Pennsylvania Compound, Estate of the Day
Wow, this home on 90 acres is tucked into a small town located about an hour from Pittsburgh. It's really more of a compound than a home. The main house is over 10,000 square feet and has six bedrooms. It is dominated by a huge circular entry that includes a glass elevator which connects o a tower of rooms in the round including a home theater, wine tasting cellar and the showcase, a 360 degree rotating observation view study with a box beam ceiling and an outdoor deck. Other features include a huge three-story pool room with a cascading fountain and both a lap pool and a wading pool which are ringed by redwood balconies. The lodge has a stone fireplace so large it needs two animal heads mounted on it and its own indoor barbecue. This massive home is listed at $5 million.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
curb appeal Jan 28th 2008 1:12PM
Is that a swimming pool in your living room or is this a holiday inn? Awful.
T. Leeflang Jan 28th 2008 1:25PM
Oh man. Where's that winning lottery ticket when you need it? This house reminds me somewhat of the house in "Day of the Dolphin," because of the indoor pool that runs under the living room. Gorgeous!
K Jan 28th 2008 1:38PM
Um, wow. That is one tremendous amount of "visual noise." All the panes, angles, banisters, cables, beams ... interfering with light, making harsh lines everywhere, disrupting the even flow of light and space. Please, please, make it stop.
Spectacular Bid Jan 28th 2008 7:37PM
Mmmm nothing like the smell of pool maintenance chemicals like chlorine near your living room -wonderful! Seriously folks it might look great in a magazine but there is reality with living with it. Either the pool is kept at the right room temp (which is costly) or you have a huge body of cold water that will make a room very cold. Friends of mine had the same thing - a glass floor to look down in the pool from the living room. Little used, costly, and always having problems with it.
This house has such an absense of charm or character. If you want a Penn farmhouse the expectation is a classic fieldstone home of aged quality. Who wants a home better suited to Arizona in the rolling hills of the Keystone state?
artifex Jan 28th 2008 7:47PM
I wonder if someone thought they could design it to do duty as a "business retreat" so they could try to write part of it off on taxes.
Left Shoe Jan 29th 2008 8:12PM
Would make a lovely Days Inn...
Jeremy Jan 29th 2008 9:41AM
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Richard Jan 29th 2008 1:11PM
My beef is with the tv's and the home theater. WTF. If you have that much money you can afford some high def flat screens rather than a bunch of old crt's. Also, what a crappy projection screen. Way too small for the room.
hamlet2287 Jan 31st 2008 6:56PM
Must be nice.....
Meg Feb 3rd 2008 7:56AM
What do you get with the equation
minimal+rustic+traditional+log cabin+hotel+victorian=
a) a peice of crap
b) Pennsylvania Compound
or c) all of the above
Correct Answer is C