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My kid brother's McMansion

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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: magomago
and I'm glad you said they aren't interested in building "bling bling"...I think that shows a lot of character, and should be the type of mentality we should strive for then show off how much we have... congratulate them for me ^_^
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That is her grandfather's philosophy. I mean, he has a nice house, I was in it, indoor pool, absolutely huge, but the outside is very plain and can't be seen at all from the street. And the inside is very classy, very nice, not fancy at all, just pure class. My sister-in-law told me that when he built it he said he's living his life for himself and his family, not to impress anyone. And when he built that house he was worth over 11 billion.
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Sounds alot like Warren Buffett. But I wouldn't beleive it.
 
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: magomago
and I'm glad you said they aren't interested in building "bling bling"...I think that shows a lot of character, and should be the type of mentality we should strive for then show off how much we have... congratulate them for me ^_^
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That is her grandfather's philosophy. I mean, he has a nice house, I was in it, indoor pool, absolutely huge, but the outside is very plain and can't be seen at all from the street. And the inside is very classy, very nice, not fancy at all, just pure class. My sister-in-law told me that when he built it he said he's living his life for himself and his family, not to impress anyone. And when he built that house he was worth over 11 billion.
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Sounds alot like Warren Buffett. But I wouldn't beleive it.
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It's someone else.
There are books written about him and one movie/documentary that I know of.
I'm not going to say who he is, so don't bother asking. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Amused
You call that a mansion? 😉

My brothers house:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0456.JPG

Pool:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0444.JPG

Half the master suite:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0378.JPG

Two level office/library:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0390.JPG

Kitchen:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0387.JPG

Indoor racketball/basketball court:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0418.JPG

And I ran out of hosting room at bbzzdd. 🙁

The house is 18,000 square feet, 1/10th of a mile long. 100mb of pictures and I still don't have pics of all of it.

Denise Richards lives at the bottom of the hill behind his house. I watched that house be built.
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jesus christ!

 
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: magomago
and I'm glad you said they aren't interested in building "bling bling"...I think that shows a lot of character, and should be the type of mentality we should strive for then show off how much we have... congratulate them for me ^_^
Click to expand...
That is her grandfather's philosophy. I mean, he has a nice house, I was in it, indoor pool, absolutely huge, but the outside is very plain and can't be seen at all from the street. And the inside is very classy, very nice, not fancy at all, just pure class. My sister-in-law told me that when he built it he said he's living his life for himself and his family, not to impress anyone. And when he built that house he was worth over 11 billion.
Click to expand...
Sounds alot like Warren Buffett. But I wouldn't beleive it.
Click to expand...
It's someone else.
There are books written about him and one movie/documentary that I know of.
I'm not going to say who he is, so don't bother asking. 🙂
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NEVER!!!!!!!!!

Actualyl, Warrenn Buffett is my best guess. not sure why people hide things liek this though. My wifes cousin is a semi-famous actor (well known amoung younger kids) and my in-laws are friends with one of the most influential people in advertsising over the past 100 years. No one would know the ad exec guy, but some would know my wife's cousin. I don't get what the big deal is.

EDIT: Is it Post? Been to Topridge once if it was a Post person. Tehn again, they spend their moeny. DOH!!! Out with it now will ya.
 
Originally posted by: Juno
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Juno
your brother needs to live in either essex or bergen county.
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Why? He's happy where he is.
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that's where you'll see more mansions as well as mcmansions.
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So? Why would they move there? They don't give a damn about status. They are who they are and they're quite comfortable with it. They don't need to move somewhere else so people can look at them differently. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Amused
You call that a mansion? 😉

My brothers house:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0456.JPG

Pool:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0444.JPG

Half the master suite:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0378.JPG

Two level office/library:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0390.JPG

Kitchen:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0387.JPG

Indoor racketball/basketball court:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0418.JPG

And I ran out of hosting room at bbzzdd. 🙁

The house is 18,000 square feet, 1/10th of a mile long. 100mb of pictures and I still don't have pics of all of it.

Denise Richards lives at the bottom of the hill behind his house. I watched that house be built.
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now that is a beautiful house.
 
Yea I don't get the kitchen. Is that like a mirror image of the same photo? I don't get why it's like two of the exact same kitchen side by side?
 
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: mobobuff
I do not dig the symmetrical kitchen. Not at all.
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It's perfect for cookoffs. 😀
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that's what I thought too, the owners must be huge fan of iron chef 🙂

I really dig his entrance and the master bath (although that would have been 10x more awesome had it been done with slabs)

edit: only one refrigerator?!?! blasphemy!
 
Originally posted by: Amused
You call that a mansion? 😉

My brothers house:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0456.JPG

Pool:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0444.JPG

Half the master suite:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0378.JPG

Two level office/library:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0390.JPG

Kitchen:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0387.JPG

Indoor racketball/basketball court:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/Amused/IMG_0418.JPG

And I ran out of hosting room at bbzzdd. 🙁

The house is 18,000 square feet, 1/10th of a mile long. 100mb of pictures and I still don't have pics of all of it.

Denise Richards lives at the bottom of the hill behind his house. I watched that house be built.
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Wow, that is amazing. If I had friends/family like that, I'd feel too ashamed/embarrassed/inferior to ever invite them over to my own place.
 
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: mobobuff
I do not dig the symmetrical kitchen. Not at all.
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It's perfect for cookoffs. 😀
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LOL, you think that's symmetrical now, wait until you see the back of the kitchen. 🙂
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Well at least it's only one fridge.

Why no Sub-Zero? Seems kinda silly with that fridge in that kitchen.
 
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