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Family's $ million medieval-style dream mansion that took three years to build burns to the ground
The Daily Mail ^
| January 10, 2014
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 01/11/2014 11:16:58 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: informavoracious
Its mostly jealousy and envy in the comments at the site. If it took them years and years to build they cant be THAT richThe Communists' brainwashing of this country has worked.
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posted on
01/11/2014 12:42:10 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Conservative4Ever
Architecture should sing...be a feast for the eye...and comfort for the body. IMHO. Or just maybe the people LIVING in it should be happy with it.
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posted on
01/11/2014 12:43:53 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: EveningStar
Mrs Decker's 20-year-old son Chase, left a message on Facebook telling friends they had lost everything in the fire, but that the family's dogs had managed to survive.Of course the dogs survived.
At least this time, without anyone dying to save them.
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posted on
01/11/2014 12:45:13 PM PST
by
cicero2k
To: dfwgator
I kinda thought that’s what I was saying...guess I missed the mark.
To: BRK
If I had $4 million to spend on a house, it would be made mostly of concrete and would include a sprinkler system.Exactly!
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posted on
01/11/2014 12:47:28 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Conservative4Ever
The statement wasn’t really directed at you so much as the others making comments on what they thought the house should be.
It was their vision and they put up the money to make it happen, got to admire them for that, regardless of whether or not it would be our vision.
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posted on
01/11/2014 12:48:27 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Cementjungle
A 22 room house with only 5 bedrooms. I wonder what all the other rooms were.
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It was built in 2006, sits on 5.3 acres and has 22 rooms: five bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and three half-bathrooms.
Ten were bath rooms but it doesn’t say what the other seven were.
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posted on
01/11/2014 12:48:35 PM PST
by
deport
To: EveningStar
God’s way of telling people not to build such ugly things.
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posted on
01/11/2014 12:53:11 PM PST
by
ottbmare
(the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
To: deport
Apparently they had their builders business located there too, so I guess some of the rooms were for offices.
To: Cementjungle
True and probably, dining, kitchen, laundy, etc. A loss no matter the number.
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posted on
01/11/2014 1:00:03 PM PST
by
deport
To: VanDeKoik
Play a mean game of hide and seek in there.
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posted on
01/11/2014 1:07:32 PM PST
by
bramps
(Mark Levin: Would Christie, McConnell, and Boehner repeal obamacare? Not a chance!)
To: deport
A 22 room house with only 5 bedrooms. I wonder what all the other rooms were. A formal entry room, a formal living room, a formal dining room, a casual family room, an eat in kitchen, a breakfast room, a game room, an in home theater, a gym, a sauna, a craft room, a mud room, a butlers pantry, a full laundry room, a kids play room, an in-law apartment or maids suite with its own living room, kitchen etc., a downstairs kitchen or outdoor kitchen, a library, a study/office, plus all the bathrooms, hey, it could add up
To: Calvin Locke
Um, doesn't his [Frank Lloyd Wright] nifty at first "water house" have problems caused by the water? You could say that and you could say that it cost a lot to fix its problems. "Fallingwater" was built in the 1930s at Mill Run, Pennsylvania, for the Kaufmann Family of Kaufmann Department Stores. Upon completion in 1937, it cost $2.6 million in 2013 adjusted dollars, but when the 2009 renovation was done, that added another $11.4 million. While still deemed one of the best by the American Institute of Architects, it did have significant problems from the damp environment (mold) until restoration.
It is currently owned by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, to whom it was donated by the Kaufmann heir in 1963.
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posted on
01/11/2014 1:33:13 PM PST
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: GeronL
Not a good place to live if you are a sleepwalker.
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posted on
01/11/2014 2:09:56 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: dhs12345
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posted on
01/11/2014 2:14:30 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Cementjungle
“I call that very bad planning. “
Not if you want the insurance money.
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posted on
01/11/2014 2:16:54 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
To: EveningStar
This house stood in a town known for grandiose houses. It is not exactly rural, but many of the houses stand on large plots of land. I was surprised that this place burned to the ground since so many fire companies responded; this was not a matter of a house being way out in the sticks with volunteer companies at a distance. Indian Hill in fact borders on the city of Cincinnati.
There was some local live tv coverage of the fire, which looked horrific.
If I built a huge, sprawling house, I would have not only smoke detectors, but a system to summon the fire department automatically. If I had the money to build this kind of place, I would have active fire suppression systems in use, the kind used in industry. We've had cold weather, but yesterday was comparatively pleasant, with temps in the 40s, so fighting the fire would not have been a problem.
I am curious as to how the fire started.
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posted on
01/11/2014 4:05:10 PM PST
by
Nepeta
To: Cementjungle
“Apparently they had their builders business located there too”
Darn, there went all the tax records..... whew!!! What a blessing... I mean shame!!
To: tired&retired
Darn, there went all the tax records..... whew!!! Not sure the IRS would even take that as an excuse. We're getting audited on my MIL's estate, and now they're saying we owe $4K more for some gift tax back in the 1970's. There's no (affordable) way to fight them on something like that... she didn't leave any records that old.
To: Theoria
I am reminded of a Remington Steele episode in season 5 where he somehow inherits a castle and there are so many past due bills and other high bills he can’t do anything with it.
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posted on
01/11/2014 6:08:19 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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