A Michigan home marketed because the “World’s Least expensive Dwelling” and listed for simply $1 has been offered for $52,000.

The long-vacant two-bedroom, one-bathroom ranch, which is situated within the city of Pontiac on East Ypsilanti Avenue, went in the marketplace on Aug. 15 with a colourful description by actual property agent Chris Hubel.

“Unleash your internal DIY guru and embrace the problem,” says the itemizing, which invitations potential patrons to show the home right into a “masterpiece” that may make Fixer Higher stars Chip and Joanna Gaines “envious.”

The truth is, the house is deemed “a ticket to the actual property journey of a lifetime.”

“Step inside and expertise the thrilling rollercoaster of feelings as you uncover each nook and cranny that is begging in your inventive contact,” the itemizing continues. “The roof might need seen higher days, however hey, it is not leaking but — it is simply maintaining you in your toes, offering an surprising bathe of pleasure while you least anticipate it.”

Different particular options embrace an “avant-garde ‘ground gap’ artwork set up conveniently situated subsequent to the furnace” and “a backyard so wild, even Mom Nature would elevate an eyebrow.”

“The overgrown shrubbery and unique weeds lend an aura, inviting native critters for an impromptu backyard social gathering,” the itemizing explains, including that “this residence’s potential is as limitless as your creativeness.”

The vendor, Mary Blair, a longtime consumer of Hubel’s, purchased the home in 2004 for round $32,00, and listed it for $10,000 in 2011 however was unable to promote it, he says.

The thought of itemizing the house for $1 was a novel advertising and marketing tactic Hubel tells PEOPLE he is needed to attempt for years, and Blair okayed it.

“Once you underprice a house, the market’s virtually at all times going to take it to its honest market worth or its true market worth,” he says. “Whereas while you overprice the house, you sometimes find yourself hurting your general gross sales value.”

The viral nature of the creatively written itemizing propelled its attain a lot wider than the Metro Detroit space he serves. He’s even gotten calls from traders in Asia and the U.Okay.

Hubel says the witty description is “simply me wrapped up in a list.”

“I am the off-the-wall actual property agent that does issues fairly a bit totally different than your typical agent,” he says. “So I am lined in tattoos, have massive holes in my ears, and I actually consider in being my true, genuine self and not likely altering who I’m simply due to the profession I am in.”

“So basically,” he provides,” the itemizing description is simply me at coronary heart.”

Hubel and Blair acquired 142 gives for the home, finally accepting one for $52,000. The bottom they acquired was for 27 cents.

The agent tells PEOPLE the primary day they acquired a a lot bigger response than typical, however what actually made the itemizing get seen was when the social media account Zillow Gone Wild lined it.

Hubel was using a motorbike again from a displaying when he abruptly acquired about 50 calls inside 20 minutes.

“I had no concept what was happening,” he says. 

By the eighth day, the home had 215,000 views on Zillow and 1.3 million views on Zillow Gone Wild’s publish on X, previously often known as Twitter.

The client, Saida Garcia Hernandez, is a neighborhood consumer who plans to renovate the home over the subsequent eight months and finally re-list it.