Posted on 02/12/2019 3:17:53 AM PST by dennisw
Queen of Versailles' says her Florida mega-mansion - the largest home in America - will be ready in 2020, 17 YEARS after construction began....Jackie Siegel, 53, says her Florida mansion will be ready in 2020
She and her billionaire timeshare mogul husband David Siegel, 83, began construction on the mansion, dubbed Versailles, in 2004
The couple gained notoriety after appearing in the 2012 documentary Queen of Versailles Construction stopped due to the economy crash in 2008 and the death of their 18-year-old daughter in 2015 Siegel says they expect the grand opening of the largest home in America to be held in spring 2020
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low self esteem + lack of pride = need to build up pseudo self esteem & pseudo pride in the form of conspicuous consumption and envy by and admiration by others
within a year, Lebron James will add to one of his houses to be the biggest.
Despite the ludicrous scale and extreme cost, Versailles will not last much more than the lives of its owners. It is so unique as to be unlikely to find a buyer. I imagine a donation by their estate to a charity that will have it torn down and the land subdivided and sold.
Say this about Pres. Trump. He’s against anything that causes addiction.
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