By MONA NAIR
6 News Reporter

LOUDON (WATE) – A local meth house was put on the market recently.

But is it, or any meth house, a home you’d want to buy?

In theory it seems like one heck of a deal-4 bedrooms, 2 baths, for $8,500.

The catch is you have to buy it “interior sight unseen”.  In 2010, the place was busted for being a meth house. Three men were sent to prison for creating that hazardous environment in the home.

“We categorized this property as level 3 of contamination. Level 3 out of 4, meaning there was quite a bit of material consistent with making meth in the house,” explained Lt. Paul Curtis, Narcotics Director at the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office.

The house was quarantined by the Loudon County Narcotics Team. Situations like this home could cause health issues like headaches, dizziness, vomiting, even cancer.

The realty company that eventually listed the foreclosed property did not want to do an interview about it, so we talked to area realtor Traci Kollock about these situations.

“They have to be cleaned and inspected by professionals. There are people who go and just clean these houses,” explained Traci Kollock, with Smoky Mountain Realty. “I can’t imagine why someone would buy a house they haven’t been in to begin with.”

Lt. Curtis agrees it is unconventional you would not be allowed to see the inside.

According to Tennessee law, without a cleaning and inspection, “it is an offense for any person to offer that property to the public.”

So if the home was cleaned and inspected, why list it as sight unseen?

“It is interesting, it also raises some other questions and creates some work for my group. I need to look into that and need to see exactly what has transpired as far as them listing the property,” he said, about how they plan to double check how the property was listed.

Despite that, we’re told someone bought the property on Monday because of its low price.

We don’t know who that person is. The place is now boarded up.