Horror House for sale again

[Chichibcc]

Ronnie Defeo "We were a really close family. It's a shame what happened, but it happened. You know?"

Good Grief.

Wow...that really explains a lot, doesn't it?

[Jacobmarley1]

If Robert and Ethel Kennedy's Hickory Hill estate is any indication, Brian Wilson may have a harder time selling his home than he thinks.

Hickory Hill was on the market for seven years, and the selling price eventually was reduced from 12 million to 8 million. Not only did RFK and his family live there, but JFK and Jackie, too, for a brief time. If a beautiful estate like that can take forever to sell, then imagine a place as infamous as Amityville.

[Chichibcc]

Seven years??? That's the longest I've ever heard of a house being on the market.

[Amit Y Ville]

I mentioned that I would consider buying this house but 1.5m is WAY too much! Seriously guys, would consider it if I could afford it.

[sherbetbizarre]

It's not $1.5 mil but $1.15 mil...

Better?

[Dutchcolonial]

And Hickory Hill was on the market for $24M for a long time before it was reduced to $12M.

[Dan the Damned]

Apparently, the horror house has been sold: link to Newsday article

Well, technically, it has gone into contract, so I guess the buyer can still back out if they want. I guess it's not totally sold until closing... But still...

[bojesse57]

Follow the link.
http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real ... -1.1952134

[Chichibcc]

Yeah, I remember reading that article a while back....

I'm surprised that someone actually had the guts to come out and say this, when the overwhelming majority of Amityville believe otherwise....not an easy thing to do.

[Chichibcc]

Thanks for the link...hopefully, the sale will be completed so that Mr. Wilson can finally get the house sold and move on to the next chapter in his life.

[Brendan72]

Apparently, the horror house has been sold: link to Newsday article

Well, technically, it has gone into contract, so I guess the buyer can still back out if they want. I guess it's not totally sold until closing... But still...

Or until they real estate agent tells them about the DeFeo murders ... and let's not forget that pesky haunting that happened.

[littlemissfitz]

I'm sure they know all about it and the ensuing public interest as they live only down around the corner on Hamilton Street

[Jacobmarley1]

If I were Wilson, I'd sue that real estate agent for coming out publically with that! Whether it is a true statement about feeling "eerie" in the basement, or not, he is only making it harder for Wilson to sell (despite the current nogoatciating contract). Talk about UNprofessional. The real estate company that employees him should fire him for that.

[Chichibcc]

Wilson suing would be pretty pointless now-considering the house is now under contract. Even if that sale doesn't proceed, that other agent's opinion was just that, his opinion. So I'm not sure what legal basis (if there is one) that would exist for a lawsuit in this case.

[Brendan72]

If I were Wilson, I'd sue that real estate agent for coming out publically with that! Whether it is a true statement about feeling "eerie" in the basement, or not, he is only making it harder for Wilson to sell (despite the current nogoatciating contract). Talk about UNprofessional. The real estate company that employees him should fire him for that.

He might have a case if that happened, HOWEVER the real estate could maintain that it was already public knowledge about the murders and haunting through the books and films, as well as the initial media attention. Also the house was advertised on a public domain (ie the real estate site) for the public to readily access, PLUS it was also in the newspapers and internet media domains that the house was for sale once it was put on the market on the real estate's website. So on these arguments Wilson may have difficulty winning such a suit.

There are always "if only's" and "what if'" arguments and from the perspective of the real estate they may wish to avoid any unnecessary negative publicity, such a case could make prospective sellers/buyers avoid them altogether, irrespective of whether there was any culpability on their part or not, so if Wilson were to take them to court in this hypothetical case, the real estate may wish to settle out of court.

[sherbetbizarre]

L.I.’s Infamous Intersect in ‘Amityville Horror’ Sale
Six degrees of Amityville Horror house links Amy Fisher, Billy Joel

In a strange new twist for the Amityville Horror house where Ronald DeFeo murdered his parents and four siblings in 1974, the news that the Ocean Avenue home went into contract this week is a virtual intersection for some of Long Island’s most infamous.

The house was put on the market in May and realtors with Massapequa Park-based Exit Realty Premier were reported Thursday to have found a buyer. The real estate company is owned by Robert Buttafuoco, brother of Joey Buttafuoco, who served time for the statutory rape of then-17-year-old Amy Fisher, with whom Buttafuoco was having an affair.

Fisher became known as the “Long Island Lolita” after she shot Buttafuoco’s wife in the face at the couple’s Massapequa home in May 1992. After her release from prison, she wrote for the Long Island Press and later launched a career in porn.

But the connections don’t end there. Robert Buttafuoco’s son, singer-songwriter Cass Dillon, is currently dating Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Bill Joel, who had a few run-ins with the law himself over the years. Dillon’s first single was Christmas in Fallujah, which was written by The Piano Man himself.

The Dutch Colonial is well known as the setting for Long Island’s most prolific ghost story when the owners who bought the home after the murders claimed they were chased out of the house by poltergeists, which sparked numerous books and horror movies.

The five-bedroom, 3.5-bath home was on the market for $1.15 million. Laura Zambratto of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent. Newsday reports that the buyers are Amityville-natives David D’Antonio and his wife.

http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/08/06/l-i-s-infamous-intersect-in-amityville-horror-sale/

[BooshaGirl]

Sigh....guess I don't have to keep playing the lottery. Dream over--for now.

[Dutchcolonial]

The future is going to be an exercise in futility.......with everyone thinking the correct plural form of Lutz, DeFeo, etc. is to put an apostrophe and an "S" at the end. How many apostrophes will we see when the name D'Antonio is mentioned in the future?


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[Shawn]

what the heck does the realtors brother and their relatives have anything to do with the sale?

[sherbetbizarre]

If John Foland were here, he'd tell you Billy Joel was singing about Amityville for years...

[Shawn]

If John Foland were here, he'd tell you Billy Joel was singing about Amityville for years...

Lettuce spray.