, a great view, and the decor allowed show's principals to drone on about supposedly awful 1980s style (nevermind that '80s furniture and decor is presently dethroning mid-century modern as most fashionable (and expensive) interior elements). In reality, put that house on the market at right time of year, at proper price, it would get snatched up within two weeks.
@@DaneAraux probably selling it for so cheap as they don't live in it and have to deal with property taxes. It can be rented out, but renovations would be costly and a risky investment.
No because markets are so hot we only really have 2 major cities Toronto and Vancouver. So properties are very expensive. 1.29 million is literally a normal house under 2.5k square feet depending on area. People move about almost 100 miles out of the city to get a normal cost on a house.
Ablaikhan Bennett Even in outlying areas, of Toronto and Vancouver, the homes are ridiculously expensive. You can't get a house for less than $410,000. You can buy an apartment or condo but legit, no homes, other than dilapidated buildings.
The interior detail is strange, yes. However, it’s not to bad and the price is rather good. Just put in some changes and it’ll be a nice house. The architecture isn’t too bad. Hell I’d buy it!
I absolutely love this house. Its a photographers dream. The ability to enjoy the beauty of so many places, things, and built in art is amazing. Add plants and water features/ sounds and you have an incredible, relaxing, safe choice of areas, for a writer or business person to calm away the stress. Who hasn't wanted to curl up in a cave of sorts, with tasty treats handy, a soft thick throw, a good book and shut out all noises of the world and relax. The beauty of the "pink" staircase is no less beautiful than gazing on a reef of coral. Now going extinct. The round windows, like in a ship, give the chefs or those cooking and serving a feeling of being part of the excitement. They can be talked thru, served out of, or just looked upon. Only someone with personality and a love of all things would enjoy such beauty. The asking price is a steal even in an understated neighborhood. The rocks outside are a simple statement of rocky mountain retreat, and little time or money having to be spent on upkeep. Bet this is gorgeous with a snowfall. Only a realtor with no imagination, personality, or sense of real beauty would find so much fault and negativity with this time capsule of buildings. I would like to see the rest of the property, myself.
Agreed. I appreciate the madness of it all. It makes no sense, and I think the repulsiveness of it is what fascinates me about it. If I were super rich and wanted to stay here in Indy, I would give it a go. But I’m a bit on the artsy/eccentric side so it suits me a bit😅
As a family man I cannot understand why ANYONE would want to sell their homes that were constructed especially for them? If I build a house I am not selling it.
Elena Arman-Tang a contractor could buy it, hit it for scrap, build 100 houses on the property and still not make their money back. The only cure is a torch.
The convicted pimp had a three bedroom, one level home. Then he started a construction business. As he made money he had his crew add a room or wing here and there. The end result is several tons of concrete, ugly tile, and cheap finishes. He died. So the family tried to off load the monstrosity with a huge price based on the square footage. I'm sure, it'll sell for under a half million if it hasn't already. Then another idiot will deconstruct and reconstruct several areas/rooms to suit his or her wants. The best thing to do is buy the neighbors homes, build them up to a similar size, and sell them. This will raise the property values in this neighborhood. Soon most of the homes would be bought, second floors and winds added, and sold for over a million. The area would become know as millionaires row. As it is now, the neighboring homes are worth less because of this one lump of concrete.
I know! Like a bunch of posters above, I like in California and I was stunned at the low price. (And no, I'm not being sarcastic). Forget the structure... just the dirt (land) alone would be worth more than that in a lot of places here.
Visit some of Liberace's houses. I've toured one and couldn't believe how hideous it looked. I seriously think he had an army of interior designers who wouldn't agree on what to do so he let them design each room....
I feel bad for the real estate agent guy. You can tell he's a pretty nice dude, but he's been tasked with selling this piece of shit. He knows its trash, but has to put on a smile and try to put it in a good light.
MrStaton352 I never said anything about black folk! After living within rocks through distance of three NFL players for over 15 years. I made the comment that someone from the NFL would probably like it. Maybe we could turn it into a halfway house for people coming from prison. Maybe a homeless shelter for American veterans.
"keep it simple" Fuck that, if I had the kind of money to design and build my own luxury home, I'd do it my own way. I wouldn't build it in the first place if I didn't think I could afford to keep the damn thing. It's all gotta be built from stone bricks, with detailed 19th century stone masonry, hand carved wooden paneled rooms, and have an overall aristocratic/ old world feel to it.
So true. My parents once were house hunting and RAN from a house the real estate agent showed them. It was absolutely hideous: dozens and dozens of animal heads on the walls. The wood was just u g l y: the color and grain looked bad. The carpet was just as tacky. I would never go fancy, not even a bit. True, some wouldn't like seeing blank white and gray walls but it'll save money too. I also don't understand why people buy the weirdest, craziest carpet designs. I seriously think the designers were drunk when they had the carpets done in some houses I've seen. And the houses I saw were wayyyyy above $400k!
LaRaikaa I like that though of pre 1930s aka pre flapper and modernism construction and architecture style. I'm not into Frank Lloyd Wright ideals of post 1955 those are a turn off to me
I do not understand all the negative comments. The house is Beautiful. I do not care for the rocks and the Dolphin at the front of the house but the inside is very Artistic and Beautiful. Not as boring as your regular everyday build.
i love in a house that’s almost 300 years old, has almost no insulation, probably one of the worst floor plans you’ve ever seen, and is full of mold. i truly doubted anyone would ever buy my house, but after seeing this, i have hope
Honestly, I doubt if you could get that much out of it. It would cost a fortune to redo or even take down and resell the property. Its a money loser no matter what....unless you are as whacked as the former owner and actually like that mess.....
That dining room would make me PUKE!!! The homes here in Santa Fe are some of thee most beautiful in the world... "Asian orient themed with a hint of circus mirrors" is just about the worst thing I could imagine!!
Brazos Forager Actually the house was built without railings. Original owner didn't want any. Realtors actually added the railings inside and out so that potential buyers wouldn't feel like they were going to fall off.
