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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Mar 24, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:

All good points, also Rob's that the house would probably sell for  
less than
> what seems to be a great price as listed. The owner would be  
> grateful to
> have it sold.

There is a slight chance that a bank owns it, if there was a  
construction loan. Strong evidence of owner financing is again the  
lack of code-required stair rails. Without a final inspection and  
Certificate of Occupancy, or whatever such is called there, a  
financial institution would be loathe to make a loan and, if  
government-insured, could not do so. A land loan, though, might have  
been made, either through a local bank or by the prior land owner.

I have many times read that house remodels often lead to divorce. FLLW  
claimed that bad design could do the same. In this case, I conjecture  
that the husband had a passion to build this innovative house, that  
led to financial strain for the family, and that led to psychological  
pain so strong that the wife went mad.

A couple more thoughts:

1) The neighbor may be purposely driving buyers away;

2) The house actually has greater value due to the publicity.