Real Estate - Real Estalking

Sold: Homewood, The Perfect House

Posted on July 6, 2023

188 Dorset St W, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada Homewood is a house I have a real connection with, having been a weekend guest on numerous occasions in the distant past and can honestly tell you - this place is just magical! Not that I don’t go to a lot of weekend events at friends’ homes and cottages (hey, I’m a popular guy!) -the difference here is the home itself. This captivating place in Port Hope was like stepping back in time – stepping back visually of course while not giving up...

For Sale: Mansion … Hospital … Hotel?

Posted on June 30, 2023

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1500 Brinker Road, Wellsburg, West Virginia Square Feet 80,443 Beds 61, Full Baths 24 Half Baths 40 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places Dec 31.1984 (link), Ok now, bear with me on this one for a minute and let me explain. This one at first glance looks like an out-of-control army barracks (or … haunted psych hospital?), but … when you start looking closely (and doing some honest googling of the address) you realize that somewhere in the middle of this jumble of kindling is a turn of the century...

For Sale: Vintage Philip Johnson-Designed Lakefront Retreat in Willsboro NY

Posted on June 14, 2023

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Now here’s a sweet little MCM charmer, which is not only captivatingly stunning, but also comes with quite the pedigree. The 1949 modernist dwelling was designed by the famous Phillip Johnson (1906–2005), who was not only the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art's Architecture Department, he is responsible for an impressive portfolio of international post-modern architectural commissions (Manhattan’s iconic “AT&T Building” and nearby “Lipstick Building”, and Pittsburgh’s PPG Place to name but a few). Johnson is best known however for his own New Canaan, CT weekend home, simply...

For Sale / Movie Houses: The Houses of “THE AMITYVILLE HORROR” (1979): 108 Ocean Ave., Amityville, N.Y

Posted on May 29, 2023

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Those of you who know me, or at least those who have read any of my posts, you know I loves me a good old creepy house – put that house on the water and normally I’m sold. But even I have my limits – those limits would be personified by this one. The Amityville Horror house in Long Island. Even if you’re not a believer in the occult – this is the home where the very real 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. who at 3:15 am on November 13, 1974, shot...

For Sale: The Bishop Mansion – The Largest Home in Detroit, Michigan

Posted on May 17, 2023

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Ok, now this one does have a real “Pseudo-Institutional”, stern private school look about it, which I believe was the original intent by design, but this place still is kind of cool – mainly due to its history. This gothic monster is a 32,000 square foot Tudor Revival mansion constructed between 1924 and 1926 on a prime 2 acre lot in the heart of Detroit’s preeminent Palmer Woods neighbourhood (1880 Wellesley Drive). The massive official looking residence was originally designed not only as the home of the Detroit Bishop Diocese,...