{"id":169163,"date":"2017-07-24T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=169163"},"modified":"2017-07-24T11:00:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T15:00:58","slug":"lafayette-ca-home-for-sale-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/lafayette-ca-home-for-sale-landslide","title":{"rendered":"Teetering Lafayette, California home asks $850,000 after backyard destroyed by landslide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-169164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/hero-image-min-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/CA\/Lafayette\/Undisclosed-address-94549\/home\/1173372\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Desperate for a fixer-upper? This Lafayette home in the East Bay might be your ticket to owning property in the Bay Area for under $1 million, but there\u2019s a catch \u2014 the home is red-tagged and deemed unfit for entry. Why is it red-tagged, you ask? Because it\u2019s perched on the edge of a cliff, and heavy rains caused a landslide to wipe out the backyard in February.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built in 1961, 21 Chapel Drive sits on half an acre of land in a quiet cul-de-sac. The home boasts four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,385 square feet of living space. The current owners are in their 90s, and have lived there for decades. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on right now is they just don\u2019t have it in them to fix it and go through that,\u201d Keller Williams Realty listing agent Valerie Crowell told <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/realestate\/article\/21-Chapel-Dr-Lafayette-red-tagged-home-landslide-11289303.php\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SFGate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even the property description on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/CA\/Lafayette\/Undisclosed-address-94549\/home\/1173372\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> admits that it\u2019s \u201cnot for the faint of heart.\u201d The asking price sits at $850,000, while similar properties are listed for $1.5 million. The lower price tag takes into account the anticipated $470,000 to $600,000 that will be required for engineering work and home renovations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crowell told KTVU, \u201cthe house is is still near the best schools,\u201d but admitted that if a realtor listed a hazardous property for nearly $1 million anywhere else, \u201cyou\u2019d be nuts.\u201d Despite the caution tape, there appears to be a lot of interest \u2014\u00a0Crowell says she receives four or five calls per day, and has had at least one offer on the teetering home.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once it&#8217;s\u00a0safe enough to enter, the new owners\u00a0will inherit a recently renovated kitchen and a majestic view of Mt. Diablo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in seeing more of the destruction caused by the landslide, check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c26b2grVm_k\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this aerial video of the property shot by KTVU.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-169165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/exterior-min-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/CA\/Lafayette\/Undisclosed-address-94549\/home\/1173372\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-169166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/backyard-min-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/CA\/Lafayette\/Undisclosed-address-94549\/home\/1173372\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-169167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/patio-min-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/CA\/Lafayette\/Undisclosed-address-94549\/home\/1173372\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redfin<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even the property description on Redfin admits that it\u2019s \u201cnot for the faint of heart.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":169164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-07-24T15:01:05Z","apple_news_api_id":"f288629f-c016-4928-bc6b-bada37cf286c","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-07-24T15:01:05Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A8ohin8AWSSi8a7raN88obA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/u48r14.digitalhub.com\/sections\/09b86915-7d2b-3acd-915b-b215002d01b7"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[],"coauthors":[8937],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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