Photos, like the one above, show dusty rooms, discolored walls, and stained floor tiles.
When Culver first bought the house, she knew how much work it would take to restore it.
"It's unclear, based on city records when the house was last remodeled," she said. "When I bought it, it was in a condition that needed some repair."
Despite the interior overhaul required, the overall building was still sturdy, she said. As Culver told Insider's Katie Canales in a 2020 interview, she initially expected renovations to cost around $3 million.
"I wanted to re-organize the rooms in the house and lay it out closer to its original configuration," she said. "The seven houses used to have a similar interior layout, but over time 714 Steiner was modified and broken up into a different layout from the original."
However, it took a while to obtain building permits, in part due to the pandemic, and she never got around to renovating the home.