So, now that we’ve crawled out of that conversation pit, can we talk about the rest of my inbox — namely, this very confusing Kentucky listing several readers sent me?
First, let me just say that the Redfin link that most of the readers sent me is now just a screenshot of a Borat advertisement, so I’m not sure what’s going on there.
A gander at the Realtor.com and Zillow versions, however, does indicate that the home is listed by a Realtor, which raises even more questions about the Redfin link I was provided.
Both of those versions show a large home that, according to the listing, could be used for all kinds of things.
“Church, School, Daycare, Home business this home has been it all. This unique home is just what you are looking for. Two kitchens, a private living space and many more surprises. This is a must see. The pictures do not tell the full story.”
Oh, and what a full story it is. This three-bedroom, four-bath home (or three-bedroom and a half bath, depending on the listing you’re looking at), apparently has quite the provenance, if provenance is Kentucky French for “Holy cow is that porn?”
You see, I googled the address after I got the emails alerting me to the original listing, and found a Daily Mail story that kind of just, explains a lot.
“No effort was made to tidy the residence before the listing photographs were taken, with viewers on the 3D tour coming across unmade beds, dirty floors and crates of DVDs,” the story says. “A giant shower room is also seen, which appears to be an old baptism font. The property once served as Bonaventure Boulevard Church of Christ, but the church moved out more than ten years ago.”
The story says that there are boxes of Christmas decorations and porn (there’s a ho, ho, ho joke in there somewhere) are pictured throughout the home, and that as recently as 2014, it was the site of a couple of arrests.
“In 2014, a father and son were arrested on charges of storing stolen property at the residence, but it is unknown if the goods there now are related to that matter,” the Daily Mail writes. “The property was raided in 2014 following a four-year investigation by police, according to reports at the time by WLKY news. At the time, police claimed there were enough stolen goods inside the home to fill several trucks.”
But the other two versions of the listing are apparently missing a key thing – a 3D tour of the home with uh, some interesting features. Never fear, though — I found that the Daily Mail has actually embedded the video of this Kentucky abode for us (take your Dramamine and put on your pearls, though, because you’re going to get motion sick and you’re also going to need something to clutch).
Want to see the listings? Here’s Zillow, and here’s Realtor.com. Want to see the Daily Mail’s story with more photos? Here ya go.
