Luxury real estate

A few weeks ago, Forbes came out with their best picks for the Most Expensive Fictional Homes ever written about. That's right, fictional homes that don't exist.

Love the historic mansion that Lora Croft owned in Tomb Raider? It could be yours for $46.1 Million, should secret corridors, elaborate pulley systems, and puzzle gardens be up your alley.

Or you could put an offer in on the spooky mansion featured in 101 Dalmatians for $24.6 Million. The house features plenty of cobwebs, dark clouds, and kennel space.

My favorite by far would be to purchase the Tara Plantation in Gone with the Wind. Call me a romantic but I just love those big old homes in the south. It will only cost me $17.2 Million, green drapes excluded of course. But then again, Pemberly, from the book Pride and Prejudice, might beat it out, if I could afford $110 Million. (Guess I will have to stay in the States.)

The most expensive home is listed as "Xanadu, the home of newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane. Modeled on Hearst Castle, the real life San Simeon, Calif., estate of media mogul William Randolf Hearst, Xanadu was supposed to have been built on a private mountain from 20,000 tons of marble and 100,000 trees. It contained enough art for 10 museums, and the grounds were home to the world's largest private zoo"...yours for $160 Million.

Have fun looking at the 20 luxury homes featured. Which home would you choose to purchase, if you had the money, and if, the home really existed?

  1. Rich Manor - Richie Rich cartoon
  2. Xanadu - Citizen Kane
  3. Burns Manor - the Simpsons
  4. Vault 101 - Fallout videogame
  5. Pemberly - Pride and Prejudice
  6. Wayne Manor - Batman
  7. Toad Hall - the Wind in the Willows
  8. Corleone Compound - the Godfather
  9. House on Boardwalk - Monopoloy
  10. Tony Stark's House - Iron Man
  11. Southfork Ranch - Dallas
  12. Drummond Apartment - Different Strokes
  13. Croft Manor - Tomb Raider
  14. Jay Gatsby's Mansion - the Great Gatsby
  15. Tony Montana's Mansion - Scarface
  16. Beverly Hillbillies Mansion - Beverly Hillbillies
  17. Hell Hall - 101 Dalmations
  18. Tara Plantation - Gone with the Wind
  19. Barbie's Dream House - Mattel
  20. House of Usher - Fall of the House of Usher (not the singer)
 
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10 Comments on Fantasy Footall? Try Fantasy Luxury Real Estate

JAN
07
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Wayne Manor of course because...

 

I'M BATMAN!

 

 LOL!  Thanks for the laugh!

 

(I do love Croft Manor though!)

7:46pm • #1

Fun post....I have to admit, I've always loved the Beverly Hillbilly's home "swimmin pools and movie stars"  By the way, I finished #2 in our fantasy football pool!

7:50pm • #2
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Great stuff and wonderful homes. My favorite was not there, probably too expensive....Fortress of Solitude........   ;  )

7:59pm • #3

I would go with the manor also, who wouldn't love their own escape. 

I wouldn't want Boardwalk it's so close to Meditaranean and Baltic Avenues and there's a railroad 2 blocks down and everybody in town ends up in jail.

 

8:08pm • #4
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Jennifer~

 

I subscribe to your BLOG and this post is an example of why I do...and although I may not always comment, I am reading and appreciating. THX!

8:20pm • #5
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Quad Cities Team - LOL! I about fell out of my chair....railroad down the street and everybody ends up in jail...TOO funny!

JaneAnne - while I don't post a lot, I do try to make the ones I write somewhat interesting. Thanks for reading ! :)

8:50pm • #6
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David - don't we all secretly wish for such a place. :)

Ron - yeah, Wayne Manor would be pretty cool...the secret cave and all...wouldn't be able to get the kids to stop sliding down the firepole though and that would drive me crazy.

Marjorie- I have to admit, I have never been apart of fantasy football...too much of a hockey fan.

8:54pm • #7

I was wondering where does the house from clue fit in?  It's huge has secret passage ways, it's own wait staff, housekeeper, and the rooms are large.  The outside, that might be the question though.

9:39pm • #8
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I actusally used to love Riche Rich comics...boy does that bring back fantasies!

9:51pm • #9
JAN
08
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Hi Jennifer,

I love the blog and like you, I'd pick Tara too. I wonder why they didn't includ Manderlay from Rebecca? maybe because it was burned down by Mrs. Danvers.

1:54am • #10

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