A hell of a house in FL ...in photos.

[Ponce]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Pictures-of-LeBron-James-pretty-amazing-Miami-m?urn=nba-294648

[skid]

Personally, I'm not impressed. The interior is all cheap drywall and faux stone. The cabinets look like they came from home depot. The master bedroom looks like a small square dance hall. No character at all.

The exterior is much nicer, but given that amount of money I could build a real castle. Love that location though...

[Ponce]

I never say anything about those who have more than I do.....it only shows me that they did something right (or wrong) that I didn't do.......but I am happy for them.......in the other hand, I can't complain with what I have or even if I really deserved it.

[skid]

It just seems to be the American way for the 'New Rich" to build ostentatious Mcmansions built the same way as every other smaller chipboard/stucco home, that will be lucky to last for 50 or 60 years, as compared with the European rich whose homes last for centuries due to much better building practices. I'm not sure what he paid for that home (too lazy to re-read the article), but with that money, a beautiful home could have been constructed that would last for centuries.

[willie pete]

Yea, it was in the Herald, $9m for an address right on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove ....the property tax alone on it will be over $200k a year ...for the same $9m; you could've bought several hundred acres in the Redlands and had a farm, ranch, groves and lots of privacy...taxes would've been lot's lower too..since it would be zoned agricultural ...don't know why the article says "South Beach"...it's not on SoBe, it's in the Grove

I wonder how much Gold Bullion he has? :lol :lol :lol

[old steel]

He is a playah what did you expect?

Common sense?

[k-os]

It just seems to be the American way for the 'New Rich" to build ostentatious Mcmansions built the same way as every other smaller chipboard/stucco home, that will be lucky to last for 50 or 60 years, as compared with the European rich whose homes last for centuries due to much better building practices. I'm not sure what he paid for that home (too lazy to re-read the article), but with that money, a beautiful home could have been constructed that would last for centuries.


Yeah, people don't build homes to last in Florida, particularly on the beach. On Palm Beach (the island, not the county) people will buy a $14M home that was built two years ago, raze it, and build another $14M home on it.

I think part of why people don't build well-constructed homes is because they want it done *now*. We are not a very patient country in general, and if you add a lot of money to that, you can multiply the impatience by a factor of 10.

[willie pete]

It just seems to be the American way for the 'New Rich" to build ostentatious Mcmansions built the same way as every other smaller chipboard/stucco home, that will be lucky to last for 50 or 60 years, as compared with the European rich whose homes last for centuries due to much better building practices. I'm not sure what he paid for that home (too lazy to re-read the article), but with that money, a beautiful home could have been constructed that would last for centuries.


Yeah, people don't build homes to last in Florida, particularly on the beach. On Palm Beach (the island, not the county) people will buy a $14M home that was built two years ago, raze it, and build another $14M home on it.

I think part of why people don't build well-constructed homes is because they want it done *now*. We are not a very patient country in general, and if you add a lot of money to that, you can multiply the impatience by a factor of 10.



Instant or Quick gradification? ..yea I'd say so.. ;D ..I don't know if it was in the story, it was in the Herald all about him buying a house, they did in fact raze the existing house on the property, then built this house a year or two ago, originally it was listed for $12m, James came along an offered $9m and the group that owned it sold, I don't know, I guess its fairly sturdy, being made out of concrete and with the revised building codes in South Florida..as I mentioned though, the property taxes will be over $200k a year, not including insurance :D :D

[Silver Shield]

One benefit of being ahead of the curve is there will be a time that I will be richer than LeBron because I will have more silver than he.


Dare to dream...

[k-os]

One benefit of being ahead of the curve is there will be a time that I will be richer than LeBron because I will have more silver than he.


Dare to dream...




You don't have to wait. We're all richer than Labron now, in more ways than silver. ;)

[Ponce]

In the future I will have ........ not a house like his........but........an island like where the house is at.