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- Chip and Joanna Gaines, the power couple behind the popular home renovation show "Fixer Upper," have bought a historic, 129-year-old German-style castle in their town of Waco, Texas, as first reported by the Waco Tribune-Herald.
- The exact sale price is unknown, but the 4,700-square-foot castle was listed on the market for $425,000 in February and appraised at $338,220 in 2018, according to public records.
- Dubbed Cottonland Castle, the aging structure requires extensive renovations throughout.
- Tom Lupfer, a contractor who worked on the castle for the previous owner, also estimated that an extensive renovation could cost between $600,000 and $1 million, according to the Waco Tribune-Herald.
- According to the listing, the castle is able to hold three bedrooms and two full bathrooms.
- The purchase adds to the couple’s existing catalogue of Waco real estate and businesses, which includes Magnolia Market and Magnolia Table.
- It’s unclear yet what the Gaineses will use the castle for, but they have promised in a statement that they plan to undertake the extensive renovations that the castle necessitates.
- "The Gaineses have the means, they have the interest — we knew for a long time that they were interested in the house," Lupfer told Business Insider.
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- And keep reading to take a look around the historic Cottonland Castle.
The historic 129-year-old German-style castle, known as Cottonland Castle, in Waco, Texas, could be Chip and Joanna Gaineses’ most challenging renovation yet.
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Chip and Joanna Gaines started flipping homes shortly after marrying in 2003 and had been renovating homes for a whole decade before HGTV came along.
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