Talking about Maradona’s villa in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Devoto is finding the image embedded in the hearts of all soccer fans. Diego and his family arrived there in the early eighties, when Pelusa went to Boca and was preparing to take over the world. This has been his refuge for many years: behind those walls he has recovered from running in Mexico 86 and recently sealed his reconciliation with Diego Junior, his eldest son. That place, very emblematic, seems to have an inevitable fate: they intend to destroy it.

“Every possible way was sought to avoid reaching this stage but we were unable to do so,” he lamented. Adrian Market, the SEO of the homonymous group trying to sell it for months without success. They also failed to finish it in December, when the call was made. “10 “auction and the property located on Cantilo Street was offered with a value of 900 thousand dollars as base. No one was tempted to buy it. “We appealed to the sentimental value but no one appeared willing to buy it,” the businessman added, who is unparalleled in the severe crisis that has affected the buying and selling of real estate in the country for years.

Therefore, the most viable alternative seems to be to demolish the chalet and use its 1,350 square meters of lot to build a more attractive and profitable real estate project. The earth, empty, it is more expensive than the house: 1.3 million dollars, according to estimates. Underway financial engineering and accounts are expected to give favorable results to all involved.

“On that land, you can build a building of no more than three storeys, or four with a balcony-terrace type retreat in front. You can build up to 2,100 square meters of work and 1,500 to be sold. The project is underway, so that determine how many apartments can be built to reflect them. Next week we will have the first ‘masterplan’ “, Mercado explained in Clarion.

To solve the problem, the proposal must first have the consent of the five heirs listed in Maradona’s succession process: Diego Junior, Dalma, Gianinna, Jana and little Diego Fernando, his legal children. And the approval of the civil judge from La Plata Luciana Tedesco del Rivero, who manages the fate of the inheritance.

“The idea is to demolish and make a building, we didn’t want to do it from the start because our intention was always for someone to stay with the house, because of how symbolic that chalet is. Now the proposal is to build apartments and each of the five children will set aside one for them, ”Mercado said.

After leaving the internals and divisions, Diego’s children are now presented in a common presence to claim the inheritance owned by their father, for this reason it is believed that they will agree to this proposed release by Mercado and will provide an end to the subject.

Maradona’s house is “happiest”

According to those who know him, the mythical chalet in which they live Dona Tota and Don Diego “This is the home of the oldest Maradona”.Diego bought it in 1981 after sealing his pass from Argentinos Juniors to Boca, so that the whole family could live there. He had already done the same when they left Fiorito to go to La Paternal, in his early years as an El Bicho star. Living room, backyard, garden, pool, grill, barbecue area, garage, all kinds of comforts and top-notch material, for Maradona to do it your venue at every partybirthdays or celebrations for decades.

From his balcony, located in his parents ’room, Maradona greeted the crowd that had come to applaud him after winning the World Cup in Mexico 86. And thirty years later, at his front door, he announced publicly his postponed reconciliation with Diego Junior, in an embrace that traveled the world.

The catalog offering the property at auction has removed the affective to go technical: the chalet is 17 meters. front x 43 meters. deep and distributed on a ground floor, first floor and loft. It consists of 700 m2 covered and another 500 m2 outside.

An intimate tour of the mansion, to which Clarín had access with photos and video, shows a garage for three cars, entrance hall, bar, toilet, living room, dining room, kitchen, patio, swimming pool, barbecue area, grill and a bathroom. On the first floor there is six bedrooms with wardrobes and three full bathroomswhile in the loft you will find two more bedrooms, a living room and a storage room.

At home there are category details in very good condition, like stained glass and marble design, among others that will require some form of maintenance or recycling: wood blanks, carpeted floors, ceilings and pipes. Most of all this can be seen in the different sections of the series Maradona: Blessed Dreamfrom Amazon, which took advantage of the absence of tenants for its filming.

From its original construction, only the kitchen needs to be rebuilt completely after experiencing a fire outbreak that would soon unleash a tragedy and endanger the rest of the property.

“The Maradonas lived here until the death of Diego’s father, in 2015. At that time, one of the daughters lived longer, but then the house was empty and every once in a while they go to clean it, “Mercado recalled.

The background is probably the most represented area in the house. El Diez thinks he is synthetic grass at the time this type of surface was a complete change. Now the isolation of his half-empty pool is remarkable, where Maradona’s side and his smile pose for every photographic production.