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A Virginia home listed for $800,000 that comes with a stranger living in the basement has had multiple offers — including one over asking price
Monica Humphries Mon, April 18, 2022, 12:47 PM
A Virginia house that was listed for $800,000 came with a catch: A person lives in the basement.
The home's Zillow listing also said it needed an estimated $25,000 worth of repairs.
After a few days on the market, the home appears to have found a buyer.
A five-bedroom, four-bathroom house in Fairfax, Virginia, made headlines soon after it hit the market for $800,000 on April 10.
While the house might look like a regular colonial home, the sale had a few contingencies: Its listing on Zillow said there was at least one person living in the basement, which prospective buyers couldn't view.
Nevertheless, within a week the home was off the market. The listing agent told Fox 5, a Fox affiliate in Washington, DC, on Thursday that the property received five offers and was under contract for an amount that's "a bit" above the asking price. The listing's real-estate agent did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
"CASH OFFERS ONLY NO ACCESS to see lower level," the listing said. "Home sold AS IS ONLY with acknowledgement that home will convey with a person(s) living in lower level with no lease in place."
Fox 5's David Kaplan reported that a neighbor said a mother and daughter lived in the basement of the home, but the relationship between the seller and the tenants was unclear.
The Zillow listing described the property as "livable" but needing "some TLC."
It said the 3,548-square-foot home has a sliding door that needs replacing, a broken dishwasher, a leaking toilet, carpet that needs updating, and rotting windows. It estimated that repairs would cost the buyer $25,000.
The listing's photos, which appeared to be unstaged, showed empty bottles and cans in the kitchen, a broken plant pot on the deck, exterior siding covered in a green mold, and clothes and a stained towel in the bathroom.
The listing gained attention after Zillow Gone Wild, a popular social-media account that highlights unique properties listed on the real-estate site, shared it on Tuesday.
On Instagram, where Zillow Gone Wild has 1.4 million followers, a post about the Virginia house had close to 35,000 likes on Monday.
And on Facebook, where the account has 845,000 followers, its post featuring the home had more than 9,300 likes and 2,500 shares.
Thousands of commenters questioned the value of the home and joked about the unique circumstances of the sale. "Wow! What a deal!" one person wrote on Facebook. "You mean I get all this — rotting door and window frames, leaky toilets and broken appliances — PLUS the added bonus of a squatter or two in the basement??? Where do I sign???"
According to Zillow, a typical home in Fairfax is valued at $715,000. On Monday, Zillow showed 14 other five-bedroom homes for sale in the area, with list prices between $700,000 and $1.6 million. None of them, however, come with a roommate.
A Virginia home listed for $800,000 that comes with a stranger living in the basement has had multiple offers — including one over asking price
Monica Humphries Mon, April 18, 2022, 12:47 PM
A Virginia house that was listed for $800,000 came with a catch: A person lives in the basement.
The home's Zillow listing also said it needed an estimated $25,000 worth of repairs.
After a few days on the market, the home appears to have found a buyer.
A five-bedroom, four-bathroom house in Fairfax, Virginia, made headlines soon after it hit the market for $800,000 on April 10.
While the house might look like a regular colonial home, the sale had a few contingencies: Its listing on Zillow said there was at least one person living in the basement, which prospective buyers couldn't view.
Nevertheless, within a week the home was off the market. The listing agent told Fox 5, a Fox affiliate in Washington, DC, on Thursday that the property received five offers and was under contract for an amount that's "a bit" above the asking price. The listing's real-estate agent did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
"CASH OFFERS ONLY NO ACCESS to see lower level," the listing said. "Home sold AS IS ONLY with acknowledgement that home will convey with a person(s) living in lower level with no lease in place."
Fox 5's David Kaplan reported that a neighbor said a mother and daughter lived in the basement of the home, but the relationship between the seller and the tenants was unclear.
The Zillow listing described the property as "livable" but needing "some TLC."
It said the 3,548-square-foot home has a sliding door that needs replacing, a broken dishwasher, a leaking toilet, carpet that needs updating, and rotting windows. It estimated that repairs would cost the buyer $25,000.
The listing's photos, which appeared to be unstaged, showed empty bottles and cans in the kitchen, a broken plant pot on the deck, exterior siding covered in a green mold, and clothes and a stained towel in the bathroom.
The listing gained attention after Zillow Gone Wild, a popular social-media account that highlights unique properties listed on the real-estate site, shared it on Tuesday.
On Instagram, where Zillow Gone Wild has 1.4 million followers, a post about the Virginia house had close to 35,000 likes on Monday.
And on Facebook, where the account has 845,000 followers, its post featuring the home had more than 9,300 likes and 2,500 shares.
Thousands of commenters questioned the value of the home and joked about the unique circumstances of the sale. "Wow! What a deal!" one person wrote on Facebook. "You mean I get all this — rotting door and window frames, leaky toilets and broken appliances — PLUS the added bonus of a squatter or two in the basement??? Where do I sign???"
According to Zillow, a typical home in Fairfax is valued at $715,000. On Monday, Zillow showed 14 other five-bedroom homes for sale in the area, with list prices between $700,000 and $1.6 million. None of them, however, come with a roommate.
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