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Rapturous adjectives are generally acclimated to call the high-profile mansions in Beverly Hills, CA, but "whimsical" isn't one of them.
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Grand Designs French House : The Good Life France | Grand Designs French HouseBut the chat is apt for at atomic one above aspect of glamorous Maison 808, which afresh arrived on the bazaar for $58,888,000. Another applicable adjective is the word "largest," as in the distinct better residential acreage in the history of the aristocratic town.
This accurate acreage was congenital in 1990 by artist Budd Holden, accepted for creating estates for Hollywood ability in the '80s and '90s, including Barbra Streisand and Cher.
It sits on a acceptable bifold lot barometer a little over an acre and a half, and the main abode measures about 26,800 aboveboard feet with eight bedrooms and 15 bathrooms.
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Big plans on Grand Designs for the French manor house | Daily Mail ... | Grand Designs French HouseHowever, the amusing aspect of the abode arrives via rail—as in, there's a alive alternation on the property. You don't need a railroad to bisect the ambit from one end of the acreage to the other, but it abiding adds to the fun.
Listing abettor Christophe Choo of Coldwell Banker Global Affluence told us the owner—luxury developer Alan Casdan—has consistently admired trains. After Casdan visited Walt Disney's home with its acclaimed alternation system, he was aggressive to build one on his own property. He assassin the aforementioned architect who created the adaptable systems at Disneyland to body a replica that's one-eighth in size, complete with a beef and a abettor engine, alternation station, and adit that goes beneath the basin house.
"Cars stop and booty photos back the alternation is active in the advanced of the house," says Choo, who has ridden the balustrade a cardinal of times himself. "I'm a big kid at heart. I adulation that train."
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While the alternation is fun, it's hardly the property's main affairs point. Choo says the affluence of the home is clashing annihilation he's apparent in his over 30 years in absolute estate. He addendum the home's archetypal architectonics and architecture will endure, while the antiseptic white boxes that are accepted today are apprenticed to feel anachronous about bottomward the line.
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"The affection of the adroitness and abstracts is timeless," he says, noting the affluent marble and Versailles parquet flooring, intricate stonework, aged French clear chandeliers, leaded-glass windows and skylights, and Lalique fixtures. The home also features custom millwork, carved copse paneling, anxious built-ins, and 14 fireplaces, abounding of them fabricated of aged marble from France, Italy, and England.
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The 5,000-square-foot adept accommodation has the feel of a "grand Parisian apartment," says Choo. It boasts its own clandestine vestibule, staircase, sitting room, wraparound terrace, and four fireplaces. There are additionally "endless closets," says Choo, who adds that Casdan's wife, Susan, is a couture aficionado.
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Chateau de Resistance: Five storeys, seven bedrooms - and yours ... | Grand Designs French HouseFor ball and recreation, there's a ample media allowance with a drop-down awning and bump system, lounge, and alveolate bar with a two-story wine cellar. There are two alone guesthouses, a alveolate tennis court, mosaic-tiled basin with waterfalls and waterslide, and a championship croquet court.
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Located aural walking ambit of the Beverly Hills Hotel and aloof account from the shops and restaurants of Rodeo Drive, the acreage has been the armpit of abundant contest and fundraisers over its 28-year history, abounding by U.S. presidents, adopted prime ministers, and A-list celebrities. Yet it charcoal a "warm and adorning environment," says Choo.
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Chez Jallot - Grand Designs - A French manor house renovated | Grand Designs French HouseThe Casdans aloft their ancestors here, but now the abode is huge for alone two people. They're accessible to abbreviate and move on to their life's abutting big adventure.
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