This property is being sold sight unseen, as is where is. Due to the overgrown and unsafe nature of the property there are NO INSPECTIONS PERMITTED. Welcome to 77 Nioka Street Brookfield ... a true diamond in the rough." So began the advertisement for a property which recently sold for $1.281 million - click here.
Prospective buyers were not allowed inside the building – or even inside the property – because of the risk to their safety. It wouldn't have been easy to take a thorough look anyway, as overgrown vegetation dominated the garden on the semi-rural property, while some rooms were chock-full of household stuff. Despite the property’s condition, it garnered forty registered bidders and about 130 people attended the 25-minute auction that had to be held in the street for safety reasons.
As the auctioneer - obviously tongue-in-cheek - remarked, "There are no easily comparable properties on the market." Which is what every seller wants: a totally unique property. So next time Padma tells me to get rid of some old stuff, I will tell her, "Let's wait a bit and do a Brookfield."
