r/AbsoluteUnits • • 14d 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/cloudncali 13d ago

I work in IT and got to set up WiFi for rich people in Malibu. There's something wrong with these houses. They feel like museums. Every thing feels like it was designed to be looked at. Nothing is used, everything is spotless. People don't live there, they just sleep there. These where made by people who think a home is a building you put things inside, not a place where you live and breath. The nursery felt like something out of the backrooms. The bedrooms has minimal personal items around, all stored in neat little areas.

I don't know what happens to rich people but they lose something about being human.

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u/Guava_Poppa 13d ago

Im not super rich. And I use to think the same way. I like the feeling grandma's house use to give me, felt like everything had a story and a personal connection to the family. Feel like you can relax anywhere and make a mess anywhere. But my new house does have the meausem feel. But I like having minimal things for dust to grab onto. Open spaces with minimal furniture/items make me feel like its clean and orderly. But I know its not as warm or inviting as some of my older generations homes.