TONIGHT on #FridayNightZillow!
*Georgia party mansion w/massive Chinese garden, chapel, 100s of fountains, 3,000 square foot bedroom and an epic backstory
*Bonkers concrete cowboy house
*5 historic homes sold as combo
+Much, much more...
Hope they put a smile on your face!
FIRST on #FridayNightZillow: a BONKERS mansion known for holding some of Georgia's biggest and craziest parties.
16,900 sf, 15 acres, $2.5M
Includes "the largest private Chinese Garden and the largest residential fountain system in the United States" zillow.com/homedetails/13…
The garden has *350* fountain heads, per an article in The Palm Beach Post on the lavish party the owners held for 300 when it was done. A fun read at the link: newspapers.com/clip/23432297/…
This is the Master Bedroom. It is 3,000 square feet. Larger than most *houses.* The ceiling!!! #FridayNightZillow
The WayBack Machine treats us to the Top 5 parties held at the mansion, "perhaps the most talked about residence in Middle Georgia." Click through for a fun read on the themed parties that sometime reached 1,000 people: web.archive.org/web/2017031719…#FridayNightZillow
Of course, the mansion also has it's very own chapel. Because, really, why not? #FridayNightZillow
Edwina Barnes was "the hostess with the mostest, the Perle Mesta of Macon" per Atlanta Journal Constitution in 1987. "I've never had a dull party, or one that ended on time."
"I wanted to make a statement, to bring some of Europe back to Macon" -husband Emmett #FridayNightZillow
Emmett died in 2008. A lot of people left nice words at this obituary page, including fond memories of the mansion and the Barnes family. Edwina has popped up in the news quite a bit as a major supporter of animal welfare. #FridayNightZillowlegacy.com/us/obituaries/…
Four years ago, the owner of the estate who had been rehabbing it sought permission to create a private club, but the local zoning commission denied his request; neighbors said they didn't want the alcohol and noise they remembered from the Barnes parties! macon.com/news/business/…
Apparently he got the fountains running for a garden tour in 2012 that was very well received, but judging from the pics, they aren't on now. (Just filling it with 112,000 gallons of water wouldn't be cheap!) #FridayNightZillowmacon.com/news/article30…
Make it make sense. Because I can't even begin to describe it. It's concrete. And more concrete. With cowboy stuff. And a giant pond. And... zillow.com/homedetails/30…
5BR, 5BA, nearly 12,550 sf of concrete madness. Exposed pipes, some taxidermy, horsey stuff. $5.95M
That is *A LOT* of riprap. I guess this is where you park your truck? #FridayNightZillow
My wife told me last night this house looks like a Bond villain lives there. #FridayNightZillow
Up next: Michigan madness!
*FIVE* historic copper-baron mansions in a combo package for just $3.5M. I say we each put in $100K 50 ways; we each get to stay whenever we'd like plus rental income.
The inn and surroundings are gorgeous. A lot nicer than some homes I see. The other houses are cool too and worth your click. #FridayNightZillow
Laurium has some history: "The Gipper" was born here.
It was a boom town in the 1890s and early 1900s, but it's lost population every decade for about 100 years, per Census data, with <2K living there now.
Oops. I read the listing again and it says it actually includes *8* properties, 40BR and 33BA! (Not sure why the Zillow stats are off?) #FridayNightZillow
Uh-oh.
"It served as Thomas Funeral Home from 1949 to 1979, owned by the undertaker Maynard R. Hurlburt, but this business was tragically terminated when Maynard killed his wife Jane and grandson Tommy before killing himself." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H.…#HauntedZillow
The only drawback I really see to these beautiful homes is they are a long, long, long way from population centers. It's a 9-hour drive to Detroit — DC is closer!
More than 5 hours north of Milwaukee. And so on. #FridayNightZillow
Up next, Washingtonian Hall, a 4BR, 3BA modernized 1799 home with >4800 sf. LOVE THIS! Overlooks the Susquehanna River in New York. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/37…
Maybe you are just looking for some cheap land. $40K gets you 4 acres and this sweet propane tank in Kentucky! We could set up a campground and all retire there. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/Bl…
I guess when you are spending $8+ million you can't just have normal bathrooms. #FridayNightZillow
You know I think master bedrooms like this are way too big, but I *will* give them props for proper TV placement. #FridayNightZillow
This $5.9M Florida waterfront home has a man-cave in the basement, complete with gun range, "No gun, No fun" sign, murals, TV, classic cars. #FridayNightZillowzillow.com/homedetails/11…
This week's #FridayNightZillow kicks off with an over-the-top, "new construction" Florida mega-mansion for Ferrari aficionados. It's properly insane, and yet hangs together well. $55 million on "Billionaire's Row" in Delray Beach. Feature a private soccer field, several party showers, the most luxurious bar I've ever seen, and an assortment of other eye candy. So follow along and tell your friends... | Crossposting on BlueSky. If you had 300 years of a Senate salary, you still couldn't afford it
So #FridayNightZillow is back with a BANG! This is the Bonkers McBonkerspants Mansion of the Year! $25M. BOCA. Warning: You'll need to ice your retinas. 209 pics of overstuffed insanity! Crossposting on BlueSky and Threads. buff.ly/3OcGdfc?https:…
Imagine walking in and the first thing you see is this slide and murals everywhere. This house is *relentless.* #FridayNightZillow
If you are spending $25M you don't want one of those cookie-cutter black and white dining rooms in all the Potomac McMansions. Here, you get dragons and looks like Chihuly? #FridayNightZillow
"One of the most beautiful Earthships ever built"
Welcome to #FridayNightZillow. $725K. New Mexico. Runs on rainwater and solar panels. Grow your food in your own greenhouse. Enjoy! zillow.com/homedetails/19…
Thanks to @MolotovFlicker for sending this one in
This house is 6K sf in DC, and has a party shower. #FridayNightZillow. I thought it would be priced higher. <$3M. Not sure about the curb appeal. What say you? zillow.com/homedetails/57…
Two years ago, Congress considered banning 18-20 year-olds from buying AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles after the Uvalde massacre, and some Republicans were briefly open to doing so but ultimately blocked including a ban in the bipartisan gun bill signed by Biden.
Then-Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a law raising the age to buy guns in his state to 21 after the Parkland massacre, but then opposed doing the same for the nation as a US Senator. He told reporters it was easier to do it at the state level.
McConnell actually enacted a law one day to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21. But he didn't want to talk two years ago about a proposal to raise the age for buying rifles.
Soaring cost estimates for extending Trump tax cuts set up a crucial 2025 fight:
*CBO puts tab at $4.6 Trillion over next decade
*Fight comes with US debt far higher than 2017, interest costs ballooning & Social Security cliff looming...
w/@chrisjcondon bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
*Trump wants more tax cuts, along with massive new tariffs — aka a tax on imports — that would raise consumer prices but offset at least some of the cost.
*Biden wants to extend breaks <$400K a year paired with higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
If past is prologue, Congress will again play Santa Claus. With a few exceptions, Congress has repeatedly increased spending and cut taxes since 2001.
Tonight's #FridayNightZillow is kicking off with a *House of the Year* contender. It's amazeballs! We just need to crowdfund $2.795M. We get 9,825 square feet of sheer madness on 36 acres in gorgeous Plymouth, Minnesota! I love it!!! INSANE sinks, WEIRD art, WILD ceilings, AMAZING kitchen, views, colors galore, a pond, a party shower and much, MUCH more. Several of you sent me this gem! 🧵 zillow.com/homedetails/51…
This is a Sink! #SinkZillow #FridayNightZillow
This is a Sink! #SinkZillow #FridayNightZillow #OMG