[Eug]

1408 Palisades Road Chattanooga, TN 37377



House for sale in Chattanooga, Tenn., has appeal for enthusiasts of outer space

The home "landed" on a twisting road leading to Chattanooga's Signal Mountain in 1970 - just after television executives grounded the run of the original "Star Trek" series. It will be sold to the highest bidder Saturday.

The circular house - ultramodern when it was built - is ringed with small square windows and directional lights and perched on six "landing gear" legs. It has multiple levels, three bedrooms, two baths and an entrance staircase that retracts with the push of a button.

More pix on eBhey: Space Ship House Chattanooga, TN. Flying Saucer Home - eBay (item 310024673219 end time Mar-15-08 14:29:12 PDT)

I wonder what it went for. When most of the news articles were written, they had a $100000 bid. At that price, it just might be a good deal.

[Eug]

Anyone know how much it went for?

[JoshuaZ]

At least four bars of gold pressed latinium.

[Dakar the Fourth]

They overpaid.

[Cipher13]

That's just horrific.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ 

At least four bars of gold pressed latinium.

I thought it might be 100000 Quatloos.

Shahna was representing them, BTW.

[Charles Bouldin]

Originally Posted by Eug 

Anyone know how much it went for?

A friend of mine who lives farther up Signal Mountain tells me it went for $135K.

I've driven by that house many times; it's an awful house in an awful location, lots of traffic.

[olePigeon]

How much for just the lamp post?

[cjrivera]

They would have made a lot more money had they sold it before the drive section was detached from the saucer section...

[Eriamjh]

Looks more "Lost in Space" than Star Trek.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by Charles Bouldin 

A friend of mine who lives farther up Signal Mountain tells me it went for $135K.

Confirmed. $135000 reported in the news.

I've driven by that house many times; it's an awful house in an awful location, lots of traffic.

What do you mean by "lots of traffic"? Cars back and forth on a big throughway at 3 am keeping people awake? Or just local residential street? Also, what do other houses go for in that area? The reason I ask is because outside of Toronto in the middle of nowhere, even a cottage property with no access to a lake at all and not even access to gas hookup or electricity will go for $100000 (with a reasonable chunk of land), so to us a complete 3-level house with all the fixins in town is uber cheap at $135000.

Yeah, I know there is no comparison this way, but I'm just saying I have no frame of reference for price comparison.

[Charles Bouldin]

Originally Posted by Eug 

Confirmed. $135000 reported in the news.


What do you mean by "lots of traffic"? Cars back and forth on a big throughway at 3 am keeping people awake? Or just local residential street? Also, what do other houses go for in that area? The reason I ask is because outside of Toronto in the middle of nowhere, even a cottage property with no access to a lake at all and not even access to gas hookup or electricity will go for $100000 (with a reasonable chunk of land), so to us a complete 3-level house with all the fixins in town is uber cheap at $135000.

Yeah, I know there is no comparison this way, but I'm just saying I have no frame of reference for price comparison.

The house is ~halfway up Signal Mountain in a lot that is on the inside of a switchback in the main road (Signal Mountain Rd, I think) up the mountain. Anyone coming or going from Signal Mtn. uses that road, so it gets a LOT of traffic. I don't know how late the traffic runs, but I think you would get some traffic both late and early in the day.

House in nice areas at the top of Signal Mountain are $200K+.