Be our neighbor!

primesuspect

Two awesome properties coming up in the Detroit tax foreclosure auction:

http://whydontweownthis.com/us/mi/wayne/148597

and

http://whydontweownthis.com/us/mi/wayne/148560

Both within walking distance of ICHQ

MAGIC

Damn, I really dig the front of the first one.

Signal

Whoa.... I just checked out that site. There are so many homes up for auction.

pseudonym

Done!

JBoogaloo

Damn! $98K for a place with 5K+ sq footage?!?! If there were the jobs and the wife wouldn't mind living there I'd be all over it in a heartbeat! You couldn't get a decent 2 bedroom condo with 1200sq ft for less than 175 here.

Linc

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/-ongoing-renovations-for-last.php

Wow.

primesuspect

1400 sq ft townhouse right around the corner from us: $75K

primesuspect

Live on our street for $89K!

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2013/05/this-cool-woodbridge-duplex-just-dropped-its-price-10k.php

Linc

Lincoln said:

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/-ongoing-renovations-for-last.php

Wow.

I think we should note that this campaign has already worked: Norm moved into the neighborhood last week, into that building.

oni_dels

So many sexy houses for cheap!!

Linc

oni_dels said:

So many sexy houses for cheap!!

Cheap for the rights to it. The expensive part is what comes next.

oni_dels

ah i guess, but if i happen to get one, i guess i'll have a bunch of really cool people from an awesome community that will help me with the labor...

Linc

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/someone-is-trying-to-sell-a-group-home-for-150k-cash.php

No seriously, Icrontic commune.

Karma

We could become The Purple Carpet Munchers.

_k

oh my glob guys make it happen.

trooster89

@Linc said:
http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/someone-is-trying-to-sell-a-group-home-for-150k-cash.php

I guess that solves room and board for next years expo.

Linc

A Sullivan House in Boston Edison: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2014/12/filthy-7bedroom-offered-for-30k-in-bostonedison.php

JBoogaloo

I'm all for the commune place. I'd totally go in with a number of people on this.

primesuspect

This reminds me of the Ghostbusters HQ.

"What do you think, Egon?"

"I think this building should be condemned. There's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is substandard—it's completely inadequate for our power needs—and the neighborhood is like a demilitarized zone."

Ryder

It does remind me of GB HQ

primesuspect

absolutely incredible treasure:

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2015/09/indian-village-showplace-ford-inlaws-former-home-asks-7495k-owners-grandson-describes-familys-long-s.php

Signal

That is a beautiful house, but why is there a morgue in the kitchen?

primesuspect

Also, on the other end of the economic spectrum: $450 a month bedroom in a shared house in grandmont/rosedale (also a really cool neighborhood): http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/roo/5181086510.html

photodude

If only I had the $65 Million plus for this gem...
http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2015/09/iconic-detroit-building-of-the-week-guardian-building.php

Garg

@photodude said:
If only I had the $65 Million plus for this gem...
http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2015/09/iconic-detroit-building-of-the-week-guardian-building.php

I must see this building. I don't know why I haven't yet. Maybe for ICOK!

primesuspect

$249k brick Romanesque around the corner from us

GnomeQueen

@primesuspect said:
$249k brick Romanesque around the corner from us

Linc

While the interior is unbelievable, that brick color is inexplicably repulsive to me.

That said, super happy to see the ask pop up as I'm getting ready for an appraisal

CrazyJoe

I love it. Not a fan of the addition on the back though.

Ryder

@CrazyJoe said:
I love it. Not a fan of the addition on the back though.

I noticed that as well, sooo out of place.

Linc

A look at what's opening in Detroit in 2017: http://detroit.curbed.com/maps/detroit-development-map