Bird’s home now has a guide price of between £30,000 and £40,000 Only a “handful” of people have shown an interest in buying the home of Cumbria gunman Derrick Bird, prompting auctioneers to drop its guide price.
The taxi driver killed 12 people and wounded 11 others in west Cumbria on 2 June before shooting himself.
His home in the village of Rowrah is going under the hammer at Carlisle Racecourse later.
Initially, the guide price was listed as between £35,000 and £45,000, but this has now been lowered by £5,000.
Colin West, from Auction House Cumbria, said that due to its “associated history” it was hard to put a price on the property and described the sale as “difficult”.
“It has to be handled professionally and sensitively,” he said.
“We are part of the community as well as a business and the staff know some of the bereaved and injured as well as the Bird family.
“My advice was that the swiftest way to bring it to a conclusion was to put it [the property] in an auction.
“There has not been a great deal of interest, only a handful of viewings.”
The mid-terraced property, described as being “in need of modernisation”, is now listed as between £30,000 and £40,000.
Similar houses in the village are on sale at about £70,000.
Mr West added: “We hope a home owner will buy it, improve it, put their own stamp on it and turn it back into a home.
“But my feeling is that the buyer will be an out-of-town investor.”
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