Jackson Jambalaya

Is that Hedley Lamarr's pad?

Ugly outside. Awesome inside. Opposite of former owners.

It appears to be in arrears for taxes.

Where is Lamar at now? He not showing up anywhere.

Price seems really low.

4:24 - You got the Lamar part right.

What is the story? That property at the CCofJ is going cheap. I doubt is will sale at that price. Sad but true.

You could say Allison Mills owns that one. If I was raking in as much as Lamar, I would’ve had something in the Highlands. What was he thinking.

$121 per sq foot? Good luck. Buyer's rule in Jackson.

Someone will get a bargain at that price.

That is one ugly SOB-

Whoever buys it will be HEXED-

It’s location backing up to the course is what makes it desirable.

Someone is one bonfire away from a nice lot.

Add $12-$20k per year per child depending on grade for schooling.

Louis Navarro was the original owner of this house. Taxes in 2006 were $2423. Taxes in 2018 are $5866. That's one heck of an increase.

No one is going to pay $500k for a house in the city limits. Better drop that price by $100k or more.

That stone entryway out front ... horrors.

I know a secret. Under the floor board in the master bedroom is a stack of cash worth in the 7 figures.

There's always money in the banana stand.

Google brought this surprising response:

"The property 134 Saint Andrews Dr, Jackson, MS 39211 is currently not for sale. View details, sales history and Zestimate data for this property on Zillow."

Only $121/S.F. in the CCJ? That's a bargain compared to the one I just shared with the Kingfish at $130/S.F.---maybe he'll update an old article of his and post that one. If so hold on to your socks!

For the roohtaaarded out there who believe there’s not a strong market in CCJ. Do some research for yourself before posting. There’s polenty of blue bloods left in Jackson that will line up to buy this house. Houses in the subdivision get snatched up quickly and for good reason. Plenty of bidnass still gets done out there whilst sipping mint juleps and smoking a cigar...the Madison county rednecks simply don’t respect the idea of a private school edumication because they were never a part of it.

Yours truly,

A Madisonite

Anonymous April 2, 2019 at 7:11 PM said...

Louis Navarro was the original owner of this house. Taxes in 2006 were $2423. Taxes in 2018 are $5866. That's one heck of an increase.


Anony 7:11, this is how leftist’s do it. Once they have enough voters to take over a city, they let the crime skyrocket in order to protect their elected positions.

Have you ever wondered why leftist catch and release, or give low to no bond to violent criminals? Now you know why.

As crime increases, people that can afford to move out, then property values decline. But, instead of real property tax decreases, the obvious response to property devaluations, property taxes increase and more honest law abiders move out.

If you’ve ever wondered why Democrats love lawlessness so very, very much, it is really very simple: Control.

P.S. If this home is worth ½ of the $519k price listed, property taxes of $5866 is cheap compared to some properties in Jackson. There are houses in Jackson with ad valorem taxes at 5% of their actual “what they would sell for” value.

The best advertisements for Rankin and Madison county homes for sale is the evening news…and its free.

All the Jackson hate from people who choose to live 20 - 25 miles from their job?

55 is a parking lot in the morning and evening.

So while a guy goes to his paid for house on northside drive and you stay in your car for 25 - 45 minutes each way every day....NE Jackson guy gets to see his kids before dinner and maybe even play in the yard.

Madison guy spends 1.5 hours a day in his car or 360 hours a year. Leave something at the house? Add more time.

JP is expensive but time savings alone and actually seeing my family? Worth it to me.

Are timber rights included with the sale?

old english gothic meets victorian architecture . only the white trash of mississippi could come up with that.

All the Jackson hate from people who choose to live 20 - 25 miles from their job?

25 miles from the Post Office on South St. is beyond Canton, nearly Bovina, beyond Gallman and nearly to Morton. You don't have a clue. Enjoy your millage reaming.

@7.29 AM

I get your point about the drive and time with the fam, but there are a lot of people who weigh that advantage against a host of other factors:

- property taxes - as discussed
- the fact that those ridiculous taxes get you pretty much nothing: crumbling streets, spotty police protection and regular boil-water alerts
- $15K+ per child for private school if you live in the JPS
- Crime

Plus, if you work for any of the following, you don't have to drive to downtown Jackson for work, so you are not spending 1.5 hours a day in the car anyway: Nissan, Nissan suppliers, Vertex, Regions, Butler Snow, Horne, CSpire, Entergy, Southern Farm Bureau, City of Madison, City of Ridgeland, Hub, the various law firms along Highland Colony, Madison schools, Ridgeland schools, ...

While there aren't as many large employers to the east, Rankin County still has many of the advantages.

All right, no more Jackson v the world comments. Stick to the subject of the post.

"The subject of the post"? You knew exactly what this would generate when you posted this thread.

OK, I admit, I'm getting confused. The "This will not end well..." thread is about Lamar Adams' ex-home and "Reasonable offers accepted..." thread is about some TV show starring the nouveau riche white trash of Jackson, i.e., like pre-prison Lamar Adams and at homes like this, or do I have them reversed?

One factor deteriorating prices around CCJ is Reunion in Madison. Although gated, children (and I mean A LOT OF THEM,) can safely and comfortably walk the streets with little trepidation. Look at it, do not be in denial. Sorry, but there comes a time for recognition. BTW I am pretty happy with the value of my home at Reunion I bought several years ago. On an aside, there are lots of homes for (re)sale at Reunion.

That is one of the ugliest houses I’ve seen. From all of the conversations about the Adams ‘mansion’ I expected more. If you look around the CC of Jafrica there are many unattractive homes. I can’t imagine why anyone would pay more than 200k for this dump.

"Ugly outside. Awesome inside. Opposite of former owners."

Your post suggests that at one time it was awesome outside. Given the photo, how can that be?

The lot is worth more than $200,000.

$200K before Razing the improvements.