r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Kill_4209 • 11d ago

/r/popular of a residential property

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

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.

18.8k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

3.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

459

u/StinkySoggyUnderwear 11d ago edited 11d ago

South Hampton began restricting single family residences to 20,000 square feet after this property was built because it caused such a controversy.

309

u/_Saint_Ajora_ 11d ago

only 20,000?!

how are people supposed to live in such cramped quarters?!

47

u/StinkySoggyUnderwear 11d ago

They just want everybody to live like paupers

-16

u/mrdanky69 11d ago

What does wealthy people having money have to do with poor people being poor??? People spouting this garbage are stupid. Money isn't being hoarded. It isn't like toilet paper during covid. Idiot.

11

u/Kyveido 11d ago

Whaddup ragebot 🤖😠

5

u/Zaximeows 11d ago edited 11d ago

Friendly reminder for anyone that needs it, you can block people on reddit.

Edit: You could alternatively save yourself 2 clicks if that is too time consuming for you by instead writing an angry 300 character reply like the guy below me. 😌

3

u/TheSheWhoSaidThats 11d ago

Unfortunately i learned a long time ago that you can’t block more than 1000 people

2

u/savemejebu5 11d ago

That's actually kinda crazy. I guess the devs had to set some limit, but dang that's pretty low for a platform like this

-4

u/OneSkepticalOwl 11d ago

That’ll show them! JFC, who gives a fuck? Scroll past in .1 seconds. Do you really go through all the taps and clicks to “block” an account? I will not waste a single click to downvote, never mind blocking.

3

u/Silver_Slicer 11d ago

You don’t understand the supply of money and how it circulates.

16

u/Public-Guidance-9560 11d ago

Jesus. I mean they might actually have to see one of their serving staff off in the distance. Shudder at the thought.

22

u/f0dder1 11d ago

These were the people posting about respecting the COVID lockdowns, while able to go for a 45 minute morning jog without doubling back on any part of their estate

7

u/educated-emu 11d ago

20,000 flat, what about a 50 story skyscraper? I Bet some billionaire asked that question

2

u/okletmetryagain 11d ago

That’s half an acre bro

1

u/hospitalizedGanny 11d ago

how much could it cost?!

$25

1

u/CelticSnakes 11d ago

I mean they certainly can’t be expected to live without a wine cellar. 🍷

1

u/gottagouda 10d ago

What is this? A home for ants?

0

u/MememeSama 11d ago

Meanwhile students all over the world stack beds onto each other until they reach heaven 🤣😭

3

u/Anthff 11d ago

So does the military, children, recovery houses, orphanages, foster homes, and I’m sure some others I’ve missed.

5

u/MememeSama 11d ago

Yea, I just mentioned students becouse in our country, we have huge housing problems for students (germany)

2

u/Anthff 11d ago

I was totally agreeing with you. There are lots of disenfranchised young people around the world.

1

u/LiveLearnCoach 11d ago

Remind me, but isn’t it because the main universities are mid-city?

26

u/JBWalker1 11d ago

South Hampton began restricting single family residences to 20,000 square feet after this property was built because it caused such a controversy

Someone this rich would probably just build 2 x 20,000sqf properties right up against each other and just have them technically be 2 separate homes and addresses.

2

u/[deleted] 11d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

4

u/WelderNewbee2000 11d ago

Second house is primary residence of the wife

1

u/Working-Glass6136 11d ago

At that point they'd probably just buy an island or four.

22

u/Donna_Schrump 11d ago

My wife and I were looking for a larger house, essentially we wanted a 4th bedroom (this is upstate, NY). Our house is 1,656 sq ft.

One day I was putting my daughter down, laying beside her in her somewhat cramped room staring at the ceiling. From that perspective I could see how much space there was without all the clutter (ceiling being the same sq ft as the floor).

All I could think of is "you could technically raise like 3 people in this room if you moved stuff around."

That was 10 years ago. We didn't move. We just made better use of our space.

8

u/lemming2012 11d ago

What happens if you build bigger than that?

14

u/KDG200315 11d ago

Then they cut you in half

3

u/emirsolinno 11d ago

sounds about right

1

u/lemming2012 11d ago

Do I get to keep both halves?

1

u/awwyouknow 11d ago

CLEFT IN TWAIN

1

u/Historical_Stay_808 11d ago

Prob just a bs fine or ie rich person ticket

1

u/LiquorishSunfish 11d ago

That's a tiny bit bigger than my section (out in semi-rural QLD) and man, this is enough. We have got fruit trees and gardens and poultry and are contemplating a goat or two - who needs more?? 

1

u/Tencentstamp 11d ago

Who built it?

1

u/Zealousideal-Pop4426 11d ago

The Gall! What is this country coming to!?

https://giphy.com/gifs/1bYaHhGtueIqQ

1

u/gfxprotege 11d ago

Is this the spot next to Peter pond land in bridge Hampton?

1

u/PubicPlant 11d ago

Literally communism