When it comes to villas that nobody wants to buy, there is no “at home sweet home”. Everyone needs a place where they can call at home, but nobody wants to go bankrupt. There are dozens of breathtaking villas all around the globe because nobody wants them.
In some cases, their architecture is amazed by civilization. Others are world famous for having been on the market for years due to strange coils. Even after the upgrade and the restoration, these villas still have a sales sign in the front yard. There are various reasons why these phenomenal real estate pieces seem to be cursed to be alone forever, as you will see below.
1. Granot Loma
Known as the most expensive house in Michigan, Grant Loma is a breathtaking villa on over 5,000 acres along the upper lake. General Motors Louis Graveraet Kaufman’s executive completed the construction of the residence in the early 1920s. After Kaufman and his wife died in the early 1940s, her daughter stayed in the house, but left in the 1950s. It was left until the Kaufman family sold it in the late 1980s.
It is located on 26,000 square meters with a private marina. The house has a huge whirlpool, 23 bedrooms and four other buildings. It went onto the market at a price of 40 million US dollars. The price was too steep for most people and remains not sold even after a reduction of 50%. Although the remote location has been set up, it makes it unattractive, as does the price of 20 million US dollars.
2. Schwepe Mansion
While some villas are too expensive and others are too isolated Schweppe Mansion has been hit too. The scary house in the Gothic style sits in the forest in the forest in Lake Forest, Illinois, hidden in the forest. The fantastic house is located at a 21,000 square foot and has a 400 -foot beach.
In 1917 Marshall Fields gave his daughter Laura the breathtaking residence. After her death, Shedd left her children with a strong heritage and left her husband with very little. A few years later, he committed suicide.
Since then, several murders have been reported in the house, so that tortured souls were left behind to track the house. The creepy mansion grew for about 50 years, since it remained empty except for the occasional viewing of the ghost.
In the 1980s, a family bought the house and carried out a careful restoration process. They launched the house for $ 18 million. They fought to find a buyer and reduce the price over ten years to the current price of $ 8.5 million. The free house does not remain sold.
3. The Priestley House
In 1852 Dr. James Priestley, the first doctor of Canton, Mississippi, a breathtaking mansion to 5,000 acres in the same city. The Priestley Mansion is a first -class example of the architectural style of the southern Antebellum -Revival resuscitation and has a swimming pool, a library, an office, a salon and a music room. Priestly improved the manor house until the early 20th century. Not long after his family pulled out of the house and left it empty until they sold it in 1996.
The new owners put the house on the market for $ 1 million. Although you have reduced the price, you still haven’t sold it.
According to folklore, ghosts and other evil spirits follow the house. People have reported that Dr. Priestley and a ghostly figure of a woman on the veranda were seen. They also claim to hear terrible moaning and screaming throughout the residence.
4. The observer home
In 2014 the Broaddus family opened 657 boulevard in New Jersey. The breathtaking house was built for the first time in the early 1900s and has six bedrooms, four fireplaces and four bathrooms. It was the dream house of the Broaduss family until they started to get threatening letters from someone who claimed to be “the observer”. The letter states that “The Watcher” has observed the house and the family since the early 1920s and even addressed the family by name.
The breathtaking house was once sold for $ 1.5 million, but remained unsuccessful for years. The puzzle about “The Watcher” gained traction in the neighborhood and made it difficult for the new owners to sell the house. After all, they sold the property for just over 900,000 US dollars, but they could not unload the current owners. The breathtaking manor house achieved the basis for the popular Netflix series 2022 on the basis of the popular Netflix series from 2022. The observer.
5. SK Pierce Mansion
Built between 1873 and 1875, SK Pierce Mansion belonged to the businessman Sylvester K. Pierce. Pierce on 4 West Broadway in Gardner, Massachusetts, became one of the most famous people in the city. He led a successful chair factory on the other side of the street from his famous manor house with a four-story tower on the Mansard roof with 11-foot ceilings. It also includes ten bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and breathtaking woodwork.
The property was awarded and abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this time, stories frightened about urgent noises, ghostly sightings and fearsome figures everyone who tried to enter the building. At some point the house was available at a price of only 329,000 US dollars. New owners bought the house after an important restoration project and offered night tours through the searched Victorian mansion.
6. The Lewis House
Aubrey Lewis was a hero in Montclair, New Jersey. At various times in his life he worked with the FBI, was an all-American athlete and was a manager for an important company. He lived with his wife Ann and her five children in historical Lewis at home In 44 Pleasant Avenue. The almost 100 -year -old house sat on 3,900 square meters with six bedrooms.
After Lewis died in 2001, the house was sitting on the property for over 20 years, while the city decided what it was to do with it. An attempt to keep the country as a historical site failed. In 2017, the solution to the local government was to bring the house onto the market for the low price of 10 US dollars. It seemed a lot to be, except that the owner had to pay to move and move the house to her cent. Due to the lack of buyers, the city destroyed the house to make room for a new development.
7. Charming Forge Mansion
Ironmaster and glassmaker Baron Stiegel built the famous ones Charming Forge Mansion 1749. The picturesque and charming manor house is aptly named and has seven bedrooms, colonial woodwork and seven different fireplaces. When the new owners took over in 1976, they experienced a strange paranormal activity.
According to Legend, several spirits follow the house, including German soldiers. The most famous is the spirit of the crying lady who dares to go to the home. Due to a supposed curse for the owners, the house was on the market for more than 15 years until it was finally sold for $ 650,000.
8. Ann Starrett Mansion
In 1899 George Starrett built the breathtaking Ann Starrett Mansion For the love of his life on an 8,000 square meter property. The house is a work of art with eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a breathtaking spiral staircase.
Over the years there have been numerous ghost observations by George and Ann and the child’s maid of their child. Due to the legendary coils, the owners always had trouble selling the house despite their wonderful architecture.
9. Halston Penthouse
The architect Paul Rudolph transformed a carriage house into a breathtaking four -story four -stick penthouse In the Upper East Side, Manhattan, 1966. In the 1970s it became the home of the fashion designer Halston. Halson was part of Studio 54 Crowd, together with famous faces such as Liza Minnelli, Andy Warhol and Truman Capote. He often organized the group and others in his famous penthouse and organized wild parties who were full of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll.
The 7,500 square meter penthouse comprises 32 feet high ceilings, a minimalist sunken living room, a guest floor suite and a 1,600 square meter terrace with a brown glass facade.
In 1990 Halston sold the villa before his death. The new owners tried to sell the penthouse, and after a long restoration it was returned to the market for 38 million US dollars in 2011. Although it had reduced the price to 24 million US dollars, it remained unsuccessful. In 2018, the fashion designer Tom Ford bought the residence for $ 18 million. It is unclear whether he was pulled into the penthouse or simply added to his huge collection.
10. Hayes Mansion
The Hayes Mansion is a famous estate and landmark in San Jose, California. At one time, the villa remained down and empty for decades. The late 19th century Mission Revival was the home of the Hayes family. The massive property includes a train station, a chapel, a carriage stop, a post office and a power plant.
In the 1950s, the Hayes family sold the property, but remained empty. Over the years, the Maltese transept has been neglected. It stayed that way until the city of San Jose bought the manor house in 1985.
The Mediterranean estate consists of marble, glass windows and exotic wood and is located on 41,000 square meters.
