Bad karma like that can be easily corrected with a bulldozer. I'll always remember standing in front of O.J. Simpson's old house on Rockingham in Brentwood and watching the bulldozer take a ceremonial chunk out of the front porch with the new owner and his toddler son sitting next to the driver. By the end of the day the house was gone, as well as the media out front. The new house subsequently built on the lot was a vast improvement. This looks to be a better house  - O.J.'s had been remodeled badly several times - but still nothing special, just big and pretentious. I suspect the price is where it is as everyone expects the house to be scraped.

I caught that dated look too, and I'm sure the closets and master bath aren't up to current high-end standards. Unless a house is architecturally distinguished, or somehow grandfathered with respect to setbacks, height, etc., then it often makes more sense to tear it down and start over if the owner insists on modern amenities and a modern floorplan. Very little of the value of a house is in the studwalls, and if you're going to install new plumbing, electrical, windows, HVAC, and move things around it becomes a nightmare. In addition once you're doing a major remodel of a significant portion of the house most codes will require that it be brought up to current standards for structural integrity and energy use. That becomes really complicated because modern homes are structurally way better than older homes and you'll very likely have to add shear panels to the walls and underpin the foundation, plus install hundreds of metal connectors like Simpson A-35s to tie rafters to top plates, bolt the sole plates to the foundation, etc. The actual materials in older homes is usually fine but they are rarely well connected.

If a home contributes significantly to the integrity of the neighborhood then it becomes more worthwhile to consider a remodel, but most postwar homes aren't that special.

Redecorate and live in it.  2 million should by a fine house.  New houses may be efficient, but don't have character.

A properly designed new house has just as much character as an old house. What is doesn't have is a history, and if that is special it can be a reason to save the house. In this case the house doesn't have character so much as it has notoriety and that's not a good thing unless the occupants enjoy being gawked at. I was in the O.J. Simpson house several times before it was bulldozed and people would come by and try to see over the 6' front fence or under the gates, put cameras on broomsticks, etc. Once the house was replaced and address number changed to a previously unused number the problem was significantly reduced. The Hill house is IMO a worse situation as not only did a vicious and famous murder take place there but the previous owner obviously enjoyed the attention and tastelessly capitalized on it with the halloween parties. Ugh.