Anybody need a new home?
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https://www.aol.com/articles/americas-most-expensive-home-listing-120050682.html
A Bel Air mega-mansion with nightclub-level amenities, museum-style car storage — and a seller willing to accept cryptocurrency — is back on the market at just under $100 million, following a dramatic price cut from its original $139 million listing.
Called "La Fin," the $99.9 million property became Realtor.com’s most expensive listing in America for the week ending on Jan. 22. It first came to market in 2022, and the reported seller — former emergency room director Joe Englanoff — enlisted seven agents to help market it.
La Fin, located at 1200 Bel Air Road, has 12 bedrooms and 17 bathrooms and sits on more than two acres of land with panoramic views of Los Angeles. Located in one of the country’s most exclusive exclaves, the property also has separate residences for staff and guests.
A few standout amenities include a 44-foot chandelier made of 55,000 crystals; an automated six-car vehicle elevator display; a 6,000-square-foot entertainment level with a wine cellar, vodka tasting room and cigar lounge; an infinity pool with a rising 23-foot LED screen; and rooftop deck with spa and fireplace features.
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So the guy is an ER doc? I don’t think he made his money doing night shifts in east LA treating overdoses and homeless with chronic illness.
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No thanks…
https://lamag.com/sports/floyd-mayweather-exposes-joseph-englanoff-real-estate-tax-cheat-exclusive/
Floyd “Money” Mayweather — widely considered the greatest boxer in the world — thought he had finally found the perfect Los Angeles hideaway: a 35,000-square-foot, 12-bedroom, 17-bath property tucked high in the hills of Bel-Air and with all the amenities of a luxury resort. He hoped the supermansion at 1200 Bel Air Road would be the perfect place to live and work for his four children, first grandchild and the entourage behind his company The Money Team. The private palace was just down the street from Jay-Z and Beyoncé, complete with an elevator for his car collection; a scalable rock wall in the gym; even a vodka tasting room outfitted with faux fur stoles.
The initial showing of the modern construction came in 2021 courtesy of its developer, retired emergency room doctor Joseph Englanoff. A swaggering man who’s licensed to carry a firearm as a reserve police officer for a small town in Idaho, he has the orchestral theme to The Godfather as his ringtone, and it goes off more than once as Mayweather was escorted around the three-story home — passing the dazzling 44-foot chandelier at its center and taking in the 6,000-square foot nightclub with crystal-embedded walls, a ventilated cigar humidor, temperature-regulated wine room, movie theater with custom leather seats and a pool complete with hydraulic screens. Every room is outfitted with bespoke furniture pieces flown in from Milan.
A house for a buyer like Mayweather in mind.
The mansion was so grand, Englanoff dubbed it “La Fin,” French for “The End.” The spec house was nearly ten years in the making, with the asking price to show for it: $139 million.
“Sold,” Mayweather remembered saying after touring the property.
A handshake followed and the house was on its way to becoming the latest prize in two decades of purses for the boxer. Little did he know that Englanoff was possibly using him as a patsy in what appears to be a complicated tax evasion setup.
In an exclusive interview with Los Angeles magazine, Mayweather shares a shady real estate tale for the ages, involving a holding company in Nevada and an almost obvious attempt to circumvent L.A.’s property taxes and California state income tax.
More at the link.
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So the guy is an ER doc? I don’t think he made his money doing night shifts in east LA treating overdoses and homeless with chronic illness.
@bachophile said in Anybody need a new home?:
So the guy is an ER doc? I don’t think he made his money doing night shifts in east LA treating overdoses and homeless with chronic illness.
Oh no, follow the link in the post above.
The Brad
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Ok. He is a “swaggering man who’s licensed to carry a firearm as a reserve police officer for a small town in Idaho” so I guess he made his money that way.
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@bachophile said in Anybody need a new home?:
So the guy is an ER doc? I don’t think he made his money doing night shifts in east LA treating overdoses and homeless with chronic illness.
Oh no, follow the link in the post above.
@LuFins-Dad Thanks for the background! Interesting
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This house, also Bel Air, advertised in the FT is nice, with 20 bathrooms it's a mere $135
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20 bathrooms? Why? LOL. It seems like these mansions always have an outrageous amount of bathrooms. I dont get it.
Also, seems like a lot of glass. I think that LA can get pretty hot and all that glass would make it like a greenhouse.
Also, are houses like that usually sold furnished? Because so much of the furniture seems specific to that house.
Anyway, @andyd when you get this one, you can host a piano party for every body! 555
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@taiwan_girl
I'd love to, but there's not a winning lottery ticket rich enough to finance that place. Its not really the usual stye I like, but it is attractive, the teak fittings and light. And we all want a retractable roof for stargazing.Yes, what is it with multi- bathroom residences these days. I mean, its good to know the outdoor privy is long gone, but surely two toilets are sufficient for most houses? That Bel Air home has four floors so 5 toilets per floor🤪
My mate is moving into a modern pretty-ordinary 3 floor semi-detached town house. Three bedrooms, four toilets.
Why four, when one or two of those rooms could be more useful as storage or an extra hobby room etc.
