Celebrity homes: kurt cobain’s childhood home for sale

The clapboard house in Aberdeen, Washington, may not look like much from the outside. It may not even look like much from the inside: it was last lived in four years ago. The 1.5 storey bungalow, though, has attracted a swarm of attention thanks to its connection to the Nirvana frontman.

Cobain, who committed suicide at the age of 27, moved into the home with his family in 1969 at the age of two. He stayed there until he was nine, when his parents divorced, and then once again with him mother as a teen.

The property still contains traces of his time there, from the dining room table he used to eat at and graffiti from the music legend scribble on the walls. His mattress is even included in the home, stored in a crawl space upstairs.

Ordinarily, the home would sell for roughly $67,000, notes The Daily Mail, but with Cobain’s name attached, it has been put on the market with an asking price of $500,000. An agent tells the newspaper that one of the other 20 houses Cobain lived in during his life was sold in Montesano in 2002, the price inflated from $42,500 up to $210,000.

Indeed, Cobain’s mother, Wendy O’Connor, has placed photos of her son throughout the house and have invited offers from people interested in turning the property into a museum.

“We've decided to sell the home to create a legacy for Kurt, and yes, there are some mixed feelings since we have all loved the home and it carries so many great memories,” commented Kurt’s sister, Kim. “It’s time to let go of the home.”