Massive 90,000 square foot home up for sale

[n2doc]

It is the largest home in the U.S. & comes with a one-story gatehouse with its own apartment.



The home is located on the shore of Lake Butler in Windermere, just outside of Orlando


Westgate Resorts founder David Siegel owns the property & is asking $65-million for the unfinished palace.



http://www.kfoxtv.com/gallery/lifestyles/home/massive-90-thousand-square-foot-home-sale/gfYW/#1442704

[hlthe2b]

1. Ugly....

Looks like a concrete block "leggo" mansion.

[GoCubsGo]

5. Money can't buy taste.

It's really hideous, isn't it? I was thinking that if I had the ability to buy such a property, I could convert it into a small hotel/resort, and make a business of it. But that thing is so damn ugly, it would cost millions more to get it to where I could stand to look at it.

[Chipper Chat]

10. Looks like it would appeal to Dick Cheney.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. even worse, here's what it's supposed to look like when finished T A C K Y

[hlthe2b]

20. wow.. then there really is a LOT of work remaining...

Marginally better than the monstrosity as it stands now, but still lacking in any kind of tasteful design--especially for the area.

[JHB]

22. Hey, I've seen that place before:

It was the royal palace of a big decadent space empire on Babylon 5

[Ikonoklast]

2. Looks like it would make a nice Mausoleum.

Fools and their money...

[liberal N proud]

3. Not only is it unfinished, but...

it is out of place and ugly.

What a waste!

[Codeine]

4. Somebody went to a North Korean school of architecture. nt

[treestar]

14. lol! nt

[gkhouston]

6. Think about how much it would cost to air-condition that barn. Oy! n/t

[hobbit709]

7. You'd have to pay ME $65 mill to take it.

And the first thing i would do is raze it.

[SDjack]

8. More evidence that the rich in America have way too much money. n/t

[Javaman]

19. It's unfinished.

that rich american that built it, is probably a lot less rich now. LOL

But, yes, I agree, they have way to much money and time on their hands.

[spinbaby]

9. Last week I took a detour

Last week, on the way to the garden center, I took a detour because of road construction. The lay of the land was typical of the far suburbs of Pittsburgh...farm, house, house, mcmansion, bigger mcmansion, house, farm, farm, and HOLY DEAR GOD WHAT'S THAT!?!?!

It was like suddenly coming across the Biltmore Estate in the suburbs. Biggest damn house I've ever seen that wasn't a museum. Here's a Web site that shows the place--it's at the bottom of the page:

http://homesoftherich.net/2009/03/mansions-brought-to-my-attention-by-my-readers.html

When people can start building private houses that look like the Biltmore Estate and are bigger than most apartment buildings, they have too damn much money.

[Locrian]

11. wtf?

How can anyone feel "comfortable" in a place like that? Seriously, I think there must be some sort of disorder to want a place like that were you would feel like you're "living" in an office building.

[wandy]

12. I guess cocaine isn't the only way god has of telling you that you have too much money...

Hell that thing is ugly!

[treestar]

13. It is not very pretty

Looks more like a science building.

[greytdemocrat]

15. Yikes!

That thing is butt ugly. Instant turnoff.

[hatrack]

16. What a pig-butt ugly pile of bricks & concrete!

Jesus, I know money can't buy taste, but wasn't aware there was some sort of inverse cube rule in action . . .

[steve2470]

18. Unless memory fails me, I recall the owner tried to sell it a few years ago

Obviously... it didn't sell.

[JHB]

21. I wonder how the neighbors in that posh little cul-de-sac feel about that half-naked monstrosity

And when they get their minds off of Rush on the beach, what do they think of this big unfinished manor (on a far too small piece of property for this sort of thing -- if you're going to do insane extravagance, at least do it right).

[lastlib]

23. Hey, Just what I need for the vacation home!!

I'll write the check!!






(actually I'm just now working on my second million$--gave up on the first.... )