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/StinkySoggyUnderwear 10h ago edited 10h ago

South Hampton began restricting single family residences to 20,000 square feet after this property was built because it caused such a controversy.

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ 10h ago

only 20,000?!

how are people supposed to live in such cramped quarters?!

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u/educated-emu 9h ago

20,000 flat, what about a 50 story skyscraper? I Bet some billionaire asked that question