
Maryland's famous Mushroom House has found a buyer.

The beloved four bedroom property, which is located in Bethesda, has been sold for $920,000.

That price is less than the $1.2million the owners had been hoping to get for the property, but far greater than the $150,000 they paid back in 1974 to remodel the home into what it is today.

off the market: The Mushroom House (above) in Bethesda, Maryland has sold for $920,000 it was revealed

Big task: The 3,600-square-foot home was initially built in 1923 but was renovated in 1975 to give it its shape, using chicken wire and insulation foam

Tough times: The project nearly left the owners bankrupt because it cost them $150,000 to create at the time

Visionary: The owners of the home, Edward and Frances Garfinkle, bought the property in 1967 and turned it into the quirky home it is today, adding high ceilings, exposed wood beams and skylights

The 3,600-square-foot home was initially built in 1923 but the mushroom-like exterior, which is largely made from polyurethane insulation foam sprayed over molded chicken wire according to Yahoo, was not added until 1974.

It has two full baths and one half bath and boasts 30-foot tall ceilings, an indoor fish pond, exposed wood beams, cave-like nooks, recycled barn-wood floors and multiple skylights.

The owners of the home, Edward and Frances Garfinkle, bought the property in 1967 and turned it into the quirky home it is today, adding high ceilings, exposed wood beams and skylights.

It was crafted by an architect who built the current home around the existing one back in the early 1970s and included the couple's ideas in the design.

Garfinkle said he worked with an architect that was into futuristic design at the time and used a spray-on material, polyurethane, that is also eco-friendly.

Nice digs: The home has two full baths and one half bath and boasts 30-foot tall ceilings, an indoor fish pond

Innovation: The home was crafted by an architect who built the current home around the existing one back in the early 1970s and included the couple's ideas in the design

Duped: 'We were kind of misled into thinking it was an inexpensive way to build. It didn’t turn out that way. We did this when we were young. Looking back on it, it was probably kind of dumb,' Garfinkle once told Bethesda Magazine

Visitors: Said Garfunkle; 'A lot of people have wanted to see the interior. ... [Someone] would knock on the door, and they'd say, 'Can I come in?' And we'd say, 'No.' And they'd say, 'Why?' And we'd say, 'It's our home, we live here.' ... But, you know, it's been fun.'

The owner, an artist, told local news outlet WUSA9; 'At the time we were looking for something different. We did not want to be in a box.'

But the project nearly left the ambitious couple bankrupt because it cost them $100,000 to $150,000 to create it.

'We were kind of misled into thinking it was an inexpensive way to build. It didn’t turn out that way. We did this when we were young. Looking back on it, it was probably kind of dumb,' Garfinkle told Bethesda Magazine.

'A lot of people have wanted to see the interior. ... [Someone] would knock on the door, and they'd say, 'Can I come in?' And we'd say, 'No.' And they'd say, 'Why?' And we'd say, 'It's our home, we live here.' ... But, you know, it's been fun.'

The family describe the entire home as their personal work of art.

And now that their children have grown up and have moved out Garfinkle said that it's too much space for him and his wife, which is why they decided to sell.

Local residents nicknamed it 'the mushroom house' but Garfinkle said that they have always thought of it as a giant circus tent.

Garfinkle previously said he had hoped that the home's new owners would get to make it their own, but still keep some of its original design.

'Basically it would be nice if the design was retained and just went on being Bethesda's mushroom house,' he said.

Lowered cost: The home had originally been listed by real estate company Long and Foster for $1.2 million last year

Changes: Now that their children have grown up and have moved out Garfinkle said that it's too much space for him and his wife, which is why they decided to sell