PHOTOS. It’s on sale! Check out what it looks like inside and how much they charge for Walter Mercado’s house in Puerto Rico | News from El Salvador

The nieces of Walter Mercado (1932-2019) offered for sale, to avoid deterioration, the house in San Juan, Puerto Rico, of the famous astrologer, a house in the Cupey area that came on the market with a value of $ 495,000, as stated on the real estate company Zillow Inc. But now it is worth $ 395,000.

Ivonne Benet, one of Walter Mercado’s four nieces, told EFE news agency that they decided to put the house up for sale when it was made clear that it could not become a museum and as a measure to prevent this 6-year-old house from deteriorating rooms and 5 bathrooms.

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“We want whoever gets the house to enjoy it,” said Benet, who stressed that the inability to keep it in good working order is one of the reasons that led to the decision.

“Two of my sisters don’t normally live in Puerto Rico and another is gone for health reasons too, which is why we made the decision,” he emphasized, after making it clear that once they enter the house, everyone will be able to are to capture the personality that maintains the home where Mercado has lived since about 1986.

“Walter came to live here just because he was close to me,” said Mercado’s niece.

He recalled that, on the facade, the house has traces of Arabian architecture, although, as he points out, “it is modern inside”.

DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS

As to what the house contains inside, he said that some of Mercado’s belongings were scattered by the four nieces, although it is true that many other things are destined for different museums.

“Walter would have been pleased with the cast, as his greatest love was his audience,” said Mercado’s niece.

For example, a cape with a Puerto Rican flag will go to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, while other relevant objects will go to the Miami History Museum.

“Some things also go to Mexico, where he had a lot of followers,” he said.

Benet recalled that, contrary to what many might think, Mercado never ceased to live in Puerto Rico, although he spent about half a month in the American city of Miami, where he had an apartment for years.

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However, he has always kept that of San Juan, a city he would not leave until his death in 2019. He emphasized that it is a great opportunity because it is a large house with an office area and a swimming pool in the garden.

The sale puts an end to the idea of ​​converting the house into a museum in his honor, when it was found that the location did not allow it, in part due to the architectural barriers the house has.