Matt and Caryn

[ginger90]

[chenoa333]

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

What a cute baby! Congrats to Caryn!

[seasons]

niCe picture but those look like some man hands on her. 

[stoppro]

She will need them for when she starts digging for the gold! LOL

[Irate Panda]

Matt posted on IG:

mattroloff Verified

Read an interesting statistic from @tlc today as they announced our new session Premiere on May 17…. They said that “over 1 billion viewer hours have watched #lpbw since the beginning”. Hopefully people have learned a little something about Little People along the way… I know I’ve learned a lot about myself.. still a work in progress but getting better every day!

[ginger90]

Barn/garage video:

 

 

[Jeanne222]

Matt is amazing!  That barn is amazing!  The story of all that wood and Matt having a hand in everything!

I'll bet Amy is so jealous and Chris looks like more of a nothing compared to Matt.  Does Chris do anything?

Nobody can compete with Matt and he's especially terrific now that he's rid himself of that ball and chain!

[EllaWycliffe]

11 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:

Matt is amazing!  That barn is amazing!  The story of all that wood and Matt having a hand in everything!

Just so we're clear, Matt isn't actually running a lucrative lumber business as was insisted on and was in fact just renting equipment for his own personal project.

11 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:

I'll bet Amy is so jealous and Chris looks like more of a nothing compared to Matt.

Why would she be jealous of a garage? Its a garage for Matt to put more cars in. 

11 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:

Does Chris do anything?

At last check he's a realtor. 

 

12 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:

Nobody can compete with Matt

At what? Spending money? On a garage that as yet has no home to attach itself to? Why did it need to get built so dramatically? Why no word on his dream house that he's been spending years and years whining about, that he wants it and AMY WONT LET HIM boo hoo hoo? Amy hasn't been an obstacle for actual years now yet he still hasn't broken ground on his fabulous vision of a home. 

[ginger90]

Many people who have taken  on new builds have suffered delays in the best of times.  Most recently there have been  COVID related obstacles.

 

I enjoyed the video, but I like stuff like that, Matt related, or not.

Edited April 12, 2022 by ginger90

[Joan of Argh]

16 hours ago, Jeanne222 said:

Does Chris do anything?

Ummmm … He sits on the front porch drinking booze with Amy 🤪🥴

[Jeanne222]

I think that a dwarf man with all of Matt’s disabilities is to be commended for even getting up in the morning. 

He needs crutches to even be able to move around. But here he is sawing logs and serving as contractor for his projects. 

I think many have no idea of how hard it is to live life with such a debilitating condition. 

[stoppro]

It's gonna be a lot worse when caryn gets gold fever, he will need eyes in the back of his head.

[stewedsquash]

That was an interesting short video above and sometime later on I am going to check out his other videos. 

I am very interested in a voyeuristic way in seeing his barn and eventually his house as a finished product. 

I see a smooshed nose little eyes big mouth jack-o'latern face on the side of the barn. I always look at the windows and doors of houses to see if any of them have that happening. Cool that his barn does and it probably wasn't planned but just a bit of serendipity with his business being pumpkins. 

[SunnyBeBe]

On 4/11/2022 at 9:40 PM, ginger90 said:

Barn/garage video:

 

 

I enjoyed watching this a lot.  Is the building the one that Matt built for Amy’s wedding or a new one?

[EllaWycliffe]

Its the same.

[EllaWycliffe]

Moved from Zach and Tori since its mostly about Matt

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 4 HOURS AGO, LILYD SAID:

I have wondered about its actual value. Because of its location and size, Matt should be able to get a decent price. But…the  Roloffs aren’t very house proud and I have a feeling the place is pretty gutted.

 

The property is valuable. The big house? At last check, Matt was remodeling it yet again - he posted something about it in March. My issue with the big house is simply that it's a GIANT house. 

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 4 HOURS AGO, LILYD SAID:

The farmhouse will need a lot of renovation work because of this, plus the fact that a lot of it was designed for LP and not for people of average height.

 

Rumor has it that in order to rent it to the other Karen, the kitchen was remodeled back to an average height kitchen. I wonder too if some of the remodeling in March was making it more average height accessible.

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  4 HOURS AGO, LILYD SAID:

Add to that the number of “interesting” buildings around the place and Matte numerous unfinished projects.

 

This. The various structures littered around that people aren't allowed into per the county Western Town for example, non family members haven't been allowed to go into buildings in over a decade. Noah's Ark, which is literally just an unfinished boat hull thats been left outdoors for ten years now. The castle, that people in pumpkin season aren't allowed to go in. The swamp fort rotting in the swamp. The new pirate ship. These things look cool but a new non family owner is only going to see them as a liability. And frankly, Matt has a lot of "stuff" all over the farm. Zach "buying" the property frankly means Matt maintains status quo... but a non family member buying the farm means Matt's got to find a place for his car and atv collection and ALL of his valuable stuff in the barns that he wants to keep. And Roloff Pumpkin season on that part of the property would end. A non family member is not going to make a full market value offer for that property if Matt plans to commandeer it for one month out of the year and retains control over outbuildings. 

Any sale to a non family member with usage strings attached would make it a difficult sale, in my opinion. The big house is lovely but its kind of BIG. I can appreciate it as a beautiful home on the interior, but its certainly way too big for me, and the exterior is "McMansion on Steroids". If Matt is seeking top dollar, even if he's NOT attaching usage strings, I don't know that I'd want to live next to the former owner who may still be running a noisy crowded business one month of the year right next door. 

I've actually wondered why Matt hasn't gone the AirBNB route with the place. 

Edited May 12, 2022 by EllaWycliffe

[LilyD]

So, he’s continued adding to the big house till this day?I wonder why as I fail to see any reason why?  I don’t know about its layout but I have seen quite a few houses that ‘suffered’ from numerous remodelling projects. Those floor plans never make sense.

I think he needs something to keep him occupied. Once he loses interest, which is usually soon, he’ll abandon it and starts something new. If Matt ever sells the place, the buyer is gonna lots of huge skips to get rid of all the junk on the premises.

[pdlinda]

50 minutes ago, LilyD said:

So, he’s continued adding to the big house till this day?I wonder why as I fail to see any reason why?  I don’t know about its layout but I have seen quite a few houses that ‘suffered’ from numerous remodelling projects. Those floor plans never make sense.

I think he needs something to keep him occupied. Once he loses interest, which is usually soon, he’ll abandon it and starts something new. If Matt ever sells the place, the buyer is gonna lots of huge skips to get rid of all the junk on the premises.

I was thinking maybe the entire parcel would be bought by an investor developer as a "tear down."  Gut everything on the property and turn it into a "luxury condo" or "luxury single family home" or "mixed use" community.

[Absolom]

8 minutes ago, pdlinda said:

I was thinking maybe the entire parcel would be bought by an investor developer as a "tear down."  Gut everything on the property and turn it into a "luxury condo" or "luxury single family home" or "mixed use" community.

They would have to get the zoning changed and that's no easy matter. 

[EllaWycliffe]

7 minutes ago, LilyD said:

So, he’s continued adding to the big house till this day?

Dunno about adding to it - he says remodeling. I have noticed, from watching the show, that Matt tends to be constantly remodeling

9 minutes ago, LilyD said:

I wonder why as I fail to see any reason why?

Well, there was a whole lotta "Amy let all the maintenance go" complaining but really it all sounded like normal wear and tear. Matt also tends to make things sound much bigger than they actually are. The "major remodeling" he talks about for example? Might be painting a room or two. At one point he was "remodeling" the double wide, which amounted to painting the cabinets and changing the flooring. 

Made worse that yeah, he's constantly saying he won't live there.

24 minutes ago, LilyD said:

 I don’t know about its layout but I have seen quite a few houses that ‘suffered’ from numerous remodelling projects. Those floor plans never make sense.

Its genuinely hard to tell what's going on with the floor plan of the Big House. I know, for example, that there's still three bedrooms on the second floor but there's ALSO a really extensive great room and maybe another bedroom? On the first floor there was a LARGE office for Matt that once he moved out seemed to never really be used again (Amy may have used it as a playroom for the grandkids. There's the really large great room attached to the kitchen and a dining room and the original smaller office/den, and the original rarely seen bedroom and bathroom for Matt and Amy. And there is a six car garage that also seems to have office space. 

One reason I found the "OMG I MUST BUILD A NEW GARAGE PRONTO!" silliness so silly is that if no one is living in the big house... why not park your cars there? Even if the other Karen was still renting, most people don't have six cars to begin with and garage access isn't much to ask for from a renter. 

But then who knows how many cars Matt owns? 

54 minutes ago, LilyD said:

I think he needs something to keep him occupied. Once he loses interest, which is usually soon, he’ll abandon it and starts something new.

I am curious if he ever starts the barbie dream house, just how long it will take. The last major change to the house was a six month long, if not more, nightmare of Matt making changes to everything and running out of money which shut down building. And that was with Amy and the kids nagging him.

 

1 minute ago, Absolom said:

They would have to get the zoning changed and that's no easy matter. 

Exactly! And honestly, if it was easy peasy make a butt ton of money to sell to developers Matt would have sold the property decades ago.

[katycat74]

Matt just posted 16 acres of their farm is on the market of their original 109. Sorry the links he posted aren't working for me

Edited May 12, 2022 by katycat74

[ginger90]

The house is for sale, along with about 16 acres

[Jeanne222]

Just now, ginger90 said:

The house is for sale, along with about 16 acres

Yes I just saw that. I went to the linc he posted but it’s disabled.  Wondering the price. 

[EllaWycliffe]

Interesting! Did it say how much?

[Dustbunny]

3 minutes ago, EllaWycliffe said:

Interesting! Did it say how much?

a cool 4 million

https://www.wsj.com/articles/little-people-big-world-farmhouse-hits-the-market-for-4-million-11652387215

[EllaWycliffe]

Its a nice place but I will be genuinely shocked if he gets 4 million for it. 

I'm more impressed that he was allowed to split the property. 

 

[Dustbunny]

Just now, EllaWycliffe said:

Its a nice place but I will be genuinely shocked if he gets 4 million for it. 

I'm more impressed that he was allowed to split the property. 

 

me too, he can ask whatever he wants for the place but asking and getting are two very different things

If Matt can get 4 million then it's pretty obvious why he didn't sell to Jer or Zach,,, they're doing well for themselves but I don't think either one would be able to come up with that kind of money.

[EllaWycliffe]

I tried to look at the listing at Global Properties  but its timed out 503.

The Wall Street Journal article says the castle and the pirate ship and western town are included, thanks for the link Dustbunny!

8 minutes ago, Dustbunny said:

me too, he can ask whatever he wants for the place but asking and getting are two very different things

Agreed. And if thats close to the deal offered to Zach, not sure I can blame Zach for being pissed. Matt bought *half* the property from Amy for 975k just last year. He's now offering to sell essentially half of the original 32 acres for 4 million. Admittedly the "good half" but thats still one HELL of a mark up. 

[Dustbunny]

https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/roloff-farm-for-sale-lpbws-matt-selling-property-for-4-million/

 

[Jeanne222]

Actually the kids might make out quite well. If Matt bought from Amy for under one million and sells it for four million that will surely be a huge inheritance for the four Roloff children. 
 

Matts pretty smart with $$$. I bet Amy’s  really 😡 pissed!

[Dustbunny]

[EllaWycliffe]

3 minutes ago, Jeanne222 said:

Actually the kids might make out quite well. If Matt bought from Amy for under one million and sells it for four million that will surely be a huge inheritance for the four Roloff children. 

Hehehe this assumes that Matt doesn't spend it on his own plans. Point - wasn't there some speculation recently that Matt simply couldn't afford to build his barbie dream house? Maybe this is how he gets the cash....

I also wouldn't expect any inheritance from Matt at this point if I was one of those kids.  (not that it should be expected either, but I have a feeling Matt is all about Matt)

8 minutes ago, Jeanne222 said:

Matts pretty smart with $$$. I bet Amy’s  really 😡 pissed!

Only if he actually sells it for that price - he took out an 867k mortgage on it just last year to pay Amy and most buyers at this level do pay attention to prior sale prices. Matt paid Amy 975k total for her *half* the property just last year. Now he's selling the admittedly better half for 3 times that? I mean, he's also saying (as of right now) that pumpkin season will continue which means any buyer will be dealing with people non stop trespassing in October...

[EllaWycliffe]

In what seems like a really classic passive aggressive bitch move, everyone knows this announcement is on Jackson's birthday, right? :)

Super classy!

[pdlinda]

23 minutes ago, EllaWycliffe said:

39 minutes ago, Jeanne222 said:

Actually the kids might make out quite well. If Matt bought from Amy for under one million and sells it for four million that will surely be a huge inheritance for the four Roloff children. 

Hehehe this assumes that Matt doesn't spend it on his own plans. Point - wasn't there some speculation recently that Matt simply couldn't afford to build his barbie dream house? Maybe this is how he gets the cash....

I also wouldn't expect any inheritance from Matt at this point if I was one of those kids.  (not that it should be expected either, but I have a feeling Matt is all about Matt)

39 minutes ago, Jeanne222 said:

Matts pretty smart with $$$. I bet Amy’s  really 😡 pissed!

Only if he actually sells it for that price

Won't the APPRAISAL amount be crucial in determining whether $4 million is a justified asking price?

[EllaWycliffe]

5 minutes ago, pdlinda said:

Won't the APPRAISAL amount be crucial in determining whether $4 million is a justified asking price?

Of course. I'd love to see the appraised value. Is it in the listing? I could have missed it. 

What I did see was the last sale value a little over a year ago that was 975k. I don't know how finishing the play pirate ship and burying some gold coins in the sandbox increased the value by over 3 million, but hey maybe its a lot of pirate booty buried there....

[Dustbunny]

55 minutes ago, EllaWycliffe said:

Hehehe this assumes that Matt doesn't spend it on his own plans. Point - wasn't there some speculation recently that Matt simply couldn't afford to build his barbie dream house? Maybe this is how he gets the cash....

I also wouldn't expect any inheritance from Matt at this point if I was one of those kids.  (not that it should be expected either, but I have a feeling Matt is all about Matt)

Only if he actually sells it for that price - he took out an 867k mortgage on it just last year to pay Amy and most buyers at this level do pay attention to prior sale prices. Matt paid Amy 975k total for her *half* the property just last year. Now he's selling the admittedly better half for 3 times that? I mean, he's also saying (as of right now) that pumpkin season will continue which means any buyer will be dealing with people non stop trespassing in October...

I've been wondering how Matt will come up with the money for his dream house and I also wondered why he wasn't building it at the same time as the garage, this would answer those questions.

He had enough cash/credit to put up the barn/garage but needs to sell the farmhouse side to build the dream house.

Mat had a post on instagram quite some time ago (it was the type that disappears after a few hours) he mentioned putting up a wall between the 2 properties, he said something like "Great Wall of China" not sure what that will look like but I guess it's better than living in the farm house with tourists wandering around, taking pictures etc during pumpkin season.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Dustbunny

[Dustbunny]

9 minutes ago, EllaWycliffe said:

Of course. I'd love to see the appraised value. Is it in the listing? I could have missed it. 

What I did see was the last sale value a little over a year ago that was 975k. I don't know how finishing the play pirate ship and burying some gold coins in the sandbox increased the value by over 3 million, but hey maybe its a lot of pirate booty buried there....

I don't know about Portland, Oregon but where I live house prices have quadrupled in the last 2 yrs

That farmhouse and 16 acres would easily be in the 3-4 million range

All you get here for a million dollars is a shack on a 60'x120' lot.... basically a gut job or tear down

Can't wait to see if Matt's place sells and for how much

[EllaWycliffe]

8 minutes ago, Dustbunny said:

he mentioned putting up a wall between the 2 properties, he said something like "Great Wall of China" not sure what that will look like but I guess it's better than living in the farm house with tourists wandering around, taking pictures etc during pumpkin season.

For a variety of reasons I do not think "having pumpkin season" will survive this sale (pretty much all of the sites and infrastructure including parking lots is in the listing photos for the sale) but I do hope any potential owners consider what Matt's plans for his property will be. Not sure, for example, how I'd feel about buying a nice whimsical piece of land only to see my next door neighbor  building a "Great Wall of China" so close to my property. Nor would I be pleased with a pumpkin season (if it were to happen) where the patrons were used to being on and wanting to see *my* property. 

3 minutes ago, Dustbunny said:

I don't know about Portland, Oregon but where I live house prices have quadrupled in the last 2 yrs

That farmhouse and 16 acres would easily be in the 3-4 million range

All you get here for a million dollars is a shack on a 60'x120' lot.... basically a gut job or tear down

Oh prices have definitely gone up but its a pretty niche property.  And the market for gigantic expensive houses in Matt's neck of the woods without all the strings attached of being the ex Roloff Farms property isn't blazing. 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10425-NW-Helvetia-Rd-Hillsboro-OR-97124/186249293_zpid/ This place for example on zillow, not a roloff address but literally down the road from Roloff Farms is 1,750,000,000 - its on 10 acres and has the same 5 bedrooms, 6 baths and its been on Zillow for 19 days already. 

12 minutes ago, Dustbunny said:

Can't wait to see if Matt's place sells and for how much

I'm curious to see how it does. I suspect this new season will be al about it. 

[Jeanne222]

1 hour ago, Dustbunny said:

Lovely young man!  Don’t worry kiddo. Daddy will once again load your pockets with gold and you will never have to work!

[Jeanne222]

1 hour ago, pdlinda said:

Won't the APPRAISAL amount be crucial in determining whether $4 million is a justified asking price?

Yes but lately the housing market has been going every which way. Many are paying cash for large purchases. If they want it they buy it!

Bitcoin, fir one, made a lot of big time spenders!  I posted that one because on house hunters a buyer was paying cash from Bitcoin!

Homes in our area are selling at way over listing and appraised prices. Buyers just come up cash for the difference!

[LilyD]

20 minutes ago, EllaWycliffe said:

Oh prices have definitely gone up but its a pretty niche property.  And the market for gigantic expensive houses in Matt's neck of the woods without all the strings attached of being the ex Roloff Farms property isn't blazing. 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10425-NW-Helvetia-Rd-Hillsboro-OR-97124/186249293_zpid/ This place for example on zillow, not a roloff address but literally down the road from Roloff Farms is 1,750,000,000 - its on 10 acres and has the same 5 bedrooms, 6 baths and its been on Zillow for 19 days already. 

Matt has talked about selling for so long that I wonder whether he actually wants to sell. Only a Huge profit might possibly sway him to sign it over, otherwise he won’t (or so I believe)

I also fully agree with you this being a niche property. It’s a miniature theme park (no pun intended) that’s past it’s glory days and possibly doesn’t meet safety regulations. It probably all needs to go.
As for the house; the built in cabinets still seem to be low, as are all the windows and the fence around the porch. A new owner will probably want this changed.
I also suspect there’s a lot of wear and tear still that is not immediately visible from the pictures… This house definitely needs some money to fix all this.

[YupItsMe]

28 minutes ago, EllaWycliffe said:

For a variety of reasons I do not think "having pumpkin season" will survive this sale (pretty much all of the sites and infrastructure including parking lots is in the listing photos for the sale) but I do hope any potential owners consider what Matt's plans for his property will be. Not sure, for example, how I'd feel about buying a nice whimsical piece of land only to see my next door neighbor  building a "Great Wall of China" so close to my property. Nor would I be pleased with a pumpkin season (if it were to happen) where the patrons were used to being on and wanting to see *my* property. 

Oh prices have definitely gone up but its a pretty niche property.  And the market for gigantic expensive houses in Matt's neck of the woods without all the strings attached of being the ex Roloff Farms property isn't blazing. 

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10425-NW-Helvetia-Rd-Hillsboro-OR-97124/186249293_zpid/ This place for example on zillow, not a roloff address but literally down the road from Roloff Farms is 1,750,000,000 - its on 10 acres and has the same 5 bedrooms, 6 baths and its been on Zillow for 19 days already. 

I'm curious to see how it does. I suspect this new season will be al about it. 

I’m sure it’s just a typo but that property is $1,675,000 not one billion 750 million.

[Jeanne222]

Matt might also be looking at what the market will bear on that property. 

A home equity loan is supported by an appraisal.   Finding out the property is worth much more than the appraisal could mean building Matt’s dream home with home equity money. 

I may not always agree with everything Matt does but I do think he’s super money smart!

That man knows how to make a buck with big time moves. 

[EllaWycliffe]

Heheeh yes a typo, its 1.75 million with same rooms and property and neighborhood. 

I noticed in the kitchen pictures that the counters and stove top still seem low which means a buyer needs to consider that as well. 

5 minutes ago, Jeanne222 said:

That man knows how to make a buck with big time moves. 

I would suggest waiting until he's actually made a buck....

He may very well - it is a nice property. But rates are going up....

[Jeanne222]

Matt has already lined all his kids pockets with gold 

How do we know this?  Nobody works!  They all have lovely everything. 

That all came from somewhere. 

Are Audrey and Jeremy back from their month vacationing in Hawaii. 

I’m sure they are anxious to work on their vacation home. 

[Absolom]

Molly decided working and having her privacy was the way to go so at least one works and Audrey works hard pitching her MLM business.  

[ginger90]

[chenoa333]

1 hour ago, ginger90 said:

Hope you enjoyed Jackson's birthday with you Matt.  It might be the last time you see him til he's 18.

Tori and Zach using the kids to manipulate and get revenge for their own selfish reasons is disgusting. I can't even imagine what those kids would go through if Zach and Tori ever got divorced.

Stay tuned for Little People BIG Mess. It's coming soon.

[Absolom]

There's no saying when the photo was taken.  That was the first thing I noticed.  No birthday presents or decorations.  It could just be this is the photo we picked for the internet happy birthday.

[readheaded]

32 minutes ago, chenoa333 said:

Hope you enjoyed Jackson's birthday with you Matt.  It might be the last time you see him til he's 18.

Tori and Zach using the kids to manipulate and get revenge for their own selfish reasons is disgusting. I can't even imagine what those kids would go through if Zach and Tori ever got divorced.

Stay tuned for Little People BIG Mess. It's coming soon.

What did I miss that we've seen Zach and Tori using their kids that way?