Michael Vick's Atlanta Home Up For Auction
Last November I mentioned that Michael Vick's Atlanta home was for sale. No buyers were found and now the home will be up for sale on Tuesday, March 10 with a minimum bid of $3.2 million in order to satisfy some of Vick's outstanding debts. Vick, who played football for the Atlanta Falcons, is still in jail serving out his sentence for his role in a dogfighting scandal.He was last asking $4.1 million for the home in the Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth, Georgia. The eight-bedroom home has lake views and a grand look with two-story foyer with a curved double staircase and dome, a two-story study, a home theater, wet bar and a gymnasium. The only sign of VIckness is that big number seven set into the den floor. Vick bought for the home for $3.78 million in 2005..
The AP took a tour of the home checking out the elevator, and the bottom floor which included Vick's simulated golf game, weight room, and mini theater. He also converted a bathroom into his own personal barber shop. It's a dramatic testament to a story of the American dream gone wrong. Vick moved in to the house around the time that he landed what was then the richest contract in NFL history. Now he has seen many of his possessions sold off and when he is done serving his sentence he will face a whole new reality.
A video tour is after the jump.
UPDATE: The house was not sold. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution only two bidders showed up and neither had a qualifying bid.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
David Mar 7th 2009 9:53PM
The neighborhood is really tacky. The homes are unimaginative and all lack a distinct style. I can't imagine anyone paying over 2 million for this home...which is in the same neighborhood as a home that was used as a brothel.
Sugarloaf (where this monstrosity is located) is a haven for the newly rich (i.e. more money than taste) and is ripe with foreclosures. And, in this economy, who wants to saddle themselves with something so expensive to maintain? Plus the stigma of being the home of this piece of trash is enough to knock another million off the asking price. Buckhead (Atlanta) offers a much better selection of beautiful homes without having to live in country club.
I'm betting this place will be on the market for a long, long time.
hook Mar 8th 2009 12:35PM
millions of cows are mashed on the head every day and dumped in a spining drum,many while there still alive,along with pigs chickens and in many countrys they eat dogs,the man didnt have to lose 100 million dollars ,his lively hood and also go to jail,im am animal lover, but the punishment didnt fit the crime
Pete Mar 8th 2009 11:48AM
Good !! Let him sleep with the dogs in their dog house when he gets out of jail!
G Mar 8th 2009 12:06PM
Yet Teddy K. never spent a day in jail.
michael Mar 8th 2009 4:29PM
Yet the traitor, Geo. W. Bush, walks around a free man when his lies caused thousands of needless deaths.
Sam Mar 8th 2009 12:23PM
It's okay for Mexicans to have cock fights and not spend one second in jail. However, for Vick... God forbid don't do anything to dogs, but kill babies and children and get a slap on the hand. When does dogs become more valuable in life than children.
Alsportsuck Mar 8th 2009 12:36PM
name a streetsweeper that went to jail for dogfighting.if i were black in this country i would never step outside my house, because if you wear the wrong color socks they prosecute you to the fullest extent of the race.l
jana Mar 8th 2009 12:51PM
Hook: yes the punishment does fit the crime...hellooo! When you say you are an animal lover, do you do your part by not eating their meat? Or do you just like to compare American food culture to the horrendous abuse and brutality Vick and cohorts subjected these dogs to? Get a grip and know all animals should be treated fairly and humanely, even knucklehads like yourself.
hook Mar 8th 2009 1:34PM
Jana,,,im a knucklehead because i dont think the same way as you,excuse me,im so soorrrrry,i guess im just a stupid knucklehead,i mean knucklehad,,,,yes he needed to be punished,but unlike yourself i dont he needed to lose his whole life forever,why dont you really stop and think about it,,,all his money,his livelyhood,and jail time,,his whole life ,ill say it again,the punishment didnt fit the crime,,this is america,not nazi germany,
Lynda Mar 8th 2009 12:51PM
He went to jail because he was gambling ... not only in his own town but over state lines.
I am glad he was punished for something at least because I believe what he did was very wrong. He wasn't just killing dogs, he was being extraordinarily cruel to them, beating one dog to death himself. Anyone that can do that can do the same to a human.
He deserves more jail time than he got, no doubt because of his celebrity status. I hope no football team hires him. He had his chance at the top and he blew it because he's arrogant, selfish and cruel, not to mention a liar to his closest allies.
sue Mar 8th 2009 8:32PM
The punnishment does not anywhere near fit the crime.
May this HORRIBLE act follow him until his last breath.
Karma....Karma....Karma....
May BAD LUCK FOLLOW HIM WHEREVER HE GOES.
The home should be donated to the HUMANE SOCIETY.
alfreda Mar 8th 2009 2:01PM
And the mansion has a great view of where he tortured many many dogs, I hope it never sells.
JW Mar 8th 2009 2:18PM
jana said...
Hook: yes the punishment does fit the crime...hellooo!
>>>>>>>>You poor liberal, Obama loving, vegatarian, save the whale, abortion loving jerk.
blowme Mar 9th 2009 5:30PM
NOW IM A JERK BECAUSE I DONT THINK THE SAME WAY YOU DO,,I TRIED TO BE NICE TO YOU, BUT I CAN TELL BY YOUR BITCHY ATTITUDE,THAT YOUR NOT A HAPPY IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU HAVENT HAD ANY DICK IN A LONG,LONG TIME,,,,WELL IF YOU WANT TO CALL EACH OTHER NAMES,,HERE GO'S,,,YOU DUMB LOWLIFE ,TRAILER TRASH,FAT,UGLY,NASTY,UNHAPPY,GETTIN NO DICK PIECE OF SHIT,,,,BLOW ME
Lori Mar 8th 2009 2:19PM
Move to Oakland CA Blacks reign Always have Castlemont High School class of '65
David (original commenter) Mar 8th 2009 3:11PM
No matter how you feel about the reasons he's tanked his career, he broke the law, killed dogs with his bare hands and generally demonstrated bad decision making by gambling. The color of his skin makes no difference in this matter and saying that color is a determining factor in the case is a cop-out. Good and bad people come in all colors.
He's bad and will hopefully spend the rest of his life regretting this disgusting behavior. The sooner he's out of the Metro Atlanta area as a homeowner, the better we'll all be here. If you want him in yuor community, just invite him. I'm sure he won't be overloaded with offers.
HOOK Mar 9th 2009 5:56PM
jana,,o my god,i just read your comments over the last year ,,you are intellegent,,why are you so angry,,you need to see a doctor,,sorry for going off on you ,you need help