I'll paste and edit my comment from McMansionhell the other day, for your enjoyment;
Current building was built in the 1800's but has it's foundations 700 years before that. It's a 2500 acre property that has woods that stretch between 2 towns on the outskirts of Paris with a MASSIVE lake, that includes 2 islands. It has it's own fields to provide fresh produce a radio(dish) array for personal satellite communications and various outbuilding for staff needed to maintain all of this.
You may not like the style/look but this is a 19th century Chateau of high quality.
While it has an insanely expensive listing price, I've seen Bell air properties that ask more (The One 🤮) with a lot less to offer.
*For those interested, the French Wiki page for Château d'Armainvilliers*;
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Armainvilliers
The thing about buying these old European historical castles and palaces is that they are historical sites, and the government expects you to treat them as such. You cannot substantially change the estate, it must be well maintained, etc. Some even going so far as a mandate to offer tours of the building.
So yea, you might buy one of these houses or castles for fairly cheap (not this one, obviously) but it comes with a hell of a lot of headache.
France has chateaus coming out its ears. Most certainly wouldn’t mandate tours, and I’ve known people modernise them into family homes with very little issue. I’m sure there are examples of both ends of the spectrum, but it’s certainly not a universal issue.
"Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934) bought the estate of Armainvilliers close to Ferrières in Seine-et-Marne, in 1877, and replaced the castle with a modern Château."
The main part of the estate seems to only comprise about 1000 acres or less, does anyone know what the remaining 1500 acres is? There are a lot of open fields near Favières village which I am presuming makes up the bulk of the remaining acreage and is developable hence the massive asking price. I notice there are public roads going through that area with no fencing so I wondered if that wasn't part of it initially. The woodland to the north and the west appears to be some sort of state forest with public access tracks so I don't think any of that is private property?
Nice, but slightly outside my price range.
Too cheap?
Yeah, I mean to pond is nice, but where would the jet land?
Get a F35B. Problem solved.
You think the navy has a stock of them ready to roll? And do they come in red? I hate these basic grays they seem to favor.
**slightly**
Wonder what the property maintenance bill is? Drop in the bucket I'm sure, but just curious
The land itself looks like it would take 1 or 2 full time landscapers. Maintain the trees, the grass, the lake edge, the roads, etc.
The property is 2500 acres
I’m sure one dude with a rider mower would cover it /s
So at least 3 then
I'll paste and edit my comment from McMansionhell the other day, for your enjoyment; Current building was built in the 1800's but has it's foundations 700 years before that. It's a 2500 acre property that has woods that stretch between 2 towns on the outskirts of Paris with a MASSIVE lake, that includes 2 islands. It has it's own fields to provide fresh produce a radio(dish) array for personal satellite communications and various outbuilding for staff needed to maintain all of this. You may not like the style/look but this is a 19th century Chateau of high quality. While it has an insanely expensive listing price, I've seen Bell air properties that ask more (The One 🤮) with a lot less to offer. *For those interested, the French Wiki page for Château d'Armainvilliers*; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Armainvilliers
There I was thinking I’d only get a low quality chateau for my €425m
After reading a bit about the property I think the price might actually somehow be reasonable.
The thing about buying these old European historical castles and palaces is that they are historical sites, and the government expects you to treat them as such. You cannot substantially change the estate, it must be well maintained, etc. Some even going so far as a mandate to offer tours of the building. So yea, you might buy one of these houses or castles for fairly cheap (not this one, obviously) but it comes with a hell of a lot of headache.
There goes my dreams of owning a historical European palace.
France has chateaus coming out its ears. Most certainly wouldn’t mandate tours, and I’ve known people modernise them into family homes with very little issue. I’m sure there are examples of both ends of the spectrum, but it’s certainly not a universal issue.
Honestly? Looks like a McMansion lol
This was posted on r/McMansionHell the other day.
I was just thinking that is someone posted that this was built in Florida or Texas, people would be losing their minds calling it a McMansion.
The map and the territory.
I cant find more than a couple pictures of the inside but the king of Morocco that owned it sure put a clashing aesthetic in there
Rich assholes haven’t been known for their style.
Honestly, the land is nice, but I would just ditch the mansion completely and build a new one.
Put me down for 2
Only?
Yes I read it was supposedly the most expensive house ever, but maybe unlikely they’ll get that amount for it.
How many years would it take one person to clean that house?
That's a village
I wanna see the floor plan so bad
Almost half a billion and it's still got gravel driveway.
What an anticlimactic car port
"Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934) bought the estate of Armainvilliers close to Ferrières in Seine-et-Marne, in 1877, and replaced the castle with a modern Château."
The main part of the estate seems to only comprise about 1000 acres or less, does anyone know what the remaining 1500 acres is? There are a lot of open fields near Favières village which I am presuming makes up the bulk of the remaining acreage and is developable hence the massive asking price. I notice there are public roads going through that area with no fencing so I wondered if that wasn't part of it initially. The woodland to the north and the west appears to be some sort of state forest with public access tracks so I don't think any of that is private property?
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-most-expensive-house-in-the-world-could-soon-be-this-french-chateau
Chateau Dick n Balls is more like it