That guy has toured Hearst Castle one too many times (huge castle-like mansion in CA which also contained exotic animals and an airstrip when William Randolph Hearst was alive).
Hearst did it right. There is a single vase in Hearst Castle that is worth the list price of this house/castle.
This dude just has a cheesy 2000's era knock off.
Let's just revisit these statements. 1) There is no faux castle "done right." 2) Your second statement makes me laugh. "Oh yeah? Well Hearst was a kajillionaire and had expensive tastes in vases!!"
Eh, I think Hearst's counts as good enough for a fake castle. At least he had people in his. Although, he did skip the moat... so maybe his doesn't count after all.
This dude has some creepy elephant statues and a kitchen that'll make everyone dizzy and puke up the food. Not to mention to swords of damocles hanging up there while you're trying to eat.
I'm embarrassed to say, me too. Lol. And I'd swim in the moat or at least make it a Koi pond. And I'd invite friends over for murder mystery dinners and magic shows. And I'd throw the most amazing Halloweeen party ever.
Sadly, my local castle in Versailles KY (and that is pronounced Ver-sales, in case you were wondering) is now off the market. But you could have had it for millions less!
I'm embarrassed to say, me too. Lol. And I'd swim in the moat or at least make it a Koi pond. And I'd invite friends over for murder mystery dinners and magic shows. And I'd throw the most amazing Halloweeen party ever.
Screw Koi. I'd buy me some motherfucking ALLIGATORS and throw them in my moat.
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
This usually means the house was given to them. Instead of it being a gift, which has tax implications, they instead buy it for $1.
Actually, I'm wrong. Apparently this still counts as a gift. You can still sell for $1, but you have to pay the gift tax.
There are HUD homes you can get for $1.
It was probably quit claimed from one party to another (i.e. husband to husband & wife). You have to put a price on the deed. If it's under 2k you don't have to pay transfer taxes, but I'm not sure about other taxes.
I'm embarrassed to say, me too. Lol. And I'd swim in the moat or at least make it a Koi pond. And I'd invite friends over for murder mystery dinners and magic shows. And I'd throw the most amazing Halloweeen party ever.
Screw Koi. I'd buy me some motherfucking ALLIGATORS and throw them in my moat.
14th century security system.
You clearly aren't thinking clearly, it is a castle.
This usually means the house was given to them. Instead of it being a gift, which has tax implications, they instead buy it for $1.
Actually, I'm wrong. Apparently this still counts as a gift. You can still sell for $1, but you have to pay the gift tax.
There are HUD homes you can get for $1.
I know, but it sounds like he's owned the property for a while, so maybe it went from a personal acct to a business acct or something? The price in the 100k range is also incredibly low for that amount of land. I wonder if there has been some creative accounting, or if the land parcel has changed dramatically over time.
This usually means the house was given to them. Instead of it being a gift, which has tax implications, they instead buy it for $1.
Actually, I'm wrong. Apparently this still counts as a gift. You can still sell for $1, but you have to pay the gift tax.
There are HUD homes you can get for $1.
I know, but it sounds like he's owned the property for a while, so maybe it went from a personal acct to a business acct or something? The price in the 100k range is also incredibly low for that amount of land. I wonder if there has been some creative accounting, or if the land parcel has changed dramatically over time.
Oh, I wouldn't doubt it.
Regardless, it's a ugly house and they're dreaming if they think they'll get that amount.