Houses in San Francisco are notoriously expensive, with the average home price hovering around . It’s no wonder that a fire-ravaged shack priced at $299,000 in one of San Francisco’s southernmost neighborhoods saw at least tour the this past weekend, according to The San Francisco Standard.
Potential buyers were asked to sign a liability waiver before stepping foot into the building’s scorched remnants, notes the outlet. The real estate agent representing the property — a “fixer-upper gem” that was reportedly inhabited by squatters before it caught fire — expects it to fetch more than its asking price, too. (All bids were due on Tuesday.)
Of course, buyers in San Francisco are used to even ramshackle buildings costing a small fortune. In early 2022, before many tech workers who left the city amid the pandemic returned, a moldering, 122-year-old Victorian advertised as the “the worst house on the best block” of San Francisco sold for nearly .