If you have a spare $135 million lying around, you might want to consider buying one of the most expensive homes in the US right now, a sprawling 25 acre estate in Dallas, Texas.
The estate which has 42,500-square-feet of living space is currently owned by Tom Hicks, a financier and the one-time owner of the Texas Rangers. The estate includes the main house, pool and guest houses, according to listing agent, Douglas Newby.
The Crespi/Hicks estate was built in the 1930s for an Italian count named Pio Crespi. Later, Swiss-born Maurice Fatio, re-purposed fixtures and materials from old European estates for use in the home, according to Newby. The library shelves are carved walnut originally made in the 1800s for a Palazzo in Bologna, Italy and there's a 19th-century parquet floor from France and 10th-century Delft tiles from Holland.
The estate's listing price is based on area land prices, which average about $2 million an acre, said Newby. And the buildings were valued at about $2,000 a square-foot, close to what the renovations cost.
"So many of the great estate houses have been converted to public purposes so it's quite remarkable that a house like this is still in private hands," said Newby.
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