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Image: The Deutsch Team – Coldwell Banker Homes

A Lair for Sale?  Huge Potential with this Cincinnati Water Tower

In the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio your own blank-canvas lair is for sale.  This imposing water tower – for sale with The Deutsch Team at Coldwell Banker – has huge potential for the creation of your own villain's lair or superhero HQ. 

Set on a 0.5 acre corner plot at the intersection of Ferguson Road and W. Tower Ave, the tower rises magnificently above the residential homes around to it and is the perfect place to hide in plain sight.  Although the property's dimensions aren't provided, we estimate from the streetmap images (see below) that it's 6 to 8 stories tall.  Constructed over 100 years ago, the property appears to have stood the test of time yet is surplus to requirements so is now being sold – with an asking price of just $29,000.

The listing details are relatively light on detail so it's difficult for us to make a reasonable assessment, or comment on the viability of converting the property in to your lair, particularly with regards to planning permissions.  Having said that, with such unique historic buildings, planning authorities are often willing to consider the proposals of anyone able to buy and save/reinvigorate a local landmark. If the external appearance of the building remains largely unchanged, planning decision makers will often approve the plans of an imaginative buyer – particularly if the alternative options are leaving the property to decay or having to incur the cost of demolishing it. 

With all utilities on site and close to all local services, two main questions arise before you can invoke the superhero or villain within;

  1. How bold and ambitious are your plans?
  2. How big is your budget?

It will come as no surprise to you that the team at Lairium love to see turn-key lairs for sale and rent but nothing makes us more excited than seeing a unique, blank canvas property like this and imagining what it could become.  If you have some inspiring ideas for it, why not sketch them up, post them on your social channels and tag us in.  If you decide to buy the water tower, please keep us updated with the property's story – we can't wait to see the next chapter in its story.