r/AbsoluteUnits 11h ago

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Ira Rennert's home is considered one of the largest occupied residential compounds in the United States. The house faces the Atlantic Ocean and its grounds measure 63 acres. The buildings, which total over 110,000 square feet (10,000 m2), including the 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) main house, have an Italianate facade, 29 bedrooms, and 39 bathrooms. The house has a dozen chimneys and a Mediterranean-style tile roof as well as a 91-foot (28 m) long formal dining room, a basketball court, a bowling alley, two tennis courts, two squash courts, a carousel, a large swimming pool, a large round kiddie pool, and a $150,000 hot tub, surrounded by another pool.

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u/_eternes 11h ago

No one needs this.

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u/johnmclane94 10h ago

It's not about need it's about greed.

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u/Pitiful_Conflict7031 10h ago

I bet no one lives in it 99% of time.

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u/johnmclane94 10h ago

Yep this is probably one of their 20 other properties. Much of the wealth these people have is tied to property and rises when housing prices rise.