This is a large old house in the middle of town. It’s empty and I think it is or soon will be for sale. If I had the money, I would love to renovate it, and would live there, even though it is on the main street through town.
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What is the story behind this house, Brian? I imagine the inside is something to see.
Gerda tells me the family who once owned this house was one of the wealthiest in town. I don’t know the details, but it came to be owned by one of two people who worked at a local bank. They conspired together to defraud the bank of lots of money over several years and were eventually discovered. Now the bank owns it all. There is another house behind this one that was part of the guy’s property, and this has been purchased by the brother of a friend of Gerda’s at a fire-sale price. This house will be a lot more, for sure. It’s also probably under “denkmalschutz” (cultural heritage management). This means little or no change in appearance of the building during restoration. I have no problem with that. It also means a very expensive restoration, which is a problem. But I like to look at this house and dream.