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WSJ News Exclusive | Hunting and Fishing Estate Asks $14.974 Million, Becoming One of Alabama’s Priciest Listings
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A looking and fishing retreat in western Alabama goes in the marketplace for $14.974 million, making it one of many state’s most costly houses on the market, stated itemizing agent Clint Flowers of Nationwide Land Realty.
The roughly 3,770-acre farm is situated in Sumterville, about 60 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa, stated Mr. Flowers, who has the itemizing with colleague Forrest Throughout.
The property was the longtime dwelling of the late real-estate developer Alexander Baker and his spouse, Suzy Baker, based on their son, who can also be named Alexander Baker. The elder Mr. Baker, who died in 2017, purchased many of the land as a household getaway within the Nineties and 2000s whereas primarily based in Birmingham, their son stated.
The property has about 24 ponds and lakes.
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The den has a customized bar.
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A eating space.
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The primary home has 10 bedrooms.
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The property spans about 3,770 acres.
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The couple constructed the wood-and-stone most important home, finishing it round 1994, the youthful Mr. Baker stated. The ten-bedroom home measures about 7,700 sq. ft, based on Mr. Flowers. It has an workplace with gun-safe cupboards, a kitchen with walk-in coolers, and a den with a customized bar. Massive home windows present views of the property, which has 24 ponds and lakes, farmland, wooded areas and about 4,000 ft of creek frontage, stated Mr. Flowers. The grounds additionally include a capturing vary, a 13-station clay course and a quail flight pen.
There are six smaller cabins on the property, plus a smokehouse and barns with equestrian services. The property is constructed with looking shelters and habitats to help wildlife together with quail, doves, deer and turkey. The household stored about 200 cattle, two horses and a pony on the property, stated Mr. Flowers, however the cattle have been offered.
The household held quail hunts and an annual dove hunt on the property, stated the youthful Mr. Baker, who lives on the property.
The property has six cabins for workers and company, plus a smokehouse and equestrian services. Dave Warren (4)
“Most of my recollections of my father are tied to that farm,” he stated. “As a child, I caught my first 10-pound bass fishing with him.”
Ms. Baker, who now lives in Nashville, is promoting as a result of the household is dispersed in numerous areas, her son stated. The elder Mr. Baker was president of economic real-estate firms Blackwater Sources and AIG Baker.
Demand for giant estates within the Southeast elevated at first of the pandemic and has remained excessive, outpacing provide, stated Mr. Flowers. In Sumter County, the place the house is situated, homes offered for a median $140,000 in March, based on Realtor.com. (
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