{"id":465,"date":"2022-05-23T00:39:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T00:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/23\/dino-mite-huge-sculptures-in-front-yard-draw-crowds-to-cleveland-home\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T00:39:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T00:39:05","slug":"dino-mite-huge-sculptures-in-front-yard-draw-crowds-to-cleveland-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/23\/dino-mite-huge-sculptures-in-front-yard-draw-crowds-to-cleveland-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Dino-mite! Huge Sculptures in Front Yard Draw Crowds to Cleveland Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pride of ownership! Meticulously maintained Colonial. Beautiful flooring on first floor, solid wood kitchen cabinets, GRANITE countertops and MARBLE backsplash.<\/em><\/p>\n

Those are the first words in the listing details for a modest 1,624-square-foot home<\/a> on Bosworth Road in Cleveland<\/a>. It\u2019s listed for $162,000.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s no mention of what truly sets this three-bedroom residence apart from the others\u2014namely, the huge sculptures of a dinosaur, a mastodon, and a giraffe dominating the front yard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe owner is from Africa and does a lot of carvings and sculptures. The sculptures in the front were all done by the owner. He\u2019s been working on them for about the past five years,\u201d explains listing agent Nicholas Reyes<\/strong>, with BHHS Stouffer Realty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to kind of stay neutral and let buyers make their own decisions as far as the artwork. I just tried to really focus on the house,\u201d says Reyes on his decision to not mention the sculptures in the listing.<\/p>\n

The strategy worked: An offer is pending for the art-filled home.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were blown away. We had an open house, and there were a lot of people coming in, a lot of people to see the house and a lot of people to see the artwork,\u201d he says. \u201cThere was definitely a lot of positive feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Front yard<\/p>\n

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Front porch<\/p>\n

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Front yard<\/p>\n

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Living<\/p>\n

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Reyes says the front yard display took him by surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen [the owner] called me to come look at the home the first time, he didn\u2019t give me any kind of warning or anything. I pulled up and was, like, \u2018Wow, this is pretty cool,\u2019\u201d Reyes says. \u201cOnce I walked inside, I was blown away because it\u2019s like walking into a museum.\u201d<\/p>\n

The homeowner is contemporary artist Harry Larweh<\/strong>, who is moving back to his native Ghana. A number of sculptures also grace the interior of the home and the backyard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sculptures outside are staying with the house, but most of the artwork inside he is taking away,\u201d Reyes says. \u201cHe did the big dinosaur during COVID. I guess he was getting bored. He bought a toy dinosaur and said once he got the toy, he knew exactly how to make it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Backyard<\/p>\n

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The home, which was built in 1924, has been updated, Reyes says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rooms upstairs are really nice-sized with nice oak hardwood floors, and the fireplaces have been refinished,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Bedroom<\/p>\n

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Kitchen<\/p>\n

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Some of the sculptures were carved from wood, others were shaped in cement. Whatever the medium, the large beasts attract attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are always people who stop by and take photos, bring their kids,\u201d Reyes says. \u201cThe neighborhood definitely loves it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reyes says he\u2019s surprised by all the attention the listing has received.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first got the listing, I knew it was going to go one of two ways. Either people were going to love it or hate it,\u201d he says. \u201cHarry is definitely happy to hear how many people appreciate his artwork and all of the hours he has put into everything he has done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interior<\/p>\n

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Dining area<\/p>\n

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Exterior<\/p>\n

Randee Pollarine<\/p>\n

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Realtor.com Pride of ownership! Meticulously maintained Colonial. Beautiful flooring on first floor, solid wood kitchen cabinets, GRANITE countertops and MARBLE backsplash. Those are the first words in the listing details for a modest 1,624-square-foot home on Bosworth Road in Cleveland. It\u2019s listed for $162,000. But there\u2019s no mention of what truly sets this three-bedroom residence…Read More→<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/billingsrealtybrokers.paradiseinnovations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}