Lenny Dykstra wants residents in a quiet Union County neighborhood to know he doesn’t plan to be around much longer.

The former baseball great said after a municipal court hearing Wednesday - where he was summoned to address charges he was running an illegal rooming house - that he plans to sell the house he bought recently on a cul-de-sac in Linden.

“The house is going up for sale in two weeks,” Dykstra said. “Just needs a final paint. We’re now going to put the makeup on it. Linden’s a nice place, don’t get me wrong, (but) my goal in life was not to wake up in Linden, New Jersey every day. I have enjoyed it until recently, (until there were) some issues.”

Dykstra on Wednesday offered NJ Advance Media an exclusive tour of the home, which made national news earlier this month when neighbors complained that the former Mets and Phillies star and World Series great turned the place into a flop house with people, where police were called multiple times.

The city’s housing inspectors wrote Dykstra three summonses last year after some of his neighbors repeatedly called police to complain of noise, garbage piles and strangers coming and going at all hours.

Lenny Dykstra posed Wednesday with some baseball memorabilia in his Linden home. The former baseball slugger said he wants to move to California.

Public records show Linden police were called to the home many times to quell violent outbursts, arguments and other issues.

But Dykstra denies he’s been a problem and blames most of his troubles on a couple of neighbors – one of whom he nicknamed “Silence of the Lambs." He dubbed another neighbor “the man-hater,” and says she has called the police on him more than 10 times.

Dykstra said the police were once called to his house on a report of a woman screaming. He said the woman was one of his girlfriends and they were having sex at the time.

“She’s a screamer,” he said.

Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra in a room where he says his workers installed new hardwood floors. Dysktra says he is selling the home he bought in Linden.

“This is the nicest house on the block,” Dykstra said during the tour. “Everything here is brand new. Everything is code and that’s key. It’s all signed off.”

He pointed to a bright red sofa set, new furniture in most of the rooms and decorations. “For a broken-down baseball player to put some furniture out -- you know, it’s nice, it’s brand new (and) it’s better than a sharp stick in the eye,” he said.

The bright-red living room set in a front room of Dykstra's Linden home is an eye-catcher.

Dykstra said he bought the house in 2017 after a broker friend told him it was a steal at $353,000 and that all it needed was “some paint and TLC.”

But it turned out the house – which had been abandoned after a foreclosure – had no plumbing, no toilets, no heating or cooling systems and was badly in need of repairs and renovation.

Dykstra said he had no choice but to spend more than $200,000 renovating the structure to make it livable.

“The weeds were 5-feet high. No one lived in the house for five years,” Dykstra said. “There was trash piled to the ceiling in the garage. There were rats in there.”

Dykstra said he is currently suing the seller and broker for misleading him on the condition of the house.

During the tour of the home, Dykstra showed off many renovations – new plumbing, a new hot-water heater, new HVAC system, electrical wiring, solid doors, crown molding and more.

“You couldn’t use the bathrooms in this house before,” Dykstra said. “There were no toilets.”

The former baseball star shows a photo of himself as a young baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Not only were toilets installed, but bathrooms were modernized from floor to ceiling and the master bedroom – where Dykstra sleeps – is roomy and bright. On the wall near his bed is a poster of 1950s movie icon James Dean and a new iMac computer near his bed.

Down the hall is a small office where Dykstra works, signing memorabilia for fans and writing his memoirs. A photo of rocker Keith Richards, taken from a Rolling Stone magazine cover, is on the wall opposite the desk.

Scattered around the house are memorabilia from his glory days in baseball, including an autographed photo to him from former Mets teammate and legendary pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden.

“He could pitch, bro, he could pitch,” Dykstra said.

In what was once a garage is now a den with a sofa with a furniture. Though the room is cold, it’s cozy and bright. Dykstra said he entertains his friends there sometimes.

There were a few rooms in the house with beds that were both made and unmade. Dykstra insists it’s not a rooming house and says there’s nothing wrong with him asking friends or family to stay over.

Among the allegations some of his neighbors have made are that there were up to 10 boarders living in the house at one time and that he charged them $1,000 each.

Dykstra denies this and said there have never been more than two or three paying tenants at a time. He got rid of them when ordered by city officials.

But there’s nothing wrong with having friends over, he kept saying.

“Do I have to be (having sex with) them for them to stay here?” he asked. “Why are things different for Lenny Dykstra than they are for other people in Linden?”

During the impromptu tour Wednesday morning after his court hearing was postponed, the house was quiet. But near the end of the tour, footsteps could be heard a floor above.

“It’s a worker,” Dykstra said.

The former baseball great said throughout the interview that his neighbors should be grateful to him for fixing up the house.

“I improved their property values,” Dykstra said. “I’m not here to cause problems. I don’t want any trouble.”

He added that he now wants to sell the house and move to California, where he has job opportunities on television and in real estate. He’s lived there before and always enjoyed himself, he said.

Dykstra on the porch outside his home Wednesday on Stockton Circle in Linden.

Dykstra said he doesn’t have a broker yet, but doesn’t expect to have trouble finding a buyer.

“Someone’s going to get a great house,” he said. “This is a family house on the end of a cul-de-sac. You hear no noise and it’s a great place to live.”

Lenny Dykstra in his home Wednesday poses next to a photo from his baseball days.

Lenny Dykstra, who is selling his Linden home, opens the door to his fenced-in back area, which he says is the biggest yard in his cul-de-sac.

Baseball legend Lenny Dykstra takes a call on the porch of his Linden home, where he says he spent $200,000 to renovate.

Anthony G. Attrino may be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @TonyAttrino. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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