Home at the centre of Chris Watts' shocking crime finally transacts

The home at the centre of one of the world’s most heartbreaking crimes has sold after a protracted campaign.

The five-bedroom property at 2825 Saratoga Trail in Frederick, Colorado, in the US, is where Chris Watts took the life of his pregnant wife Shanann and their two children in 2018.

Who would want it? Someone does, but a discount, following two reported price cuts and $US15,000 ($U13,650) from the seller towards mortgage repayments, the listing explains.

Convicted killer Watts is serving life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole.

The home, which featured in the 2020 Netflix documentary about Watts’ crime, American Murder: The Family Next Door, was originally listed for $US775,000 ($AU1.19 million) by Rovena L. Flores of Dream Real Estate.

The sum dropped to $US750,000 and again to $US749,500 ($AU$1.11 million). A sale is “pending” on the US listing, The New York Post reports.

After pleading for their safe return in television interviews, Watts eventually confessed to the murders.

The listing does not disclose the crime. Under US law, only the states of Alaska, California and South Dakota must disclose a murder if it occurred at a property for sale.

In Australia, material fact laws govern that vendors and real estate agents have to disclose information to buyers that may influence their decision or buy or not.

This can be as mundane as body corporate certificates and structural defects, to whether a home has has been subject to natural disasters, including a flood or a bushfire, or a crime taking place there.

At the end of last year Queensland introduced these laws, coming into line with other states.

The Frederick house listing highlights the low price point. “Wow, this is a beautiful home,” the advertising says. “Nothing like this one for sale at this price in the area.”

Records show the home last sold in 2022 for $US600,000 ($AU921,241). After he was convicted, Watts defaulted on the mortgage, People magazine reported, and it was sold under foreclosure by the lender.

Built in 2013, the two-storey property has an open-plan layout. There is a covered front porch and back deck with views of the Colorado Mountains.