Anyone with sense would know that it costs a fortune to maintain a huge house and pay taxes on it. You just have a good weekend in the house and list it with a high power realtor on Monday. Buy a decent house and maybe a car a few years newer with the sale and consider yourself blessed.
I'm sure the place is nice, but less than ten percent of the population could afford it once you consider taxes, utilities, maintenance, etc. Hope the guy at least makes a nice chunk of cash when he sells.
In response to the Tyler Tx dream home, the winners of the home are still living happily in the home. They may or may not sell the home. As for someone just staying in a dreamhome that they have just won, for a weekend, or a couple of weeks, it isn't so easy. You HAVE to have ownership of home AND INSURANCE on the home before you can spend ONE night in the home. The winner of the Lake Lure home sold that home soon after winning. Please lets get facts straight before we post, as some of these winners read these boards, even the winner of the Tyler Tx home posts on the HGTV dream home message board quite frequently..Don Cruz and Shelly Cruz. Other winners have posted messages there also.
It wasn’t just the homeowners association. He actually didn’t own the land his house was on. He only had a 30 year lease of it and was therefore subject to the owners decisions. I enter this contest every year but can’t figure out why they do stuff like this.