One of my biggest concerns for bringing the Butcher Mansion back to a habitable condition is the cost of mold remediation. The smell of mold and mildew in this home is overwhelming. It hits you before you cross the threshold and in certain areas it constricts your throat and burns.
Thankfully, we have a hazmat professional in the family. Shortly after beginning his tour, Zack donned his hazmat suit and provided masks for all of us.
The basement, the main floor and the second floor are major problem areas. You can see where someone has attempted to clean the mold or worse, painted right over it. Whatever the case, it's bleeding through. And it's everywhere. Most of it appears to be surface mold but there are areas throughout the house, basement, and garage that are a concern for the more dangerous black mold.
The problem is, as I understand it, you have to take care of all the surface mold first. If you disturb mold, particularly black mold, the spores get airborne and attach themselves to any possible feeding surface which would be all the surface mold that currently exists in the house. Black mold spreads quickly and then you have what I like to call, "a frickin nightmare".
Mold is a big, BIG issue with the Butcher mansion. Clean-up could run five to six figures. You also have the ducts and vents to worry about. It is a massive undertaking.
Here's a little peak inside the Butcher Mansion in Clinton, TN. This video was taken from the second condo conversion on the first floor. Yes, sadly, the Butcher mansion was divided into 5 condominiums years ago but all occupants moved out, supposedly due to the high utility and maintenance bills. The house has since been vacant. The asking price remains $1.2 million and is currently held by Commercial Bank - Farragut, TN is their closest branch.
Moving on from this point we have the ballroom, also part of the second condo conversion.
What are your thoughts on the mold issue? The price of this home?
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