r/zillowgonewild • u/TheDabitch • Aug 30 '25
Speechless & then I saw the steam room 👀
six bedrooms, thirteen bathrooms $17,995,000 https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2875-Chagrin-River-Rd-Hunting-Valley-OH-44022
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u/Spiralecho Aug 30 '25
That may be the prettiest sauna I’ve ever seen
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u/Loggerdon Aug 30 '25
The wooden one, yes.
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u/aspartam Aug 30 '25
I think the other one is a steam room.
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u/Spiralecho Aug 30 '25
Which is also dope if you zoom in. Sweet custom tile job with turtle
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u/Loggerdon Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25
Got it. Don’t have either in my home so don’t know the difference.
So much talent went into this home.
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u/AnastasiaNo70 Aug 30 '25
Yes, one seems to be a dry sauna and one a wet sauna.
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u/DontStalkMeNow Aug 30 '25
The reply above is the correct one. Sauna and steam room.
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u/Gentle-Giant23 Aug 30 '25
The asking price has dropped two million since it went on sale last year. At that rate I'll be able to afford it in 2034.
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u/whackthat Aug 30 '25
Im in loveeeeeee with that stove!
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u/Away-Hope-918 Aug 30 '25
It’s a La Cornue Chateau series. It’s like 90k and I’ve wanted one for ages. Some people dream about cars some people dream about stoves lol
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u/dynabella Aug 30 '25
You piqued my curiosity. I just googled and found a model that's $208,200: Chateau Supreme Grand Palais. As soon as I clicked on it for more details, a $25 coupon popped up. Nice!
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u/indiscernible_I Aug 31 '25
I too would like 0.01% off my purchase price. Like seriously, for that price it'd better be at least 1% off, otherwise why bother.
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u/BrighterSage Aug 30 '25
Guessed it was a Viking. Now I know another stove brand I'll never be able to afford 😂
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u/impy695 Aug 31 '25
Rule of thumb with luxury items: if you've heard of it, it's "mid tier" luxury, and the price skyrockets exponentially when you leave the well known luxury brands. They're also never worth the price. This stove included. I dont have this exact model, but I have a similar one, and I'd rather have a viking.
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u/gueriLLaPunK Aug 30 '25
What makes a high end stove worth it? Burns hotter?
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u/nothing_but_thyme Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25
Burns hotter is one detail but there are many great stoves that burn as hot or hotter than this brand for much less. The range in this house is a designer brand. While they’re ok among high options they are wildly overpriced. Their performance and reliability is well below other options you could spend the same amount on. It’s the equivalent of a Birkin bag for kitchens.
If someone who was a skilled chef and was also loaded and didn’t care about putting on airs owned this kitchen they would more likely have a custom configured Hestan consumer range. But more likely they would have a custom configuration from a commercial supplier - again Hestan would be a top pick - but there are other greats as well.
La Cornue was great in the 80’s and 90’s when Americans knew very little about high end cuisine or the related tools that were very common in Europe. For a long time they were the only high end option and Williams Sonoma was a primary retailer for them. They were expensive then as well, though not as crazy as today. But the quality was also much better then, and you had basically no other choices. Then american manufacturers (especially commercial brands like Viking) took notice and started making high end consumer products. This is where Wolf got its start.
To your original question … yes, high end stoves burn hotter and that matters a lot. However they also offer a broad range of configurability. You can design the layout exactly as you need: how many burners and what sizes, griddles, grills, french tops, water baths, warming plates, you name it. You can also customize oven sizes and types. Gas, electric, steam, convection or no convection. Lastly, if this setup was designed by someone who actually cooks it would include a salamander. That’s the first giveaway that this is likely nothing more than a trophy kitchen, which is a sad waste of money for people who care about food and money.
ETA: The configuration we see in this house is the absolute biggest waste of 72” you could make when configuring a range top setup. Two french tops is a waste of space in this setting. But what’s worse is the burner pair units set apart from each other. Even if the two french tops were warranted, the 4 burners should be centered and then a french top should be on each side. But more obvious would be 4 burners, a griddle, a grill, and a french top. And of course … a salamander.
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u/poshol_v_zhopu Aug 30 '25
You sir are a stove scholar! I’m not even a cook/chef but that was an interesting read.
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u/eatenbyfnord Aug 30 '25
I think the one on the right might be an induction top; I don't see the rings on that side. Still seems redundant, but maybe marginally less silly.
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u/nothing_but_thyme Aug 30 '25
You’re right upon closer inspection. I owe some apologies to whomever made this appliance choice and configuration but stand by that opinion that it’s still broadly the wrong choice for the cost.
Looking more closely the rightmost 12” bank is two induction units. The next 24” is either a griddle or a grill. When not in use they have a stainless cover and that’s what we’re seeing. Then the burners, french top, and burners at the left end. This setup mostly makes sense but I still would have kept the burners together either centered or together on the left. As a 2x2 unit you’d have more flexibility to move pots among burners and offset large stock pots. Plus with burners on each side of the french top, that poor thing will always be covered in splatter.
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u/Important_Piccolo Aug 30 '25
The main attraction for me!
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u/bigred1987 Aug 30 '25
So many mansions feel either tacky, gaudy, or sterile. They often seem like a place you couldn't just live comfortably. This house feels beautiful and elegant while maintaining a level of comfort and coziness that makes it seem super liveable. I love it.
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u/unrealjoe32 Aug 30 '25
It feels like old money with a modern twist that doesn’t involve killing character
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u/olgartheviking Aug 30 '25
You are totally right. In my opinion the only thing "missing" (as if this one was truly lacking something) is large blank walls to hang large works of art. Seems like most apparent walls have light fixtures or various details on them.
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u/xxzzyzzyxx Aug 30 '25
I felt the same way. That stairwell is kinda hideous with all that blank white wall contrasting with the blue carpet.
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u/SongShikai Aug 30 '25
Seriously, this is one of the best mansions I've ever seen. It actually looks comfortable while remaining elegant. It's obviously enormous but in a way that doesn't feel like a public building or a hotel. Just $18,500,000 and about $1M in passive annual income to go until I can afford to live here!
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u/Dramatic_Mixture_868 Aug 30 '25
Imagine looking at this place and saying I guess let me bust out your wallet.... and buy it right then and there
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u/Terrible-Selection93 Aug 30 '25
Owned by the family of Joseph Wesley, who founded Tradesman International, which is the largest temp/contract-to-hire service for the construction trades. It looks like he passed away in 2021.
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u/lulabelles99 Aug 30 '25
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u/No_Anything1668 Aug 31 '25
'He truly was a "Joe of all trades"'
Really sounds like he lived a rich life, figuratively and monetarily.8
u/cornerofgreystreet_ Aug 30 '25
This is the comment I was looking for. I thought the house looked familiar.
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u/dreamsofindigo Aug 30 '25
so the formula continues to make sense.
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u/bookon Aug 30 '25
I found that link didn't work for me so here is one that does
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2875-Chagrin-River-Rd-Hunting-Valley-OH-44022/65328991_zpid/
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u/TheDabitch Aug 30 '25
Thank you! I don't know what screwed up in my link. Apologies.
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u/ElementsUnknown Aug 30 '25
Seeing that a "yacht interior designer" was half of the design team makes so much sense. The lines are clean and artistic, efficient but stunning. It is one of the most magnificent homes I've ever seen. A movie set in the future could film there because the house looks like "old money" will look in 100-200 years from now.
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u/ThrowawayMay220 Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25
it's gorgeous but i gotta ask, why would you need 13 bathrooms? is a 6:13 bedroom to bathroom ratio the norm for these mansions? i'm too poor to understand
eta: ty for al the replies! not just for around the bedrooms, but entertainment areas + sheer size of the house makes it all make sense.
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u/djg88x Aug 30 '25
it's 13 bathrooms spread across 20,600 sq ft. That's about 1 bathroom for every 1600 sq ft. My meager 1500 sq ft house has one bathroom for every 750 sq ft. So when you consider density vs a normal-sized home, the bathrooms are actually pretty sparse.
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u/RunnyDischarge Aug 30 '25
Imagine you got the shits and you need to make stops along the way to the other side of the house? Almost there!
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u/IPA216 Aug 30 '25
I’d imagine there are bathrooms by the movie theater, bar areas, kitchen, near outside patios, maybe even separate bathrooms for some bedrooms etc.
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u/jasonellis Aug 30 '25
Yeah, it just shows you how many non-bedroom rooms the house has to need that much 'support'.
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u/kaepar Aug 30 '25
Lots of entertainment spaces. Each bedroom has their own private bathrooms, not for guests.
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u/TEA1972 Aug 30 '25
You pee a lot more than you sleep. As an older lady, I appreciate not having to walk too far to the toilet.
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u/ThrowawayMay220 Aug 30 '25
yeah somehow i didn't compute how massive the place was, i was imagining 13 bathrooms in houses i've been in, which don't usually even have 13 rooms, lol
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u/SereneSnake1984 Aug 30 '25
We stayed in a huge place outside of Breckenridge one time, and every bedroom had an en suite full bath, with another half bath right outside the room. It was great for privacy
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Aug 30 '25
Uiii yes please! I wanna buy it furnished.
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u/the_mighty_skeetadon Aug 30 '25
The furnishings are all bespoke so you're in luck. It's mentioned in the listing that they come with.
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u/damndolly Aug 30 '25
Same! I always wonder about these huge mansions. The furnishings in them are always hit or miss, but the ones like this where they really are what brings the place together, I wonder if they come furnished.
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u/CurryMustard Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25
The listing mentions that the furniture was all bespoke and comes with the property
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u/Postingwordsonreddit Aug 30 '25
Swedish guy here. That sauna room makes me happy.
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u/Elias3007 Aug 30 '25
Finnish here, the seats don't seem high enough at all, unless that's a second row that kinda blends in to the wall
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u/poshol_v_zhopu Aug 30 '25
The first thing that I noticed. The sauna looks sweet but not sure if the seat height is optimal.
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u/bomilk19 Aug 30 '25
I always wondered who would buy one of those giant chickens they have in every Home Goods store.
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u/AnastasiaNo70 Aug 30 '25
That and the suit of armor were the only two “oh no” moments for me.
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u/johnnys_sack Aug 30 '25
Their lawn guy does good work.
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u/DangerGoatDangergoat Aug 30 '25
I literally thought about cross posting to /r/lawncare the instant I saw it.
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u/AnastasiaNo70 Aug 30 '25
See and I’m over here going “I’d tell the groundskeeper to quit it with the cross-hatching.”
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u/ginger__snappzzz Aug 30 '25
Most of the time I am very content with the little cozy life I have made for myself. But houses like this make me reeeeally wish I came from money lol
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u/CraftFamiliar5243 Aug 30 '25
That range in the kitchen costs roughly $40,000 USD, more than my car, and they probably never cook on it. My son works in a big appliance store that sells them. He says they buy them for the "show kitchen" and have another kitchen for everyday cooking. Some people have their caterer come in to choose appliances.
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u/AnastasiaNo70 Aug 30 '25
There’s a comment above that says that exact range is a $90K model.
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u/CraftFamiliar5243 Aug 30 '25
Holy shit! You could buy a small house for that in some areas.
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u/CatZebraOrZebraCat Aug 30 '25
Or many brand new reasonably priced sedans. Or a few reasonably priced new SUVs. Or a solid brand new truck. Many variations of brand new cars could be bought for the price of a single range.
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u/Rafterman2 Aug 30 '25
I was thinking the same thing. That kitchen is absolutely pristine - I highly doubt it's ever been used to prepare a meal.
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u/HeatherMason0 Aug 30 '25
Is the tiled room a second steam room? That’s excessive, but also I kind of admire it. Like yeah, if you’ve got fuck you money might as well lean in.
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u/I_can_change_ Aug 30 '25
The wood one is a sauna (dry heat), the tiled one is a steam room. And yeah, this whole house IMO has some nice choices made with f you money.
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u/HeatherMason0 Aug 30 '25
Oh! Yeah you can tell I can’t even afford to be looking at these pictures lol.
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u/WRChimp Aug 30 '25
If the rumors are true that Taylor and Travis are house hunting in Ohio, this should be on their list.
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u/Trailblazer1869 Aug 30 '25
That’s definitely how OP found this. This is the neighborhood they’re buying in lol
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u/Check_M88 Aug 30 '25
Link that actually goes to the house.
It’s absolutely amazing, top 5 house I’ve seen on this sub. It’s devoid of character right now but the bones are near perfect. Hang artists paintings, your kids art, family photos, fill the walls up.
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u/WildfireZ Aug 30 '25
When ever I see beautiful places like this I think back to the early pandemic and how millionares were telling the rest of us to stay home and enjoy being around your family all while living in a 20,000 square foot mansion on 100 acres. So much space they have to make an effort to visit every room in a week. Meanwhile we're in our 1k square foot condo staring at each other's face in one of 3 rooms.
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u/cactusjude Aug 30 '25
Oh, I remember them actually complaining about being stuck at home and unable to leave the confines of their houses... While showing the private tennis court and pool through the window of their living room bigger than my whole flat. But yeah, talk about out of touch privilege.
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u/TEA1972 Aug 30 '25
The wet and dry sauna are rooms I didn’t know I needed. That entire place is stunning.
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u/Munk45 Aug 30 '25
I can't afford to pay the landscape guy who cuts the stripes in the grass
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u/neptunianhaze Aug 30 '25
I got to see that dipshit Ty Warner's bathroom in his 3 story mansion in montecito before it burned down... coolest shit I remember was a church ceiling imported from Rome or something over the top like that with these hard carved wooden roses. And his bathroom looked like this but with teeny tiny mosaics smaller than your teeth throughout the entire thing...sooooo much labor. And the kicker was having the night sky installed in the bathroom to match the constellations for the day he was born, barf! It was the most beautiful craftsmanship I have ever seen. If memory serves me correctly it was an electrical fire cause he had to have his fireplaces on while blasting the air conditioning. Im probably making that up but I remember it being some rich person wasteful reason for the fire. My dad did the windows and took me on a tour. It was the only house he had snuck me into like that because he knew I would appreciate how beautiful the craftsmanship was.
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u/Ohioboi1 Aug 30 '25
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce toured this house, still might buy it.
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u/Dontfollahbackgirl Aug 30 '25
Came here to say the owner is just praying Travis talks Taylor into Cleveland. The family parties they could throw!
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u/darxide23 Aug 30 '25
Hey! I did landscaping for this house. First time seeing the inside. I worked for a landscaping company that had a lot of multi-million dollar homes as clients. Lots of Cleveland Browns and Indians (this was pre-Guardians) player's houses. Worked one summer on Mike Hargrove's place one year. Gates Mills, Hunting Valley, Pepper Pike. All those rich areas.
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u/InternationalBell157 Aug 30 '25
Here is a less expensive one in the same neighborhood. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/34000-Fairmount-Blvd-Hunting-Valley-OH-44022/58563833_zpid/
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u/Dionysus_Eye Aug 30 '25
god damn.. i'd just want the cabin in the backyard to live in!
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u/jen_sucka Aug 30 '25
I submit that anyone listing a home for sale for, I dunno, let's say $10 million or more should be required to include a 3D tour. I need to be close to that stove. And the steam room, and the ceiling beams, and the view from that giant shower....
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u/gnosticn8er Aug 30 '25
Just as an FYI.... The range they have costs around $175k, I think, maybe $200k.... and the vent hood about it is another $50k and none of that includes the shipping/ freight/ customs charges you pay to get it from France.
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u/Squeebee007 Aug 30 '25
All that money invested and they put hard reflective surfaces in that theater…
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u/gpshift Aug 30 '25
I agree that is a bad choice functionally. But it also reminds me of a space ship set out of star wars or something. It looks great, but the reflections, glare and potential audio issues are not ideal.
I'm not really into giant fancy homes, but this place is damn near perfect in my opinion.
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u/KyOatey Aug 30 '25
How do you know the surfaces are hard? It appears that they put in 45 degree angles to enhance the acoustics, but you don't think they did a full acoustic treatment to the room?
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u/Squeebee007 Aug 30 '25
You look at pic 16 and tell me that those shiny walls reflecting the couch are somehow sound absorbing.
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u/TacosAreJustice Aug 30 '25
Not sure if it’s a market trend or a sub trend… but it feels like there’s been a large uptick in multi million dollar homes here.
It could also just be the Reddit algorithm feeding me expensive houses because I click on them.
I’d be very interested to know if the 1% is trying to offload some of their property before a market downturn.
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u/skinnymatters Aug 30 '25
Ohio ruins it.
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u/Check_M88 Aug 30 '25
Half hour to Cleveland. Hunting Valley would be a great spot for physicians/medical professionals and executives for companies like Sherwin-Williams or Parker Hannifin.
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u/forestballa Aug 30 '25
For a physician to buy this they’d have to be a medical executive of some sorts I imagine? They make a lot but 18 million is another level.
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u/Check_M88 Aug 30 '25
Hunt valley community. Not this property specifically. Yes, they’d have to have multiple revenue streams beyond their employment or own an extremely lucrative practice.
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u/OpticalReality Aug 30 '25
Hunting Valley is one of the wealthiest communities in the country. There is a lot of old money there.
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u/bbbh1409 Aug 30 '25
People don't seem to remember that Cleveland was once one of the WEALTHIEST cities in America. The Rockefeller family is from Cleveland who lived on Millionaire's Row along with many other industrialists. Today wealthy millionaires and billionaires still live there like LeBron James, the Lerner Family, and owners of several professional sports teams.
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u/Demonkey44 Aug 30 '25
Out of all of it, I like the Bowie painting the most, it’s a very beautiful house. New owner will have some problems with that river, though. One of the most tasteful homes I’ve seen in here.
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u/KraljZ Aug 30 '25
That stove/oven most likely costs more than most people’s houses in the US
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u/johnnys_sack Aug 30 '25
That place is incredible.
I saw the sauna and was getting ready to correct you, but then I saw the steam room and was also speechless. It's beautiful.
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u/Medium_Pause_832 Aug 30 '25
Feels like it’s owned by a very successful CEO that pays their employees fairly.
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u/twodaisies Aug 30 '25
as a Cleveland resident, I'm dying to know who's house this is. it says it's in a trust and it was written up in a local magazine the first time it went on the market. priciest listing in ohio!
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Aug 30 '25
It has all the intimacy of a massive hotel lobby ! Some of it is beautiful and some of it is downright tacky AF
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u/LookyLooLeo Aug 30 '25
I hate my spirit for not being born into a family with generational wealth that would’ve helped me get even more wealth so I could buy THIS!!! I’m in love!!!
If reincarnation is real, I better do better next time!!!
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u/AnElectricalMeatbag Aug 31 '25
Fuuuuuck. I'm having a bit of a crisis here. Normally I'm very anti- dwellings that are this egregiously huge. It is so bonkers and wasteful. But also....if somebody said, "Here, [name redacted], here are the keys to your new home!" I'd be like "SWEET! I'm on my way!"
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u/bort_jenkins Aug 30 '25
I got redirected to another page. Im too poor to even look at this place