The former Village of Pulaski village hall and police department building was renovated and turned into a home. The property at 421 S. St. Augustine Street is currently for sale. PC: Fox 11 Online
PULASKI, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — From a village hall to a home, a repurposed property in Pulaski is on the market.
For decades, 421 S. St. Augustine Street in Pulaski housed the village’s police department and municipal offices. But back in 2019, the current owners of the property started a renovation project that turned the commercial space into residential — removing the offices and making it a cozy home.
According to the listing agent, Sandra Ranck, “They came in and they took off the walls, they took off the plumbing, they took off the electrical, they took off the floor. For all intents and purposes, it’s a brand-new building. And they did it like that loft, urban feeling, which I think is great.”
But a job change out of the area for the owners meant this one-of-a-kind property was going on the market. An open house this past weekend drew in dozens of curious onlookers.
Ranck said, “I’ve been doing this 28 years, or 29. One of the two. I’ve never had a listing this unique before.”
The 3,670-square-foot home has two bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms.
“It’s a fun one, right? And they have a shop in the back. So if you have a studio or you need a salon, or you’re into cars, whatever. There’s a huge flex space that you could have an apartment, a business, whatever. And then you have a huge garage. And what I think is also really cool about this is, it’s on half an acre,” added Ranck.
While the space is being utilized differently now than what it was originally built for — and it probably takes a certain kind of person to live in a house like this — the building’s history is what makes it special for any homebuyer.
“I think this is obviously for a particular person. So for the right person, it’s going to be fantastic. But I think it’s a little bit of both. But for me, when they called, I was like, a police station converted to a house could be really janky. But it was amazing,” said Ranck.
Thinking outside of the box and giving new life to something that was old and unused.
“There are a lot of empty municipal buildings. How could we be reimagining them to help with the affordability crisis? How could we be creating new more interesting housing? Well, this is an example of what somebody actually did do,” said Ranck.
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