Texas Champs D’Or!

Texas Champs D’Or!

Texas Champs D'Or!
Though we doubt the financial pinch from this loss will even elicit a bruise on the skin of cell phone mogul Alan Goldfield, it might at least be up there with a mosquito bite sting. Caught in the big real estate bubble burst, here is one more McMansion hitting the financial skids. Having been initially put on the market for $72m when it was completed in 2002, this gargantuan 48,000sf copy of a French baroque castle will be going up for auction on March 30th and will sell at or above $10.3m! Modeled after the Vaux-le-Vicomte Chateau in Paris, the structure was actually built for $46m and was most recently listed at $35m. There is also a connected 37 acre commercial parcel being auctioned separately. In the original $72m listing, the commercial parcel was included. Ten years old this year, it may be the largest home ever in which no one has ever lived!

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Touching on some of the opulent features of the interior, we find 6 bedrooms, 6 full bathrooms, 8 powder rooms, 3 kitchens that include a catering kitchen, a two-story mahogany library, an outrageous pink and black 2-story Chanel styled owners dressing room for her and an equally well-outfitted dressing room for him. There is a grand ballroom, a conservatory, a theatre with opera box seating, a wine cellar, a master suite steam room, hair salon, exercise room and a Lalique glass door enclosed lap pool room. The basement has an indoor bowling alley as well as a racquetball court and huge storage areas. There are 2 elevators, staff quarters and a self-contained apartment on the 3rd level.

The exterior, comprised of 39 acres, is no less spectacular with its stunning cedar-lined 20-car garage, a veranda with seating for 450 people, a pool with waterfall and pool house, a tennis court, two reflecting pools and an adjacent lake.

So if you're looking for a mega-mansion at an almost 78% discount, get out the checkbook and plop down your $250k deposit to secure your bidding rights. A perfect residence for when you next entertain the international heads of state! Texas: The bigger they get, the harder they fall!

Source: web.conciergeauctions.com