That nearly $1 million "house" in Dallas that you might have read about on the Facebook page "Zillow Gone Wild" can still be yours - if the unconventional interior doesn't bother you.
Asking price for the 5,786-square-foot home at 13229 Southview Lane in north-central Dallas, just north of I-635 and US 75, is $989,000 - pretty bold for a house listed with no bedrooms and only one bath.
"A property unlike any other!" the Zillow posting declares, and then talks about "walls, flooring, and ceiling made of concrete" where the new owner will find "the perfect storage spot for large wine collections, art collections, multiple cars, as well as serving as the ultimate safe house."
"The building is connected to two electrical grids and also features a natural gas generator that has is powered by two diesel fuel tanks in the event of a natural gas failure, making the chance of power loss very rare," the Zillow listing continues. "With office space as well as warehouse space and large outdoor area, there are many ways this property can be utilized."
Zillow Gone Wild's first puzzled assessment was that the house was odd so much as not exactly a real house.
"Ummmm, the front of this home is just a facade? Lol," Zillow Gone Wild said in its initial post on July 27 that, to date, has about 2,100 comments and 1,300 shares.
Commenters Erin Pennington and Kristy Cobb posted almost right away that the house had once been an AT&T data center with Cobb posting a RealtyHop screen grab that showed the telecom company as the seller. Other commenters produced online documentation that AT&T owns other property in the area and that the neighborhood is zoned commercial.
None of that perfectly reasonable information stopped other commenters from having fun speculating about more outlandish explanation. One commenter suggested it was "a front for a vampire blood farming operation," another said it was a "reverse mullet" with the party out front and business in the back, and yet another pointed out that "With proper lightening and ventilation, it would make an awesome grow house."
"I don’t think I’ve ever been more sketched out by a property on this page," commenter Taylor Barden Golden posted. "And I remember the witches' house and all the sex dungeons."
Some were put off by the lack of a bathroom, but at least one commenter saw a real value in this house, given the problems the Electric Reliability Council of Texas has been having this year.
"Being this is in Texas, it’s pretty nice that you can get reliable power!" commenter Hope Turner posted.