CRUZN 66

Couldn't resist sharing this piece of real estate for sale in Texas... More then 63000 square feet... Should be plenty of space within those walls to house a large Olds collection...

http://www.realtor.com/news/unique-h...h_campaign_ron

MDchanic

It's certainly got a few garages...



- Eric

oldcutlass

They say everything is bigger in Texas...

pogo69

you would think the owner had enough dough to hire a landscaper to cut the grass or are they weeds

CRUZN 66

That may be the prelude to the Texas tumbleweed

redoldsman

That is a classic case of somebody have more money and ego than sense. If this thing were in a major metropolitan area the vandals and/or homeless would have broken in a long time ago and probably burned it down. It is disgusting when somebody does something this stupid. This thing is almost 1 1/2 acres under roof. 30 bedrooms and 30 full baths, what the hell were they thinking?

MDchanic

Yes, but go look at the GoogleEarth and StreetView photos:

The article said that his wife said it was too big, so he abandoned it and built one that was only 40,000 sqft next door, and sure enough, right next door is a nearly identical building, only with a neat lawn, and about 25% shorter front to back than this one.

THAT's the part that's crazy.

- Eric

tru-blue 442

I think I saw a write up of this house somewhere here in TX. The guy went broke someone bought it, but the inside hasn't been finished off and it is completely bare on the inside and also has an unfinished Olympic? sized pool in it, unfinished. I think it's for sale again. Whoever bought it bit off a little more than they could chew through. It's a freaking monster. Edit: May not be the same house Eric. Maybe the same house, different story? Ha ha, who knows. I'm sure the taxes would be enough to scare any normal person.

MDchanic

Looks like you could prolly play regulation football in the attic, too.

- Eric

redoldsman

I am betting this is an older doc with a trophy wife.

VI Cutty

Part of the problem may be that it's just downright ugly.

svnt442

Turn that thing into a commercial property and make it a strip mall.....or a YMCA.

redoldsman

It doesn't look lik a mansion, it just looks like a big *** house.

Funkwagon455

This was my first thought, second was TAXES, third was UTILITY BILLS!!!

For some reason Stephen King's "The Shining" comes to mind

lshlsh2

My thought. Buy it and turn it into a high end bed and breakfast.

MDchanic

Take a look at the map - its planted right in the middle of a flat, dry, scrubby plain, surrounded by shopping malls and housing developments.

You'd never see Guest #1.

- Eric

ELY442

With all the money they put into this property, this mansion better be tornado proof

MDchanic

Prob'ly got a 2-acre basement...

- Eric

Koda

Best biggest whorehouse in Texas?

Funkwagon455

It would be, but basements are very few and far between here.

MDchanic

Oh. Okay.

I would have thought you'd have them, what with tornadoes and everything.

Live and learn.

- Eric

Tedd Thompson

Looks like the Alamo..... Tedd

oldcutlass

Not the Alamo, theres no Woolworths across the street.

Tedd Thompson

No but there is a big *** building that kept me from getting a good picture.... Tedd

Koda

Tedd, that might be a Hilton. Been a few years since I've been there.

jpc647

There was a similar building for sale a while back that was originally going to be some kind of mental institution or something.

It'd think this could be converted into something useful. Not sure what though.

Fun71

I used to live just down the road from there a bit closer to the coast in Lake Jackson and later in Angleton. There's hardly ever any tornadoes but there is a LOT of rainfall from tropical storms, hurricanes, and massive thunderstorms. Also being on the coastal plain means dig a hole and it will fill up with water.

pogo69

Perfect candidate for a born again church

zeeke

One could start their own cult.

MDchanic

I thought we already had!




- Eric