A home listed for $215,280 in Colorado has gone viral after people noticed an unusual Zillow listing that bans home inspections and leaves the buyer responsible for evicting the current resident. The woman living in the house says she has no intention of leaving.
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The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is located in Nunn, a small town about 25 miles from Fort Collins. The listing gained widespread attention after the social media account Zillow Gone Wild shared screenshots of it on X, formerly Twitter, where it received more than four million views.
The listing clearly states that the house is being sold with someone still living inside. Buyers are not allowed to enter the property or carry out inspections before purchasing it. It also says the listing agent has never been inside the home and that the buyer will be fully responsible for taking legal possession of the property after the sale.
"The ad is unbelievable, right?" current resident Tori McMechan told local station 9News. "Who would buy a house without seeing it while someone is still living there?"
A 15-year foreclosure dispute
Behind the viral listing is a long legal fight over foreclosure, mortgage ownership, and family tragedy.
McMechan moved into the home in 2006 with her husband, James McMechan, who had bought the property four years earlier. James died in a car crash in 2010, making the home especially meaningful to McMechan because it was where they raised their children and one of the last major purchases her husband made before his death.
According to the Greeley Tribune, James McMechan died in a single-vehicle crash shortly after police said he threatened several members of the Nunn town board with a knife. Around the same time, Tori McMechan lost her job as the town's clerk and treasurer.
"This is the last thing my husband bought for me before he passed away," McMechan told 9News. "This is where I raised my children."
