The Most Amazing Home in America
By Joel Burslem, Wednesday, August 15, 2007.Bookmarking Sites
Scott Jones, CEO of the search engine ChaCha and the inventor of voicemail, has what HGTV is calling one of the "Top 10 Most Amazing Homes in America".
The house, a 27,000 square foot English country manor built in 1938, is located in Carmel, Indiana and melds high tech wonder with old world charm. It includes a house-wide network that automates lighting, air conditioning and media systems in every room, but also amenities that would be the envy of any geek; a 2,700 gallon salt water aquarium, a massive home theater, a work-out desk (!) with 8 computer screens, a mahogany slide down the main staircase, an indoor treehouse and (my favorite) a secret passage that is revealed when you tug on a Harry Potter book in the book shelf.
You can get a sneak peak of the house on RTV6 - TheIndyChannel.
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Submitted by Anonymous on August 15, 2007 - 5:43pm.
Hmmm... despite the automated lighting and HVAC systems, I wonder if this could also be one of the "Top 10 Greenhouse Gas Producing Homes in America?"
Geez... 27,000 square feet? Makes the 3,000-square-foot McMansions John Dingell is worried about seem like Chevy Chevettes.
Maybe Dingell should have set his threshold for eliminating the mortgage interest tax deduction a little higher. I'm sure Mr. Jones' accountants could find some other tax breaks for him.
http://blog.inman.com/inmanblog/2007/08/im-changing-the.html
Submitted by Anonymous on August 15, 2007 - 10:00pm.
After walking around a 27,000 square foot home, the slide down the stairs is absolutely necessary...