Despite all the bad things that happen in Hawkins, Indiana, the fictional town made famous by the Netflix hit series Stranger Things, you should know that its real estate is still in very high demand.
A buyer recently made a nearly $600,000 offer on the home of one of Hawkins’ most infamous families: the Byers. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom house—located in Fayetteville, Georgia and not in cursed Hawkins, thankfully—consists of a six-acre lot and was used as a set in the show. It went on the market in mid-September for $300,000.
It's understood that the plan is to start work on it immediately and turn it into a replica of the Byers’ house from the earlier seasons of the show. The house will then be put on a vacation rental platform.
Furthermore, because the property is on six acres of land, the idea is to add other locations or homes from the show, such as Eddie Munson’s trailer from season four. If everything closes on time, the buyer may launch a Stranger Things haunted forest and house tour for the week of Halloween on 31 October.
While the price might not seem high for one of Netflix’s most iconic houses, you should know that the Byers’ home up for sale needs some serious work. It's estimated the house will need between $50,000 to $100,000 in repairs to get it into shape. The house was built in the year 1900, making it more than a century old.
The Stranger Things house is owned by seven siblings who were raised there and don’t have the capacity to fix up the house or take advantage of its newfound fame and turn it into an attraction, which is why they’re selling it.
Nonetheless, the house is no stranger to attention and has already received many unsolicited visits from the show’s fans. Since the show was aired fans have travelled far and wide, almost daily, just to drive by and get a picture. So much so that the owners had to put up a driveway barricade and ‘Private Property’ signs just to keep people from trespassing, so needless to say, the house gets a ton of attention.
Given that it’s a famous house, it’s going to be a fun and great Airbnb to experience if you’re a fan of the show. At least fans won’t have to trespass to get a look at the Byers’ house anymore.