Ferris Bueller House Still for Sale

[Old Moparz]

I thought the movie was good, but the house is just too ugly for me.  

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/why-is-the-ferris-bueller-house-still-for-sale.html

And too expensive at $1,650,000.  



Why Is the Ferris Bueller House Still for Sale?

By Colleen Kane, CNBC.com
Jan 12, 2011

The 57-year-old midcentury modern home at 370 Beech Street in Highland Park, Illinois is instantly recognizable to many 1980s survivors and fans of John Hughes movies as Cameron's house from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." By now, it's also known from popping up in the media, as it's been on the market for over a year.

But this 4-bedroom, 4-bath home has been notable since long before the '80s. Designed in 1953 by A. James Speyer and David Haid, the house is now heralded as "architecturally significant." With this significance, and the added cultural cachet of being featured in the movie, comes a price tag: the house is currently listed at a reduced price of $1,650,000. So how's that market for designer midcentury homes looking lately?
Why Is the Bueller House Still For Sale? (Anyone...?)Ferris Bueller Movie House For Sale

"We have a very bad market in this price range," says the property's realtor, Meladee Hughes (no relation to writer/director John Hughes). "This is a midcentury modern home that is not always what all the young people want-it doesn't have the bathrooms and kitchens with stainless steel-well, it does have some of the original stainless-but the young people want stone, they want this and that [updated features]."

"Some of the buyers that we've had have all wanted to preserve it, but other people walk in and they say, 'Oh my God, I have to put in a new kitchen, a new bath...' "

[68X426]

Still for sale?

Still for sale?

Still for sale?

[bull]

I can't really think of any movie house that would be worth more because it was in a movie, unless it was the focal point. If that's what they're thinking I would disagree but if that's the real market value it is what it is. Maybe the Amityville Horror house or the house/hotel in Psycho or the Money Pit house or something like that would be worth more than normal but this house was only part of maybe 10 minutes of the movie.

[68X426]

Bull, you missed the obvious one. Animal House.

The Delta Tau Chi frat house has to be priceless!

[bull]

I think that one is in Eugene, Oregon.

Yup: http://www.acmewebpages.com/animal/locales.htm

[Silver R/T]

House looks livable to me. As far as paying that much money, someone would be a moron. Even $200,000 houses don't sell around here. One of neighbors had his house on market for over a year before it sold and he had to lower price $30,000

[skip68]

I could see the Brady Bunch house going for big bucks.

[1BAD68]

This is Ferris Bueller's house

[1BAD68]

Anyone recognize what movie this house was in?

[Old Moparz]

I could see the Brady Bunch house going for big bucks.

Yeah, Astro-Turf has that low maintenance appeal to me at this stage of my life. 

[Todd Wilson]

Anyone recognize what movie this house was in?

I dont know but its pretty cool they live in a hood where you can park cars on the lawn!


Todd

[AKcharger]

I heard the FB home was haunted

[BrianShaughnessy]

I could see the Brady Bunch house going for big bucks.

Yeah, Astro-Turf has that low maintenance appeal to me at this stage of my life. 

BB house is listed on zillow...  http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11222-Dilling-St-North-Hollywood-CA-91602/20025974_zpid/

Has a halfazz webpage http://www.davidbrady.com/times/latbrady.html

[greenpigs]

Anyone recognize what movie this house was in?

Home alone?

[Charger_Fan]

I'm sorry, but this thing in Moparz' sig line just gave me my first laugh of the morning.

  Too friggin' funny!

Oh & that last house shown...someone in there needs to get off their lazy butts & shovel the white crap off that driveway.

[PocketThunder]

Anyone recognize what movie this house was in?

Home alone?

what is it 1bad?