Mansions in America have been left untouched and undesirable, including Kanye West’s unfinished home in Malibu and Michael Jordan’s 56,000-square-foot custom home in Illinois.
Another huge house on a remote Montana island and a “zombie mansion” near Portland, Oregon, have also sat empty for years.
The properties have had difficulty selling because they were left unfinished and lacked basic necessities such as electricity and water.
The customization of Jordan’s home has made it extremely difficult to find a buyer willing to shell out money to erase his style and adoration for basketball.
Kanye West purchased his 4,000-square-foot Malibu pad (middle) in 2021 and began gutting the space, but never completed the project.
Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband recently reduced the asking price to $39 million for the space that comes without water or electricity.
West, 46, originally purchased his 4,000-square-foot Malibu pad in 2021 and began gutting the space, but never completed the project.
In December he put his concrete Malibu beach house up for sale for $53 million after failing to remodel it into an “air raid shelter.”
Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband recently lowered the asking price to $39 million for the space that comes without water or electricity.
His renovations also left the house without windows or electricity because he had plans to turn it into “a 1910s air raid shelter.” TMZ reported.
The rapper became embroiled in a lawsuit after the renovation project’s former manager, Tony Saxon, sued the artist for allegedly firing him after he “expressed concerns about the extreme danger” of the renovations.
West is working with Selling Sunset star real estate agent Jason Oppenheim, 47, to sell the four-bedroom, five-bathroom home.
“It will take several million dollars to finish the house,” Oppenheim told the Wall Street Journal.
The rapper became embroiled in a lawsuit after the renovation project’s former manager, Tony Saxon, sued the artist for allegedly firing him after he “expressed concerns about the extreme danger” of the renovations.
Michael Jordan has been trying to sell his Highland Park, Illinois, compound since February 2012 (pictured: his front door personalized with his iconic number ’23’ jersey).
Jordan, 61, has been trying to sell his custom nine-bedroom, 19-bathroom apartment since he put it on the market in February 2012.
For more than a decade, the Highland Park, Illinois, complex has seen drastic price drops, as it was first listed for $29 million and now sells for $14.9 million.
The closest he came to selling it was at auction in November 2013, but no one was willing to bid the minimum $13 million.
The basketball legend emblazoned the house with his iconic number ’23’ jersey on his private front door and on a full-size basketball court.
In addition to the variety of bedrooms and bathrooms, the home features a putting green, a cigar lounge, and a giant outdoor space that spans 7.39 acres.
In 2019, Bruce Bowers of Bowers Realty Group said Business Insider: ‘It’s clearly your home. It’s hard to sell. A lot of work would have to be done to make it yours.’
The NBA star owns a total of five homes, including one in Jupiter, Florida, which he recently purchased for $16.5 million.
The NBA star owns a total of five homes, including one in Jupiter, Florida, which he recently purchased for $16.5 million.
His other three multimillion-dollar homes include two in North Carolina and one in Utah that is also for sale.
A sprawling mansion in Flathead Lake, Montana, has also had trouble selling.
The 45,000-square-foot mansion, located on Cromwell Island, was started in the late 1990s but never completed.
The massive home sits on 350 acres, including three miles of coastline. According to the listThe original owner was Robert M. Lee, the founder of Hunting World, an international hunting and sporting goods company.
Lee bought the land in the 1980s and planned to build the house for himself and his wife, but after his death in 2016, construction stalled.
A sprawling mansion in Flathead Lake, Montana, has also had trouble selling. The massive home sits on 350 acres, including three miles of coastline.
According to the listing, the original owner was Robert M. Lee, the founder of Hunting World, an international hunting and sporting goods company.
Anne Brockinton Lee, his widow, told the Wall Street Journal that the couple stayed at their Lake Tahoe home full time.
Anne said she had thought about finishing Montana’s house, but it brings back sad feelings and memories about her late husband.
The house is currently for sale for $72 million.
A boarded-up, graffiti-ridden 9,052-square-foot home in Tigard, Oregon, known as the “zombie mansion” also made the list.
Located about 10 miles from Portland, the seven-bedroom house has not been lived in since it was abandoned in 2008.
Construction of the house began in 2006 but the project was never completed.
A boarded-up, graffiti-ridden 9,052-square-foot home in Tigard, Oregon, known as the ‘zombie mansion,’ has also had trouble finding a buyer.
Located about 10 miles from Portland, the seven-bedroom house has never been lived in since it was abandoned in 2008.
According to the listshowing reimagined photographs of the abandoned property, the house sits on a 1.5-acre lot.
The house does not have water, heat or electricity, and squatters usually live in the space, according to The Oregonian.
The property is currently on the market for $1.5 million, as the listing agent, Eric Squire, said the price was a “bargain.”
‘There really is value here. The bones are good and when it’s built, it will be a $3 million to $6 million property,” Squire told The Oregonian.
