Inside the Crumbling Shack Selling for $2.5 Million in SF

“It’s ridiculous,” said one neighbor after hearing the asking price for an old, decaying cottage that hasn’t been lived in for at least a decade. Set far back on a lot that’s become overgrown with tall grass and shrubbery run amok, the tiny square house covered in rotting cedar shingles is the latest piece of real estate to raise eyebrows in a city where rent and housing prices continue to rise.