The red-brick Georgian mansion known to children around the world as Kevin McAllister’s home is back on the market after 12 years, complete with a large Kevin Lego figure for home theater.
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A red-brick Georgian mansion known to children around the world as Kevin McAllister’s home is back on the market after 12 years for $5.25 million.
Tim and Trisha Johnson are selling the property with assistance from Katie Moore and Dawn McKenna of Coldwell Banker Realty, they tell us wall street journal This is not unusual for fans home alone Go to Winnetka, IL houses to take photos or recreate their favorite movie scenes.
“Sometimes we hear Kevin screaming,” Teresa told wall street journal. “It’s so fun to see how excited people are to see my house.”
The couple purchased the home in 2012 for $1.585 million, according to property records. By then, the house had changed from how it looked in the 1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin, in which Culkin’s character took the family on a Christmas vacation to France were left behind.
Four years after acquiring the property, the Johnsons performed extensive renovations themselves, completing and enlarging the basement, adding a home theater and sports court, and reconfiguring parts of the house.
Originally built in the 1920s, the home is approximately 5,700 square feet on a half-acre lot.
Years ago, when the Johnsons were house-hunting, Teresa confided in Tim that she had always dreamed of having a home like the red-brick Georgian house in the movie. home alone. “At the time, none of us knew this was in Illinois, let alone one of the towns we were considering,” she told us wall street journal. “When our agent added it to our list of homes to view, we found out it was in Winnetka.”
When the couple renovated, they kept intact some of the key features that were part of the film’s iconic scenes home alone, such as the front door and the central staircase that Kevin slides down. “That’s from the movie, it’s classic,” Teresa said. “We don’t want to take it out or touch it in any way.”
Featuring seven custom seats and a bar, the theater also features a Lego replica of the house the Johnsons built as well as a large Kevin Lego figure provided by Lego for the couple. When they sell their house, they keep it all.
Teresa told reporters that although the couple loved the home, they decided to let go of the property now to take advantage of the tightening luxury inventory. wall street journal.
“Every year we seem to have more buyers looking and so little inventory,” said agent Katie Moor.
Redfin data shows the median sales price of a Winnetka home in April was $1.4 million, down 4% from the year before. The property company said the market was “somewhat competitive” with some homes receiving multiple offers and the average property selling for 4 per cent above asking price.
“I’m facing multiple offers right now on a $4 million house, which is not unusual,” Moore added.
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