One-Of-A-Kind Kalamazoo ‘Bubble Home’ Appears On HGTV

The Michigan housing market this summer has been on the unique side. It's not often all of Hell is for sale, or an 1848 grist mill turned home with a personal waterfall that was a favorite of Gerald R. Ford himself. But this latest listing takes the cake. While the grist mill is a unique renovation, one of Kalamazoo's most famous homes has been put on the market.

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We already wrote about the Monolithic Dome known as "Bubbletopia", but now the house's popularity has reached new heights after it was recently featured on HGTV's Zillow Gone Wild. If a house is cool enough to be featured on HGTV not once but twice, you know this is a truly special home for sale.

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HGTV Features Kalamazoo's Unique Monolithic Dome

This unique dome, listed at $1,150,000, is the longtime home of Bill and Linda. They are selling the house simply because "it's huge...and I'm 81 years old. It just seems logical. It's our time to go." The home appears in Season 3, Episode 9, and is covered across the first 6 1/2 minutes of the episode

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They purchased the home in 1990 and did some major remodeling on the interior in the 90s and exterior as recently as 2020, according to the episode. The dome shape was made possible because the house is made of styrofoam. Host Jack McBrayer declared the house the most "wild" house in the episode and awarded Bill and Linda with a trophy.

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It was the second time the home had been featured on an HGTV show, having previously been on HGTV's Building Roots. You can read more about the home's history on the Zillow listing here and view more photos of the unique house below.