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Want to live next door to US President Barack Obama? The colonial mansion next to his Chicago home is now available - for the right price.
So far, the real estate broker handling the sale won't even guess at what that price might be.
"We don't know what premium the Obama factor will have," said Matt Garrison of Coldwell Banker.
"If it was a block away it would be somewhere in the (neighborhood) average of 1.2 to two million dollars."
Garrison's phones have been ringing off the hook since the house was put on the market on Friday.
They've had at least a handful of serious inquiries - one from as far away as London - and expect more to pour in as word gets out.
But those hoping for an invite from Obama or the chance to swap recipes with the First Lady might be setting themselves up for disappointment.
Despite vowing to come home to Chicago as often as possible, the Obamas spend most of their time in Washington and have chosen Camp David and Martha's Vineyard for recent vacations.
The new owners will also have to contend with roadblocks and screening by the Secret Service, what Garrison calls living in "the ultimate gated community."
Viewings of the 6,000 square foot brick home will be scheduled only after potential buyers show they are financially capable of closing the deal.
Built in 1906, the brick colonial mansion has eight bedrooms, a coach house on its ample grounds and has maintained many of its original details and stained glass windows.
It is just a few blocks away from the University of Chicago and the proposed site of the 2016 summer Olympics in the prestigious Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago's south side.
The current owners bought the house for 35,000 dollars in 1973 and are looking to downsize to a condominium.
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想與美國(guó)總統(tǒng)巴拉克?奧巴馬做鄰居？目前，與奧巴馬在芝加哥老家的住宅相鄰的一處殖民建筑風(fēng)格的豪宅正待售，而且價(jià)格公道。
到目前為止，代理豪宅出售的房地產(chǎn)中介公司甚至都無(wú)法預(yù)測(cè)這套房子能賣(mài)到多少錢(qián)。
科威房產(chǎn)中介公司的馬特?加里森說(shuō)：“我們不知道‘奧巴馬’這張牌能為房子加價(jià)多少。”
“距離這里一個(gè)街區(qū)的房屋的均價(jià)大約在120萬(wàn)美元至200萬(wàn)美元之間。”
這套豪宅于上周五開(kāi)始出售后，加里森的電話(huà)都被打爆了。
咨詢(xún)者們至少要問(wèn)幾個(gè)嚴(yán)肅的問(wèn)題，隨著消息的傳播，咨詢(xún)電話(huà)會(huì)更多。這兩天還有一位遠(yuǎn)在倫敦的買(mǎi)主打電話(huà)咨詢(xún)。
不過(guò)那些希望受邀去奧巴馬家里坐坐，或者有機(jī)會(huì)與第一夫人交換食譜的人可能要失望了。
盡管承諾要盡量多回芝加哥老家，但現(xiàn)在奧巴馬一家大多數(shù)時(shí)間都住在華盛頓，而且最近的度假地也選在了戴維營(yíng)和瑪莎葡萄園島。
此外，新房主還得應(yīng)付路障，還會(huì)受到美國(guó)特勤局的審查。加里森稱(chēng)住在這里等于住在了“監(jiān)護(hù)最嚴(yán)密的小區(qū)”。
只有當(dāng)潛在買(mǎi)家證明自己有經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力購(gòu)買(mǎi)這處6000平方英尺的磚房住宅后，才會(huì)安排看房。
這座殖民建筑風(fēng)格的磚房豪宅建于1906年，共有8間臥室，在寬敞的院內(nèi)有一間馬車(chē)房，整套住宅保留著其原有的大部分特色以及彩色玻璃窗。
這處豪宅距芝加哥大學(xué)，以及有望舉辦2016年夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)的賽址僅有幾個(gè)街區(qū)的距離。這處賽址位于芝加哥南部著名的肯伍德區(qū)。
這套房子的現(xiàn)房主于1973年花了3.5萬(wàn)美元買(mǎi)下這處住宅，如今房主希望將其縮小為一套公寓。
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