Hick’s house sale, revisited.
Real estate broker Juanita Chacon thought she had a sure thing when an offer came for Gov. John Hickenlooper’s West Highland rental home, shown above in 2010, before she had put it on the market.
But on Thursday, Chacon learned that the seemingly easy sell was too good to be true when the buyer bailed.
“He was being very aggressive without looking at the house,” Chacon said. “When he did the due diligence, he realized he just doesn’t have the time for (upgrades and repairs).”
The buyer, who made a full-price offer at $325,000, intended to fix and flip the house. He backed out when he discovered the scope of the work to get 4564 W. Moncrieff Place market-ready.
Hickenlooper, who bought the house in 1982, had come under fire from neighbors who filed formal complaints about the trash and 2-foot-high weeds in the front yard, a matter that was resolved.
Chacon said she will put the house on the market next week for the $325,000 asking price. Karl Gehring, Denver Post file photo
