I Love Historic Homes
Want to live in a big historic home? This one right here could have been yours for just $10, no joke!
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Located in the Montclair area of New Jersey, this luxurious and historic home had 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and covered 4,000 square feet. It was built by renowned architect Dudley S. Van Antwerp in 1906 and was historically significant for being the home of famed athlete Aubrey Lewis, known for being the first African-American to captain the Notre Dame football team as well among the first African-American agents in the FBI.
Despite having a list price of $1.35 million, this home was put on the market for a meager $10. A deal of a lifetime, right? Well, as the old saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. This house was indeed available for $10 but there's just one catch. In fact, there is a hell of a catch! What's the catch? In a nutshell: "Congratulations on acquiring your new home, now get it the hell off this land!"
When Aubrey Lewis died in 2001, the land the house was built upon on was purchased by BNE Real Estate Group, who planned to build 8 houses where that house stood. But due to the home's historical significance, they couldn't just tear it down. They agreed to a condition by the Montclair Historic Preservation Commission to save the home and the history it represents. Nonetheless, they want the house off their land and so they created the conditions that stood of having the asking price cost significantly less than the price to move it. They even offered up an extra $10,000 to help with the moving cost, which was estimated to be about $40,000.
However, because no one wanted to buy the house, it was finally demolished in 2018 so unfortunately, if you were looking to buy a historic house and were up to meeting the conditions that came with moving it, you missed your chance. 馃檭
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[/center]Located in the Montclair area of New Jersey, this luxurious and historic home had 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and covered 4,000 square feet. It was built by renowned architect Dudley S. Van Antwerp in 1906 and was historically significant for being the home of famed athlete Aubrey Lewis, known for being the first African-American to captain the Notre Dame football team as well among the first African-American agents in the FBI.
Despite having a list price of $1.35 million, this home was put on the market for a meager $10. A deal of a lifetime, right? Well, as the old saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. This house was indeed available for $10 but there's just one catch. In fact, there is a hell of a catch! What's the catch? In a nutshell: "Congratulations on acquiring your new home, now get it the hell off this land!"
When Aubrey Lewis died in 2001, the land the house was built upon on was purchased by BNE Real Estate Group, who planned to build 8 houses where that house stood. But due to the home's historical significance, they couldn't just tear it down. They agreed to a condition by the Montclair Historic Preservation Commission to save the home and the history it represents. Nonetheless, they want the house off their land and so they created the conditions that stood of having the asking price cost significantly less than the price to move it. They even offered up an extra $10,000 to help with the moving cost, which was estimated to be about $40,000.
However, because no one wanted to buy the house, it was finally demolished in 2018 so unfortunately, if you were looking to buy a historic house and were up to meeting the conditions that came with moving it, you missed your chance. 馃檭
