HERE'S A BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

     What kind of house can you get for $11 million in Boca Raton these days? 

AND THIS HOME IS MARKED DOWN FROM A COOL $15 million
BEFORE THE MARKET CRASHED.

    How about a house that has 16,000 square feet of living space, majestically perched on 1.2 acres with 7 bedrooms and 9, yes 9, bathrooms. (I guess this house was built before Flomax was discovered.)         

     Since a picture is worth a thousand words just click on this link:

           http://www.estatesandfinehomesinc.com/address.php?property_ID=103m

which will take you to the website and then click on VIRTUAL TOUR. It's certainly worth a look.

      If you want to buy this classic French Regency estate contact the agent. If you're one of those 1 per centers Romney and Obama kept talking about, why not splurge and buy the property. If you mention my name I might be able to get a free lunch out of it.

 Pau I have a particular reason for having an interest in this property. About eight years ago we used to live in a relatively modest home right next to the lot on which this estate was built. Except at that time it was occupied by a rather rundown home, but it had a nice view. A Realtor approached us and asked if we would like to sell our home. We said,"No" because we were quite happy with our house and saw no reason to move. We were told that someone we knew slightly had purchased the home and was going to tear it down and put up an expansive and expensive home, AND they wanted to buy our home to tear it down to make room for an outdoor sculpture garden to house some of their art, AND that, within reason, money was no object. 

     To make a long story short we moved into our new home on my birthday - - - and it was quite a birthday present. When the estate was finished we were invited to a gala house warming. It was held outside under a tent in the new sculpture garden. It was surreal sitting at a table under the evening sky on some enchanted evening, eating dinner where our living room used to be.

     Unfortunately, the real estate recession hit Boca and our community pretty hard, but we still came out ahead of the game - - - and "what goes around comes around."

    The owner of the estate has had his place on the market for many years and he and his wife moved to a large condo at a New York City, hotel so not to worry for him.

P.S. The price does not include the sculpture garden. Maybe we should buy that lot and put back our old house.