"Sleeper" House is sold at foreclosure auction - The Denver Post

"Sleeper" House is sold at foreclosure auction - The Denver Post: "'Sleeper' House is sold at foreclosure auction
$1.5 million buys home featured in '73 Allen film
By Margaret Jackson
The Denver Post
POSTED: 11/11/2010 01:00:00 AM MST
UPDATED: 11/11/2010 01:17:26 PM MST


Michael Dunahay, who lives in the house, stands outside it Wednesday. He bought the house for $3.4 million in 2006, fell behind on his payments and was foreclosed upon.

John Dilday bought the Sleeper House, Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010, in Genesee Park after the house was foreclosed on and sold in auction today. (RJ Sangosti/ The Denver Post)
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The futuristic Genesee Mountain house made famous by Woody Allen's 'Sleeper' movie sold at a foreclosure auction Wednesday for $1.5 million — $1 more than the minimum bid placed by the lender that foreclosed on the iconic home.

Denver investor John Dilday, a regular on the auction circuit who is known by his cronies in the industry as 'the Godfather,' said he already has a number of people interested in buying the house at 855 Visionary Trail.

Dilday typically buys homes to flip them to other investors.

'I usually don't buy houses like this unless I have interest,' Dilda"