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Just Wondering....What's the scoop on this house on Highland Road?

Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:53 pm
Posted by Nolalakeview
Member since Feb 2015
2366 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:53 pm
It seems like this house has been under construction/on the market for several years:

4955 Highland Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808

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Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11637 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 7:58 pm to
I’ve always wondered. They’ve been building it for at least a decade now.
Posted by Wawchita
Desiyard Screet
Member since May 2019
76 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:00 pm to
Whats another 100k?
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
52828 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:00 pm to
I use that as a practice house for reno ideas on my actual house
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
138839 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:00 pm to
I can only put so much work towards it after each paycheck.
Posted by SlapahoeTribe
Tiger Nation
Member since Jul 2012
12722 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:00 pm to
They started construction on that house when I was an undergrad... 17-18 years ago.

I would only buy that house for the land. Total demo IMO, because something is very very wrong with it.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45520 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:01 pm to
It’s haunted.
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11637 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:02 pm to
quote:

I can only put so much work towards it after each paycheck.


Slow & steady wins the race
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66991 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:03 pm to
House has terrible symmetry
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36799 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:03 pm to
That’s 2 mil in BR?
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11637 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:05 pm to
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something is very very wrong with it.


Absolutely. It’s had zero residents in 15+ years of construction. It makes no sense.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
52828 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:06 pm to
No...that’s why it’s been on the market since my old arse was in high school
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36799 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:07 pm to
quote:

No...that’s why it’s been on the market since my old arse was in high school




I got a septuple wide here in the sticks with 8 bedrooms 11 baths and 4 kitchens for 75k
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
20386 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:10 pm to
I know something about this as I looked at it at one point several years ago. The builder had this one and another obnoxiously big one in Southdowns for sale at one point. The one in Southdowns has since sold. I figured he would want to get out from under the taxes and debt and put in a low ball offer. Didn’t even blink before rejecting without counter.

House has been sitting empty and largely incomplete the entire time. It’s much worse off than it looks in the ads. Some rooms with no flooring. All kinds of shite incomplete. Worse part is that lots of the plumbing, HVAC and other things will be fricked from sitting so long. I honestly don’t know his end game with it.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
52828 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:10 pm to
How open is the floorplan?
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36799 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

How open is the floorplan?



My living room is 85 feet wide and 75 feet long, but I have to go through 6 doors to get to my closet
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
99037 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:12 pm to
Heard Nick Saban has it under contract, he’s coming home
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
36799 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

I honestly don’t know his end game with it.



Get a couple offers in the vicinity of list price that he can reject before he burns it down
Posted by ruzil
WNC
Member since Feb 2012
18462 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:56 pm to
That's one of Steve Olivier's properties. He wants 2 million for it.

good luck selling it.
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
Member since Oct 2013
5167 posts
Posted on 8/7/19 at 9:16 pm to
Nvm the house I'm thinking of is alot further down Highland.
This post was edited on 8/7/19 at 9:18 pm
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