10 Over-the-top Home Luxuries for the Super Rich
This 1,350 square-foot custom-made swimming pool is a larger-than-life replica of the homeowner’s 1700s-era Stradivarius violin. Thousands of fiber-optic lights illuminate the instrument’s contours at night.
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This bowling alley can be yours if you decide to buy the Purchase, NY, mansion, which is on the market for $13.5 million. The six-bedroom house also features a gym, screening rooms, a swimming pool and a wine cellar among other amenities.
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This in-house barber shop and beauty salon currently belongs to NBA player Jason Terry. He put the Atlanta home up for sale for $1.89 million two years ago but the listing has been taken out of the market so it’s not clear whether he still owns it.
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Pro golfer Hunter Mahan has a private golf simulator in his Dallas’s Preston Hollow house, which he just put on the market for $9.5 million. The simulator is located in Mahan’s man cave, where you also find weights and machines to work out, and a ping pong table.
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Pro golfer Hunter Mahan’s mansion also features a basketball court, located just below a 12-car garage, making it the perfect pad for any sports fanatic with enough cash to splurge.
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This over-the-top closet is designed to look like a Chanel store, including the logo on the floor. It can be yours if you purchase the Dallas home, which has six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms and which is currently on the market for $35 million.
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If watching Casablanca or any other movie under the stars is your idea of luxury, your dream could actually become reality. This Palm Springs home, which features five bedrooms, can be rented for the night for $1,950, although there’s a two-night minimum stay.
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This carousel is reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, although this custom-built four-horse carousel is a smaller version of a real one. It is part of game designer Richard Garriott’s Britannia Manor, which is located in Austin, Texas.
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No pool is complete without a water slide. This one, also part of Richard Garriott’s Britannia Manor, starts from the balcony. The Britannia Manor is listed for sale for $1.75 million.
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Who hasn’t dreamed of owning a tree house? This designer one comes with the Purchase, NY, house, which also features a bowling alley and which is for sale for $13.5 million. There are also a rose garden and waterfalls on the premises.
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