An article from the Rocky Mountain News, reports that head of Brookline Homes, Scott Carter, will auction the $2.6 million custom home his company is building for the 2008 Parade of Homes.  According to Carter, he isn't auctioning the 7,302-square-foot, energy-efficient home because of problems with last year's parade, which included at least one foreclosure.  Carter said, "We made the decision long before those problems came out.  We thought it was a great marketing opportunity.  Tens of thousand people will have gone through the home, including probably several people interested in buying it, so why not get them into one room and have them bid against each other?"  At least $25,000 of the sale price will go to a charity founded by the late John Denver, called Plan-It 2020.  Carter added, "We will use it to plant 25,000 trees in the beetle kill area of Colorado."

 
Posted by Jude Sandvall on 07/22/2008 10:15 AM   Comments (2)   , ,  

2 Comments on $2.6 million house will be auctioned

Jude this sounds like one of the few Auctions with an up side, I bet it's a nice place if it cost that much to build. Steve

07/22/2008 10:22 AM by Steve Loynd, Alpine Lakes Real Estate Inc., Loon Mt, NH.

Jude:

Kudos to Scott Carter. It seems this person is using his marketing savvy. Good luck.

07/22/2008 10:23 AM by Lorraine and Loretta Kratz (Crescent Moon Realty, Inc. & Land N Sea Auctions.)

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