Rainbow-colored house in Florida has new owner, will get new look

NAPLES, Fla. — The new owner of a neon-colored home in southwest Florida is over the rainbow.

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A house painted in psychedelic colors in a Naples subdivision, which angered neighbors and garnered national attention for its garish look, is being cleaned with a new paint job, the Naples Daily News reported.

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On Tuesday, workers were outside the home, located in the Il Regato subdivision, power washing the red, yellow, green and purple paint off the walls, WBBH reported.

The new owner declined to comment about the home, according to the Daily News. The man closed on the house April 3, buying it for $225,000, according to Collier County records.

“I’m not an artist, so to me it just (looked) a little hideous,” neighbor Gary Boyer told WBBH.

According to Collier County property appraiser records, the home was previously owned by 40-year-old Jeffrey Christopher Liebman and his father, Dennis Liebman, who bought it in 2017. The home was built in 2006 and has 2,517 square feet of living space. According to the property appraiser, the home had a 2019 market value of $528, 623.

The Liebmans took out a $425,000 mortgage on the property, the Daily News reported. At the time of Dennis Liebman’s lawsuit against his son, $380,000 was still owed.

The new owner got the discounted price after Collier County Circuit Court Judge Lauren Brodie ruled in late February that the sale of the single-family home could be sold for the value of the lot.

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“He’s happy,” Mark Weber, broker of White Sands Realty in Naples, who represented the buyer, told the Daily News.

“After all the chaos surrounding the sale, there is a silver lining for the buyer and community homeowners, who have had to put up with all the drama. The sale is closed and repainting the entire house to remove the damage is underway as we speak,” Weber told the newspaper in an email.

The ugly house was the result of an even uglier fight between the Liebmans. According to court documents, after Jeffrey Liebman missed three payments in 2019, Dennis Liebman sued to force a sale and force his son out of the home, the Daily News reported. The elder Liebman said the missed payments violated an original agreement, in which he co-signed for the mortgage and assisted with the down payment, the newspaper reported.

Jeffrey Liebman responded by spray painting the house and yard. Inside the house, he ripped out appliances, flooring and cabinets, according to court records.

Fifth Third Bank filed to foreclose on the mortgage in March, but the action was dismissed Monday after the sale, the Daily News reported. Other liens against the property also were resolved, according to the newspaper.

Now, the house will resemble other homes in the subdivision.

“You know, it really doesn’t bother me,” neighbor John Caffrey said. “I’m glad they’re not tearing it down, whoever bought it is going to try to bring it back to what it was.”

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