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Well, it's only worth what's someone's willing to pay for it, and the  
price is low for that area, I think.  I am sure the neighbour wouldn't  
mind getting his hands on the property. He told us he "let it slip  
through his hands" at the time of the original land sale. Now it's  
distressed, I'm sure he's waiting the current owner/bank out.

I think there is not much in the way of building codes in West  
Virginia. One house we looked at didn't have a septic. Really green  
field down hill, though. : )

Celia


> Around here, stair rails get forgotten until the C.O. or is the last  
> thing
> done on the house. Don't know why, just is. Saw it repeatedly on  
> appraisals
> of new construction and even on appraisals of refi where the owner  
> had got
> away with it (or promised to install but never did--we had a former  
> County
> Inspection person who was known to sometime look the other way), and  
> the
> appraiser caught it and it became a condition by the Underwriter.
>
>
> > 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.