Nolan Kienitz Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 What a piece of property for a nominal investment of $78M. On its own island in Flathead Lake in Montana. Listed as the 5th most expensive property in the USA. I was born/raised in NE Montana in a very small farming community ... Properties such as this certainly are a specialty ... in most all communities. All I can saw is: WOW!!!! $78M Shelter Island Estate - Realtor's Listing Business Insider article on $78M Estate in Montana A friend of mine found the heli-cam video that was taken during the home's construction. Property owner is a Southern California real estate developer. Shelter Island Heli-Cam Video . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Holy crap batman... What would it cost to get the landscaper out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Wow! I wonder how they get power to the Island? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 When you have 78 mil to buy a house, you can afford to run an underwater cable. I like the article statement that said "The elevator goes up and down all three floors of the house." REALLY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Wow! I wonder how they get power to the Island? It says via an undersea cable rated 12,000 amps with a 100 KW diesel backup. The 12,000 amp figure is wrong. It's probably 13.8 kilovolt which is one of the standard values. The 100 KW backup comes out to about 45-50 horsepower. Provides about 420 amps at 240/120 if it's single phase or 241 amps if it's 240 volt, 3 phase. Marc Did I crash the thread with my math? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Wow! I wonder how they get power to the Island? Engineering Details: ... An underground/underwater armored utility cable carries 12,000 amps to the island, along with CAT-5 computer cable and phone, and is engineered to handle additional development for an even larger compound, with three additional pre-installed services. An underground watering and hydrant system keeps the island green while also serving as a fire first line of defense. Engineering/Utility Buildings: A 1,200 foot Utility Building, contains a 100 kW diesel generator and electrical panels. The 1,800 square foot Workshop is styled in the same manner and detail as the main house. So both utility company and back-up. Dunno. Seems like a lot of money just to be isolated on a lake in Montana. I would be surprised if he gets half the asking price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 From the "See My Big Expensive House" school of architectural design. I mean, go ahead and make it big if you gotta, but maybe try to inject a little design concept somewhere....something other than Houston Gated Community Colonial. It's the sort of thing the new ridiculously wealthy in China build. OTOH, at least some of the local brotherhood were kept busy with decent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 My wire size charts don't go up as high as 12,000 amps. How big of a wire would that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 It's not 12,000 amps. Typical Realtor write-up error. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 I'm not very well versed in homes of this size and cost. Isn't it odd that it's a spec house? I would have thought that such places were commissioned and designed by the owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 I am an island person, so I don't have much interest in sharing my space with couple of other "compounds". For me it is just another cornfield palace. puffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Meiland Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 That's a spec house?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baird Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Tales of rich and famous bore me way more than other stories of granduer. "Irrational exuberance" is a fever from which our local yokels have yet to recover, with lots of under/and/not built development blighting the countryside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I did a little Google trailing of this story. It's a fabulously wealthy commercial real estate developer from southern Cal; he's got two of them...one in Southern Cal in a ridiculously glitzy area and the one in MT. They're both brand new. Not necessarily spec, but the guy took about 10 years to build the pair and now they're on the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlparham Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 When you have 78 mil to buy a house, you can afford to run an underwater cable. I like the article statement that said "The elevator goes up and down all three floors of the house." REALLY! My favorite is "lustrous African Mahogany installed by hand". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 My favorite is "lustrous African Mahogany installed by hand". I noticed that little nugget also. Are we to conclude that in more modest homes the wood trim applies itself to the walls without human assistance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 HAHAHA.....I saw the same thing, and the elevator that goes to "all 3 floors!". The author doesn't seem to understand paragraphs either. It's interesting that the person that writes copy for $78 million houses is the same moron that writes it for the buck eighty nine condos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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