Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Your Dream Garage! Only $32, 000, 000! Someone bought it.

[scott saidel (Scott_Saidel]

FWIW, I have a friend that has several houses like this.  

His primary residence in Monaco overlooks the Nouville Chicane.  

He has a castle in Scotland that came with his Peerage from the Queen.  He took it apart, stone by stone, built a modern structure, and then had the castle rebuilt around it - stone by stone.  I think he has been there twice.  

He has a house here in Florida - in the 20+ years I have known him, he has never been there.  He has come to Key west a few times to race his sailboats, but had one of the yachts brought over to serve as his home base.

He recently bought a home on Sardinia - because they are now having 2 mega-sailing yacht races there each year and he wanted a "place of his own" to stay in, so he'll use it about two weeks a year.  

Also owns what was, at the time, the most expensive home in South Africa and a couple of large yachts (not even counting his small (under 100’ stuff)).  He spends some time there and the best of his street cars (the Bugattis and McLarens) live there.  As he says, it is the easiest country to pay off the police so that he can drive with some enthusiasm.  

He has a winery in France where his racing and antiques live - they have a staff that repairs them and keeps them running.

The Yachts see the most use - especially during the time of Covid.  Historically, he was on one boat or another about 100 days a year.  His security staff prefers it - as it is much easier to secure a boat on the water than a floor in a hotel.  

He spends a fair amount of time in Monaco - but since he gave up racing in the Historics (and a great party that EVERYONE apparently attended (except me, because I am a moron), he leaves town the week before the race - as it is just too hard to get out of his building (which is inside the track).  

He is limited on how much time he could spend in England (as he is a Tax Exile).

So, to the extent of my experience, he uses many of his homes rarely at best.  

Scottie

 

On Mar 3, 2021, at 11:54 AM, Matt Boyd <ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Obviously someone who owns a home like that is exceptionally wealthy. Looking at Erik's quote on property taxes is astonishing, and the maintenance on the house and grounds would break a mere mortal's piggybank. But assuming money is no option, isn't someone that wealthy so busy "working" that they could never enjoy it? I'm just trying to envision the demographic that could own and exploit a property like this. It is breathtaking (although I like Rob's view he posted better).

-matt

On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 11:31 AM Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

One with a good sense of direction?  I know I'd probably get lost....

Hans.

On 3/3/21, Matt Boyd <ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> Just curious, but what type of person owns a house like this?
>
> -matt
> 85 euro 308
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> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 9:41 PM Robert W. Garven Jr. <
> robertgarven [at] earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> nice house
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>> https://www.redfin.com/CA/Montecito/2845-Sycamore-Canyon-Rd-93108/home/21610096
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