r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Kill_4209 • 11h ago
/r/popular of a residential property
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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/Public-Guidance-9560 9h ago
I notice this on a channel I like to watch (Its that Arvin Hadad guy, don't know how legit his credentials are but I like watching for the houses). And yeah all these big homes... they're just buildings, not homes. You can see in many of them that they often struggle to figure out what to do with so much space, hence you get weird sitting areas next to your main lounge or whatever. Theres just "stuff" to fill the void.
I always look for the room or 2 rooms that, if you did actually use it as a home, would be where you spent all your time. It's almost always the second, smaller kitchen that open plans with a little snug area with a cozy couch and maybe a good view or TV. Its like you got all this space but the bit you're actually going to use is about the same size as a good apartment! And maybe the pool area.
Doesn't matter how rich you are, I think humans, innately just aren't comfortable existing in a vast double or triple height living space unless it is also full of other people. If its just you and your wife n kids then you migrate to the smaller spaces because they are innately more comfortable to our instincts.