Ethel Kennedy Cuts Virginia Estate's Price (By HALF!!!)

Wall Street Journal ^ | July 13, 2007 | CHRISTINA S.N. LEWIS

[PJ-Comix]

WOW! When I saw the headline I thought it might be like a 20% cut in price. Instead it is a half price sale. What is the reason for the discount? I'm thinking the original $25 million asking price was way too high. However, I have seen smaller homes on Star Island in the middle of Biscayne Bay here in Florida selling for more than that. Any ideas on the huge price slash other than maybe the original asking price was too high? Is the housing market really slow in Northern VA?

[Moonman62]

I would think the Kennedy mystique would be more of a factor than anyhting else. They aren’t as popular as they used to be, or she has a reallly terrible agent.

[hinckley buzzard]

The place is probably obsolete and falling apart.

[abb]

What is the reason for the discount?

Maybe the place is somewhat "worn." Can you imagine the wear and tear from raising that brood of kids there? It's a wonder the place is still standing. Not to mention the menagerie of critters they always kept on the place.

[Crawdad]

Termites.

[Ditter]

Any pictures?

[PJ-Comix]

Termites.

For real?

[USS Alaska]

Maybe it’s the dead and buried hos that all the kennedy’s had during their miserable lives.

[abb]

http://realestateiii.com/listings/detail.php?lid=4076560&limit=0&offset=0&&&posc=1&post=449&cfq=uri%3D%2FHomes%2FVA%2FFairfax%2FMcLean%2FMcLean_Real_Estate_Listings.html%26SRSearchDate%3D1184504305%26SRRecordCount%3D449%26SRPage%3D1%26SRPageCount%3D45%26SRPageLinks%3D6&PHPSESSID=e8ead43044459a37afc8e63ab9e1010a

[TruthWillWin]

The Kennedy jinx?

[Malacoda]

Dude, KENNEDYS lived there. It’s probably a Hellmouth, or something. It would certainly need an exorcism and fumigation before becoming habitable.

[nyyankeefan]

if kennedys lived there ...it would be cheaper to burn it and start over!!!!

[Suzy Quzy]

The Kennedy’s don’t do any UPKEEP on their houses from what I’ve seen.

[listenhillary]

skeletons in the closets?

[John W]

Their clan headquarters may have been in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, but the true center of the Kennedy political dynasty in the Fifties and Sixties was Hickory Hill, the Virginia home of Robert and Ethel Kennedy. It was a “wild, informal mixture of a children’s playground, upbeat discotheque, and a humming political headquarters,” described one regular visitor. Invitations to Hickory Hill were highly coveted, and no place better expressed the personality of its owners.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rfk/peopleevents/e_hickoryhill.html

[Ditter]

Thanks!

[WorkingClassFilth]

Taxes: $62,079.00

No central air (window units) with fuel oil and electric baseboard heat.

In short, an energy pig with high taxes.

Sounds like the Kennedy’s alright.

[abb]

Kids and Pets

'One of the first things any visitor noticed was the sheer number of children and animals running around the place. "There were lots of kids," remembers one of them, Kathleen Kennedy Townshend. "There were plenty of horses, many dogs, chickens, geese, goats. It was a menagerie... my brother Bobby collected reptiles. And actually the turtle was in the laundry room. The sea lion was in the swimming pool."'

The carpets are a mess, I just bet...

[G Larry]

Where’s my check book?

[Crawdad]

Sorry, I’m just speculating.