US $ 250 million in the most expensive house sold with helicopter
US $ 250 million in the most expensive house sold with helicopter
“This home was curated for the ultimate billionaire who wants the best of everything that exists in life,” Makowsky wrote on the website. “Until now, the ultra-luxury market was void of homes that even came close to matching the level of mega-yachts and private jets that billionaires spend millions of dollars on every year.”
The mega-mansion is listed for a stratospheric $250 million and its vast 38,000-square-feet include 12 bedrooms, 21 bathrooms, three kitchens, five bars, a spa with a massage room, a four-lane bowling alley and a swimming pool with a swim-up bar and pop-up television screen. The views from the various decks span from the Pacific Ocean to the Los Angeles skyline to the San Gabriel Mountains.
“It helps that the house is fully furnished with a name brand,” said Paul Czako of Gussman Czako Estates, who listed the property. “It attracts buyers from overseas and carries cachet.”
The wine cellars are fully stocked with a collection of vintages hand-picked by Madkowsky, and a $30-million fleet of exotic cars parked in the auto gallery will be included in the sale. The home even comes with its own seven-person staff, whose salaries are fully covered for two years.
A 38.000 sq ft mega-mansion reported to be America's most expensive home has gone on sale with a price tag of $250 million. The property in the exclusive Los Angeles suburb of Bel-Air has 12 bedrooms, 21 bathrooms, three kitchens, a 40-seat James Bond-themed cinema, an 85ft infinity pool, and panoramic views. There are six bars, a spa, two fully stocked champagne cellars, a four-lane bowling alley, custom-made glass ping-pong and pool tables, and a room filled with sweets. A helicopter from the 1980s television series Airwolf sits on the roof.
Whereas average home buyers might be able to get the fridge thrown in with the sale, the fully furnished Bel-Air home comes with a $30-million fleet of exotic cars and motorcycles parked in the foyer, including a custom Rolls-Royce, a Bugatti and a vintage Allard. The four-lane bowling alley has shoes in every size, and the candy room is filled with towering cylinders of sweets.
The tycoon, who built his fortune selling handbags on QVC, has sold nine billionaire homes in the past six years. He got the idea for the mega-mansion by watching wealthy travelers invest in yachts.
Judging from the sort of art and toys Makowsky has used to fill his new house, those underserved billionaires may be in the market for shiny surfaces, tasteful nudes, and wall-mounted candy dispensers. Among the objets d'art sprinkled judiciously across the home's four floors are jewel-encrusted guitars, giant black-and-white photographs of Cher, and an onyx stone sculpture of an Hermès Birkin handbag.
Makowsky, meanwhile, envisions a buyer who’s a bit of a homebody, someone who appreciates a house on steroids and sees little reason to venture into town. “You’re close to heaven, and you never want to leave,” he said.
With a price tag of $250 million, a newly listed mega-mansion in the Los Angeles area is now the most expensive home for sale in the U.S., according to multiple reports.
Image 2 of 18 From the decks and garden, take in unobstructed views that span from the snow covered mountains all the way to the Pacific Ocean and the incredible Los Angeles skyline in-between. From the decks and garden, take in unobstructed views that span from the snow covered mountains all the way to the Pacific Ocean and the incredible Los Angeles skyline in-between. Photo: Photos Courtesy Of Berlyn Photography
“This home was curated for the ultimate billionaire who wants the best of everything that exists in life,” Makowsky states in a press release. “Until now, the ultra-luxury market was void of homes that even came close to matching the level of mega-yachts and private jets that billionaires spend millions of dollars on every year. There are hundreds of new billionaires created each year and they are increasingly setting their sights on this coveted enclave of California for everything the state has to offer.”
The sprawling mansion in Bel-Air is four levels and 38,000-square feet of interiors. It features 12 bedrooms, 21 bathrooms, three kitchens, bowling alley, movie theater, candy room and an infinity pool complete with swim-up bar, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The priciest house for sale in the U.S. The mansion has a four-lane bowling alley, a candy room filled with towering cylinders of sweets and two wine cellars stocked with hundreds of bottles of Champagne and wine. (Jan. 19, 2017) The mansion has a four-lane bowling alley, a candy room filled with towering cylinders of sweets and two wine cellars stocked with hundreds of bottles of Champagne and wine. (Jan. 19, 2017) See more videos
Whoever picks up the property can throw one heck of a housewarming party: the home features an 85-foot glass-tile infinity pool with a swim-up bar, an outdoor hydraulic pop-up theater, two fully-stocked champagne/wine cellars, a massive self-serve candy wall and, according to the listing agency, the most advanced home tech system in the country. If maintaining the many features sounds like a full-time job, fear not. A 7-person staff is always on hand to oversee the estate.
Makowsky's latest creation was built "on spec," real estate lingo that means the developer makes all the decisions and designs a home without a buyer lined up. He is a risk-taker, with no outside investors, and spares no expense.
The 60-year-old lives in a 27,000-square-foot Beverly Park mansion once leased by the late pop icon Prince and made his fortune selling handbags on QVC before turning to real estate six years ago. He’s built nine homes so far and furnishes them to reflect his own extravagant travels, interests and tastes.
The mansion has a four-lane bowling alley, a candy room filled with towering cylinders of sweets and two wine cellars stocked with hundreds of bottles of Champagne and wine. (Jan. 19, 2017)
That discrepancy, he reasoned, didn’t make sense, so he created a home with finishes and furnishings reminiscent of a mega-yacht and a matching price point to boot. Nautical themes are present, as are motifs that reflect Makowsky’s love of collectible cars, guns and guitars.
Nine-figure price tags are accessible to only a handful of local residents and a small market outside of that. As of 2015, there were 585 billionaires in the U.S., according to the research firm Wealth-X, and about 2,500 worldwide.
He told CNBC: "People spend two weeks a year on a yacht, but they live in a house. I wanted this to be the ultimate mega-yacht, but on land.
Walls are hung with an art collection featuring 130 works from around the world, table settings are by Roberto Cavalli table. Seven full-time staff, including a chef, chauffeur and masseuse, will live in a separate wing.
That's just the house itself, though, and L.A. has a lot of nice houses. To snag a billionaire buyer, sellers of ultra-elite properties are throwing in a raft of stunning extras. It's become about selling a glamorous lifestyle as much as offloading the property.
Located at 924 Bel Air Road in Los Angeles, the 38,000-square-foot, four-level property boasts two master suites, 10 oversize ‘VIP’ guest suites and 21 bathrooms. Bonus spaces range from a 40-seat 4K Dolby Atmos Theater and a four-lane bowling alley to a massage studio/wellness spa and state-of-the-art fitness center. Those looking to do some big-time entertaining will enjoy making use of the five bars, three gourmet kitchens and 17,000-square-foot entertainment deck.
The handbag tycoon said his vision for the property, which took four years and 250 workers to build, came from boats. Billionaires, he realized, spend eight weeks of the year on their hundred-million-dollar yachts "but then they only live in a $30-million home."
'People spend over half their lives in their home,' he told CNBC. 'So when you're home, it should be the ultimate oasis. You should have every single entertainment feature you could have in one home.'
Makowsky, for his part, remains confident that the home's combination of location, design, and art curation will help him land an extravagant buyer. “I understand how rich people want to live, because I’m very wealthy,” he said. "The right person is going to walk into this house and lose their mind."
At times, the house appears more homage to the wealthy than a place in which they'd live. Photographs provided by the developer show one seating area roped off by a velvet cordon and adorned with blown-up images of Brad Pitt, Jack Nicholson, and Angelina Jolie. In one master bedroom, a glass-encased cashmere Hermès blanket is mounted on a wall. In another room, a modified chainsaw, its blade replaced with Rolls Royce hood ornaments, sits atop a pedestal; behind it is a giant photograph of a model seated in an orange-upholstered car, wielding that same saw.
“This home was curated for the ultimate billionaire who wants the best of everything that exists in life,” Makowsky wrote on the website. “Until now, the ultra-luxury market was void of homes that even came close to matching the level of mega-yachts and private jets that billionaires spend millions of dollars on every year.”
“This home was curated for the ultimate billionaire who wants the best of everything that exists in life,” Makowsky states in a press release. “Until now, the ultra-luxury market was void of homes that even came close to matching the level of mega-yachts and private jets that billionaires spend millions of dollars on every year. There are hundreds of new billionaires created each year and they are increasingly setting their sights on this coveted enclave of California for everything the state has to offer.”
The sprawling mansion in Bel-Air is four levels and 38,000-square feet of interiors. It features 12 bedrooms, 21 bathrooms, three kitchens, bowling alley, movie theater, candy room and an infinity pool complete with swim-up bar, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The priciest house for sale in the U.S. The mansion has a four-lane bowling alley, a candy room filled with towering cylinders of sweets and two wine cellars stocked with hundreds of bottles of Champagne and wine. (Jan. 19, 2017) The mansion has a four-lane bowling alley, a candy room filled with towering cylinders of sweets and two wine cellars stocked with hundreds of bottles of Champagne and wine. (Jan. 19, 2017) See more videos
Whoever picks up the property can throw one heck of a housewarming party: the home features an 85-foot glass-tile infinity pool with a swim-up bar, an outdoor hydraulic pop-up theater, two fully-stocked champagne/wine cellars, a massive self-serve candy wall and, according to the listing agency, the most advanced home tech system in the country. If maintaining the many features sounds like a full-time job, fear not. A 7-person staff is always on hand to oversee the estate.
Makowsky's latest creation was built "on spec," real estate lingo that means the developer makes all the decisions and designs a home without a buyer lined up. He is a risk-taker, with no outside investors, and spares no expense.
The 60-year-old lives in a 27,000-square-foot Beverly Park mansion once leased by the late pop icon Prince and made his fortune selling handbags on QVC before turning to real estate six years ago. He’s built nine homes so far and furnishes them to reflect his own extravagant travels, interests and tastes.
The mansion has a four-lane bowling alley, a candy room filled with towering cylinders of sweets and two wine cellars stocked with hundreds of bottles of Champagne and wine. (Jan. 19, 2017)
That discrepancy, he reasoned, didn’t make sense, so he created a home with finishes and furnishings reminiscent of a mega-yacht and a matching price point to boot. Nautical themes are present, as are motifs that reflect Makowsky’s love of collectible cars, guns and guitars.
Nine-figure price tags are accessible to only a handful of local residents and a small market outside of that. As of 2015, there were 585 billionaires in the U.S., according to the research firm Wealth-X, and about 2,500 worldwide.
He told CNBC: "People spend two weeks a year on a yacht, but they live in a house. I wanted this to be the ultimate mega-yacht, but on land.
Walls are hung with an art collection featuring 130 works from around the world, table settings are by Roberto Cavalli table. Seven full-time staff, including a chef, chauffeur and masseuse, will live in a separate wing.
That's just the house itself, though, and L.A. has a lot of nice houses. To snag a billionaire buyer, sellers of ultra-elite properties are throwing in a raft of stunning extras. It's become about selling a glamorous lifestyle as much as offloading the property.
Located at 924 Bel Air Road in Los Angeles, the 38,000-square-foot, four-level property boasts two master suites, 10 oversize ‘VIP’ guest suites and 21 bathrooms. Bonus spaces range from a 40-seat 4K Dolby Atmos Theater and a four-lane bowling alley to a massage studio/wellness spa and state-of-the-art fitness center. Those looking to do some big-time entertaining will enjoy making use of the five bars, three gourmet kitchens and 17,000-square-foot entertainment deck.
The handbag tycoon said his vision for the property, which took four years and 250 workers to build, came from boats. Billionaires, he realized, spend eight weeks of the year on their hundred-million-dollar yachts "but then they only live in a $30-million home."
'People spend over half their lives in their home,' he told CNBC. 'So when you're home, it should be the ultimate oasis. You should have every single entertainment feature you could have in one home.'
Makowsky, for his part, remains confident that the home's combination of location, design, and art curation will help him land an extravagant buyer. “I understand how rich people want to live, because I’m very wealthy,” he said. "The right person is going to walk into this house and lose their mind."
At times, the house appears more homage to the wealthy than a place in which they'd live. Photographs provided by the developer show one seating area roped off by a velvet cordon and adorned with blown-up images of Brad Pitt, Jack Nicholson, and Angelina Jolie. In one master bedroom, a glass-encased cashmere Hermès blanket is mounted on a wall. In another room, a modified chainsaw, its blade replaced with Rolls Royce hood ornaments, sits atop a pedestal; behind it is a giant photograph of a model seated in an orange-upholstered car, wielding that same saw.
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