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Chelseafc5505 t1_j54ifoi wrote

Yeah, it's a lovely house, but knowing a lady was murdered, stuffed into a suitcase, and encased in a fake concrete slab in the basement would keep me up at night.

Hard pass

Edit: after a bit of research, the house pictured and listed (200 Elmwood) is NOT the house that the poor lady was buried in which was 212-214 Elmwood

Edit 2: this house is so flipping strange. The layout is so convoluted. The basement has two levels to it? The closets have closets? A few dead hallways that lead nowhere.

Can do a 3d tour here https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/200-Elwood-Ave-Newark-NJ-07104/2129926534_zpid/?

It is in complete disarray, has clearly been abandoned for a long time, and needs another 500k minimum put it into it. Might be some of the ornate original interior that's salvageable, but I imagine most of it would have to get trashed, and taken down to the studs.

It almost seems someone saw this as a fixer upper and started to work on it ( a couple of more modern details and finishes) and ran out of money and then just abandoned it.

You'd have to be insane/have very deep pockets to want to take this project on

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