tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post6633692077028231417..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Texas Businessman Tom Hicks Puts $135M Price Tag on Vast Dallas EstateYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-84363546968946718092013-11-22T03:27:17.034-08:002013-11-22T03:27:17.034-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Leyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09248931726246578791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-41310065853947578512013-08-21T01:12:53.416-07:002013-08-21T01:12:53.416-07:00These houses are extremely huge and priced so expe...These houses are extremely huge and priced so expensively that my eyes hurt seeing all the zero’s on the selling price. I know in our area that there was a couple who sold their real estate for almost the same price, and they had to rent commercial storage units in the Gold Coast to clear off the items to make way for some selling space. It is amazing how these items take a lot of space. Eventually, they decided to sell these or auction these.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08746232868619950002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-87959231855201669632013-07-16T03:44:34.953-07:002013-07-16T03:44:34.953-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.classichometheaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022821327467705027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-29863525253352172572013-07-01T22:56:49.439-07:002013-07-01T22:56:49.439-07:00Such big estates require a lot of maintenance! In ...Such big estates require a lot of maintenance! In my personal travels, I have been to mates’ house whose estate covers at least 1 hectare of plot of land and another half a hectare for his home. It is just amazing to find out about the maintenance that goes with it, and it is very expensive to do so. Thus, when buying a house, consider the post-purchase maintenance, which could be more taxing to the owner. There is also some space and human resource management, which could be even more taxing to the owner. What is good with large homes is the ample storage space it entails. These storage spaces are even fit to be someone else’s home, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553896656081992114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-50228967069682205862013-05-29T05:28:59.910-07:002013-05-29T05:28:59.910-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121666885377941338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-59637009550691205062013-05-26T17:22:37.750-07:002013-05-26T17:22:37.750-07:00Oof, did you go read the web copy for that house?
...Oof, did you go read the web copy for that house?<br /> <br />"An Estate Home that Exemplifies Architecturally Significant"<br /><br />Architecturally significant what? Or is Architecturally Significant a thing that should have been in italics? Either way it gets worse as you keep reading.<br /><br />I can't imagine the damned AC bills for that place. But then again if you were a fan of Shrub, ya'll can hop on over to North Park Mall for dinner together.SusieQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-8089786370304335902013-05-21T15:33:35.363-07:002013-05-21T15:33:35.363-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349748990258426600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-90440294235655479502013-05-10T05:15:36.203-07:002013-05-10T05:15:36.203-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728926580487393692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-87487677611332044762013-04-25T04:18:33.353-07:002013-04-25T04:18:33.353-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Realestateinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541901977664927101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-83599109754795856612013-04-08T07:15:14.460-07:002013-04-08T07:15:14.460-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00349748990258426600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-11917795547218178652013-02-07T00:05:52.610-08:002013-02-07T00:05:52.610-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646436586660846248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-53719602089194976202013-01-30T00:34:56.994-08:002013-01-30T00:34:56.994-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757808604882652528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-535999875850640582013-01-29T15:47:57.186-08:002013-01-29T15:47:57.186-08:00Oh and I am sorry but I have to close with a rebuf...Oh and I am sorry but I have to close with a rebuff of Mr Camelcoat agent from hell's closing comment, about awe inspiring architecture, which IMHO should be presented in a way that is too, awe inspiring and not cringeworthily painful !Steve Mawsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-59735602636274528682013-01-29T15:42:32.639-08:002013-01-29T15:42:32.639-08:00and when selling a home, why do we see more of fat...and when selling a home, why do we see more of fat agent than the home itself ??Steve Mawsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-68868902382659818792013-01-29T15:40:58.015-08:002013-01-29T15:40:58.015-08:00Oh gawd, PLEASE, if there ever was a case for NOT ...Oh gawd, PLEASE, if there ever was a case for NOT allowing real estate agents to crawl their way through a painful presentation of a property, shoving their fat shiny mug in front of the camera and then dragging out painful descriptions in nauseatingly bad, halting tempo. <br />An alleeee of magnolias ?!?!?! WTF ?<br />And and another thing, please shove your grandstanding about 75 architect designed homes up your caboose, because who in this day and age does not design a home of such standard and size WITHOUT an architect ? Redundant twit. <br />EVERY TIME you drive pass through the gates, you're filled with anticipation ?? What, do you have the memory of a fish Mr Agent ?<br />If it were my home, I'd snatch the listing from under his snub nose and stick to the local Remax agent with big hair and even bigger teeth who surely could do a better job !Steve Mawsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-90280346516934981052013-01-28T13:41:09.258-08:002013-01-28T13:41:09.258-08:00Would kill the brokers/owners to slap a floor plan...Would kill the brokers/owners to slap a floor plan together - I mean, you can't truly appreciate architecture without a floor plan - how rooms flow and related to one another is as important as the style. Sheesh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-52543559981693362082013-01-27T21:13:46.756-08:002013-01-27T21:13:46.756-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989477483336719286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-41451732856850213042013-01-27T14:07:11.941-08:002013-01-27T14:07:11.941-08:00Ugh. This is a real estate blog, not a political b...Ugh. This is a real estate blog, not a political blog.<br /><br />Why can I not escape politics no matter where I go?<br /><br />I thought this was the place, but the comments suggest otherwise.Jessenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-49730724498971027992013-01-27T06:56:38.860-08:002013-01-27T06:56:38.860-08:00Well I say good for them and Bravo!Well I say good for them and Bravo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-71955818571905631562013-01-26T22:16:00.949-08:002013-01-26T22:16:00.949-08:006:46, I hope your grandparents were truly as great...6:46, I hope your grandparents were truly as great as you think they were, but as I have learned from my dealings with the ultra wealthy over the years, there is usually as they say a great crime behind every great fortune. <br /><br />Most of the wealthy old guys in my town that are beloved now did a lot of dirty nasty things to people when they were younger to get where they are, from gambling, drugs, murder etc. As they say, time heals all wounds and people forget. <br /><br />You always hear this great country and our great forefathers, when in truth these people stole this land, murdered the Native Americans and enslaved and worked to death a whole race of people. Nothing great about that at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-73114531234932465602013-01-26T18:46:49.133-08:002013-01-26T18:46:49.133-08:00When my great great grandparents lived there (the ...When my great great grandparents lived there (the original owners) I would have to disagree with your argument on rich people doing nothing for humanity and power because of their money. My family did their share, and were blessed to have the life they had. Now, these days yes I can agree with your argument. It's all about money and power and people trying to be better than everyone else. It's sad. But my family heirloom is a beautiful place and more than a palace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3638145822104921232013-01-26T18:35:37.412-08:002013-01-26T18:35:37.412-08:00Pio Crespi and Flo Crespi were my great great gran...Pio Crespi and Flo Crespi were my great great grandparents and I remember seeing my parents get married at the base of the staircase. I always loved that house, and whoever is blessed to own it next will fall in love with it as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-62790383594282938522013-01-26T12:54:26.105-08:002013-01-26T12:54:26.105-08:00I'm going to agree with you that history will ...I'm going to agree with you that history will determine any presidents reputation, but I feel as though history will remember the Obama years not for his actions but for the inactions of Congress. Never in history have we had such a partisan, dysfunctional, out of touch, and so on. Never before have we had a president who has been able to pass so little on their agenda, regardless of what people's opinion of said agenda may be. I also think the republicans have finally crossed that fine line from being your normal Conservative party to being totally out of touch and stuck in the past. I had been a registered republican, but having been born, raised, and lived the majority of my life in Northeast I'd probably be just barely to the right of center on a national scale. I didn't vote for Obama because I felt the fiscal issues were the number one threat to the country, as noble as his social crusades are, social issues can generally be put off a short period of time if there are immediate more pressing issues, ie. the fiscal ones. But as a resident of Sandy-ravaged NJ, Boehner's decision not to even vote for the relief package was the last straw. I changed my registration the same day. Obama may be out of touch, but barely in comparison to the others.<br /><br />Of course I need to tie this into real estate and the post lol. We have this guys house, and the house in Woodside that sold for $117m. These two properties are located in the polar opposite locations in terms of politics. Woodside is in the heart of the affluent far left, whereas Preston Hollow is in the heart of the affluent far right. CA has very high taxes on the wealthy, TX has none. These two posts show us how irrelevant fiscal policy is in terms of building or losing wealth. This also shows you that the people on our far left and our far right live the exact same lifestyles! It serves as a reminder that the far left doesn't relate to the middle class enough to know what's best for them, despite claiming they do. And the far right doesn't represent what the middle class doesn't want, despite groups like the tea party claiming they represent the bitter sentiment of an embattled middle class. We should just recognize that it may be unfair these guys get to live in homes like this, but then look at how many people they employee in these homes, suddenly you see there are normal working people all over the country that depend on the lavish lives of the rich to make a living. This blog shows us that it doesn't matter what political ideology is in office making policy, it doesn't matter whether these guys pay high or low taxes, on and on. <br /><br />Basically to sum it up I just mean that everyone needs to calm down about the rich and stop caring about them so much because they don't matter that much and they don't change that much no matter what. So people need to not come here if they can't handle that. This blog is about the hilarity of how our rich and famous live, to show their taste is just as bad as everyone else's, and to give us something entertaining to read while we pre-game with our gin and tonics. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-46951550899539980472013-01-26T12:19:38.292-08:002013-01-26T12:19:38.292-08:00@Andy I would imagine at least $200k. Property tax...@Andy I would imagine at least $200k. Property taxes are around $750k I believe, throw in utility costs and I'd imagine that brings you to a little over $1m a year just for taxes and utilities. Then consider maintenance on the grounds and house, the salaries and benefits of however many full-time housekeepers, gardeners, security guards. There's the butler or err "property manager", head housekeeper, head groundskeeper, I'd imagine at least 2/3 full time housekeepers and as many full time gardeners. So you're at about a staff of 9 full time employees to maintain house and grounds, then consider the part time employees such as part-time housekeepers for when there's guests, parties, the more intensive cleaning etc. Also part time gardeners that come to do the more general maintenance like lawn mowing. So yeah I'd say $200k would be the bare minimum it would cost to run a place like this. It could quite possibly be double that on the higher end. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-49411542893236537852013-01-26T10:54:00.754-08:002013-01-26T10:54:00.754-08:00I wonder how much you need per month to maintain t...I wonder how much you need per month to maintain this property?Andy Schlenkerhttp://www.punta-cana.usnoreply@blogger.com