The house from Ferris Bueller hard to sell

[~~whimsy~~]

The 57-year-old midcentury modern home at 370 Beech Street in Highland Park, Illinois is instantly recognizable to many 1980s survivors and fans of John Hughes movies as Cameron's house from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." By now, it's also known from popping up in the media, as it's been on the market for over a year.

But this 4-bedroom, 4-bath home has been notable since long before the '80s. Designed in 1953 by A. James Speyer and David Haid, the house is now heralded as "architecturally significant." With this significance, and the added cultural cachet of being featured in the movie, comes a price tag: the house is currently listed at a reduced price of $1,650,000. So how's that market for designer midcentury homes looking lately?

"We have a very bad market in this price range," says the property's realtor, Meladee Hughes (no relation to writer/director John Hughes). "This is a midcentury modern home that is not always what all the young people want-it doesn't have the bathrooms and kitchens with stainless steel-well, it does have some of the original stainless-but the young people want stone, they want this and that [updated features]."

"Some of the buyers that we've had have all wanted to preserve it, but other people walk in and they say, ‘Oh my God, I have to put in a new kitchen, a new bath...' "

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/why-is-the-ferris-bueller-house-still-for-sale.html

I'd get it along with a Ferrari and kick it out of the garage.

 

[Hot Mega]

Interesting.

I wouldn't buy it myself as an investment but I would definitely joint venture with a couple of people I know and get creative with it.

Who knows, maybe rent it out for porn shoots (seriously).

 

[PirateKing]

Not surprised. You don't want to risk the possibility of the principal breaking in to try to rape you.

 

[Rey C.]

Ahh... Sloane Peterson. :drool1:

What's this about a house?

 

[shimmy2]

the house i film in is for sale too, many great releases were made there

 

[Supafly]

the house i film in is for sale too, many great releases were made there

How do you manage to keep the floors clean? Good at aiming or good cleaner :1orglaugh

 

[DP Maniac]

Cool article

 

[pete rose]

Grace!

 

[Legzman]

wouldn't be worth that kinda money even if that bad ass red car was in the garage still...oh wait...that car ended up in the trees...never mind, house completely worthless.

 

[PirateKing]

Not surprised. You don't want to risk the possibility of the principal breaking in to try to rape you.

Fail. Wrong house...

 

[D-rock]

Has that realtor ever considered that it could mainly be because people don't feel like spending over a million and a half dollars on a house that's not worth it? It seems highly overrated to me, and doesn't have much other than the fact it was in a semi-memorable movie.

 

[bazza599]

if you chuck in sloane peterson and the ferrari i will buy if for cash

 

[PirateKing]

if you chuck in sloane peterson and the ferrari i will buy if for cash

I'm sure the remains of the Ferrari are still down in the brush. :thumbsup:

As for Sloane, she's got about 25 years on her now if that's alright.

 

[Ulysses31]

I'm sure the remains of the Ferrari are still down in the brush. :thumbsup:

As for Sloane, she's got about 25 years on her now if that's alright.

http://i42.tinypic.com/2pzgoro.png

 

[PirateKing]

http://i42.tinypic.com/2pzgoro.png

Considering the timeskip, it's not too bad.

 

[Rane1071]

http://i42.tinypic.com/2pzgoro.png

Wow, that is a suprise. :surprise: I haven't seen her in anything for ages.

 

[placenta]

yes; Hard to sell at a "reduced price of $1,650,000".