"Home Alone" House Is For Sale

Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
edited May 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
I love the scene when he goes down the stairs on the sled.

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/home- ... -sale.html

Home Alone House Is For Sale
By Diane Tuman, Zillow
May 5, 2011

Here’s one home that any kid can appreciate. The home made famous by the booby-trapping antics of Macaulay Culkin in the 1990 holiday hit movie, “Home Alone,” is now for sale for $2.4 million.

Located in the village of Winnetka, IL, which is approximately 20 miles north of downtown Chicago, the Home Alone house at is located at 671 Lincoln Ave., a stately Georgian on a quiet tree-lined street that is easily recognizable from the movie by its red-brick exterior and stately white columns.

In the movie, Culkin’s character, Kevin McCallister, is accidentally left behind in the house as his family boards a plane and leaves on a vacation to France. McCallister is then left to ward off a pair of bumbling thieves, played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, who are trying to burglarize the house.

While the home was just as much as part of the movie as the actors — it was rigged with blow torches, flying paint cans and loose tarantulas to ward off the burglars — only some of the real home’s interior was used for the movie. Most of it was shot on a set re-created in a facility nearby.

According to Reuters, John and Cynthia Abendshien own the 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath home and are downsizing since their daughter is grown. The couple lived in the home during the six-month long film shoot and Culkin even became their daughter’s friend.

The home is on .53 acres and features a gourmet kitchen, wood-burning fireplace, a sunroom, a dormered attic bedroom and a detached garage. It is located just a few blocks from Lake Michigan. Winnetka real estate can be quite pricey and the village is considered to be the richest in Illinois; Winnetka’s median home value is $777,900.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    saw that earlier. it would be kind of fun to take a tour, but i'd just be wasting there time. :lol:
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    81 wrote:
    saw that earlier. it would be kind of fun to take a tour, but i'd just be wasting there time. :lol:
    :lol::lol: Me too. I would love to sled down the stairs...and maybe put a rope from the attic to the treehouse and ride that.
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,332
    I'd be getting people to open the doors for me... don't wanna burn my hands/get something dropped on my head...
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  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    if only i had $2.4 million......
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    Keep the change ya filthy animal
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I'd be getting people to open the doors for me... don't wanna burn my hands/get something dropped on my head...
    Or get your head set on fire...or step on a nail.
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  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    i'd be too afraid of the tarantula
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    conman wrote:
    i'd be too afraid of the tarantula
    And Buzz's girlfriend.
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  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    Newch91 wrote:
    conman wrote:
    i'd be too afraid of the tarantula
    And Buzz's girlfriend.
    woof!
  • dr0ptheleashdr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    Let's all chip in and get it for PJ20.
  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    Let's all chip in and get it for PJ20.
    i like the way you think! let's do it!
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Let's all chip in and get it for PJ20.
    Great thinking!
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    conman wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    conman wrote:
    i'd be too afraid of the tarantula
    And Buzz's girlfriend.
    woof!
    :lol:
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  • dr0ptheleashdr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    20 miles north of Chicago.. that's practically Wisco! Now we just need to figure out who knows of a secret board member millionaire who can just fund this damn thing for us? :lol::lol::lol:
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    20 miles north of Chicago.. that's practically Wisco! Now we just need to figure out who knows of a secret board member millionaire who can just fund this damn thing for us? :lol::lol::lol:
    :lol: I'm all for it...I just don't want the attic with Fuller.
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  • conmanconman Posts: 7,493
    i'm getting a large cheese pizza just for me
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    conman wrote:
    i'm getting a large cheese pizza just for me

    make sure the delivery dude keeps the change.
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    I wouldn't want to live there if some guy named Snakes is also living there.
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    The salt...turns the bodies...into mummies.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    20 miles north of Chicago.. that's practically Wisco! Now we just need to figure out who knows of a secret board member millionaire who can just fund this damn thing for us? :lol::lol::lol:


    duh, ed :lol:

    or that guy down in louisiana..he's a baller. :P
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  • dr0ptheleashdr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    conman wrote:
    i'm getting a large cheese pizza just for me

    make sure the delivery dude keeps the change.

    ya filthy animal.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,657
    i ll buy it...oh wait...dont wanna be alone in the house... :lol:
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    i ll buy it...oh wait...dont wanna be alone in the house... :lol:
    :lol:
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  • dr0ptheleashdr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    i ll buy it...oh wait...dont wanna be alone in the house... :lol:

    Would you mind if I brought about 25 of my closest girl friends??? :lol:
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,657
    edited May 2011
    i ll buy it...oh wait...dont wanna be alone in the house... :lol:

    Would you mind if I brought about 25 of my closest girl friends??? :lol:
    if looks like you,,,then isnt home alone....but will be home of my own :D
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    i ll buy it...oh wait...dont wanna be alone in the house... :lol:

    Would you mind if I brought about 25 of my closest girl friends??? :lol:


    dimi, i'm working on a financing plan as we speak.
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,657
    81 wrote:
    i ll buy it...oh wait...dont wanna be alone in the house... :lol:

    Would you mind if I brought about 25 of my closest girl friends??? :lol:


    dimi, i'm working on a financing plan as we speak.
    im in,i m trying to deal what vitamines and pills ill need for handle that group :mrgreen:
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    conman wrote:
    i'm getting a large cheese pizza just for me

    make sure the delivery dude keeps the change.

    ya filthy animal.

    Now go on get the hell outta here.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    81 wrote:
    Would you mind if I brought about 25 of my closest girl friends??? :lol:


    dimi, i'm working on a financing plan as we speak.
    im in,i m trying to deal what vitamines and pills ill need for handle that group :mrgreen:
    LMAO!!! :lol:
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