The home 'dates to the early development of' this Bay Area city.
In the competitive Bay Areatwo-story home
in Benicia’s Downtown Historic District is being branded by its listing agent as a “Special Opportunity for qualified Contractors & Buyers, to rehabilitate a historic building in Benicia's downtown” — certainly not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for rookie DIYers. The listing was put up Tuesday.
With a crumbling brick facade, tattered walls and ceilings, and remnants of a past life on display — see the posters and a calendar hung up on one bedroom wall — the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home is in total disrepair. The boarded-up windows and the crumbling brick facade, held up by tilting columns, will require a considerable amount of labor to fix its curb appeal.
But the upside for a renovator, the listing promises, is large — a 2,000-square-foot property with a brick chimney and major historic significance for a third of the price as comparable homes in the area.The vernacular-style home was built sometime in the 1870s, according to a
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