• Mike Thakur, a Houston resident, is now below contract for a Franklin mansion that was closely broken in a fireplace final 12 months
  • A Zillow itemizing for the mansion went viral final week
  • Thakur, his spouse and his three teenage kids plan to dwell within the visitor house on the property, which was not broken within the hearth
  • The household will doc their renovation as they go alongside

The burnt-out Tennessee mansion behind a viral Zillow itemizing for $1.5 million is now below contract with Houston resident Mike Thakur.

Thakur, who’s initially from England, instructed The Tennessean, a part of the USA TODAY Community, he and his household had been pondering a transfer to Nashville and noticed the mansion in an electronic mail alert about new listings within the space from Zillow.

Two days later, they had been below contract for the house – which additionally comes with about 5 acres of land and a roughly 2,300-square-foot visitor home that was not broken within the hearth.

“Did one thing slightly loopy over the weekend and acquired a burned down mansion,” Thakur stated in an Instagram put up Tuesday.

Mike Thakur put in an offer for this Franklin, Tenn., mansion on Friday and it is now under contract. The mansion was heavily damaged in a 2022 fire.

‘Below contract’

Paula Duvall, the proprietor and agent behind the itemizing, confirmed Wednesday  Thakur was below contract for the mansion. The sale has not but closed.

Thakur stated he, his spouse and his three teenage kids noticed the itemizing on Jan. 18, a day earlier than that they had plans to fly to Nashville to take a look at houses. Thakur reached out to native actual property agent Sam Miller to arrange a tour. After the household toured the mansion on Jan. 20, Thakur stated they requested the brokers to step away whereas they mentioned.



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