Bulletproof Ohio Home Last Owned by a Recluse Who Died With a $54M Estate Enters Contract After Multiple Offers

An unusual, safety-centric residence in Ohio has rapidly found a buyer and is now in contract following multiple offers, The Post has learned. This abode, whose standout feature is being bulletproof, hit the market just two weeks ago with a price tag of $399,900, Realtor.com reported this week. Located outside Toledo, in Maumee, the bunker-like property is
Bulletproof Ohio Home Last Owned by a Recluse Who Died With a $54M Estate Enters Contract After Multiple Offers

An unusual, safety-centric residence in Ohio has rapidly found a buyer and is now in contract following multiple offers, The Post has learned.

This abode, whose standout feature is being bulletproof, hit the market just two weeks ago with a price tag of $399,900,  Realtor.com reported this week.

Located outside Toledo, in Maumee, the bunker-like property is notable upon first glance—it lacks windows—but is even more striking inside, where every surface has been covered with the bulletproof material Lexan.

The property belonged to a woman named Trudy Stranahan, who sources say was a member of a prominent family. Her grandfather built Champion Sparkplug into a major corporation—and the family was very civic-minded in northwest Ohio.

Bulletproof home

(Realtor.com)

She, however, is said to have been the forgotten sister in the family. She died about a year ago with a $54 million estate. She didn’t have children, she’s said to have not had friends—not even pets—and locals say she didn’t belong to a church.

Stranahan is also said to have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into building a home gym, fencing around the property’s perimeter and a concrete driveway. As for her gym, it’s where she spent a great deal of time. She died of cancer.

Although she was fabulously wealthy, Stranahan chose to spend most of her time within the 3,355-square-foot, white-walled compound, which was originally built by the architect Ralph J. Nopper in 1953. The Lexan treatment—not just bulletproof, but also fireproof—was installed by Stranahan a few years before her death.

If the house did have windows, its residents would be able to enjoy views of the private lake that the 5-acre property overlooks.

Bulletproof Lexan bedroom

(Realtor.com)

Jon Modene, the listing representative from Re/Max Masters, told The Post the home stands on an “amazing lot,” with perks including a “private shared lake.” Still, he added, even some of the furniture inside is made of the Lexan material.

Other notable features of the home as it is include a mirrorless bathroom, two outbuildings and the fact that, despite the thorough bulletproofing, it lacks a security system.

The lot once had an Olympic-sized backyard swimming pool, but Stranahan filled it in.

Most of the people who had expressed interest in the house—which is located in a “very low-crime neighborhood” on a “hidden street with no through traffic,” Modene told Realtor.com—said they would likely remodel it or tear it down.

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