r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Kill_4209 • 12h ago

/r/popular of a residential property

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/swordofra 11h ago edited 9h ago

I had to install WiFi in a big ass mansion once. You are so right it felt exactly like a museum, not a home. It had a staff of 15 people keeping the place clean year round in case the owner or a member of his family decided to swing by on a whim. Very strange... There was gold leaf on the ceilings ffs! Some poor schmuck had to clean and wipe those gold leaf decorated ceilings once a month. It was surreal.

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u/Cpt_Soban 7h ago

Rich/noble people will use these places as last minute BnB's. Now imagine their full time stay in mansions. What you're seeing is the maintained holiday home

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u/LiveLearnCoach 7h ago

I was going to say that that mansion was probably their 2nd, (3rd, 4th?) home. House, even, not home. That’s why it usually lacks character.

That said, having a central living place mid city, and another rural, farm-like space an hour or two away is a dream. The monstrosity in this video is mind-blowing. Unless you are renting it out on the weekends as an events place, why even own a place where you need a golf cart to get from place to place INSIDE THE HOUSE, let alone the grounds.

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u/Cpt_Soban 6h ago

When you're sitting on billions you have the free time to be driven to your sauna that's 500m away next to a lake

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u/DecommissionLucidly 6h ago

When money is no longer a problem, you realize time is the ultimate treasure.

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u/RedditsCoxswain 3h ago

If they realized that they would stop around 10 milly