Long Island's $60 Million Home | Forbes Life

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[@pmn2821]

Finally a home on KZbin with true sophistication and elegance. Truly a masterpiece. For those making negative comments on the landscaping. You need to realize this home is mimicking castles and palaces of Europe where you never see greenery brought up to the building.

[@awesomename8955]

It’s boring

[@user-sg4ov7ng4h]

yeah it's mimicking but not enough for the garden

[@jimcowan8770]

You never been to Biltmore Estate?

[@sethhepler]

The work of Michael J Wallin. The hand drawn renders and elevations of this home are incredible. He gets no credit in these crappy real estate videos.

[@JB-pd3ir]

@@sethhepler Thanks for mentioning it - I will look him up.

[@vortexviibes]

the front yard needs more color, its kinda depressing

[@fsabouni]

I think it's being renovated. But you are right at least some water fountains etc.

[@SnidgetAsphodel]

This was clearly shot in winter, when very little blooms. It's also apparent from a few shots that they are still working on the landscaping.

[@raglansleeves1965]

I've seen houses like this plenty of times and they always look cheesy and very new money but this house looks and feels authentic inside and out, you can tell the architect and interior architect are passionate about there jobs and created a work of art.

[@jaqatlantic]

Well, I think that the owner did reasonably well on a job that's basically impossible. Certain materials, those that I would suggest are essential to convey the right "feel," are simply not available today. To get that feel, one would virtually have to buy an older structure, and to carefully disassemble it for its materials. Then there's the problem of craftsmanship. I didn't see any tile in the house, and I can understand why. Additionally, the structure's setting is unfortunate. Either it needs to be on much more land (think of the Twombly Florham estate), or it needs to be on no land other than its own footprint (think of a Vanderbilt residence formerly on 5th Avenue).

[@sethhepler]

Thats due to the architect who is given zero mention in the video. Michael J Wallin. There isn't any other like him on Long Island and this was him being totally unrestrained.

[@kipwilliam5593]

The entire yard area is drab & depressing, very little privacy or anything appealing.

[@anthonyboarman3833]

Could use some good landscaping. Something to add some color.

[@jg7565]

@@anthonyboarman3833 exactly what I was thinking. Terraces and terraces of....lawn grass.

[@SnidgetAsphodel]

This was clearly shot in winter, when very little blooms. It's also apparent from a few shots that they are still working on the landscaping.

[@jg7565]

@@SnidgetAsphodel its all mowed grass...and sparse ultra-formal planting beds. Mixed with black asphalt...quite a combo for "luxury".

[@aaronbynum8968]

You cant build a house like this and put shrubbery in front of it

[@owaishk]

Forbe's never had an MJ on it, it must be quite happier with this mansion in one of its lists. Not a bad masterpiece for its future residents. I appreciate the hard work done to complete the chateau and I am positive anyone purchasing this deal will be happy for his entire life and his/her generations to come.

[@JM-lw3nx]

It's strange that with all that money spent, this house lacks any sort of warmth or really taste. Did they run out of money to plant trees?

[@tax905972]

Marlin M warmth comes with those would bring their family into that home.

[@derrickgonzales3771]

Ppl who live in Cookie cutter houses want warmth. This is another levil😉

[@andrewaway]

How is it that you can pronounce "Petit Trianon" perfectly but you can't say foyer properly?

[@Tiktotakoydavaydasvidaniya]

Hahaha that's what I thought the same

[@horaciomillan4181]

I was thinking the same! And she's a profesional, it's supposed that she knows about arquitecture.

[@whitemailprivilege2830]

Horacio Millán *architecture

[@stonesdude154]

Foyer was pronounced correctly

[@roeese1]

hahahaha.

[@jgallub]

This was breath taking. Reminds me of those palatial homes that were built by men to show their love to their wives.

[@LOL59hahaha]

Most "French-inspired" homes ive seen, some even much expensive than this, always look mediocre and fake but this mansion is an exception. The designer really nailed it. The house and each room are beautiful

[@anthonytorre2905]

LOL59hahaha Take a look at the Spring Knolls property in great neck.

[@sethhepler]

Michael J Wallin. Did a great job. He doesn't get enough (any) credit.

[@khalidf1]

Wow Wow Wowwwwwww. Place is beautiful outside/inside. Brought so much joy to my heart. Stunning!!

[@gerardguida7727]

How exquisite.....the architecture, the interior design is flawless!!!!!! The draperies!!!!Stunning! So often I watch videos and the homes are filled with crap furnishings! What a pleasure to watch!

[@bossjedi651]

Im not conceited enough to appreciate this type of architecture or interior design anymore. Give me an opend planned four bedroom house to keep my family safe and a massive yard for the dogos to play in and the veggies to grow that would make me a happy man.

[@lifesuchasthis3932]

Same

[@derrickgonzales3771]

You mean your not on this level to comprehend anything about the video 😉

[@sandie157]

If he spent all that time choosing every itsy bitsy thing in the house....why is he selling it?????

[@user-sg4ov7ng4h]

cause he don't want to live here anymore

[@hudvalboy]

He ran out of money and can't afford to keep it.

[@maticbukovac6966]

Because this house sucked all his life out of him and now he is old about to die...

[@glennsepulveda4856]

The absence of true landscaping, the hedges, an avenue of shady trees, a reflecting pool or a pond, a garden house, gazebo, statuaries, pocket gardens etc..make this property incomplete and wanting..therefore un appealing..the structure is fully exposed to view and any character it attempts to convey is lost..the exterior should reflect the interiors of the property, the builder put so much input into making the interiors of the property a showpiece, he forgot to put emphasis on the most important thing!..that first impressions count and it starts from the outside!..

[@Noah-mj5wj]

you know that this was shot in winter and u can tell that construction is still being held outside

[@nrkgalt]

Some would view that as an opportunity to add their own improvements to the property.

[@Simone_85]

Thankyou 🤲🏻

[@bioshock9998]

Im from Long Island and the looks on the outside property could be so much better

[@mryoung2438]

I had Italy buy this for me in 2013 and they have made me happy with them thanks again for y’all

[@marklanese5594]

General and school taxes = $490,000. according to Nassau County records. Village taxes not included. This "house" should have been built on a 20 acre plot of land preferably looking over the water.

[@tax905972]

I can honestly say, that’s totally worth the price tag .

[@LoireValleyChateaux]

Evidently this beautiful estate never sold. I can't find a current listing for it? ❤️🙏

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Never understood the huge lawns instead of something more colorful

[@palm0607]

Huge lawns and their symmetry are apart of the French gardening style

[@chenh02]

if it's a coloful garden it means there should be 3-5 full time gardeners

[@fsabouni]

@@chenh02 if you can afford the house you can afford 2-3 gardners.

[@shariarnold9649]

It has the feeling of a museum and not a home. It’s crammed and cluttered inside and stark and lack luster on the outside. The landscaping is a flat yard, grass and no trees. It could be paved over easily and then the whole thing really could be a museum!

[@yushi911]

People visit le Petit Trianon but they don't want to live inside...who really want to feel a century back everyday?

[@the_real_hislordship]

I'd rather live there than the modern "life in a box with IKEA furniture" any day. No soul to a modern house.

[@Natriarchat]

Me!

[@joemccarthy4532]

I would LOVE to live there . The rest of the world can have their modern crap

[@user-sg4ov7ng4h]

I doubt the people visiting have the money to buy it

[@happycanadianguy]

With the way the world is heading today, I'll happily go back 100 years. Thanks!

[@arthurwatts1680]

I'm definitely a peasant - this looks like a museum that no-one would EVER live in.

[@mryoung2438]

I gave you since 2013 now you tell me you don’t know how much money you can put in my life forever

[@yushi911]

It's beautiful but...imagine you lost your eye glass here.

[@bigboat8329]

glasses* this isnt the 19th century, nobody wears eye glasses here.

[@the_real_hislordship]

You have enough money to have another pair?

[@danielasefa1884]

Buy other ones, if u Own this place I can buy at least 1 billion pairs of glasses

[@lolheytherejimmy]

im so glad someone FINALLY didnt waste marble on a disgustingly plain "modern" style "home"

[@adiposerex5150]

The home exterior is lovely. The colors are perfect.

[@ridgeglorialukusa3597]

This House is mine in jesus christ name 🙏🏽

[@carlorachel]

Ego served. Yet, happiness no where to be found. Displaying one's wealth is also displaying one's shallowness. Self absorption is an ugly thing, surrounding itself with itself. Success is the gateway to sharing, a portal through which too many simply cannot pass.

[@womanspirit3754]

Based on her description of materials, etc, 60 mil seems low

[@waltonbone6038]

Really beautiful

[@francoisbundock]

This magnificent house could easily qualify as a royal mansion or at least a mini royal palace.

[@PLuMUK54]

The interior reminds me of Waddesdon Manor in England. It is a well done interior of its type, but it is more suited to the crinolines and corsets of the Victorian era. I do not think I would relax there, any more than I would in a museum. So disappointing to see such a house on so little land. I assume that the gardens are a work in progress. If they ever film a remake of High Society, this would be a suitable location.

[@francoisbundock]

The definition of elegance outside and inside. A luxurious elegance that is not bling bling but sedate and studied to make a statement of refinement and taste.

[@DELHIBOMBAYDARBAR]

Awesome, simply breathtaking.

[@Renould2010]

That’s an Gorgeous Home, 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💎👑☘️🍀., I would To Love Build one the same.

[@corbyn.blesson9727]

It’s really hard to find a mansion because all mansions are beautiful.

[@nightmind919]

A mansion made out of sidewalk for 60 million 😂 Next to a road and with an unlandscaped trench for a backyard. Not to mention the suburbs are through that skinny strip of trees. Murika!

[@heyheytaytay]

Not enough chandeliers...

[@peterbradshaw8018]

The thing is I want Irish Georgian not faux Versailles.

[@daybreak1239]

It's all neoclassical

[@brendamatthews497]

WOW! WOW!! WOW!!! WHAT A HOUSE!

[@adamskull6268]

Very beautiful! I like it's warm homie feel.

[@rtp1968]

I love the house! I don’t care for the landscaping.

[@miljaneenriquez5328]

Beautiful Mansion love it😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩💖💖💖💖

[@nate42384]

I love it. Some landscaping needs work.

[@kimz563]

Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone could enjoy a little piece of that area? I want cozy. Very pretty tho’.

[@schnabel5347]

All that care and attention. Absolutely beautiful! Why is the owner selling it?

[@wincrasher2007]

like alot of these kinds of project, he got carried away and spent WAY too much on it, he couldn't afford to keep it. when she said the owner picked out all the interior design items personally, and then is including them in the sale, you know he spent himself into insolvency.

[@bossman1974]

Beautiful

[@fatima1009]

I just took a tour of a $30 million dollar mansion, but I like this one better. I'll take it! lol!

[@ryanpatterson9526]

The landscape architect is locked up in the dungeon

[@vanillac7383]

What a palace. I wish that this was my palace.

[@tynao2029]

a lot of ghettos in New Jersey and New York, and also tons of the largest homes in the country. Interesting dynamic

[@TheJTBOUNDS]

HIGHLY impressive!

[@relapse2000]

Is this a house or a storage facility for blue/white vases?

[@geraldinediffenbacher8368]

Definitely a lot of vases.

[@samspade1957]

Awesome Home! Love It!

[@patw.6567]

Pretty cool house landscape is simple but easy to maintain if i can buy this one day to be the biggest guy on LI thatd be cool but then again nobody needs all that space

[@fatmeow7007]

so much better than modern architecture

[@michaeldugenia4091]

I think I like the restored Grey Gardens house better. More cozy and tasteful.

[@PiranhaJaw22]

For $60 million, there should be a drive leading to the front door. make your guests walk the lawn from the parking area? the rear is still under construction, all dirt. he must've ran out of money for the landscaping. no trees at all except some dead ones near the gate. maybe $20 million.

[@adiorableguy5521]

Did they say what town on Long Island this place is?

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

Price of $60 million is about average for modern Beverly Hills. Hope some billionaire buys the house and takes good care of it. So happy the land was used for this splendid estate instead of those suburban crackerbox developments that destroy so much land.

[@jg7565]

There's something about this house that falls flat. I understand that age is a part of the equation, especially when comparing the fireplaces, but those light fixtures, although gilded in "cut crystal" (aka glass) look very cheap - mostly in line with the metal work (is that real brass?). The house is plopped on a strange plot of land, with the access driveway being extremely long and butting up next to other homes? (notice they don't call it an estate in the title) Maybe the problem was that the owner, obsessed with "all things french" picked out all of the pieces in the house - which would be why you have Ralph Lauren pieces in there too. Overall, that is what it appears to be....an imitation french house in Long Island.

[@MarkPineOfficial]

I would like to live in that house. 🏡

[@1life744]

I'd rather live in my car. I do

[@robinregensburg3835]

Fascinating...It's so beyond!!!

[@jorgecarvajal7783]

lo comprara mi jefe toni arias von hohenzollern...

[@davidzabronsky459]

Wouldn’t want to live there if you gave it to me!!

[@jayrenolds1952]

$60 Million with a asphalt driveway/parking lot? I guess sometimes you have to cut corners.

[@torycurro5892]

Wonderful, its going to be a Beautiful summer home.

[@mikedelape6609]

this isnt a summer home, its not in the hamptons, its nassau county

[@brandongordon9689]

Really beautiful house

[@RG-hf4et]

Gorgeous

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

Splendid home! I do hope it is cared for and preserved, instead of being demolished for one of those hideous suburban developments. (Place needs better landscaping and trees).

[@cheekyoziechick]

Too much space inside.. Grand is not always grand.

[@denis3208]

More than by the house what impresses me is the beautiful view and the garden, and this as impressive as it is in itself is just lacking, for that kind of money you can get far better home ... why not plant dome colorful trees like Aspen, Japanese and European maple and Japanese cherry trees, birch tree, even some cypresses would make it much better.

[@wincrasher2007]

this kind of house must have authentic french formal gardens, not some cobbled together forest of trees from disparate regions.

[@denis3208]

@@wincrasher2007 well I don't know much about gardens I just named trees I like. But yes anything would make it much better ... but I did see in gardens in Italy and Austrian made ones that they have from time to time different styles/plants from other regions, I think I might've seen on tv somewhere a Japanese garden in Europe ... sometimes oriental stuff was popular, English even had a copy of a Indian sword for their cavalry, and a Turkish sabre was also popular at one time ...

[@sunnywakefield9254]

I ALWAYS SAW YOU IN BEHIND MY SCREEN ...I MEAN YOU PUT THE PURPLE AMEYTHST RING PICTURE UP ON MY COMPUTER BACK GROUND..I NEVER DID MIND...!!!..LOL...THE AQUARIUS BIRTH STONE !!!!

[@karlstriepe8050]

No money left over for a garage or any landscaping, apparently.

[@myladcook4779]

Love it, I'll take it.

[@ridgeglorialukusa3597]

Amazing palace 👑 For you to love this amazing home you only must be a bourgeois otherwise you'll never be able to handle the upper level of luxury and opulent living of this palace.

[@jamesclendon4811]

I don't think "bourgeois" means what you think it means.

[@ridgeglorialukusa3597]

@@jamesclendon4811 explain yourself

[@hugznotdrugs2]

"The Gold Coast of Long Island. It is known for its beautiful beaches, rolling hills, private schools, upscale shopping, country clubs and white people." Fabulous Eloise, just fabulous. : /

[@andrewjames3908]

that wasnt what she said, you really need help any racism is in your head

[@alexandreamcclure9628]

I love it

[@MuseOfTheMoose]

Doesn't even look that aesthetically pleasing on the outside

[@LEGACY59CONTINUES]

The owner has greattttt taste ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GospelGirl1Cor15]

Definitely needs some trees, bushes, and flowers. Looks stone cold without them. Otherwise nice home.

[@wilsonramirez6579]

Spectacular

[@drflavortown]

That house looks like it would be haunted.

[@blakris9382]

I m eating some noodle soup because I can't afford real food.

[@stompythewonderlizard286]

So many critics here saying the outside is drab or the interior is to ornate. Go ahead and look around the trailer park you are in and see if your shack is any better.

[@bonnnti]

A beautiful mind!

[@fatallyfresh3932]

This is a nice home, but I will stick with my shipping container.

[@dzunglu7184]

Authentic right in front of the eyes. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Anything else is fake and copied.

[@colechapman6976]

The only issue with this house is that it's on Long Island. No amount of money in the world can make up for that fact

[@mikedelape6609]

excuse me? long island is one the wealthiest places in the country

[@sblizzy]

I think I’ll stick with my 900 sq foot shack but thanks anyway.

[@danielasefa1884]

sblizzy ur Ethiopian,...right ?

[@markkotishion2379]

I did not think this level of work and art could ever be achieved in this day of cheesy, plastic Mcmansions with hot tubs and home theaters, Horace Trumbauer and Anna Dodge helped I'm sure. I am truly amazed.

[@sethhepler]

This is the work of Michael J Wallin. This is him completely unrestrained.

[@geadonnamoore2719]

I have seen this house used in so many television shows especially Royal Pain, (Hank Med) Bye Now

[@kridreklaw]

22,000 square feet of Laura Ashley throwing up all over the place 😝

[@JunkCult]

Who knew Booty Sweat would make so much money!

[@williamkimmer6221]

Like hearing about Ej Victor furniture. I built some of it.

[@austind3459]

but he put the house on like 8 acres on long island? it needs to be on about 80 acres.. and landscaped to the 9's..

[@petion2013]

The yard simply doesn't match the house. they need a beautiful garden to math it.

[@shifter9653]

I read the description and it said that the creater "Made a drink famous with rapper" So he made lean??

[@cristiancatanese2635]

He made hypnotiq

[@ronaldjoseph4425]

Don't tell me...The owner came from modest background? I guessed it.

[@screenapple1660]

Can a woman survive boredom?!? I heard some women prefer to live in smaller mansions than larger ones. They don't like to live that is hunted and dark lonely rooms. I don't really care what they say. I live living large.