Versailles in Windermere - Windermere Real Estate For more information please call me directly at 407-832 7332 or email: mark@clocktowerrealty.net. Visit me on my website at http://www.clocktowerrealty.net and visit me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mark.hide.12 Versailles is a 90,001 square-foot house residential home belonging to Westgate Resorts founder David Siegel and his wife Jackie Siegel — and under construction at 6121 Kirkstone Lane, Windermere, Florida in the gated community of Lake Butler Sound in Orange County. Both named and modeled after the Palace of Versailles in France, the completed project will be one of the largest single-family home in the United States which include Biltmore House at 178,926 square feet Construction began in 2004 with progress subsequently stalling at 60% completion in 2009 when Siegel's company encountered financial difficulties — and the home was listed for sale at $65 million With Westgate Resorts' improved finances as of 2013, Siegel now owns the property outright and construction will resume with completion scheduled for 2016. Expected to appraise over $100 million, the project will be the fourth most expensive house in the United States. Designed as the primary residence of the Siegels and their eight children,[6] the home and its owners were the subject of the 2012 documentary film The Queen of Versailles as well as an episode of CNBC's Secret Lives of the Super Rich. Constructed on a man-made hill on 10 acres of lakefront property[6][9] the residence will include 9 kitchens,[2] 13 bedrooms,[3] 25 bathrooms,[3] 30-car garage,[1] two-lane bowling alley,[1] indoor rollerskating rink,[1] 3 indoor pools, 2 outdoor pools,[3] video arcade,[6] ballroom with a 500-person capacity,[4] two-story movie theater with balcony inspired by the Paris Opera House,[1][3] fitness center with 10,000 square-foot spa,[1] yoga studios,[1] 20,000-bottle wine cellar,[6] xotic fish aquarium,[6] two tennis courts,[6] baseball diamond,[6] formal outdoor garden,[6] and elevator in the master bedroom closet.[2] Because the Siegels's children are older now, modifications to the original plans include turning playrooms into a teenager’s cave with a second movie theater and a yoga studio.[10][11] Doors and windows are constructed using some of the last remaining Brazilian mahogany,[1] at a cost of $4 million.[2][6] Exterior walls are precast concrete with Pavonazzo marble veneer;[6]the entryway will feature a 30-foot stained-glass domed oculus;[1] and the residence will have ten staff quarters, each with a jacuzzi and a kitchen.[1]
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