SC property where Murdaugh murders occurred has ‘several interested parties,’ broker says
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Multiple people have expressed interest in buying the Murdaugh family’s Moselle property where Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were murdered last summer, according to land broker Todd Crosby.
Crosby confirmed he showed the property to interested parties prior to the listing titled “Cross Swamp Farm” publishing to the Crosby Land Company’s website on Monday. He said those parties had reached out to the personal representative.
Moselle, located in rural Colleton and Hampton counties, was owned by Maggie Murdaugh at the time of her death and she left all her property to her husband, disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh, according to her will. Alex’s brother John Marvin Murdaugh was appointed as the personal representative for Maggie’s estate in December, probate records show, after Alex was incarcerated on a litany of financial crimes.
“We have received an offer that we view as a very favorable offer but nothing has been signed,” Crosby said Wednesday. “We don’t have a contract.”
The more than 1,700-acre property is listed for $3.9 million. Buildings on the land include a 5,275-square-foot home that was built in 2011 and an 1,140-square-foot guest cottage in addition to a number of auxiliary buildings and dog kennels, according to the listing.
The majority of the land is a “very organic material” and located in a flood plain, though. Crosby referred to it as “muck swamp” that has no timber value.
“It’s good for wildlife but not usable land,” he said. “You can’t walk through it without going up to your knees in mud.”
The listing mentions the land being “an ideal candidate for a conservation easement,” which would make “considerable tax advantages” possible if the next owner donated the easement.
He said he believes the property may be priced above true market value taking those aspects into consideration.
Crosby said the property’s recent violent history did not play a role in the pricing, adding that some parties had inquired if the $3.9 million was a discounted price.
“We don’t take those things into consideration such as a mortgage or anything that’s previously taken place there,” he said.
The property previously had lis pendens against it in court, which prevented the sale of the property, but lawyers recently withdrew those.
One of the attorneys involved was Eric Bland of Columbia, who represents the estate of the Murdaughs’ former housekeeper who died after a trip-and-fall incident at Moselle. Bland said he agreed to unfreeze the property because the proceeds of the sale would go into a pool of money being controlled by court-appointed receivers and not to Alex Murdaugh.
