Mountain top home anyone?

[Axtremus]

Another worthy contender for the WTF Retirement Home.

[Daniel.]

"Elevator:

Thyssen Krup commercial grade elevator services all levels."

There must be some kind of mistake. I already own this house.

This is why my dream state is Colorado, and I've lived in some nice places.

[Piano*Dad]

50,000 square feet ...

[Daniel.]

I liked the faux Biltmore on a Colorado mountain top but I think I was in the minority.

[Steve Miller]

That’s a lot of house!

[AndyD]

Dunno, I immediately thought vulgar.

After a day, for me it's still vulgar. Completely OTT, huge and tasteless; dislike the proportions, and most of the decor which no doubt was expensive but is just showy bling.

Not even that Bugatti can sway me.

[Steve Miller]

But that garage!

[Mik]

It's an interesting mix of things. vast overuse of granite, especially on the floors and stairways. Hated the little galley kitchen but I suppose you're not going to be cooking for yourself if you have that much money. Master bath was awful and dated, media room was a nightmare. A two chair salon? Seriously?

Loved the pool area and the outdoor. Liked the dining room but it could have used more space in that size of house. The sitting areas were nice. Wine cellar was OK. My biggest impression was that the house didn't know whether it wanted to be modern minimalist or Biltmore opulence.

[pique]

My first thought: Abomination. Putting something like that on a mountain top in wildlife habitat is an abomination. And judging from those interior finishes, I don't understand why these people would live in Colorado.

[pique]

I seriously hope a wildfire destroys the house.

[Mik]

An added thought - if I had that kind of money I'd find a better way to put it to use.

[wtg]

Amen, brother.

[AndyD]

@CHAS
What do you think about it?

Was it a record producer or music star that built it?

[AndyD]

BTW
MrsA quite likes it

She immediately had the idea of using the 'garage' as an archery range

[pique]

@AndyD said in Mountain top home anyone?:

BTW
MrsA quite likes it

She immediately had the idea of using the 'garage' as an archery range

LMAO

[Bernard]

The only thing I like about it is the exterior. Inside is too much Trump aesthetic to my eyes. (Is that one person's wardrobe!? There is enough clothes in that room for a change every day for probably a few years!)

[Mik]

@AndyD said in Mountain top home anyone?:

BTW
MrsA quite likes it

She immediately had the idea of using the 'garage' as an archery range

One should never encourage their spouse to develop proficiency with deadly weapons. Just sayin'.

[Daniel.]

I was just hoping several houses burned down in an adjoining neighborhood followed by a tornado which I wished would fly into the air and land on its owner.

If you thought gossip might get around quickly in a small town in 50's America, that had nothing on this bunch of interconnected, pathological, presumptuous, pretentious Karen's with golf carts.

They have produced such gems as multiple neighbors calling the home owner while out of state and saying things like-- "I think you son is staying in your house."

One day I was walking up to the home where I was invited to come and as I step around a car, I see this lady, who says to me in a vicious tone of voice-- "Can I help you?" I said, "Yes, you can get out of my way so I can get through." She did as I walked through turning my head to ignore her.

Sorry, not a post about residences, but you couldn't pay me to live in that neighborhood or any of the many like it here.

[Daniel.]

I don't like it's 50,000 sq ft as I said but would I trade it for any "normal place"? If I could, without a second thought. The privacy, the views, the luxury... would be a dream.

[Daniel.]

It's too bad my material (Oops, Freudian slip)-- I meant maternal aunt and uncle won't leave 10's of millions to their blood family (that would be my brother and me).

Because then I could move to Switzerland. And I would.

Unfortunately, my uncle is a character out of a Charles Dickens novel who didn't offer me his condolences when his mother died and cut me out of his life.

My aunt cut me out of her life, waiting until my mother died, then cut my brother out her life after my sister died.

She was close to me through all my growing up, and close to my sister after my mother died (because she was interviewing her to be a companion and caretaker although she would never have admitted that).

1. Switzerland
2. Probably BC
3. Colorado
4. UK (although recent political developments there are as bad as what is happening here)