The days are numbered for a lonely house in the shadow of the new parking ramp at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul.

After negotiations for 393 Bates Avenue failed, a Ramsey County district judge approved a “quick-take” procedure in September that gave the home to the university.

But the previous owners declined to move the house, so it will be demolished — likely sometime in March, said Greg Ewig, assistant capital development director for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

Ewig said the land will be used for a surface parking lot this summer.

A court-appointed panel will determine how much the university should pay the sellers. MnSCU has estimated its worth at $127,500.