Thread by @StevenTDennis

First up on an *EPIC* edition of #FridayNightZillow

A New York mansion *literally* built for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

It's *INSANE*, it's in the Bronx, and it has a crazy nearly-100-year backstory.

15K sf, $9.8M, *2.5 acres*
zillow.com/homedetails/36…

"Built in 1928 by Genevieve Ludlow Griscom, a member of the club—or cult—the Outer Court of the Order of the Living Christ. The group worked off the idea that Jesus, upon his return, would decamp to the Bronx..." #FridayNightZillow ny.curbed.com/2017/4/5/15197…

This doesn't really seem like the bathroom of a carpenter. #FridayNightZillow

This bathroom should come with a warning. #FridayNightZillow

Ready for a workout in the Green Room. #FridayNightZillow

I guess this is where Jesus would sleep? #FridayNightZillow

Yeah, I have no idea what that is. #FridayNightZillow

https://twitter.com/love_life49/status/1439027940646273025?s=20

A sad backstory here.
Sandra Galuten and her late husband Jerry renovated the house but she had to sell, and ended up living in a hotel room.
"How this woman went from living in a 'Jesus' mansion to Bronx hotel room" #FridayNightZillow
nypost.com/2019/03/02/how…

Apparently the Order that built this lived in shacks on and near the property and would only go in the mansion to dust, play the piano and maintain it for the moment Christ would arrive; he didn't. #FridayNightZillow

Artifacts apparently include Vatican-quality marble and chandeliers from the Plaza Hotel. #FridayNightZillow

Also, apparently updated with modern amenities like a walk-in freezer, a whole-house generator and a Safe Room. Feels ironic. #FridayNightZillow

Jesus never showed up, but soap star Susan Lucci apparently did. #FridayNightZillow

I don't know about you, but I'd 100X rather have this house and these views than those vertigo-inducing Billionaire Row monstrosities. Though I would be doing some redecorating! #FridayNightZillow

Next up: An even-more-insane, mega-haunted, mega-priced mega-mansion on the coast. #FridayNightZillow

Allegedly HAUNTED Newport, Rhode Island mega-mansion is on #FridayNightZillow. It has a bizarre backstory which starts, surprisingly, in *Dupont Circle.*

Read along, this is a fun one... zillow.com/homedetails/19…

"Built in 1907 for Edson Bradley, it was originally located in Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C." ! The mansion was moved later to Newport, piece by piece. The feat was covered by "Ripley's Believe it or Not" #FridayNightZillow

"Rooms that had been imported intact from France and installed in Washington, D.C. twenty years earlier were moved again and reassembled in Newport, and the new building was constructed around them."
They got awards for this apparent Gilded Age insanity. #FridayNightZillow

Stats: 29BRs, 19BAs, 43K square feet, 30 parkings spaces and 7+ lush acres on the coast.
Pretty pricey though at $29.9M and I'd want to do A LOT of renovating. #FridayNightZillow

It includes "The Flagellation" (circa 1544–47), "an early-Renaissance stained-glass window designed for Milan Cathedral," per the listing. But that's not why it's supposedly haunted... #FridayNightZillow

Seaview has its own Wikipedia page.
Nugget:
* Exterior was set of 1960s TV show Dark Shadows
* Featured in goofy ghosty-themed episodes on SyFy and Travel Channel
* 1973 movie Great Gatsby filmed next door
* Sold for $8K in 1949 after WWII use by Army
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaview_T…

Newport Buzz posted a "Ghost Hunters" episode with an "investigation" of the haunted stuff at the mansion. Skimmed it. SO CRINGY. Basically, they say they hear voices & stuff & a camera falls over. But the house does seem haunt-y! #FridayNightZillow thenewportbuzz.com/ghost-hunters-…

Normally, if I'm spending $29.9M I want some gaudy kitchen shots, sweet wood floors, some kind of heated pool and so on. This place was used for a long time as a school with a dorm though. #FridayNightZillow

A little disappointing the pics don't show much of this. Or a kitchen and some bathooms...

"The home covered more than half a city block, and included a chapel with seating for 150, a large ballroom, an art gallery, and a 500-seat theatre." #FridayNightZillow

Up NEXT on #FridayNightZillow (A LOT MORE TO COME): I'll reveal what this is and where you can find it:

https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1438660842485080067?s=20

"Hot Yoga Room/Turkish Bath"
Gets steamy in there; mood lighting available. This white marble room alone is 500 sf! Designed to reach 105 degrees. Alexandria, Virginia, you're on #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/49…

I actually really like this house. It's got some cringe, but I like the layout and feels like some thought went into it.

$2M, 6BRs, 8BAs, 7K+SF
#FridayNightZillow

Not sure about this bathroom though. #FridayNightZillow

You'd have to really like that color, the idea of showering in the middle of a room with a naked person staring at you from a painting, and hope that the painting doesn't get moldy from being in a bathroom. #FridayNightZillow

But I could see myself actually enjoying a week rental here. Maybe that's the highest and best use? VRBO? #FridayNightZillow

Up next on #FridayNightZillow. Posting this for one reason: this was "Frank Sinatra's desert hideaway" Villa Maggio. $4.25M. California. Not my style, but maybe it's yours. zillow.com/homedetails/70…

I'm posting this on #FridayNightZillow for one reason. It's the mansion of the founder of Bob's Big Boy. And yes, it includes a Bob's Big Boy statue. $3.75M. Palm Springs, California. redfin.com/CA/Palm-Spring…

Time for some affordable housing next on #FridayNightZillow. Warning: The taxidermy conveys.

Fair warning, this place is a little nuts, and features this angry owl. #FridayNightZillow

The hides, taxidermy, and a 17' boat convey.

Walking distance to a lake, 2BR, 1BA, both the front and rump of a deer sticking out of a wall, .37 acres for, checks notes, $159K.

Friendship, Wisconsin, you're on #FridayNightZillow
zillow.com/homedetails/22…

The lampshades with the clothespins are a nice touch. #FridayNightZillow

Just $818 a month estimated payment. No HOAs either.

Time for a palate cleanser. 1BR, 2 car garage, off-grid in middle of forest. 5 acres. $535K. Washington state. It's gorgeous. #FridayNightZillow
zillow.com/homedetails/45…

I could live here. Just put a Starlink receiver on top of a tree or something. #FridayNightZillow

Next up, just a nice, renovated DC rowhouse. $699K gets you 3BR, 4BAs, 1750 sf. DC is on #FridayNightZillow
zillow.com/homedetails/61…

"All of this is just a .8 mile walk to Takoma metro! The Walter Reed Development which will feature Whole Foods is just up the street." Real estate agents must have a handbook that tells them all to say stuff like this. #FridayNightZillow

Things are cheaper in ... OHIO.

6BRs, 3BAs, 4K+SF, Victorian on the National Register, looks to be in good condition for, checks notes, $264K??? #FridayNightZillow
zillow.com/homedetails/65…

You could retire here with a monthly payment of a little over $1,300 and more space than you know what to do with. I'd want to overhaul that blindingly white kitchen though. #FridayNightZillow

Ok, but what about just flat, cheap houses? Welcome Waynoka, Oklahoma to #FridayNightZillow, where $44K gets you 3BRs, 2BA. A $182 monthly payment!!
That's cheaper than a storage locker will cost you on the East Coast and it appears to be a real home.
zillow.com/homedetails/15…

Fixer-upper of the week. Wichita mansion called the "most historic" in Kansas in 2010 (?) is available for just $139.9K. But it needs a ton of work. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/10…

Next up on #FridayNightZillow: A gorgeous mansion with, um, a cannabis factory??? What? This is America in 2021 apparently.

This Oregon mansion starts out normal looking enough. #FridayNightZillow. Then around Pic 76 it starts going off the rails. zillow.com/homedetails/80…

The setting is just flat gorgeous. The inside is pretty standard fare for big overbuilt suburbia. #FridayNightZillow

🤯"This inspiring home and landscape also includes an OLCC tier 1 mix use cannabis producer license that creates a steady income year-round with its professionally built 5000 sf shop w/4 fully automated, indoor flower rooms & separate trim & dry/cure rooms." #FridayNightZillow

Marijuana remains against federal law. There are folks in some states still going to jail for having just this kind of a facility. While others just advertise them as part of their $2.5M McMansion properties on Zillow!
#FridayNightZillow

A big, modernized historic Victorian in Wichita.
Just $349K. I really like this one. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/12…

Next up: A $135M condo that illustrates the SALT deduction debate.
Should the buyer of this Billionaire Row condo get to deduct their $1.2M/year property tax from their income for their federal taxes? Some say yes, @AOC says no. #FridayNightZillow
zillow.com/homedetails/43…

Kansas has some weird properties. Like, this totally creepy missile silo. $420K. Not sure if that price is meant as a joke. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/24…

Gonna end with a couple fantasy properties. This one in Orlando is $25M and I'm posting mainly for this sweet library. But it's worth a click through if you want some late-night gaud. #FridayNightZillow zillow.com/homedetails/92…

Wrapping up #FridayNightZillow with what *I think* is the most expensive 2BR home listing in USA. $36M, Malibu, gorgeous. Was $18M 5 years ago. Enjoy! If you've made it this far, let me know what you liked, what you hated, and see you next week! zillow.com/homedetails/27…