Mansions across the US have been left untouched and unwanted, including Kanye West’s unfinished Malibu home and Michael Jordan’s 56,000-square-foot custom-built home in Illinois.
Another enormous house on a remote island in Montana, and a “zombie house” near Portland, Oregon, have also been vacant for years.
The properties are difficult to sell because they are unfinished and lack basic necessities such as electricity and water.
The modifications to Jordan’s home have made it extremely difficult to find a buyer willing to spend money to erase his style and adoration for basketball.
Kanye West bought his 4,000-square-foot Malibu pad (center) in 2021 and began gutting the space, but never completed the project
Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband recently lowered the asking price to $39 million for the space without water and electricity
West, 46, originally purchased his 4,000-square-foot Malibu pad in 2021 and began gutting the space, but never completed the project.
He put his concrete beach house in Malibu up for sale in December for $53 million after failing to convert it into a “fallout shelter.”
Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband recently lowered the asking price to $39 million for the space without water and electricity.
His renovation work also left the house without windows or electricity, as he had plans to turn it into “a 1910s air raid shelter.” TMZ reported.
The rapper became embroiled in a lawsuit after the renovation project’s former manager, Tony Saxon, sued the artist for allegedly firing him after he “expressed concerns about the extreme danger” of the renovations.
West is teaming up with Selling Sunset star real estate agent Jason Oppenheim, 47, to sell the four-bedroom, five-bathroom home.
“It will cost several million dollars before the house is finished,” Oppenheim told the newspaper Wall Street Journal.
The rapper became embroiled in a lawsuit after the renovation project’s former manager, Tony Saxon, sued the artist for allegedly firing him after he “expressed concerns about the extreme danger” of the renovations.
Michael Jordan has been trying to sell his Highland Park, Illinois property since February 2012. (photo: his custom front port with his iconic jersey number ’23’ on it)
Jordan, 61, has been trying to sell his personalized nine-bedroom, 19-bathroom home since he put it on the market in February 2012.
For more than a decade, the Highland Park, Illinois complex has seen dramatic price drops as it was first listed for $29 million and is now selling for $14.9 million.
The closest he came to a sale was at auction in November 2013, but no one was willing to bid the minimum of $13 million.
The basketball legend stamped the house with his iconic jersey number ’23’ on his private gate and on a large basketball court.
In addition to the many rooms and bathrooms, the home comes with a putting green, cigar lounge, and a gigantic outdoor space on 7.39 acres.
In 2019, Bruce Bowers of Bowers Realty Group said Business insider: ‘It’s clearly his house. It’s a hard sell. A lot of work has to be done to make it your own.”
The NBA star owns a total of five homes, including one in Jupiter, Florida, which he recently purchased for $16.5 million
The NBA star owns a total of five homes, including one in Jupiter, Florida, which he recently purchased for $16.5 million.
His three other multi-million dollar homes, including two in North Carolina and one in Utah, are also for sale.
A sprawling mansion in Flathead Lake, Montana, has also struggled to sell.
Located on Cromwell Island, the 45,000-square-foot mansion was built in the late 1990s but was never completed.
The enormous house sits on 350 hectares, including five kilometers of coastline. According to the mentionThe original owner was Robert M. Lee, the founder of Hunting World, an international sporting and hunting equipment company.
Lee bought the land in the 1980s and planned to build the house for him and his wife, but after he died in 2016, construction came to a halt.
A sprawling mansion in Flathead Lake, Montana, has also struggled to sell. The enormous house sits on 350 hectares, including five kilometers of coastline
According to the listing, the original owner was Robert M. Lee, the founder of Hunting World, an international sporting and hunting equipment company.
Anne Brockinton Lee, his widow, told the Wall Street Journal that the couple lived full-time at their Lake Tahoe home.
Anne said she has thought about finishing the house in Montana, but it brings back sad feelings and memories of her late husband.
The house is currently for sale for $72 million.
A graffiti-filled, boarded-up, 9,052-square-foot home in Tigard, Oregon, known as the “zombie house,” is also on the list.
The seven-bedroom house is located about 10 miles outside of Portland and has not been occupied since it was abandoned in 2008.
Construction of the house began in 2006, but the project was never completed.
A graffiti-filled, boarded-up 9,052-square-foot home in Tigard, Oregon known as the “zombie house” has also struggled to find a buyer
The seven-bedroom house is located about 10 miles outside of Portland and has never been occupied since it was abandoned in 2008.
According to the mentionwhich shows redesigned photos of the neglected property, the house sits on 1.5 hectares of land.
The house is not equipped with water, heating or electricity and squatters regularly live in the space The Oregonian.
The property is currently on the market for $1.5 million as the listing agent, Eric Squire, said the price was “stormy.”
‘There is real value here. The bones are good, and when it’s finished it will be a $3 to $6 million property,” Squire told The Oregonian.