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Versailles House - WTAF? (1 Viewer)

Did the couple building the house plan on living in it, or did they plan to sell it?

Either way, unless you're the Duggers or whoever that family was with 20 kids, why would you ever need a house that big? I can't even imagine how much it would cost to run and maintain a house that size.

Of course, so sheik or something built an entire skyscraper as his home.

Bet all of them still feel empty inside.

 
It's not even beautiful. It looks like a resort facility, not a palace. And an ugly commercial one at that.

 
I've seen the documentary. It was pretty good. Director kinda portrayed the wife as almost a "victim", so to speak. Seemed like the husband was obsessed with his company and didn't really give a #### about his family, and she just had a ton of money to play with.

 
Crappy view for $100MM. If I were going to drop that kind of cash on a house, it had better overlook something better than some muddy detention pond.

 
Aren't there a crap load of sink holes down in those parts? Just sayin'... :devil:

 
E Street Brat said:
Apple Jack said:
T Bell said:
It's not even beautiful. It looks like a resort facility, not a palace. And an ugly commercial one at that.
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And it's in Orlando.
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gump said:
What neighborhood/golf club is this in?
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It's in Windermere. The same neighborhood Tiger Woods lived in.The big wig from Tupperware is also a resident as well as the owner of the company I work for.
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I was guessing that. Elite as it gets there...definitely wanting to impress his neighbors.

 
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TobiasFunke said:
Quez said:
Pretty good documentary. Worth a watch.
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Am I the only one who ended up kind of feeling bad for the fake boob golddigger mom by the end of the movie?
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No. It did kinda paint her in a sympathetic light compared to her husband.
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Yeah, he came off looking absolutely awful so it was hard not to look good by comparison. If nothing else she was at least loyal and genuinely concerned about her family.

 
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I don't care how rich you are or how opulent you want your home to be, you don't need 10 kitchens. 10 kitchens?!

 
I thought it was funny when they had to go buy xmas presents at Walmart like the common folk and still fill up multiple carts. Then the kids were like "we already have one of these" for every gift they opened.

 
ClownCausedChaos2 said:
17seconds said:
I don't care how rich you are or how opulent you want your home to be, you don't need 10 kitchens. 10 kitchens?!
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And 23 ####ters.
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See that I understand. And I think it's stupid to have more than 3 bathrooms in any normal house. But if you're rich, why not have crappers around every corner?

Under what conditions are you cooking in more than 4 kitchens at once? If you want to entertain hundreds of people often, build a massive industrial kitchen away from the house and have 2 or 3 kitchens in the house.

 
17seconds said:
ClownCausedChaos2 said:
17seconds said:
I don't care how rich you are or how opulent you want your home to be, you don't need 10 kitchens. 10 kitchens?!
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And 23 ####ters.
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See that I understand. And I think it's stupid to have more than 3 bathrooms in any normal house. But if you're rich, why not have crappers around every corner?

Under what conditions are you cooking in more than 4 kitchens at once? If you want to entertain hundreds of people often, build a massive industrial kitchen away from the house and have 2 or 3 kitchens in the house.
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I respectfully disagree. Imagine a party with massive amounts of hot wings and beer, then seeing one of your guests break a sweat and ask where the closet bathroom is. You then get to watch them waddle off in a half-sprint as you tell them that the closest one is 100 yards away.

 
17seconds said:
ClownCausedChaos2 said:
17seconds said:
I don't care how rich you are or how opulent you want your home to be, you don't need 10 kitchens. 10 kitchens?!
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And 23 ####ters.
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See that I understand. And I think it's stupid to have more than 3 bathrooms in any normal house. But if you're rich, why not have crappers around every corner?

Under what conditions are you cooking in more than 4 kitchens at once? If you want to entertain hundreds of people often, build a massive industrial kitchen away from the house and have 2 or 3 kitchens in the house.
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Reminds me of the Lil Wayne lyric,

Big house long hallways

Got 10 bathrooms, I can *s_it all day nagga

 
What amazes me more than the house are the number of suckers who bought timeshares to make this clown a billionaire that could attempt to build such a house. Also a bit ironic that the timeshare king built a house that he apparently couldn't afford. Maybe he should turn it into a timeshare

 
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TwinTurbo said:
What amazes me more than the house are the number of suckers who bought timeshares to make this clown a billionaire that could attempt to build such a house. Also a bit ironic that the timeshare king built a house that he apparently couldn't afford. Maybe he should turn it into a timeshare
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He had the Glengarry leads

 
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TwinTurbo said:
What amazes me more than the house are the number of suckers who bought timeshares to make this clown a billionaire that could attempt to build such a house. Also a bit ironic that the timeshare king built a house that he apparently couldn't afford. Maybe he should turn it into a timeshare
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He had the Glengarry leads
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Well it looks like it didn't work out so well for the salespeople that closed some of those leads: http://skift.com/2013/02/05/timeshare-king-david-siegel-wears-down-sales-agents-he-screwed-out-of-their-commissions/

 
I'm not sticking up for David Siegel, but it is complete bs that the banks were getting bailed out while they were trying to seize his assets. They made many of the same mistakes he did, but he didn't get a bail out.

 
I've gotten to work on some massive houses around the country for very rich people (billionaires). It's not uncommon to for them to have 3 or 4 kitchens- but it's usually one primary, one secondary/entertaining, and maybe extras for live-in staff and perhaps an extra or two for proximity to specialty rooms. I've never seen 10 kitchens.

Bathrooms? If every bedroom has an en-suite bathroom, then you're starting with that many bathrooms. Add powder rooms (toilet and sink) around the house, and bathrooms for specialty rooms (pool, massage room, etc) and they add up pretty fast. That said again, I've never seen 23 full baths.

I saw that doc... worth a watch. I agree with the others who noticed that the wife was portrayed as a witless victim (of a sense) who had no idea they were going bankrupt until it was too late. Just kept spending money as if they were still flush because that's what she thought they were.

But damn- that is one hideous house. Like a McMansion for the rich- grotesquely oversized and gratuitous. And IIRC, so far beyond the relative prices of other houses nearby that it was always going to be worth less than what they were going to put into it.

 
From what I read, most of the kitchens are for the servants, who have their own living quarters inside the house.

 
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