Unique Property - Buyer With Imagination Required
Viewing the property from the street gave not a clue to what we were to find within. It was older and charming, on a lovely street, in a very desirable neighborhood. There were wildflowers jutting from a long fogotten garden and the trees were lush green from the recent rains.
The home was brick and cottage like. We entered planning to find a dated but cozy environment. It was dark despite many windows, disjointed rooms defied description, and then there was the wing!! A garage, my clients thought, because of the all-glass garage door. They asked me what it could be. "Looks as if someone was interested in atriums," I replied. But then they spotted the basketball hoop, and an area which could only be described as a suspended shelf-like deck for observing activity below. The room, if you choose to call it one, was all glass with a rustic brick floor and more than two stories high.
Absolutely not for them, and from the length of time it has been on the market not appealing to many others either. So many good elements going for it and yet no takers.
What this property needs is a "hook." The property is not old enough to claim that "George Washington Slept Here," but there are more recent Mercer County celebs. How about Dennis Rodman . . . . . . . . there is a basketball hoop? Or maybe Samuel Alito, or Joyce Carol Oates might lend their name to concoct this homes brush with fame.
There are homes all around the country that are unique to their owners. Seattle, Washington, artist Kelly Lyles decorated the outside of her abode with hubcaps. John Milkovisch quenched a tremendous thirst when he used more than 50,000 beers cans to build his home in Houston, Texas. And he was quite creative, too. The pull tabs were strung together for curtains. And, I can't forget the Mother Goose House - a Hazard, Kentucky landmark. Homeowners who made a statement all their own.
But it's best to remember that if you eventually need to sell your home, they may not have the same vision.
If you're interested in unique homes, check out these websites:
unusuallife.com/category/unusual-homes and hazardkentucky.com/more/goose.htm
Viewing the property from the street gave not a clue to what we were to find within. It was older and charming, on a lovely street, in a very desirable neighborhood. There were wildflowers jutting from a long fogotten garden and the trees were lush green from the recent rains.
The home was brick and cottage like. We entered planning to find a dated but cozy environment. It was dark despite many windows, disjointed rooms defied description, and then there was the wing!! A garage, my clients thought, because of the all-glass garage door. They asked me what it could be. "Looks as if someone was interested in atriums," I replied. But then they spotted the basketball hoop, and an area which could only be described as a suspended shelf-like deck for observing activity below. The room, if you choose to call it one, was all glass with a rustic brick floor and more than two stories high.
Absolutely not for them, and from the length of time it has been on the market not appealing to many others either. So many good elements going for it and yet no takers.
What this property needs is a "hook." The property is not old enough to claim that "George Washington Slept Here," but there are more recent Mercer County celebs. How about Dennis Rodman . . . . . . . . there is a basketball hoop? Or maybe Samuel Alito, or Joyce Carol Oates might lend their name to concoct this homes brush with fame.
There are homes all around the country that are unique to their owners. Seattle, Washington, artist Kelly Lyles decorated the outside of her abode with hubcaps. John Milkovisch quenched a tremendous thirst when he used more than 50,000 beers cans to build his home in Houston, Texas. And he was quite creative, too. The pull tabs were strung together for curtains. And, I can't forget the Mother Goose House - a Hazard, Kentucky landmark. Homeowners who made a statement all their own.
But it's best to remember that if you eventually need to sell your home, they may not have the same vision.
If you're interested in unique homes, check out these websites:
unusuallife.com/category/unusual-homes and hazardkentucky.com/more/goose.htm
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