$75 Million Mansion up for sale AS IS

[willie pete]

Looking around for new digs? well this might be for you, unfinished, so you can decorate it yourself

$75M mansion near Orlando selling 'as is'


WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — Listed as a "monument to unparalleled success," the largest home for sale in the United States comes with plenty of space but no carpet, tiles or interior walls. It's up to the future buyer to finish it.

The mansion started by timeshare tycoon David Siegel boasts plenty of big numbers: 90,000 square feet. Twenty-three bathrooms. Thirteen bedrooms. Ten kitchens. A 20-car garage, with additional space for two limos. Three pools. A bowling alley. Indoor roller rink. Two-story movie theater. Video arcade. Fitness center. Baseball field and two tennis courts.

All that and more for $75 million "as is." There's an option to buy it completed for $100 million.

Nicknamed "Versailles" for the French royal palace that inspired it, the edifice hit the market recently. Construction was halted last year to save money in a recession that proved particularly hard on Siegel's once-booming industry.

"This mansion is a great anecdote of the overconsumption that led to the housing bust, and it might be the poster child of such overindulgence," said Jack McCabe, a Florida-based real estate analyst.

The unfinished palace at 6121 Kirkstone Lane makes Tiger Woods' place just down the street in this gated Orlando suburb look more like a guest house.

It has the square footage of nearly two football fields, is almost double the White House and about 36 times the size of the average American family home. The master bedroom alone, which would have had a rotating bed under a skylight, is twice the size of a standard house.

"It's like a living piece of art," said Lorraine Barrett, a Coldwell Banker real estate agent who has the listing.

At least it will be upon completion.

Instead of stonewalled gates, a chain-link fence with a green covering keeps onlookers out of the 10-acre property. The driveway is overrun with dirt and rocks. Weeds fill the planned baseball field.

The home opens into a grand hall with symmetrical staircases and a ceiling complete with a stained-glass dome befitting a cathedral. The rest of the mansion is more an outline — only steel beams, insulation and most of the electrical wiring are in place. The two elevator shafts are empty.

Stone for the exterior is waiting in boxes that fill the cavernous garage. The Olympic-length pool that will have a waterfall flowing into another pool is a carved-out shell. A cleaning company has to come to the vacant mansion to keep things tidy.

"He figured it would be for his family. They'd never have to leave, because they would have everything they needed here," Barrett said during a recent tour of the mansion. "Nothing broke his heart more."

She said Siegel, who has 12 children, could have easily moved forward with construction but wanted to avoid cutbacks at his company, Westgate Resorts. Requests to interview Siegel were not returned through Westgate Resorts or Barrett.

Selling a high-end home is never easy, and that's only magnified in this recovering market.

Sheri Chase, founder and president of Chase Realty International, has had the listing for a $100 million estate in Lake Tahoe, Nev., for about four years. The 20,000-square-foot home on 210 acres of property is owned by Tommy Hilfiger co-founder Joel Horowitz.

"There are only so many billionaires in the world," Chase said. "Who's looking at prices in this stratosphere? Very few people, so patience is key."

There also aren't many homes in the U.S. priced so high.

The Lake Tahoe estate is the third-most expensive on the market, according to the annual ranking by Forbes magazine. That's only behind a $150 million mansion in Holmby Hills, Calif., owned by Candy Spelling, widow of television giant Aaron Spelling. Another Holmby Hills mansion owned by Suzanne Saperstein, the ex-wife of Texas billionaire David Saperstein, has a $125 million asking price.

In 2008, a Russian billionaire bought Donald Trump's Palm Beach mansion for $95 million. Trump had asked for $125 million.

The Versailles mansion, inspired by a visit to the real palace near Paris on the Siegel's honeymoon in 2000, is currently tied for fifth by price with several others. But it has, by all accounts, the most square footage under one roof in America for a home after the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.

The structure might not look so massive from the front. The foundation sits some 20 feet below the rest of the block — making the entrance to the home on the second floor — because there's a 47-foot height restriction. In reality, the mansion is 67 feet high.

It's not cheap to maintain, either.

Taxes alone on the property, if sold at $100 million, would be between $1.45 million and $1.74 million annually, according to the Orange County property appraiser's website. The yearly upkeep also would likely fall in that range, real estate agents said.

"It's going to take a very unique kind of buyer to purchase the property," said Carol Ann Hewitt, who has listings for high-end homes in Windermere for Oxford Realty. "I'm not going to say it's impossible, but it could take a while."


Another View......for $75m, I wouldn't want nieghbors this close

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=28.472492,-81.550559&spn=0.004367,0.006598&z=17

[Twisted Titan]

Looks like a absolute piece of shit.

Just like the owner.


T

[willie pete]

Looks like a absolute piece of sh*t.

Just like the owner.


T


Really......IF I had $75m to drop on a house, I'd by several thousand acres somewhere with water, timber, and wildlife on it, maybe a mountain too

[madfranks]

That's got to be the ugliest building I've ever seen!

[mamboni]

The place needs a few appointments to add some character...

[Saul Mine]

Well, you know, any super expensive house makes you wonder WTF they were thinking.

[steveoc]

Wow - what arrogance to call that tasteless slab of suburbia 'Versailles'

Here is the real palace of Versailles, built in the day when Gold and Money were the same thing :

http://dummidumbwit.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/versailles203.jpg

And here is the detail from the chapel in the palace :
http://dummidumbwit.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/versailles_chapel___july_2006_edit.jpg

its worth checking the full resolution image of that chapel photo here :
http://dummidumbwit.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/versailles_chapel___july_2006_edit.jpg

And now we have the modern interpretation of 'Versailles' from the day when Paper and Money are the same thing, (half) built by a man whose only claim to fame is that he sold lots of time share condos ..... modern royalty indeed.

[steveoc]

Question:

What do all the surnames of the people involved (in having high priced real estate for sale) in this story have in common ?

The mansion started by timeshare tycoon David Siegel

The 20,000-square-foot home on 210 acres of property is owned by Tommy Hilfiger co-founder Joel Horowitz.


That's only behind a $150 million mansion in Holmby Hills, Calif., owned by Candy Spelling, widow of television giant Aaron Spelling.

Another Holmby Hills mansion owned by Suzanne Saperstein, the ex-wife of Texas billionaire David Saperstein, has a $125 million asking price.

Is there a pattern there ?

[MetalsMan]

The place needs a few appointments to add some character...


http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/$75-million-mansion-up-for-sale-as-is/?action=dlattach;attach=2603

LOL!!! Joos!

[MAGNES]

Nice find stevoc,

This thread has some great finds, only European man creates like this.

Think of the creativity and skill involved, only free thinkers and free men
can produce like this.
INCREDIBLE ART (http://gold-silver.us/forum/good-news-reasons-for-hope-positive-insights/virtual-tour-of-the-basilica-of-st-john-lateran/)

Zoom works and if you let it load you can move around in the room.
Loads slow though, the detail.

[gunDriller]

Well, you know, any super expensive house makes you wonder WTF they were thinking.


they think they're royalty and they deserve to be treated like kings, queens, princesses, etc.

[willie pete]

The place needs a few appointments to add some character...


Kosher Mansion ........http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-laughing024.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)

[EE_]

The place needs a few appointments to add some character...


Very nice appointment and apropos! lol
A monument to himself!

[EE_]

You can almost see the price plunging just looking at that piece of sh!t.

[k-os]

What gets me is that it's in Orlando. Orlando? There are oceans and mountains, waterfalls and rivers all across this great country, but they've decided to build a $100 million mansion in Orlando where a 360 degree vista is completely flat and boring, and the heat is stifling without any breeze.

Ugh. Pass.

[Serpo]

What gets me is that it's in Orlando. Orlando? There are oceans and mountains, waterfalls and rivers all across this great country, but they've decided to build a $100 million mansion in Orlando where a 360 degree vista is completely flat and boring, and the heat is stifling without any breeze.

Ugh. Pass.


And then when you get sick of looking at that view ,you turn around and look at the ....er...um....ah....house,which isnt only ugly but its very very UGLY
but then for a mere 75 mil what do you expect

[hoarder]

Question:

What do all the surnames of the people involved (in having high priced real estate for sale) in this story have in common ?

The mansion started by timeshare tycoon David Siegel

The 20,000-square-foot home on 210 acres of property is owned by Tommy Hilfiger co-founder Joel Horowitz.


That's only behind a $150 million mansion in Holmby Hills, Calif., owned by Candy Spelling, widow of television giant Aaron Spelling.

Another Holmby Hills mansion owned by Suzanne Saperstein, the ex-wife of Texas billionaire David Saperstein, has a $125 million asking price.

Is there a pattern there ?

Nope....No pattern whatsoever. They just all happen to be Jews, that's all.

[Liquid]

Really......IF I had $75m to drop on a house, I'd by several thousand acres somewhere with water, timber, and wildlife on it, maybe a mountain too


This is what I would do too. No way would I drop that kind of money for an ugly house to be trapped in a gated jail with only 10 acres. Why, when you could buy a whole island instead.

The rich need to drop their egos...that unfinished house is worth 500K..maybe.

[JDRock]

what an EPIC thread with some of the best replies EVER....mamboni, you have simply made my night
OOOOYVEEEY!

[EE_]

A more truthful article:

WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — Listed as a "monument to unparalleled theft," the largest home for sale in the United States comes with plenty of space in an empty shell with zero charm. It's up to the future sucker to finish it.

The obscene mansion started by timeshare tycoon David Siegel boasts plenty of big numbers: 90,000 square feet. Twenty-three bathrooms. Thirteen bedrooms. Ten kitchens. A 20-car garage, with additional space for two limos. Three pools. A bowling alley. Indoor roller rink. Two-story movie theater. Video arcade. Fitness center. Baseball field and two tennis courts. A real travesty!

All that and more for $75 million "as is." There's an option for selected dummies to buy it completed for $100 million.

Nicknamed "Versailles" for the French royal palace that inspired it to be a cheap imitation, the edifice hit the market recently. Construction was halted last year to save money in a recession that proved particularly hard on Siegel's once-booming Ponzi industry.

"This mansion is a great anecdote of the over-consumption that led to the housing bust, and it might be the poster child of such arrogance ," said Jack McCabe, a Florida-based real estate analyst.

The unfinished palace at 6121 Kirkstone Lane makes Tiger Woods' estranged ex-wife's place just down the street in this gated Orlando suburb look more like a Tiger Wood's post divorced house.

The monstrosity has the square footage of nearly two football fields, is almost double the White House and about 36 times the size of the average American family home. The master bedroom alone, which would in your imagination have had a rotating bed under a skylight, is twice the size of a standard house.

"It's like a living piece of turd art," said Lorraine Barrett, a Coldwell Banker real estate agent who is drooling and creaming her panties at the mere thought of a commission.
At least it will be upon completion, like in never!

Instead of stonewalled gates, a chain-link fence with a green covering keeps onlookers out of the 10-acre property. The driveway is overrun with dirt and rocks. Weeds fill the planned baseball field. It basically looks like an upscale crack house.

The home opens into a grand hall with symmetrical staircases and a ceiling complete with a stained-glass dome befitting a cathedral in hades'. The rest of the mansion is more an outline — only steel beams, insulation and most of the electrical wiring are in place. The two elevator shafts are as empty as the hearts of the owners.

Stone for the exterior is waiting in boxes that fill the cavernous garage. The Olympic-length pool that will have a waterfall flowing into another pool is a carved-out shell. A cleaning company has to come to the vacant mansion to keep things tidy $$$.

"He figured it would be for his family. They'd never have to leave, because they would have everything they needed here except love and self respect," Barrett said during a recent tour of the mansion. "Nothing broke his heart more then the loss of his money."

She said Siegel, who has 12 children, could have easily moved forward with construction but wanted to avoid cutbacks at his collapsing Ponzi company, Westgate Resorts. Requests to interview Siegel were not returned through Westgate Resorts or Barrett. He must be hiding in shame?

Selling a high-priced empty shell is never easy, and that's only magnified in this recovering market...that is now collapsing into a great depression

Sheri Chase, founder and president of Chase Realty International, has had the listing for a $100 million estate in Lake Tahoe, Nev., for about four years. The 20,000-square-foot home on 210 acres of property is owned by Tommy Hilfiger co-founder Joel Horowitz.

"There are only so many billionaires in the world," Chase said. "Who's looking at prices in this stratosphere? Very few people, so the patience you would need of getting served at HoJo's is key."

There also aren't many homes in the U.S. priced so ridiculously high.

In 2008, a Russian billionaire got taken by Donald Trump for his Palm Beach mansion for $95 million. Trump had asked for $125 million and would have sold for much less then the 95 mil the sucker paid.

The Versailles mansion, inspired by a visit to the real palace near Paris on the Siegel's honeymoon in 2000, is currently tied for fifth by price with several others. But it has, by all accounts, the most square footage under one roof in America for a home after the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C.

The structure might not look so massive from the front. The foundation sits some 20 feet below the rest of the block — making the entrance to the home on the second floor — because there's a 47-foot height restriction. In reality, the mansion is 67 feet high.

It's not cheap to maintain, either.

Taxes alone on the property, if sold at $100 million, would be between an astronomical $1.45 million and $1.74 million annually, according to the Orange County property appraiser's website. The yearly upkeep also would likely fall in the stupid range, real estate agents said.

"It's going to take a very unique kind of idiot to purchase the property," said Carol Ann Hewitt, who has listings for high-end homes in Windermere for Oxford Realty. "I'm not going to say it's impossible, but yes I will say it...it will be impossible!"

[SeekYeFirst]

Too funny, EE__. I assume you corrected it? Very good anyway. :D

[JDRock]

....way to go EE! this thread keeps getting better... :lol

[JDRock]

bump....if you havent seen this thread read on haaaa :lol

[Twisted Titan]

the veiws are amazing

[Marv]

Wow! What class! What taste! What a total ghetto lottery winner's dream!

[Ponce]

Another one just sold in Beverly Hills for 72 millions to a family from Europe and the widow of Aaron Spelling is selling her house for 150 millions.........

[Awoke]

The place needs a few appointments to add some character...


http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/$75-million-mansion-up-for-sale-as-is/?action=dlattach;attach=2603

LOL!!! Joos!


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"Quick Bagel-Boy! To the Kosher cave!!"

[Johnny Ringo]

Really......IF I had $75m to drop on a house, I'd by several thousand acres somewhere with water, timber, and wildlife on it, maybe a mountain too


Really. I can't even begin to imagine what I could do with that kind of money. Farmland, timberland, farm equipment and sawmill equipment, etc., etc.

Fortunately, most of the rich and famous are clueless about such matters, and blow their money on fancy homes, cars, parties, and servants. There are a few notable exceptions, like Ted Turner. The guy owns a boatload of land, much of it above the Ogallala Aquifer.

As an aside, turned on The Weather Channel, which was bought by NBC a year or so ago. Naturally, it's now a satellite channel for NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, etc. So I tuned in just in time to catch one of their CNBC reports, which said that the number of millionaires in the US increased last year, and their net worth increased an average of 19%. In other words, the rich got richer. Wow. Who saw that coming?

That said, when the rich get rich enough, and there's no more middle class to rape, how many of them are going to wake up and start buying things with real value? Think land, gold, silver - and don't forget water.

Get it now, average Joes, while you still can.

[steveoc]

Virtual Tour version of the $75m McMansion Story ...


Looking around for new digs? well this might be for you, unfinished, so you can decorate it yourself

http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/$75-million-mansion-up-for-sale-as-is/?action=dlattach;attach=2603


$75M mansion near Orlando selling 'as is'

As you can see, the basics are all there, its just up to the buyer to add that little something of their own to make this home like no other ...
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WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) — Listed as a "monument to unparalleled success," the largest home for sale in the United States comes with plenty of space but no carpet, tiles or interior walls. It's up to the future buyer to finish it.

The mansion started by timeshare tycoon David Siegel boasts plenty of big numbers: 90,000 square feet.


Twenty-three bathrooms.

Each appointed with the latest in modern bathroom fittings, yet leaving enough flexibility for the lucky new owner to arrange things such as the location of the actual toilet 'appliance' wherever they choose.

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Thirteen bedrooms.

Not only are there 13 bedrooms, but as you can see from the Virtual Tour photos below that each of those 13 bedrooms is large enough to accommodate dozens of beds. In fact, as part of this special once-only deal, if the buyer signs the contract TODAY, then we will even throw in a few dozen beds to get you started.

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Ten kitchens.

They say that a kitchen is the heart of the home, and with this home, you will be spoiled for choice with no less than 10 kitchens. You will have so many different hearts with this home, it will be like being involved in a French marriage. How very Versailles !!

The master kitchen, shown below, offers plenty of potential bench space as well as breathtaking views of the Orlando sunset ... as you cook the evening meal for the family, you may be inspired by the sunset views and may pause to reflect on the beauty of life as you wait for the Microwave timer to make its chime 'DING' .. dinner is served !

The kitchen, as you can see, is not quite finished, but we have already installed a number of overhead hangers for all your pots and pans. Hardly any work left to do really ....

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Here is one of the guest's kitchens ... as you can see, the tiling is already mostly complete, you could just about move in and start cooking in this one already :

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A 20-car garage, with additional space for two limos.

Just needs a little work to finish the roof off, and there you are - parking for 20 cars.

We will even be happy to include a couple of cars as part of the deal if you sign the contract by the close of business on Friday. The cars may need a slight tune up in some cases, but we assure you that they are all thoroughly roadworthy.

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Three pools.

Just like old Louis XIV's Palace at Versailles, our Versailles includes a number of breathtaking pools.

All work is already done, just need a quick wipe over, fill with water, and then invite all your friends around to make them green with Algae Envy.

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The master swimming pool, includes an already constructed diving platform :
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Just superb !!


A bowling alley.

The owner of the Mansion, David Siegel, is a very keen bowler who always wanted to include a bowling alley in his own home. This is a special design by David Siegel himself, which allows the bowling alley to be operated 24 hours a day without consuming electricity.

After you bowl a strike, the ball bounces off the rear wall, and rolls back down towards the bowler, where it is collected in the 'sump'. An awesome cost-saving innovation from David, who displays a flair for creative genius well beyond what we have already seen in his time-share endevours.

Now this masterpiece can be yours !!

http://unusuallife.com/wp-content/uploads2006/2008/10/chernobyl283.jpg


Indoor roller rink.

An indoor roller rink for those who love to skate fast, this rink offers a phenomenal high speed straight, with safety barriers all along the sides.

A slap of paint on the walls, a quick sweep and polish of the floor to optimise the surface, and you are there !

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_dlkAw43cLC0/ScqXMVWy3KI/AAAAAAAAEEk/3eV-ztCq2xs/s800/Chernobyl-Today-A-Creepy-Story-told-in-Pictures-hospital2.jpg

Two-story movie theater.


Takes home theatre to a new level, this exclusive addition to the home comes complete with mounting attachments for your projector, and plenty of room to setup all the speakers and comfy chairs to finish the job.

Includes special accoustically optimised tiles on the walls for that very best audio experience. You wont want to miss this opportunity to own what could arguably be the best theater setup in any house in the country.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_dlkAw43cLC0/ScyrOyMDLVI/AAAAAAAAEGA/y1ydwmqqUM8/s800/Chernobyl-Today-A-Creepy-Story-told-in-Pictures-hospital4.jpg

Video arcade.

Included in this home like no other is a Video Arcade that will keep those kids so thoroughly entertained, that you will no doubt make significant savings in child minding expenses.

Want to take off to the Bahamas for a week, and not sure what to do with the kids ? No problem, just go to the home entertainment control console, and activate the power to the video arcade. Throw in a carton of oreo biscuits, a few gallons of soda and some chips, and the kids will look after themselves for weeks !! No more babysitter !!

Think of the savings !!

The video arcade already comes installed with a selection of old favorites that will thrill and astound kids of all ages :

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Access to the Video Arcade can be controlled through the entertainment control console located in the parent's master bedroom :

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Connect the blue wire on the right of the box to the 3rd socket on the top rail, and the Video Arcade springs to glorious life !! (** We recommend the use of insulated pliers for this operation **)

Fitness center.

A private area of the mansion is set aside for one's physical training, as a healthy mind requires a healthy body !!

This fitness center is discretely tucked away on the 2nd floor of the mansion, and includes the latest vario-pulse-o-metric weight training aids .. designed by David Siegel himself.

This system allows the budding athlete to build up their strength and stamina over a period of time in scientifically measured increments. Unlike regular weights, which only come in discrete sizes like 10lbs ... these vario-pulse-o-metric weights can be infinitely adjusted by filling them with liquid to achieve the required weight.

A special type of liquid is required for this program, and these liquids are available from David Siegel Pulse-o-Metric Pty. Ltd. The phone lines are open now, waiting for your order. Have your credit card handy and dial 1800-PULSE to order.

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Baseball field and two tennis courts.

Not to mention as well ... the Fabulous Ferris Wheel !

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And grandstand area :

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And of course, a ticket booth so you can charge your friends and family to come around and watch the game :

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All that and more for $75 million "as is." There's an option to buy it completed for $100 million.

There is a LOT of interest in this house at this bargain price ... so time is precious, get on the phone NOW and call the agent. We are waiting for your call.

If you miss out on this fantastic buying opportunity, you will feel like a dummy
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Credit for the above pics goes to :
Chernobyl in Pictures (http://villageofjoy.com/chernobyl-today-a-creepy-story-told-in-pictures/)


EDIT: Fixed URL link. -Gaillo

[Ponce]

America 25 years from now?...............

[Awoke]

Those Chernobyl pictures are amazing.

In the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Chernobyl is the background terrain for one of the levels.

What amazes me is how realistically they protrayed it. The buildings are EXACTLY like that in the video game.

Stunning. Especially the pool picture.

[Awoke]

OK, maybe not exact, but damned close for a video game.
Both sides of the screencap below are screencaps during gameplay.

Left side is the pool scene, Right side is an old building scene.

http://zeoshima.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/cod4interior.jpg





more here:
http://www.theabovedomain.com/cms/content/view/329/1/


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And the Pripyat Hotel Courtyard in gameplay, followed by an actual photograph of the real hotel:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rSf1fgQ6Ldg/Spdx_FWLmPI/AAAAAAAACd8/rhJbAxsmAz0/s400/cod4pripyathotelcourtyard.pnghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rSf1fgQ6Ldg/SpdyAqI9SGI/AAAAAAAACeU/PAFhRW7NPVk/s400/pripyat-hotel.jpg


Most of these caps are courtesy of this site:
http://intotheloop.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-just-cant-get-over-chernobyl.html

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

They should get 75 people to put up $1 million each and turn it into a timeshare. ;D

[JDRock]

They should get 75 people to put up $1 million each and turn it into a timeshare. ;D


haaahaaa :lol

[willie pete]

They should get 75 people to put up $1 million each and turn it into a timeshare. ;D


First off, it's $75m AS IS, it's not even complete, you couldn't stay if you wanted too, if you look at the link below, all the houses around it are a lot smaller than it is, and look how close you are to neighbors :D, with $75m, I'd be on several thousand acres somewhere

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=28.472492,-81.550559&spn=0.004367,0.006598&z=17

[Grand Master Melon]

Epic thread indeed. +100 for EE's rewrite.

Anyways, you'd have to be a complete moron to pay that much for that piece of garbage house. This thing will sit forever at that price. If anyone buys that it would be a miracle.

[Olmstein]

"He figured it would be for his family. They'd never have to leave, because they would have everything they needed here except love and self respect,"

That made me LOL. Thanks, EE!

[Awoke]

First off, it's $75m AS IS, it's not even complete, you couldn't stay if you wanted too

Hell, I can sleep in a ditch, or in the bush with rough-made shelter. I'm pretty sure I could stay there.



with $75m, I'd be on several thousand acres somewhere


Same here.

[gunDriller]

to me it looks like a good place to film the next "Cheech & Chong" movie.

http://gold-silver.us/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7607.0;attach=2602 ;image

[Awoke]

Cheech and Chong rule.

[gunDriller]

Cheech and Chong rule.


"Tommy Chong released from prison" - i had to look it up.
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4028.html

"Federal agents in Pittsburgh ? one of only two states which consider bongs themselves to be illegal ? ordered his bongs over the Internet, snaring the stoner star."

"Chong then described the bizarre experience of being raided, how the police "came running in the house and they're running around with flashlights and they're running with their guns, they're running from room to room, you know, just running. It was weird, they're going, 'clear' and ? I really said this too, I said, 'If you're looking for the light switch, it's over there.'

"But, they finally got around to it and I said, 'what's going on?' And they said, 'we'll tell you in a minute.' Then my wife came downstairs and she said, 'what's going on?' and then she said, 'wow, this is just like a movie!'

"Then the guy goes, 'This is not a movie.' And so now when they bust Hollywood celebrities, that's what they gotta yell, 'This is not a movie!'"

[Awoke]

"Chong then described the bizarre experience of being raided, how the police "came running in the house and they're running around with flashlights and they're running with their guns, they're running from room to room, you know, just running. It was weird, they're going, 'clear' and I really said this too, I said, 'If you're looking for the light switch, it's over there.'

Haha! Thanks for the laugh!