Family's $ million medieval-style dream mansion that took three years to build burns to the ground

The Daily Mail ^ | January 10, 2014 | Daily Mail Reporter

[fso301]

The home is quite unimpressive. Actually it’s on the tacky side. If I was going to build a $4 million medieval style home, that would not have been what it looked like.

[Cementjungle]

Very sad, but I'm at least happy that there was no loss of life. That said, this is telling:

"Because the two-storey home was set back from the road, in five acres of land, and didn't have a sprinkler system, the firefighters struggled to control it.

A fire hydrant that was on the property didn't have a large enough supply of water to tackle the flames, WCPO reported."

I call that very bad planning.

[Calvin Locke]

... rock don't burn!!

"... 22-room stone-built mansion." Unless it was a misprint, and they meant the contractor was named Stone.

BTW, didn't QEII suffer a devastating loss in one of her rock/stone castles a decade or so ago?

From Les Visiteurs:

"Jacquasse, look how they changed our beautiful castle!"

"Windows galore! We're defenseless!"

"A godsend for the Visigoths."

"And the Huttes."

"Pray that the dungeon is intact!"

[GeronL]

lol

[GeronL]

The cost of upkeep and stuff is likely prohibitive, those peasant workers want to be paid these days...

[Irenic]

Breathtaking...just beautiful.

[EveningStar]

LOL! Yeah. The Daily Mail does that sometimes. :)

[Calvin Locke]

Somewhere Frank Loyd Wright is smiling.

Um, doesn't his nifty at first "water house" have problems caused by the water?

[cripplecreek]

If I had that kind of money I’d make sure as few people knew about it as possible. My biggest expense would be in property where I would plant a modest home surrounded by a high fence and electronic security. I’d continue driving decent used cars.

[Doc Savage]

You remembered to mail that insurance premium,…….right?

[CIB-173RDABN]

1992 Windsor castle burned.

True, rocks do not burn, but what is inside does

[SouthernClaire]

That was my first thought, Doc.

[isom35]

something tells me if they had 4 mill to spend on a castle, they have another 4 mill for a 2nd castle.

[KevinB]

That’s what I never understood, why someone would want to live like that?

Conspicuous consumption.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Not my style but looked kind of neat.

Sad story.

[gorush]

“If I could have a fantasy house...”
I would guess that each of us would finish that statement differently.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

It’s like living in a hotel with no guests, just creepy.

Exactly. Get a nice house on the water, or in the mountains. I don't get the empty room thing.

[Rappini]

Some folks my call it Jewish Lightening that caused the fire.

[SouthernClaire]

Is it just me or ...

Which one does not belong:

“The sprawling five-bedroom home, which had an elevator, flag pole and outside pool, was built in 2006”

[GeronL]

was someone who lived there very elderly or disabled?

elevator?