Selden’s viral 0-bedroom home finds the perfect buyer for $275K

The little Selden house that became a national sensation for having zero bedrooms and a six-figure asking price has finally found its person.

And he’s thrilled.

The 451-square-foot cottage at 84 Wyona Ave., which originally hit the market for $329,000 before dropping below $300,000, has sold for $275,000 to a young, single, first-time homebuyer who couldn’t be happier, according to listing agent Denise Beckman.

“He’s excited and happy to be a homeowner,” Beckman, of HomeSmart Dynamic Realty, told Greater Long Island. “My sellers were very excited because they wanted to find someone who would love it and not rent it out. And we found someone who loves it.”

The buyer, who prefers to remain out of the spotlight, works full time and plans to make some interior updates to give the nearly century-old cottage a fresh look.

For Beckman, the sale marks a happy ending to one of the more unusual real estate experiences of her career.

Tiny house, big story

When Greater Long Island first featured the tiny home in March, its zero-bedroom designation and $329,000 price tag set off a firestorm of reactions online. The story drew more than 100,000 readers to GLI, and before long, national media outlets came calling.

Beckman found herself talking to 1010 WINS, CBS New York, Fox 5, PIX11, News 12, People magazine, the New York Post and Newsday. The home also landed on Zillow Gone Wild, the popular social media account showcasing unusual real estate listings.

“It was fun. It’s 15 minutes of fame,” Beckman said. “It’s not like I’m making millions of dollars. I’m not one of those stay-in-front-of-the-camera type of people, but it was definitely interesting and fun to go through.”

Much of the attention stemmed from an innocent quirk in the listing system. Beckman had wanted to describe the home as a studio, but the multiple listing service required a numerical entry for bedrooms.

So she entered zero.

“I wanted to be able to type in, like, studio, so people would understand there’s no bedroom, it’s a big open space,” she said. “But the zero really made it newsworthy at that point.”

The home also drew plenty of criticism, particularly from people outside New York who couldn’t fathom paying that much for so little space.

But Beckman said those reactions overlooked the realities of Long Island’s housing market, where median home prices in Suffolk County hover around the $700,000s.

At $275,000, with annual property taxes of roughly $3,700 and no homeowners association fees, she believes the buyer made out pretty well.

“Because it’s small, you’re not going to put a family of four in 450 square feet,” she said.

Happy people

The sale was also bittersweet for the previous owners, who had owned the property since 2002, rent it out for a time but then lived there for the last 11 years.

The little cottage held plenty of memories, Beckman said, but the couple has since settled into a newer home in Florida.

And they’re happy knowing the house is in good hands.

As for the new owner, Beckman said he plans to make the place comfortable to his liking before deciding what comes next.

She even offered a little unsolicited relationship advice for the future.

“If you’re living in that house alone and you start dating someone, and you can survive a year together in that tiny house, you’re meant to be,” she joked.

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Top: The 451-square-foot cottage has sold for $275,000 to a young, single, first-time homebuyer. (Credit: GLI/Jayden Meadows)