Posted on 01/26/2007 4:32:14 AM PST by Tom D.
Edwards Home County's Largest The 28,200-square-foot Edwards home in Orange County is expected to be valued at more than $6 million. RALEIGH — Presidential candidate John Edwards and his family recently moved into what, according to county tax officials, is the most valuable home in Orange County. The home, which includes a recreational building attached to the main living quarters, also is probably the largest in the county. “The Edwardses’ residential property will likely have the highest tax value in the county,” Orange County Tax Assessor John Smith told . He estimated that the tax value will exceed $6 million when the facility is completed. The rambling structure sits in the middle of a 102-acre estate on Old Greensboro Road west of Chapel Hill. The heavily wooded site and winding driveway ensure that the home is not visible from the road. “No Trespassing” signs discourage passersby from venturing past the gate. Don Knight, Orange County building plans examiner, told CJ that, including the recreational building, the Edwardses’ home would be one of the largest in Orange County. Knight approved the building plans that showed the Edwards home totaling 28,200 square feet of connected space. The main house is 10,400 square feet and has two garages. The recreation building, a red, barn-like building containing 15,600 square feet, is connected to the house by a closed-in and roofed structure or varying widths and elevations that totals 2,200 square feet. The main house is all on one level except for a 600-square-foot bedroom and bath area above the guest garage. The recreation building contains a basketball court, a squash court, two stages, a bedroom, kitchen, bathrooms, swimming pool, a four-story tower, and a room designated “John’s Lounge.” Edwards was the Democratic candidate for vice president in 2006 and a former N.C. senator. Thursday afternoon, the Edwards for President press office was unable to provide information on any additional buildings planned for the estate. Don Carrington is executive editor of Carolina Journal.
I doubt that.
Lead the way to reviving the moribund Guild. We got to have SOME fun during the next 2 miserable years.
Last I looked, it had, by far, the highest per capita income of any county in the state.
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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Just remember that in John Edwards' "two Americas" the elites like himself are exempted from criticism.
Looked like furniture floor displays. Rooms-to-Go?
I live one county over; it is most certainly NOT the highest rent in NC. Most of the county above I-85 is farms and poor people.
Do you have a link to that information, because what I am seeing doesn't mention anything about Orange County.
10K- sheesh 5K would be a big house.
28K is just wasteful in every sense of the word.
So I gathered. :-)
FWIW - 9 of NJs 21 counties made the top 100.
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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
We're 28th in "wealth" -- whatever the hell that is.
FWIW, Rex, North Carolina has the highest per capita income; I have NO idea where that even is.
Just remember that people like us really have no business even contemplating what our enlightened leaders do in their private lives. :-)
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain?
I get it now!
It looks like a one stoplight town on NC 20 just west of I95 between Lumberton and Fayetteville.
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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
I thought there was nothing there except Indians.....LOL.
It looks like those are some kind of census areas; really weird.
Lumbee Indians make up over 38% of the population in Robeson County. Far as I know there is no casino there, so what is the source of wealth?
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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Beats me too!
I really have no idea. The Lumbee aren't even federally recognized as a tribe, are they?
Man of the people. I feel your pain. My dad worked in a sawmill. I'm the first person in my family with the biggest home in my county. LOL
From the Party where Ted Kennedy is spokesman for the Poor and Women needing abortions.
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