Kid Rock’s Childhood Home for Sale: Michigan Wow! House

METRO DETROIT, MI — Don’t misunderstand the 'hood where Kid Rock grew up: He may appeal to regular folks with his hip-hop-meets-rap-meets-rock-meets-country music, but he grew up in fancy digs in a well-to-do Detroit suburb.

Our featured Michigan Wow! House, this Macomb County estate at 70100 Henry Ross Drive in Bruce Township is for sale for $1,295,000, according to a listing on Realtor.com. Kelly Milstein of Cambridge Real Estate Advisors is the listing agent.

Picture Kid Rock — who was regular ol' Robert Ritchie from the 'burbs before he adopted his professional persona — getting a band together in this mansion or one of its outbuildings and hammering out one of those early anthems of existential angst. A music video was, indeed, filmed at the estate, according to the property description.

The estate surrounded by mature trees sits on 5.5 acres, and here’s a bonus for musically inclined buyers looking for similar chart-topping fame: There are no immediate neighbors to be annoyed by howling guitar licks. It has the pristine look and open feel of a farm and is, in fact, known as Apple Crest Farm.

See more photos of this mansion on Realtor.com.

Strap on your spurs. There’s a barn and tack room with stalls for two horses, and the guest quarters have the feel of a bunkhouse with a sleeping loft, kitchenette and wood-burning stove. You won’t have to jump in a pond to cool off when you’re done riding. The estate has an in-ground pool, as well as an all-season indoor Jacuzzi room. There’s also a tennis court.

The Colonial-style home has multiple fireplaces to take off winter’s chill, including a vast brick fireplace in the entertainment room, which features a brass bar and stairs leading to a loft. The mansion was completely remodeled over the past dozen years and has custom features that include handmade solid wood cabinets and built-ins and pull-out shelving, distressed wood and cherry plank flooring, over-sized 10-inch moldings and pocket doors.

Get the full specs on this luxury property, and see more photos, on its listing page at Realtor.com.

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