America's most expensive home ..

[IZ]

sells in Southern Cal..

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-expensive-mansion-sells



My guess..Hayward closed on this just after the yacht races. 

[MendoDave]

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.

[IZ]

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.   

[NoisyDante]

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.

[IZ]

stroke your own ego.

speaking of..DucCarlos is probably stroking his own ego right now in anticipation of Predators

[DucofWestwood]

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/

[SacDuc]

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.

[IZ]

 


/nice sig line Sac!  
 

[hbliam]

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.

[Vindingo]

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   

[NoisyDante]

People that spend 72M on a house already have and do everything you listed.

Very true

[SacDuc]

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

[Grampa]

it has a huge pantry ^

[Popeye the Sailor]

The pool is probably indoors.



I still want Hearst castle.



/The Socalers still wouldn't ride up.

[Speedbag]

The 20-car garage would rule.  

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.