Bernardo Mazzucco of Orlando, FL., bought the Ugliest House Of The Year®.
The place was in bad shape when Bernardo paid cash for the opportunity to bring back its potential. He said the house was full of animals, bugs, urine, feces, dog hair, and the yard was wildly overgrown!
After a series of trips to the dumpster and quite a bit of hard work, he produced a home makeover worthy of national attention!
Bernardo loves renovating ugly houses. “It feels like bringing them back to a functional use … (we) can be part of the process of (revitalizing) communities,” he said.
Each year We Buy Ugly Houses® asks America to vote for The Ugliest House Of The Year®. The contest is an opportunity to showcase some of the incredible work our local, independently owned, and operated homebuyers do to beautify neglected and damaged houses.
Our members pour hours of hard work into homes that few would buy, and they turn them into beautiful properties any person would be fortunate to call home. Bernardo Mazzucco was one of two finalists for whom people around the country cast their votes.
Mazzucco and his runner-up, Scott Merchant of Boston, bested the buyers of nearly 10,000 houses purchased in 2021.
“Everybody loves a good before and after,” says We Buy Ugly Houses CEO David Hicks.
David Hicks acknowledges most people probably aren’t familiar with the company’s work. “This is our chance to show off our most extreme makeovers where we’ve taken the challenging or ‘ugly’ properties and made them exceptionally good.”
Hicks says the company’s local homebuyers purchase everything from houses plagued by rodent infestations and natural disasters to neglected and vandalized homes. Houses that other buyers consider hopeless still hold potential for our independently owned and operated franchises.
But the crown for the ugliest house turnaround isn’t the only prize this year. We Buy Ugly Houses is also donating $20,000 to the winner’s local Habitat for Humanity. So the voters who named Bernardo Mazzucco the winner have also contributed to the nonprofit’s mission to build decent, affordable homes.
The houses in this year’s contest are examples of the value hidden in homes many deem too ugly to buy.
Hicks says, “Each of our houses are bought after one of our over 1150 (We Buy Ugly Houses) franchises made a personal visit and met with the seller to discuss their selling option, and often, they’re helping that seller out of an overwhelming and difficult situation.”
