sells in Southern Cal..
http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-expensive-mansion-sells (http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-expensive-mansion-sells)
My guess..Hayward closed on this just after the yacht races. [laugh]
The 10-bedroom, 14-bathroom Le Belvedere sits on a 2.2-acre bluff and spans 48,000 square feet.
Even if money was no object That house is too big for me. heck 5,000 square feet is a little on the large side. I can just see me and my wife and stepson knocking around in 48,000 square feet. I have a hard enough time keeping track of him in 1,500 square feet.
What would happen, is that we would set up house keeping in three or four rooms and the rest of the house would just be empty except for DIMBY one year. The 20 car garage is a little big, but I could probably manage to fill that up with welding equipment and lifts, hoists, power tools, bikes, cars, trailers and trucks.
Quote from: D Paoli on June 23, 2010, 06:51:39 AM
What would happen, is that we would set up house keeping in three or four rooms and the rest of the house would just be empty
And then you would go crazy and start swinging axes cuz you couldn't find your way from the kitchen to the garage for DIMBY.
Sorry..that line just reminded me of The Shining. [cheeky]
To each his own, but no way in hell I'd spend the millions of dollars on a single residence. For that money you could have multiple mansions in the most amazing locations on earth, islands, boats, businesses, and a herd of motorcycles, even your own track. To to mention you could be philanthropic and actually help people instead of stroke your own ego.
Quote from: NoisyDante on June 23, 2010, 08:03:21 AM
stroke your own ego.
speaking of..DucCarlos is probably stroking his own ego right now in anticipation of Predators
that might have been the most expensive, but it's not the largest ... check this out ...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37854402/ns/business-real_estate/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37854402/ns/business-real_estate/)
So you own a property that is 2.2 acres and 1.1 of that is covered in house? Tack on the sqft for a pool and patios/entertaining space and driveway etc and you have next to no actual land left. You might as well build that make the beast with two backsing North Dakota if you want to spend all of your time indoors. I live in Southern California (and pay the premium to live here) because the weather is make the beast with two backsing amazing and I like to spend as much time outdoors as I can.
As someone who builds high-end homes for people that have more money than god, I can say without hesitation that can not buy taste.
sac
/or good sense
//or reason
///OR THE ABILITY TO GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK make the beast with two backsING SKULL THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU SLAP RED TILE ROOF ON A PIECE OF SHIT DESIGN ITS DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A "TUSCAN VILLA" OR A "MEXICAN HACIENDA" OR A "SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL" ANYTHING.
[laugh]
/nice sig line Sac!
Quote from: NoisyDante on June 23, 2010, 08:03:21 AM
To each his own, but no way in hell I'd spend the millions of dollars on a single residence. For that money you could have multiple mansions in the most amazing locations on earth, islands, boats, businesses, and a herd of motorcycles, even your own track. To to mention you could be philanthropic and actually help people instead of stroke your own ego.
People that spend 72M on a house already have and do everything you listed.
Quote from: hbliam on June 23, 2010, 08:49:30 AM
People that spend 72M on a house already have and do everything you listed.
Yea, I'm not sure that one would take out a mortgage on a $72M house. This probably isn't they guys only house.
I'm with sac on this one... 2.2 acres? 48,000sq ft really??? Seems a bit silly, but I guess that is less $$$ for landscaping ???
Quote from: hbliam on June 23, 2010, 08:49:30 AM
People that spend 72M on a house already have and do everything you listed.
Very true
Quote from: Vindingo on June 23, 2010, 09:34:02 AM
Yea, I'm not sure that one would take out a mortgage on a $72M house. This probably isn't they guys only house.
I'm with sac on this one... 2.2 acres? 48,000sq ft really??? Seems a bit silly, but I guess that is less $$$ for landscaping ???
My calcs are a bit skewed. That 48,000sqft doesn't really cover 1.1 acres. It would of course be piled onto 2 or 3 floors. But still, that is too much house on not enough land.
Wait until Oprah's estate in Montecito goes up for sale. That one is going to break some records.
sac
it has a huge pantry ^
The pool is probably indoors.
I still want Hearst castle.
/The Socalers still wouldn't ride up.
The 20-car garage would rule. [thumbsup]
My house is roughly 2,500 sq ft and is too large to use realistically. There are a couple of rooms that I rarely am in, which is weird to me. I've got a double attached for the drivers, and my shop is 1,000 sq ft, which are adequate.
My dream property consists of about five acres just off blacktop, rural (i.e. no neighbors within a half mile), surrounded by trees (or a moat), with living quarters of about 1,500 sq ft and indoor room for 8-10 cars in various states of disassembly.
Just to give people some clue as to what a house like this entails. I worked on a house that was 12000 sqft + garage with two out buildings at 1000 sqft each. 5.5 acres, half of which was landscaped. Pool, home theater, 9 fireplaces, etc. Build cost of around $18M total.
The up keep on this home was over $1,000,000 per year including insurance but not including the maid or the wife's personal assistant. Picture $400k in insurance annually, a $3k monthly electric bill, $4k monthly water bill, several full time gardeners, pool service, koi pond service, spa service, security monitoring, private fire protection, etc. And I have no idea what the taxes were on this joint.
This was a slightly above average home for the neighborhood.
sac
/and this house had no privacy what so ever
//for 18 mil I'm pretty much gonna be naked most of the time
Quote from: Speedbag on June 23, 2010, 12:44:57 PM
The 20-car garage would rule. [thumbsup]
My house is roughly 2,500 sq ft and is too large to use realistically. There are a couple of rooms that I rarely am in, which is weird to me. I've got a double attached for the drivers, and my shop is 1,000 sq ft, which are adequate.
My dream property consists of about five acres just off blacktop, rural (i.e. no neighbors within a half mile), surrounded by trees (or a moat), with living quarters of about 1,500 sq ft and indoor room for 8-10 cars in various states of disassembly.
Will you marry me?
sac
I'd ideally have thousands of acres, a little but nice home and a sprawling garage/shop that takes up the entire interior of a mountain.
Quote from: lethe on June 23, 2010, 12:52:22 PM
I'd ideally have thousands of acres, a little but nice home and a sprawling garage/shop that takes up the entire interior of a mountain.
that makes two of us with a 10,000 square foot garage for the toys and a track behind the house. Oh, I'd need a few Playmates to clean the toys after each use.....me included. [evil]
Quote from: SacDuc on June 23, 2010, 12:46:34 PM
Just to give people some clue as to what a house like this entails. I worked on a house that was 12000 sqft + garage with two out buildings at 1000 sqft each. 5.5 acres, half of which was landscaped. Pool, home theater, 9 fireplaces, etc. Build cost of around $18M total.
The up keep on this home was over $1,000,000 per year including insurance but not including the maid or the wife's personal assistant. Picture $400k in insurance annually, a $3k monthly electric bill, $4k monthly water bill, several full time gardeners, pool service, koi pond service, spa service, security monitoring, private fire protection, etc. And I have no idea what the taxes were on this joint.
This was a slightly above average home for the neighborhood.
sac
/and this house had no privacy what so ever
//for 18 mil I'm pretty much gonna be naked most of the time
How is Al Gore these days [laugh]
for that kind of money you could buy a small third world country and set your line up as king/dictator for life, with rights of inheritance.
Quote from: lethe on June 23, 2010, 12:52:22 PM
I'd ideally have thousands of acres, a little but nice home and a sprawling garage/shop that takes up the entire interior of a mountain.
you can still find property for sale in the middle of many national forests..
Quote from: herm on June 23, 2010, 03:00:41 PM
for that kind of money you could buy a small third world country and set your line up as king/dictator for life, with rights of inheritance.
You could, but you would not be living in Bel Air and commuting to work would be a pregnant dog. I'm sure the value of the land that house is built on is incredible. I know people in Manhattan that have a 14 room apartment. Value? Around 7 Million. It's Manhattan.
Quote from: SacDuc on June 23, 2010, 09:54:35 AM
My calcs are a bit skewed. That 48,000sqft doesn't really cover 1.1 acres. It would of course be piled onto 2 or 3 floors. But still, that is too much house on not enough land.
Wait until Oprah's estate in Montecito goes up for sale. That one is going to break some records.
sac
Still its more land than say something like this.
(http://www.luxurysfcondos.com/i/fourseasons.jpg)
http://luxurysfcondos.com/fourseasons/ (http://luxurysfcondos.com/fourseasons/)
Wasn't Aaron Spelling's place for sale for close to $100,000,000 ?
Dolph :)
Whoa
surrounded by a 36ft high wall?????
good lord
Now that is what I call a privacy fence
but no moat? WTF
Quote from: lethe on June 24, 2010, 06:17:18 AM
but no moat? WTF
that's what I was thinking.
If I had that kind of coin, my moat would be full of crocodiles, but then again, it'd have to be salt water (or are there fresh water crocs?).
I'd have a sweet drawbridge as my entrance as well.
Do you realize the wall surrounding this house is, on average depending on what section of the Great Wall of China we are discussing, 10 feet taller??????
obviously it isn't as wide.........but it is clearly taller.
What is this guy trying to keep out?
Quote from: cyrus buelton on June 24, 2010, 06:38:19 AM
What is this guy trying to keep out?
Everyone and everything.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on June 24, 2010, 06:38:19 AM
that's what I was thinking.
If I had that kind of coin, my moat would be full of crocodiles, but then again, it'd have to be salt water (or are there fresh water crocs?).
I'd have a sweet drawbridge as my entrance as well.
Do you realize the wall surrounding this house is, on average depending on what section of the Great Wall of China we are discussing, 10 feet taller??????
obviously it isn't as wide.........but it is clearly taller.
What is this guy trying to keep out?
the rest of California...
Is the border fence even that tall?
Quote from: MrIncredible on June 23, 2010, 12:20:46 PM
The pool is probably indoors.
I still want Hearst castle.
/The Socalers still wouldn't ride up.
I would...
...but I'd probably get sick halfway there... [roll]