Matthew Stafford puts MI home on market
I don't think he's going anywhere other than a new metro zip code, but damn, that's a nice house...
Awwwwkward....
Oh god is that ugly!
Ha! You can rent this house right around the corner on a lake for only $2K per month.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2474-Uplong-St-West-Bloomfield-MI-48324/24466769_zpid/
Or this house for $1.8M is actually nice on the same lake. 6 br 5 ba. I’d rather have this house for the same money than the Stafford house. The only problem with this house is you have to look at the UGLY house right across the lake.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1914-Long-Lake-Shore-Dr-Bloomfield-Hills-MI-48302/24488310_zpid/
Ugh, I hate modern architecture. Give me traditional style any day over this look. Nice lot though.
It's far from the only one in that neighborhood, but if I was there I would go for a much more classic look.
I know that street well, and it's utterly beautiful ... grew up about a mile from there (to be clear: in a house that was worth maybe a tenth of what Stafford is asking, so not going for the humble brag here). If I was living in SE MI, being on Long Lake would probably be my dream. Especially with a view of the Kirk. Drove my family through there (and Cranbrook) last year when we were back visiting and everyone had a new appreciation for Michigan.
“...maybe a tenth of what Stafford is asking so not going for the humble brag here.”
Uhhhh, yeah you are.
Translation: “I lived in a regular folk, bungalow style $600,000-ish price house. Ya know, the typical house most people would have.”
If I was living in SE MI, being on Long Lake would probably be my dream. Especially with a view of the Kirk.
Kirk as in the presbyterian church on Long Lake road? You can see that church from Upper and Lower Long lakes?
Best views of the Kirk are from Island Lake; less so but still visible from Lower Long. You might only be able to see the top of the tower from Upper Long. (Grew up in the area.)
I thought the Kirk was surrounded by too many trees to be seen by either of the Long Lakes. Either way, that is a gorgeous building.
"traditional style"
Hot take: Still patiently supporting Stafford but hating Harbaugh makes very little logical sense.
Except one of them has the keystone cops as his bosses.
Perfect home for a Russian oligarch.
Lots of Windows!
how do you sit so that you can see someone coming at you from any direction? mirrors maybe?
^^^underappreciated comment!
I volunteer to help him pack
But will you drive him to the airport?
Bigger house needed for a growing family?
Kelly put on social media they don’t want to live in a house with a pool with 4 little kids. I don’t blame her.
Their recently acquired $4M Atlanta mansion has a huge custom pool, so the no water excuse is BS.
https://www.redfin.com/GA/Atlanta/4763-Dudley-Ln-30327/home/24726159
OOPS Kelly, there goes that arguement.
And looking at the listings, pretty much a 100% chance their California mansion in very ritzy Newport Coast also has a big pool.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Newport-Coast_CA/
I guess the pool is O.K. with 3 kids, BUT NOT with 4!!!
"No speculation is needed," Kelly Stafford said in a video posted on Instagram. "We're about to have our fourth child and I personally do not want to live on a lake or have a pool with four children under the age of a little over 3. So that is the reason that it's on the market."
Translated = They're moving to a zone defense and the cost if one of the kids slips through when you live on a lake is pretty costly.
Granted I just have one 3 year old, but... don't you just teach the kids how to swim? The only real concern I would have is thin ice on the lake in the winter, but a fence could solve that relatively easily, and then remove it when the kids are a little older. That's just me though, and I'm not selling a 6.5M house anytime in the future (lifetime).
Here's to hoping his back is healthy this year.. I'm tired of getting dong punched on Sunday's.
Being around as many deep water holes like pools and rivers are exactly what you should look for if you have toddlers just learning to swim. That way when you’re not around, they can practice swimming without you, their parents, there. It’s especially nice when you are trying to teach them how to swim while wrapped in a pool cover from falling into the pool
Translation: Snob wife prefers the L.A. and Atlanta mansions, has zero interest spending the night in Michigan anymore.
He did live interview yesterday and said she's pregnant with their 4th child (currently 3 girls).
He has two 3 year-old twins, a 2 year-old and one on the way. Feel sorry for him if he doesn't have a boy next as he's currently outnumbered 4 to 1 right now
He's not going anywhere, people need to chill.
Their realtor is quoted in the article as saying they're actively looking for other homes in SE Michigan, and Kelly Stafford has said they don't want to live on the water with their young children.
Who's the editor at Mlive? They spelt year as "yaer". A simple spell check would catch that.
Your highered
Tough times for the obscenely rich...
Yeah, shame on him for being successful.
'member when Brady Hoke's house was up for sale and His Dudeness called dibs on the treadmill as it was in "mint condition"
Good times
Pepperidge farms remembers
He had a sweet headset that I got my hands on as well. Plastic wrap still on them.
He is heading to New England soon
"Stafford began the offseason at his Southern California home... the Staffords packed up and flew to Atlanta, where they own another home."
When one multi-million dollar home isn't enough, I guess you need two more.
It does the local/state economy well.
Just don't turn around and lecture the average American folk about consumerism and carbon emissions.
"It does the local/state economy well."
What good does a home that sits vacant for a good part of the year do for its local economy? Unless Stafford is renting out their places in CA and ATL—and it doesn't sound like they are—those homes do far less for those economies than they would if people were actually living there year round, and spending money locally.
While that house, unfortunately, sits vacant it is still paying property taxes. I'm sure the Stafford's have the A/C and heating system running. Good for energy companies. The Stafford's are most likely paying a maintenance crew to mow the lawns and keep up with the curb appeal. That seems pretty good. I'm sure there's a paid security attached to the house.
It's less than ideal that a house sits vacant, but there still are benefits for economies.
I would imagine the SoCal home is more like a cabin. Pretty expensive real estate out there.
You are not familiar with the Lion’s history are you?
I know the history and I know the guy is a choke artist when the biggest stage comes
Went MIA in the playoffs after the first quarter vs the cowboys
played his worst football in December 2013 when the Lions were up 1 1/2 games in the division in December including a 4 INT game against the Bucs when the Lions were an 11 1/2 pt favorite and proceeded to play like trash and get eliminated at the end of week 16 that season when the NFC North was at its weakest as a whole and still could not get the job done.
The only qb in the last 15 year to be on a team 10 years or more straight and have less than 4 playoff wins and a losing record
Tim Tebow has even won a playoff game during stafford's career
2016 blew the division with another horrible December including a week 17 winner take all vs the Packers at home and played like absolute trash .
He's basically this era's Jeff George, ( even George wona playoff game even though being a vast underachiever and was a top # 1 pick like stafford ) just a nicer guy tha George , but chokes in the biggest situations and doesn't play well against over .500 teams as his 10-69 record indicate against those teams
The Lions rebuild will not truly start until he is gone and aslong as he is the starting qb on the Lions, they will continue to be trash, besides the house he invested in a pair for Kelly which still didn't really help her looks wise much anyways.
11 seasons - 0 division titles , 0 playoff wins - He was won Nothing
You seem like a pleasant person to be around.
I was going to say, that's a lot of house for winning nothing.
The indoor basketball court with real Pistons flooring is off the chain.
Stafford probably wishes the Lions would trade him to a good team, so that he would have at least a chance to reach the super bowl. All he has to look forward with the Lions is keeping a lousy team close to .500, otherwise if he gets injured again the Lions will just win a couple games a season.