delightful cottage for sale in CT

[munkii]

And by delightful, I mean house of horrors. I'm pretty sure Hansel and Gretel really existed, and this is where the witch lived.

www.zillow.com/homedetails/24-Brentwood-Dr-Avon-CT-06001/59011376_zpid/

[mrsukyankee]

Holy crap. What is that?

[magdala]

I can see a contractor yanking down the odd ginger breading and painting everything shades of white and grey and then doubling his money. Houses in that area usually go for $700k when they have 5 bedrooms

[bunnymendelbaum]

"Unique one of a kind finishing completed by a professional!"

[pumpkin]

"Unique one of a kind finishing completed by a professional!" What more could you want?

And I echoed @mrsulyankee "holy crap!"

[bunnymendelbaum]

Is that copper-colored puffy paint all over??
This is starting to make me sad.

[munkii]

Oct 10, 2016 7:16:45 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Holy crap. What is that?

I wish I could like this a million times. I'm literally LOLing over this.

[mrsemilys]

Yikes!

[hausfrau]

Even with the house completely emptied out, where would you even begin to fix the mess? I can't imagine how overwhelming that is in person.

[emoflamingo]

I.. I got nothing guys.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Oct 10, 2016 7:34:27 GMT -5 magdala said:

I can see a contractor yanking down the odd ginger breading and painting everything shades of white and grey and then doubling his money. Houses in that area usually go for $700k when they have 5 bedrooms

I was wondering this too. The only thing that would give me pause is that is someone does all this BSC cosmetic stuff, what other crazy stuff did they do that you cannot see?

[amandakisser]

I had a nice, witty comment or two when I started looking at these pics, but now I just...well that is...really...one-of-a-kind?

[dottyblue]

The thing I can't get over? The owner thinks this looks GOOD. Did you see the price history? It was listed at $1.5 million last year... and all the price jumping around since they tried to list it? I'm kind of sad. I really wonder if mental illness is at play here (likely)

And seriously. Someone needs to step away from the jig saw.

ETA:  Google maps street view is even weirder.  Random letters and numbers strung across the yard?

[moolarkey]

"Unique one of a kind finishing completed by a professional!" Professional what?

the design on the steps etc, almost looks like it is to be blood smears.

That might be the worst one I've seen yet, they might be ahead just to demolish it.

[mrsd2006]

That is hideous. Who wraps stair spindles in fabric like that? ?!?!The owner of that house must have been a carpenter. Not sure about the decorator.

[magdala]

Oct 10, 2016 9:03:47 GMT -5 bunnymendelbaum said:

Oct 10, 2016 7:34:27 GMT -5 magdala said:

I can see a contractor yanking down the odd ginger breading and painting everything shades of white and grey and then doubling his money. Houses in that area usually go for $700k when they have 5 bedrooms

I was wondering this too. The only thing that would give me pause is that is someone does all this BSC cosmetic stuff, what other crazy stuff did they do that you cannot see?

You can generally figure out what has been 'repaired' in a house.   Our house has had two owners before us.  It is a 43 old house.  The people who built this house knew what they were doing and loved the house. It shows in everything they did.   The second owners did everything with craptastic contractors and did stuff on the cheap.  When have been fixing the second owners repairs.     

[fairygodmother]

my sister lives about an hour away - I've asked her to investigate.

[adhdfashion]

That is a true house of horrors.

[lilac05]

This is the most bizarre home I have ever seen.

I also had the "professional WHAT?!?" question.

I have so many questions.

[RamblingRose]

It gave me the hiccups.

[sydney02]

Crazy because I used to live in that town! This truly has to be the worst house I've ever seen. Did you see that it has 450,000 views on Zillow? Poor owners probably are proud of that.

I'd have to drive by if we still lived there. It's such a nice town. You know the neighbors are praying that someone normal buys this house. Honestly I cannot see them selling it. They've been trying for years and it hasn't happened yet. This goes beyond a Property Brothers or Chip and Joanna. This is a tear it down to the bare wood and start over type of job.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I can't. It is literally making my skin crawl. Who thought that was beautiful? More specifically, who was able to *live* in it?

I feel bad for the obviously nice woodwork that had ... whatever that is ... done to it. Poor house. Somebody buy it and love it again.

[dr.girlfriend]

Whoa. At first I thought someone had maliciously damaged the house to get back at the owners (like a bad divorce or whatever) but looking at it it definitely looks like someone with significant mental illness. Less wicked witch and more Mrs. Havisham?

[OscarQ]

Oct 10, 2016 7:34:27 GMT -5 magdala said:

I can see a contractor yanking down the odd ginger breading and painting everything shades of white and grey bull-dozing it, digging up the dead bodies, salting the land, building a new house and then doubling his money. Houses in that area usually go for $700k when they have 5 bedrooms

FTFY  

[Violet]

He's got a lovely 65 page doc of the house if you'd like to see the before picture. Yikes!

nebula.wsimg.com/d2d1e9307fee8e376e94e42c9174fcc7?AccessKeyId=D805D8BDDABF3F976511&disposition=0&alloworigin=1



[munkii]

The only thing I can say after reviewing the conceptual document is that the owners were had.

[dottyblue]

Oct 11, 2016 20:28:21 GMT -5 Violet said:

He's got a lovely 65 page doc of the house if you'd like to see the before picture. Yikes!

nebula.wsimg.com/d2d1e9307fee8e376e94e42c9174fcc7?AccessKeyId=D805D8BDDABF3F976511&disposition=0&alloworigin=1



I'm cracking up at this doc.  "Eleven room cottage"   ^o)   Not-a-cottage.

The dining room ceiling looks like they didn't bother to clean it after a fire.

He wrote poetry to this house.  Or wrote poetry as inspiration.  And then used cheap materials to express himself.  Seriously, the amount of knotty wood and cheap particle board exposed in that house is egregious.

The poor neighbors.  This house will be condemned some day because it will never sell

[dr.girlfriend]

Oct 12, 2016 8:37:03 GMT -5 dottyblue said:

Oct 11, 2016 20:28:21 GMT -5 Violet said:

He's got a lovely 65 page doc of the house if you'd like to see the before picture. Yikes!

nebula.wsimg.com/d2d1e9307fee8e376e94e42c9174fcc7?AccessKeyId=D805D8BDDABF3F976511&disposition=0&alloworigin=1



I'm cracking up at this doc.  "Eleven room cottage"     Not-a-cottage.

The dining room ceiling looks like they didn't bother to clean it after a fire.

He wrote poetry to this house.  Or wrote poetry as inspiration.  And then used cheap materials to express himself.  Seriously, the amount of knotty wood and cheap particle board exposed in that house is egregious.

The poor neighbors.  This house will be condemned some day because it will never sell

I think it'll probably be a great flip...once it's stripped down to studs the madness will be like it never happened (aside from the animal sacrifices no doubt buried under that gazebo).  How relieved the neighbors must be, though!  And heaven help whomever lives next to wherever the guy resides next!  Hopefully he's finding a (murder) cabin in the woods to express himself.

[Aloe Vera]

The guy who did the "professional" work is actually the owner of the house.
I am pretty sure he is convinced his house is worth millions because he believes he is the next Kandinsky. But he has no artsy bone in him. This looks cheap and creepy.

[nursewife]

A professional?! A professional serial killer maybe.