10/06/2026
Chip and Joanna Gaines finally have a buyer lined up for Cottonland Castle, three years after their first attempt to let the Waco landmark go ended without a sale.
The castle returned to the market this summer asking $2.699 million.
Now it is pending.
For Chip, that handoff closes a story he had been chasing for nearly two decades.
“Twenty years is a long time to hold on to a dream,” Joanna once wrote about how long he waited for the chance to restore it.
And this was never just another Fixer Upper.
They spent years bringing the 6,176 square foot property back from decades of neglect, then devoted an entire six episode series to the restoration.
Joanna obsessed over antique tile, millwork, diamond paned windows, old world colors and rooms designed to feel as though the castle had been complete for generations.
So when a new owner finally gets the keys, they will not simply be buying the stone walls Chip fought so long to save.
The sale terms reveal that the furnishings, accessories and decor Joanna selected for the finished rooms are included too.
After all the uncertainty over whether Chip and Joanna could actually let the castle go, the buyer now in place is positioned to receive something much closer to the complete vision they created inside it... read more