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Post by Graveyardbride on Dec 5, 2014 13:37:11 GMT -5
A 4-bedroom, 5-bath, 2-story home with open water views on a huge lot (almost an acre) in the tony Great Waters community near Eatonton, Georgia, could be yours for only $769,000. The home, located at 147 Carolyn Drive, has hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, a fireplace, wet bar, finished basement and there’s a dock and pool! Similar homes in the exclusive gated community on Lake Oconee usually sell for much more.
By now, you’re probably thinking Amityville Horror and red-eyed pigs, but don’t worry, six people weren’t murdered in this house – just two. The victims were Russell and Shirley Dermond, both in their late 80s, so instead of six spirits and a red-eyed pig, you would be haunted by two elderly phantoms and remember, they were in their late 80s and just about anyone can outrun an 80+-year-old ghost – assuming the dead return at the ages at which they died. One other thing, the murders occurred fairly recently – last May to be exact – and Russell Dermond was gruesomely beheaded and his head has never been found!
For a look at this magnificent home on the water, click here: www.trulia.com/property/3173457838-147-Carolyn-Dr-Eatonton-GA-31024#photo-4
Sources: Trulia and Homesnap,
See also “2014 Georgia Decapitation Murders”: whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/1651/update-2014-georgia-decapitation-murders
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Post by pat on Dec 5, 2014 17:43:43 GMT -5
I looked at the photos and that house isn't right on the lake, it's in a little inlet, so it's doubtful anyone would have noticed a strange boat docked there, or people going in and out of the house. I wouldn't want to live there, not because the house might be haunted, but because I don't like the layout of the house, or anything else about it. It's a cold looking house. It has no personality. I don't understand why people build big houses like that when there are so many old houses for sale that are much prettier.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 5, 2014 20:14:55 GMT -5
Thanx for sharing, Graveyardbride. Very interesting...
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Post by Sam on Dec 6, 2014 5:55:36 GMT -5
Pat: I agree with you. It's a very nice house that must have cost a fortune to build and it's better than any house that I've ever lived in, or ever will live in, but if I had the money to buy a house like that, I wouldn't buy that one because there's just something about it that I find strange. It does seem like a cold house, but there's something else that I just can't put my finger on, just something that I don't like about it.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 6, 2014 16:52:03 GMT -5
Yep, I'm sure that there is very dark cloud of evil aura lingering over the Dermond's home. Doubt you would catch me sitting on the dock at night doing any night fishing. Ironically, before developing, the land Reynolds Plantation Gate Water gated community sits on was a hunting club named; 'Linger Longer'. * Home Sellers in Georgia: Disclosures Required Under State Law; Even though, as a Georgia seller, you generally must disclose known problems with the condition of your home, there are certain specific exceptions under the Georgia statutes. These relate to things that occurred in the home, not the home’s physical condition. * A Georgia seller does not need to inform a buyer if any diseased person ever lived in the home, or if a homicide, felony, suicide, or any other death occurred there (Georgia Official Code Annotated §44-1-16(a)(1)). Even if the seller is not required to disclose an event on the property such as a murder, a seller still must answer any direct question from a buyer honestly (Georgia Official Code Annotated §44-1-16(a)(1)). So, if the buyer (who may very well do a Google search on your home's address) asks you whether your home was where the gang member was murdered last summer, you do need to answer honestly. The only time you do not need to answer a buyer’s question completely and honestly is if it is a question relating to information protected under the Federal Fair Housing Act or Georgia’s fair housing laws (Georgia Official Code Annotated §44-1-16 (a)(2)). <sniped - read more> www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/home-sellers-georgia-disclosures-required-under-state-law.html_________________ FYI: Land value and improvements of the Dermond's property as of December 2, 2014 is $1,043,090.00 according to tax records --> qpublic7.qpublic.net/ga_display.php?county=ga_putnam&KEY=120A008 |
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Post by catherine on Dec 6, 2014 18:13:56 GMT -5
Houses where there have been deaths, murders and suicides don't bother me and it's not the fact that the old man and woman were murdered there that makes the house undesirable. Like Pat said, it's a cold house and it has no character, neither inside nor out. The photo at the top shows the rear of the house and it's off balance. The two-story porch and that type of windows just don't go together and the outside stairway seems out of place. To me, the house just wasn't designed very well. Also, if you look at the photos where you can see out of the windows, you can't see anything but woods. There's nothing wrong with woods, I like woods, but most people have their property landscaped where the yard gradually meets the woods by mowing under the trees right around the perimeter. These people didn't do that, the yard around that house wasn't landscaped or kept up at all. |
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 7, 2014 10:02:29 GMT -5
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 7, 2014 18:50:46 GMT -5
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Post by jason on Dec 7, 2014 21:50:22 GMT -5
The architect who designed that monstrosity was either drunk or stoned!
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Post by Kate on Dec 18, 2014 14:29:52 GMT -5
Houses where there have been deaths, murders and suicides don't bother me and it's not the fact that the old man and woman were murdered there that makes the house undesirable. Like Pat said, it's a cold house and it has no character, neither inside nor out. The photo at the top shows the rear of the house and it's off balance. The two-story porch and that type of windows just don't go together and the outside stairway seems out of place. To me, the house just wasn't designed very well. Also, if you look at the photos where you can see out of the windows, you can't see anything but woods. There's nothing wrong with woods, I like woods, but most people have their property landscaped where the yard gradually meets the woods by mowing under the trees right around the perimeter. These people didn't do that, the yard around that house wasn't landscaped or kept up at all. |
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Post by natalie on Dec 19, 2014 13:03:22 GMT -5
That garage or basement or whatever it is really gave me the creeps. I agree with Pat that the location would make it easy for anyone to come on to land, even someone who was not a member of that housing community. It seems to be pretty isolated as well, so neighbors would have probably been unable to hear anything taking place.
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