Courtesy of MRIS / Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. Via Estately.
It took more than six months, but the right Flintstones/smurf/hobbit enthusiast found their forever home.
Bethesda’s “mushroom house” finally sold after it went on the market for $1.2 million in October. Curbed reports that an anonymous buyer has purchased the one-of-a-kind three bedroom home for $920,000.
Edward and Frances Garfinkle bought a regular-looking house in 1967 and decided to do a radical makeover, according to Bethesda Magazine.
“We were kind of misled into thinking it was an inexpensive way to build. It didn’t turn out that way,” says Ed Garfinkle, 77. In fact, it almost ruined them financially. “We did this when we were young. Looking back on it, it was probably kind of dumb,” he says.
The house, which wouldn’t be out of place in Bedrock, became a semi-famous local fixture. It has been featured on Roadside America and the book Weird Maryland—and it made a slew of local headlines when it went on the market last fall.
All of the gawking does have at least one positive effect:
“One good thing is that it probably slows the traffic down on our street,” Garfinkle told Bethesda Magazine. “The cars don’t go flying by as much as in the rest of the neighborhood. It’s better than a speed bump.”
Rachel Sadon