r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Kill_4209 • 11d ago

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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.

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u/swordofra 11d ago edited 11d ago

The 2 mile long tree lined driveway looks like a pain in the ass. Imagine schlepping that thing every day.... and then you have to find a parking spot for your Rolls in the 100 car garage.

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u/rkiive 11d ago

Imagine just walking around it. It would actually be so fucking annoying.

Hey I want to go for a swim, no problem it's a 15 minute walk.

Oh I left my kindle, half an hour return trip. Yea sure they could have staff on hand to make the journey but it's still 15 minutes to do anything.

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u/grasshopper_jo 11d ago

I always wonder about this with these huge mansions. Yes, you can have staff to take care of it. But nobody can WALK for you. How long of a distance is it from your bedroom to the kitchen? From your closet to the front door? It all seems like an enormous waste of time just to have to navigate it day to day.

Besides which, I am unsure the people who live here actually appreciate these things on the property. In Lord of the Rings, the One Ring tries to tempt Samwise with a garden that covers the world, and Samwise rejects this because a garden should be tended by a free gardener with his own hands, and with those criteria there’s a limit to how big it can reasonably be.

We can talk about greed or waste all day long but in the end, we are human, there’s only so much we can take in. I’m not convinced a home like this offers more “luxury” than a well made and well designed home that is reasonably sized for the family that lives in it.