Forum Archive: Posts by: BrookLynn816

Morning, I’m a serious lurker and really never had anything to post but I wanted to share something. I know some had inquired a while back wondering whatever became of the Elkin House. Well it is back up for sale. It was listed on Craigslist this weekend and my husband and I went by on Sunday as they held an open house. I’m an HGTV buff and liked the idea of restoring something. We were also interested in the square footage and the asking price of $300k, big drop from the once asking price of $799k. The House was HUGE inside, definitely enough space to spread out.

I have to tell you I was deeply sadden at how the house was destroyed. From what someone that lives on the block said, the house was beautiful. I remember reading in an old post about stuff that was missing from the home. I can surely attest that there are NO mantles, the main floor banister was completely ripped out, windows are broken, etc. Till this day, people are still rummaging through the place as the owner has not cared to lock the place up. There were several radiators lined up at the door.

Despite all of this, we still had a vision of what it could become. We bought along our contractor who gave us a rough estimate of $300k just to make it livable. After house hunting and seeing what people are asking for unmaintained house and what out money would get us, we were fine with because we felt it would be worth it in the long run. We had every intention on putting in an offer but two investors offered cash (below the asking). We are just going to wait and see how it all develops. Since the house is landmarked there will be a lot of restrictions on the type of work they may want to do. Oh well back to the drawing board.