Yo, Maxie...Make An Offer, Dude Man..

[ABM]

Who knows, you might be able to snag it for $5.2mil.

From: The Denver Post

The palatial pad of Kiki and Peggy Vandeweghe was featured in USA Today on Tuesday as the "most expensive" house on the market in Denver — with a price tag of $7.5 million.

Of course, there are houses in the 'burbs asking up to $33 million — so Kiki's pad sounds like a bargain.

He's now the GM of the New Jersey Nets, so he spends precious little time in the house. Which is too bad, as it has 10 bedrooms, four full and three half-baths, 15,131 square feet, a grand staircase, roof- top deck, mother-in-law apartment, ballroom, theater, parlor-music room, Brazilian tiger-oak flooring, cigar and poker room, carriage house, and heated pool and pool house.

 

[maxiep]

What's funny is I actually made an offer on a home today in Denver.

 

[ABM]

What's funny is I actually made an offer on a home today in Denver.

Much bigger digs.................for when your, ahem, family visits again?

 

[maxiep]

Much bigger digs.................for when your, ahem, family visits again?

One of my hobbies is restoring old homes. The wife and I have been in this one for a while and it's pretty much done. We want a bigger yard for the munchkin as well as a new challenge.

 

[maxiep]

BTW, I just heard back from the realtor representing the seller. She was told to relate the message that my offer was "insulting" and that they wouldn't make a counteroffer. In response, I passed on my appraisal of their property. There's nothing like a little cold water splashed in the face of someone who has never seen a bad real estate market.

 

[ABM]

One of my hobbies is restoring old homes. The wife and I have been in this one for a while and it's pretty much done. We want a bigger yard for the munchkin as well as a new challenge.

Nice. Here's wishing you the best, Bob Vila.

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

BTW, I just heard back from the realtor representing the seller. She was told to relate the message that my offer was "insulting" and that they wouldn't make a counteroffer. In response, I passed on my appraisal of their property. There's nothing like a little cold water splashed in the face of someone who has never seen a bad real estate market.

We had some people a few blocks from us that told friends they were willing to sell their house "by owner" before they listed it with an agent. They were asking $575k for the house (by owner). That was about 10 months ago. The house (now listed with an agent) has an asking price of $399k. I think they got hit with that reality slap. Granted, things weren't as bad 10 months ago as they are now, but even then, I thought they were fairly over-priced.

Gramps...

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

BTW, I just heard back from the realtor representing the seller. She was told to relate the message that my offer was "insulting" and that they wouldn't make a counteroffer. In response, I passed on my appraisal of their property. There's nothing like a little cold water splashed in the face of someone who has never seen a bad real estate market.

Yeah, my boss offered $900,000 on a house about 1 year ago and were laughed at. It recently sold for about $700,000. I wonder if they're still laughing?