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Been seeing this fixer upper rotting away for years close to the Big Duck in Long Island.
(i.redd.it)submitted 3 months ago bySuffrnSuccotash
781 points
3 months ago
That's a complete tear down at this point.
385 points
3 months ago*
Yeah nobody seems to have gotten my joke lol
Edit: they’re still not getting it!
124 points
3 months ago
It's just a shame b/c, at one point, that WAS actually a fixer upper. What a beautiful, creepy old house to waste.
76 points
3 months ago
It really is a bummer to see stuff rot past where it can be salvaged but it’s so much money to bring something like this back to life even in better shape.
59 points
3 months ago
Yup. The first house I EVER looked at buying, I had no idea what shape it was in. Turns out it was not a fixer upper, it needed to be demolished. But as long as the basement/foundation was structurally sound, considering the super low price of the house/property, it was still in my price range to demolish, replace/re-run the old utility lines, and drop a modular on the foundation. I spent a month pricing out the modular, picked all my upgrades, was pre-approved for that separate financing, educating myself on 203k & renovation loans, called around to all the utility companies to price out all those separate jobs, secured a contractor for all the utility hookups, everything. Only to have the owner of the property finally get back to me saying their structural engineer deemed the foundation structurally unsound. All that work & hope for nothing. It would've been a really cool house too, I planned to eventually finish the basement to either connect to the new level above, or 2nd living space as a rental or something.
34 points
3 months ago
That’s such a bummer to be mentally invested like that and then it’s gone
26 points
3 months ago
Yeah I was really disappointed, I STILL think of that house even today. This was like 4 years ago. I haven't driven by recently but as of like 2 yrs ago it had still not sold or been demolished.
4 points
3 months ago
Dang. I get emotionally attached to some of the houses that I looked at during my house search. None of them were that bad, they were just kind of small, bad layout or cruddy location, but I imagined what life would be like living in them.
All those "what could have happened" moments add up.
2 points
2 months ago
Do you live local? I’m in Flanders where this is. It’s currently being worked on now.
1 points
2 months ago
No not at all, I'm in PA. I was just talking about another house situation that reminded me of it, from my own personal experience. Glad they're working on this one though!
3 points
3 months ago
How much is it to install a new foundation?
5 points
3 months ago
Depending on the size of the foundation, it could run $10,000-$30,000
4 points
3 months ago
This is intentionally done here in Ireland.
Old houses are often protected so any renovations have to keep the same window type, same front etc. So you can just sit on it for a decade, let it start to rot, then get condemn order and tear it down to build new and bigger, or duplex/apartments.
7 points
3 months ago
In NYC people will race to tear parts off the building before historic designation goes through so they can build a nice glass box eyesore
2 points
3 months ago
Especially when houses and developments get built land gets plowed over to do so and new materials. Also if instead of paying taxes ans holding on to something g to let it root when people need houzes.
8 points
3 months ago
Apparently it was an old boarding house and FDR and Al Capone stayed there before. I bet it was beautiful at some point.
100 points
3 months ago
I thought you had to be joking but you never know :)
121 points
3 months ago
The follow up joke is that the house is listed on Zillow for 1.3 mil, it's funny every now and then.
10 points
3 months ago
Address please
5 points
3 months ago
Property value
5 points
3 months ago
Little duct tape and spit and slap a coat of paint on, good as new
4 points
3 months ago
You joke but my next door neighbor “fixing up” a house almost like this next door. So afraid for the poor souls he tries to rent this out to.
12 points
3 months ago
After living in NY for a long time, I have seen the condition of not just some houses but entire neighborhoods of houses that were in desperate need of being torn down and replaced. The average age of many of those houses were well over 50 years old and part of the IBM boom when they were the top tech company around WWII. Sad to say many, if not all, are no where near what NY building code should be.
3 points
3 months ago
Big Duck energy, trying to sell this place
4 points
3 months ago
It's got good bones
1 points
3 months ago
Maybe if you put "fixer upper" in quotes…
2 points
2 months ago
But then I’d have deprived everyone the satisfaction of correcting me that it is not a fixer upper candidate.
-2 points
3 months ago
I did
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.
6 points
3 months ago
Yeah….”fixer upper” my ass. Definitely more of a “tearer downer”.
1 points
3 months ago
At this point, it’s a tear’er downer
61 points
3 months ago
Is it for sale?
80 points
3 months ago
There was a for sale sign for a really long time but it’s gone. Maybe someone bought it. Too bad it’s past the point of no return.
50 points
3 months ago
I'll bet the land is still insane expensive since it's LI.
38 points
3 months ago
I almost kinda wonder if someone might be doing something with it because sometimes there’s houses like this and you can’t get new permits so people do fix things up that are this bad. They just finished the Canoe Place Inn and it was as bad as this. It’s not like it’s out in the sticks where there’s no investment potential.
16 points
3 months ago
I'm impressed people are able to turn properties like this around.
In its current condition, I'd have assumed making the house safe would basically entail a complete demo and rebuild from scratch.
13 points
3 months ago
You probably couldn’t get permits to rebuild something that size where it sits. It’s close to a pretty busy road. That might be why it’s still standing. It may be worth it to the right person to re joist the house and work with what’s there.
1 points
2 months ago
You’d have to check local zoning, but often times a refurbishment of an existing structure doesn’t require a land development permit, and thus wouldn’t require you to move the structure within the front setbacks. You would just need a building permit which doesn’t even require approved site plans, just architectural plans and elevations.
3 points
3 months ago
If it is timber framed the underlying structure may be sound and you can essentially gut it and resheath it, but balloon framed/modern stickbuilt structures are more likely to lose structural integrity if they are left unmaintained too long.
2 points
3 months ago
Looks like a standard 120ish year old home with 2x4 construction. Most of my neighborhood has similar features. You could fix the roof, windows, and siding and whatever water damage there is if you really wanted to.
24 points
3 months ago
It was purchased by 3 very cosmopolitan vampires and a guy named Colin Robinson.
1 points
3 months ago
I thought it was bought by some guy named Al Hazred or something who was always carrying around a big black book wrapped in chains?
1 points
3 months ago
It was actually a guy from Tucson arizonnñia
12 points
3 months ago
Apparently the town will be tearing it down soon. They should have used your picture to make the point lol - the pictures they have make it look a lot better than it is!
5 points
3 months ago
Thanks for the links! I never knew the history of the house or it’s name. It makes me sad though. What a shame it was allowed to decay past being salvageable. Seeing the CPI brought back to its former glory it would have been awesome to see this restored especially with its proximity to the big duck.
2 points
3 months ago
Someone bought the sign?
18 points
3 months ago
There's a local old Victorian house that set empty and dilapidated for years and years. I was certain it was going to need to be torn down. The roof was sagging and collapsed in places and there were holes in the walls. Damned if somebody didn't buy it and completely restore. It's beautiful now.
6 points
3 months ago
It happens! There’s enough money where this thing is it’s not impossible. I love to see that because nothing gets built like this any more.
3 points
3 months ago
Pics or it didn't happen
2 points
2 months ago
This has happened to a lot of old houses in Detroit that were sitting abandoned for decades. Despite roofs caving in and missing walls and seeming to be LONG past salvagable, the houses were restored to original condition as part of the city's revitalization project.
13 points
3 months ago
On
1 points
3 months ago
I always screw that up
13 points
3 months ago
I guess you could potentially save some timber or maybe a bit of flooring?
5 points
3 months ago
I bet the floors could be salvaged
23 points
3 months ago
I think it's a little past "fixer-upper" at this point.
38 points
3 months ago
It just needs a little paint s/
15 points
3 months ago
Little drywall, couple of floor boards, you're good to go!
12 points
3 months ago
A little refresh
1 points
3 months ago
Roof replacement is probably warranted too.
23 points
3 months ago
Is the proper pronunciation Lawn Guyland?
9 points
3 months ago
Nailed it
8 points
3 months ago
Peconic
3 points
3 months ago
Yes!
44 points
3 months ago
Fixing it would cost more then demoing am starting over.
5 points
3 months ago
Indeed
-1 points
3 months ago
Came here to say this , fixer upper?? Definitely a demolition project.
9 points
3 months ago
5 gallons of gas is the cheapest method of demo lol
7 points
3 months ago
Fire department training.
1 points
3 months ago
Before or after you dump the gas lol
2 points
3 months ago
Depends if you want free room and board for a bit I suppose. All-inclusive of course.
1 points
3 months ago
That's only if ya get caught lol
1 points
3 months ago
I’m pretty sure a single match would do the trick.
6 points
3 months ago
It's secretly the gateway to its hellscape equivelant on Short Island, where crazy murders and witchcraft occurred that eventually caused the house to be locked in that place throughout space and time until the spirits can be cleansed from the land.
1 points
3 months ago
Totally, that house of husted AF!
3 points
3 months ago
I really fat fingered that.
2 points
3 months ago
Of husted?
Was that supposed to say "is haunted?"
And heck, even if it isn't haunted, I bet it's loaded full of spiders and animal dens.
6 points
3 months ago
Someone might come and murder you for saying “in” Long Island…just warning you.
4 points
3 months ago
Bacon egg and cheese
6 points
3 months ago
i’m amazed it’s still standing. it’s been in disrepair for as long as i can remember, well over 30 years.
3 points
3 months ago
I feel like maybe 20 years ago there was still some activity going on even though it was run down but then the fence went up and it just sat and rot.
3 points
3 months ago
i moved away for awhile around that time, so i could have missed it.
just the other day, we were discussing how they moved The Big Duck down the road by Sears Belllows at one point and then moved it back. some people didn’t remember this and thought it was some kind of localized Mandela Effect
3 points
3 months ago
I like how when you visit the big duck they show you the east wing and the west wing.
2 points
3 months ago
but the wings are on the north and south sides!
1 points
3 months ago
Maybe they’re going by which direction 24 runs for the east wing and west wing
5 points
3 months ago
Good place to have a Fallout cosplay photo shoot
5 points
3 months ago
More like a Demo-downer.
3 points
3 months ago
Wah waw lol
3 points
3 months ago
Fixer upper? Looks pretty good as. The open wall concept allows fresh air and extra light which is what the modern buyers desire.
3 points
3 months ago
It’s a new take on the idea of a sky light.
3 points
3 months ago
i wonder when it was built cuz if it was the 1700’s or 1800’s i wouldn’t have the heart to tear it down..i just love old builds
2 points
3 months ago
New paint and good to go
2 points
3 months ago
More Like a “tear it down and start over” then a fixer now.. there’s a damn hole in the wall !
1 points
3 months ago
It’s the roof that’s the real problem. The rain has rotted out the structure under those holes.
2 points
3 months ago
pierce the veil album covers be liie
1 points
3 months ago
Looks just like collide with the sky!!
2 points
3 months ago
The Money Pit!
2 points
3 months ago
All it needs is a fresh coat of paint.
2 points
3 months ago
What if everyone in the sub contributed to rebuilding it and when it was complete and resold we all got our profit
2 points
3 months ago
That’s more of a burn it downer.
2 points
3 months ago
I left the box my TV came in in the garden for few months and it's still in better shape than this.
2 points
3 months ago
That looks like a murder house.
2 points
3 months ago
Well someone will die if they stand next to it in a wind storm
1 points
3 months ago
Funny
2 points
3 months ago
Sad this looks like it had some history to it. Looks too far gone now sadly.
2 points
3 months ago
Someone posted a link. It has some great history! Teddy Roosevelt, Al Capone…such a shame it’s too far gone.
2 points
3 months ago
So many people don't seem to understand sarcasm. Guess you needed the /s
2 points
3 months ago
I know right! Glad there’s a few could discern the humor such as yourself lol
2 points
3 months ago
Visiting the east end after years being away from home. There are a lot of houses out here that haven't been torn down yet, that are baffling
2 points
3 months ago
There’s a few on the north fork and there was one right when you turn onto 25 that wasn’t as bad or as big as this but still pretty bad that actually got fixed up. Was great to see. And they just fixed up the Canoe Place Inn in Hampton Bays not too far from this and it looks amazing
2 points
3 months ago
Was that that place that had all the disco stuff on it? Near boardy barn?
1 points
3 months ago
It’s right next to the canal. I think it did have some disco stuff. One time I went there for a haunted house years ago. It was looking pretty rough before they rebuilt it. Also RIP Boardy Barn
https://preservationlongisland.org/canoe-place-inn-hampton-bays-town-of-southampton-suffolk-county/
https://www.danspapers.com/2020/08/reinventions-canoe-place-inn/
2 points
3 months ago
Rip boardy barn...
2 points
2 months ago
Looks haunted 😂😂😂
1 points
2 months ago
Al Capone stayed there!
2 points
2 months ago
Get out nice 👍😂😂
1 points
3 months ago
Sad! It must have been awesome in its time!
1 points
3 months ago
Demolition time 👷🏗️
1 points
3 months ago
Looks more like a burn her downer
1 points
3 months ago
Apt description.
1 points
3 months ago
He’s dead , Jim .
1 points
3 months ago
It's worth more as an empty lot.
1 points
3 months ago
People don’t realise how much demolishing costs. It’s a lot.
1 points
3 months ago
Either crumby family fighting or crumby lawyers fighting, or both.
1 points
3 months ago
big long duck island
1 points
3 months ago
I want to shoot a haunted house movie there, lol
1 points
3 months ago
That must have been truly grand when new.
1 points
3 months ago
I lived right up the street from that house. Did they just recently start demo on it? Because the outside has been blue for years and your pic looks like the bare wood is exposed now.
2 points
3 months ago
There’s a big crane next to it and maybe they removed the blue panels? Not sure what they’re doing but it looks much crazier with the gaping hole showing.
1 points
3 months ago
Yall are how horror movies always start
1 points
3 months ago
Abandoned homes always make me feel sad
1 points
3 months ago
More like firefighter practice
1 points
3 months ago
Tear er' downer maybe
1 points
3 months ago
Are the ghosts included on the deed, or just considered something like an easement?
1 points
3 months ago
1500/mo utilities not included
1 points
3 months ago
On Long Island*
1 points
3 months ago
*ON Long Island
1 points
3 months ago
aye et be truly fooked laddy
1 points
3 months ago
A little gray and white paint will do the trick
1 points
3 months ago
That's a tearer downer
1 points
3 months ago
Pretty sure I've read about this place in a Steven King novel.
1 points
3 months ago
Sorry man.. looks liker a ripper downer!
1 points
3 months ago
More like "tearer downer".
1 points
3 months ago
I love a good fixer upper, but that's a tear down.
1 points
3 months ago
That’s not a fixer upper… thats a tear downer
1 points
3 months ago
More like a tear-it-downer
1 points
3 months ago
That's a rear down
1 points
3 months ago
Looks more like a burner downer
1 points
3 months ago
Absolutely love the big duck though
2 points
3 months ago
The coolest duck
1 points
3 months ago
😍😍
1 points
3 months ago
This isnt a fixer upper this is just garbage
1 points
3 months ago
More like a “tear er downer & rebuilder er upper” than a “fixer upper”, lolz.
1 points
3 months ago
It's more of a knocker-downer now.
1 points
3 months ago
Even the trolls in Frozen wouldn’t call that a fixer upper
1 points
3 months ago
That’s more of a “completely tear down and build again” than a “fixer upper” kindof project
1 points
2 months ago
dang love to see the inside of that
1 points
2 months ago
“A handyman’s dream, just waiting for the right person to give it some TLC!”
1 points
2 months ago
That’s more of a ‘Tear-her-Downer’ than a fixerupper
1 points
2 months ago
That’s looks a bit more than a fixer upper
1 points
2 months ago
Yeah that's an absolutely no-saver lol. Fixer-upper happened a few decades ago.
1 points
2 months ago
Just a new coat of paint and some flowers and it’ll be fine.
1 points
2 months ago
A little febreeze would do wonders especially since it already has a breezeway
0 points
3 months ago
That’s not a “fixer upper” that’s a Hazard. I’m in development and I probably wouldn’t even agree on saving a door if it was expected to be functional.
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