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The Bad News: You’re Not the Winner of the Fifty Dollar House. Good News? It’s For Sale
March 27th, 2009 Categories: Buyers, Real Estate News, The Fifty Dollar "Raffle" House
That’s Right! And You Could Do a Heck of a Lot Worse Than Pay $799,900 for a Home That Appraised in November for $1.2 Mil
Unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere in the Annapolis area, you know all about the now famous Fifty Dollar House. It was raffled off in January to one lucky winner – Karen McHale of Idaho Springs, Colorado - whom you met here shortly after she heard the exciting news.
With a touch of regret – she says it would have been delightful to own a second home near the Chesapeake, but her retirement plans will take she and her husband west, not east - Mrs. McHale has decided to sell the property. And she’s hired us – The Moss Haedrich Team - to help her do just that.
We’ll be bringing you regular updates about the home – 1 Poplar Point Road in Edgewater. For the moment, suffice to say that it’s a beautiful 6 bedroom, 4 1/2 bath home with real style (contemporary Cape Cod meets historic charm; part of the original structure dates back to the 1800’s!) and modern appeal.
One outstanding feature is a separate wing – with full kitchen, bedroom and office/study area – that would do beautifully as an in-law, guest or au pair suite. The main gathering area of the home is open living/kitchen space, with fabulous hardwood floors, granite and stainless steel appliances – just stunning.
If you’d like a peek, you can see some photos of 1 Poplar Point Rd. If you’d like to see the MLS listing, just email me at kenhaedrich@gmail.com and I’ll be happy to send it along.
Stay tuned for more about this lovely property. Meanwhile, if you’d like to arrange for a private preview, email me or call Bev at 410-353-2469.
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Meet Karen McHale, Winner of the ($1.2 million) Fifty Dollar House in Edgewater
January 28th, 2009 Categories: Real Estate News, The Fifty Dollar "Raffle" House
(Update: The winner of the Fifty Dollar House, whom you’ll meet here, has decided to sell. You can read all about it by clicking here.)
We’ve all driven by it dozens of times along Route 2, vowing that we’d plunk down $50 for a raffle ticket…and maybe, just maybe get lucky.
But a Colorado woman who never did drive by – indeed, who has never even visited the Annapolis area – turned out to be the lucky winner of the 6 bedroom, 4 1/2 bath, 6,000+ square foot home known locally as the Fifty Dollar House.
Karen McHale, a chemical engineer from Idaho Springs, Colorado, claims she’s never won a thing in her life. But when she heard about the raffle on the news and learned that ticket sales would help support a good cause – We Care and Friends - she said, “Why not? Even if I don’t win, I’ll be helping out.”
Married and a mother of two, McHale promptly put the raffle out of her head. Then out of the blue she received a phone call this past Friday afternoon from Tom Walters, the home’s owner, informing her that she held the winning ticket. “At first I thought it was a joke! I was excited, and a little in shock. Then I wondered – what am I going to do with it?”
Her friends tell her she should keep it – “so they have a vacation home!” But she may decide to sell the home.
If so, chances are she’ll use some of her windfall to help fund a self-publishing venture she’s launched.
A volunteer firefighter, McHale has created a team of fictional characters she calls Fire Station Buddies - Flash, Scout, Tundra and others – as a way to teach children about safety, science, engineering and problem solving.
The first in a series of Fire Buddies books – The Legend – is already on sale. A portion of her book earnings will go into a fund McHale has started to help support volunteer fire departments across the country.
We hope you sell a million!
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