Real Estate

'50 Shades Of Maple Glen': $750K Home With Sex Basement

This uniquely marketed home just listed in Maple Glen features a basement described as a "private adult sexual oasis."

MAPLE GLEN, PA — If you're accustomed to browsing through real estate ads and the customary flowery, grandiloquent, but certainly PG language employed to sell you on each home, you probably stopped dead in your tracks if you read the first line of a recent listing in Montgomery County: "50 Shades of Maple Glen...a suburban home with a sexy twist."

What?

Sellers of the sprawling, $750,000 estate on 1612 Norristown Road in Maple Glen highlighted one of the home's more distinctive attributes (in a paragraph that has since been removed): a room full of adult gimmicks, fit to inspire the next magnum opus from E.L. James.

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The house has drawn interest from across the Internet, inspiring various Twitter discussions.

It's a basement of sex swings and related accoutrements. Listings initially characterized it as a "private adult sexual oasis" before it was edited. More staid language now fills the description that's live, calling it a "finished basement."

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The home comes furnished, according to the listing.

The photos of the basement in question have also since been removed, but this Refinery29 article provides some pretty detailed descriptions. Photos of the dungeon are preserved over at BuzzFeed.

Here is the complete listing:

  • Address: 1612 Norristown Rd, Maple Glen, Pennsylvania
  • Price: $750,000
  • Square Feet: 5029
  • Bedrooms: 5
  • Bathrooms: 2 Full and 1 Half Baths
  • Built: 1997
  • Features: One of a kind surburban home.. Private quiet lane of 3 homes leads you to a secluded 4 bedrooms upstairs plus 1 bedroom in basement 2.5 bath colonial home located just 15 miles outside Philadelphia in the suburb of Maple Glen. Property includes 3 fireplaces, indoor/outdoor speaker system, 2 new heaters & water heater (2014), 2 new sump pumps, Gorgeous gourmet kitchen w/ newer (2013) stainless steel appliances, tumbled marble backsplash, & large granite island, & granite countertops. Hardwood floors throughout both floors. Breakfast room w/ vaulted ceilings walks out to large deck & private wooded yard w/ custom gazebo. Dining room w/ custom wainscoting, Living room/billiard room includes pool table. Family room w/ brick fireplace & beautiful wall of windows. 1 st floor study. 2nd level includes a large master bedroom suite w/ gas fireplace. Master bathroom w/ double doors , marble floors, dual vanities, stall shower & soaking tub. There is a step-down office w/ window seats w/ storage & 2 walk-in closets. 3 additional large spacious bedrooms & an additional bathroom complete the 2 nd floor. 3 rd level offers a huge walk-up attic. Full finished walk-out basement w bilco doors, includes a gym or 5th bedroom. It can be converted back to a typical suburban basement. Convenient to PA turnpike, 309, 63, 152 , trains to Center City Phila, restaurants, shops, & minutes from downtown Ambler. Award winning Upper Dublin school district. House is being sold furnished.

This listing originally appeared on realtor.com. For more information and photos, click here.

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