Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Stupid Atlanta's highest-priced and most garish home sold for $13.9 million
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:58 AM
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From the Atlanta Business Chronicle:
The 32,000-square-foot Neo-Classical mansion was built in 1992. The 58-acre estate, with 1,200 feet of Chattahoochee River frontage, is in the Johns Creek area of North Atlanta. The grounds include an 18-hole golf course, swimming pool, grass tennis court, croquet lawn, amphitheatre, 3-acre stocked lake and formal gardens in French, Italian and Oriental styles“This sale represents the highest purchase price for any residence in the Atlanta area since the sale of the Dobson estate, ‘Descante’ on Tuxedo Road, also completed by Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty,” said company co-founder Jenny Pruitt.
According to Luxist, the estate, which has been listed for as high as $40 million, was built by software entrepreneur Larry Dean. At one point, property owners reportedly considered turning the area into a subdivision. One commenter says Michael Jackson was rumored to be purchasing the property. Another person recommended razing the entire structure and planting peanuts.
We wanted a better idea of just what metro Atlanta's highest-priced home has to offer and found it in this slideshow. Or this one. (Here's a link to a virtual tour, which should load on your computer.)
According to the 2006 website:
"Several hundred construction workers, master woodworkers, artisans, landscape professionals and supervisors all worked together transforming 60 acres of raw, rolling pastureland on the Chattahoochee River into what may well be America's most elegant estate."
Let's look at what they built, eh?
The master suite is 3,000 square feet, appears to have been designed by Dolph Lundgren's ex wife, and includes a shower "shaped like a chambered nautilus."
The Malachite Bath (?) includes a "sink of 24 carat gold."
There's a game room and a Morocaan media room with columns inspired by the Fox Theatre.
Ahh, and an Egyptian Suite! "The bathroom was designed as an Egyptian tomb…complete with Hieroglyphics, papyrus leaves, ankhs and a floor of Solnhofen stone, a German limestone which has fossilized lichens embedded in it. The effect is dramatically tomblike." Splendid.
Here's the Oriental suite, which unfortunately was shown absolutely no love.
The nursery is filled with nightmares.
There's even a golf course scorecard.
Dean Gardens: Where the water bill is probably more money than I make in a single year. May you serve as a museum to remind us all of what metro Atlanta one was — and will most likely never be again.
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My favorite pic is of the nursery:
http://homesoftherich.net/wp-content/uploa…
It features a gilded, Rococo-style sluice to capture the blood of the innocent stuffed animals who are, I assume, sacrificed daily to Luxurus, the Roman god of ostentatious luxury. Nice touch.
I also like the large painting of Andy Warhol in the the bedroom -- the first thing I thought of when I saw this estate is "Warhol" because it's so avant-garde, experimental and urbane.
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http://priceypads.com/2010/08/dean-gardens…
The home is apparently set for demolition. While the home is over the top, it's still a masterpiece. The grounds are amazing and the detail is unheard of. Such a shame of it's actually going to be demolished.
http://deangardens.eventbrite.com/
Perhaps they should start leasing sections of the estate to companies like Screen Gems for production space like we have with Lakewood Fairgrounds. Start having live music, theater, and other social events to keep the bills paid, while providing a resource to the creative community and eliminating the need to tear it down and build shitty condos.
Also, there must be a way to integrate it with various non-profits in order to get grants so as to sustain the estate as a resource for creatives and other purposes.
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