U.S. home to set world price record at $155 mln

[The Straight Story]

U.S. home to set world price record at $155 mln

NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters Life!) - If you're looking for a new home and have $155 million to spare, you could be the proud owner of the world's most expensive abodes.

Forbes.com, the online site of Forbes magazine, on Thursday said timber and real estate baron Tim Blixseth has just upped the ante in the price of the world's most expensive home, planning to build and sell a home for $155 million.

The 53,000-square-foot stone and wood mansion will be built at the Yellowstone Club, a members-only, residential ski and golf resort near Bozeman, Montana developed by Blixseth.

That tops the $139 million asking price for Updown Court in Windlesham, England, which was listed No. 1 in the Forbes.com list of the world's most expensive homes in 2006.

It also exceeds the $125 million that U.S. media mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump is asking for the renovated estate he owns in Palm Beach, Florida.

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[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. Can I Finance It With An Option ARM? nt

[maxsolomon]

2. Montana is being destroyed by the rich.

53,000SF at a vacation home? please, Tim, justify your carbon footprint to us. i need a laugh.

and screw the Yellowstone Club - i can't tell who you are in your ski helmet & goggles, rich fuck.

[MadHound]

3. How obscene a waste!

$155,000,000 for a house, sorry, but that's ridiculous. And frankly I would probably get lost in the place, it's over an acre in size:crazy:

I never saw the attraction in having huge megahouses. You are either cleaning it full time, or hiring help, and I don't like having strangers doing my cleaning.

Thanks, but I'll just stick with my 2,700 sq ft house. It's nice and comfy, and I can clean and repair it myself.