Somehow, I read HGHTV.

Does it come with the centaur painting?

Looks more like a conference center than a home.

Why would you put white furniture in a beachfront home?

Why would you put white furniture in a beachfront home?

My experience spending a lot of time in vacation cottages as a kid was that a lot of beachfront houses have white, or at least formerly white, furniture.

Probably needs a new hot water heater though since his can't handle too much pressure.

it is overdone, gawdy, ostentatious,

To be fair, most $38M houses could be described this way.

It's actually a lot nicer and more tasteful than I expected.

Includes three acres of prime pasture land and stables.

Does it come with the centaur painting?

i visualize a white marble one on the lawn.

It's actually a lot nicer and more tasteful than I expected.

I agree. Gawdy it's not, except for its size.

Why would you put white furniture in a beachfront home?

you haven't spent much time at beachfront properties, i take it. or, what fernigal said. these places tend to favor light colors for walls and furniture. it enhances the airiness of the architecture.

but you're right, once they get dirty they look shabby. they have to be kept clean.

btw, i clicked the link and i found rodriguez' home to be quite impressive. i don't think its vulgar at all. i really like the architecture. not too crazy about some of the furnishings, they aren't very interesting, but they may not even be his. agents for properties like this will do very extensive staging of their own to show them off.

Why would you put white furniture in a beachfront home?

To be pedantic, it's not technically beachfront. Since the view is of the Miami skyline, that means it's on the west side of the island. The beach is on the east side. It's basically a waterfront mansion with a view of the city. I Imagine Jeter's on Davis Island in Tampa is not much different.

It looks like a helluva place to throw a party.

A-Rod put a place in the UWS for sale a year or two ago, and that place looked pretty good too. He actually has decent taste in houses, or at least his realtor does.

It looks like a helluva place to throw a party.

I don't think it's gawdy or ostentatious. It's a pretty sweet place, and nicely designed for indoor/outdoor parties. That's a nice little media room as well.

I think the biggest downside is that it's in the Miami area. All that open space, you're just asking for pythons.

While it looks good for entertaining, it doesn't look like it's really set up for massive parties - rather it looks like it would be perfect for having 5-6 couples for an outdoor party, for instance. For such a massive, expensive place - the individual rooms seem almost intimate. I liked the media room - gaudy ones have rows of individual chairs - this just has everybody sharing a (huge) couch. It really is a nice place. Unfortunately I don't have quite enough for the down payment.

Unfortunately I don't have quite enough for the down payment.

The thing about a $38M house is - I don't know what I think I should be getting for $38M. Is it twice as luxurious as a $19M house?

Maybe if you're super-wealthy, it makes a difference, and you can really see where the extra money goes because you're used to those surroundings. But I think if I had a $3M house, it would seem so much nicer than what I have now that I'd be hard pressed to determine that a $38M house was somehow 12x better.

(Unless you're talking about sheer amounts of land. If your house comes with 5000 acres of Texas property, then I could see how that would add up. 5000 acres? 1000? I have no idea how much land would cost, so I don't even know what's a reasonable number to put there. 5000 acres is about 8 square miles. That seems like a lot of land, even in the middle of nowhere.)

It looks like an awful lot of space to basically do nothing with. Lots and lots of sofas and chairs for a four-legged beast.

I agree though, it does look like a great place to throw a party. And not gaudy like the intro claims.

The thing about a $38M house is - I don't know what I think I should be getting for $38M. Is it twice as luxurious as a $19M house?

Judging from my one buddy who has ridiculous finance parents, the difference between a 10 million house and a 20 million house is like the difference between Downtown and Versailles.

(sadly they downsized. Alas, spring break parties of my youth.)

I just waded through 4-5 of those slideshows. To my taste, Arod's place was easily the nicest. Coulda just been the photographer had a great eye, but the spaces and layout of Arod's mansion seemed almost perfect. Jordan's place by comparison was tacky and claustrophobic.