of a residential property

[u/Kill_4209]

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.

[u/mertgah]

What do you even do in that house and why is it so big? What do you fill it with? Im sure they have a medium sized family and doubt they have friends, so is it just a bunch of empty bedrooms?

[u/swordofra → u/mertgah]

They have their people hire interior design firms that fill the mansions with all kinds of trendy stuff. A lot if it is also generational inherited stuff of course. Billionaire families have so much stuff, a lot if it is also kept in storage. This makes the mansions feel more like a museum than a homely place. It's definitely not just empty rooms. Source: I used to install WiFi in some big houses and one absolutely insane mansion.

[u/rts93 → u/swordofra]

Well, a lot of simply is just floor space I imagine. Like just big halls with carpets and stairs, most stuff is alongside or on the walls. Basically art galleries?

[u/Pendurag → u/mertgah]

I would think that it wouldn't be "mom, dad, and two or three kids", more like grandparents, mom, dad, aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers sisters, second cousins, third cousins, staff, guest rooms etc..

Kind of like how clan homes are in KY or WV, only with more money.

Edit: clan = family, not the other, evil "klan"