Cool Homes You Can't Afford: Bruce Pearl Edition

A few days ago, Josh Flory over at Property Scope pointed out that Bruce Pearl just bought a house in Gettysvue and I started thinking that some of you might want to check out the $2,100,000 home, complete with media room and wine cellar. Is that a fireplace I see next to the bathtub in the master bath? Very swanky.

Cool Lake Front Homes You Can't Afford

Like most Sundays, I did an open house today. To get to this open house, I had to take Northshore Drive from Ebenezer to Concord Road, which meant I passed lots of people playing and having fun on the water. In a matter of moments my thoughts went from, "Hey! I want to play and have fun on the water, too," to "I just need to buy a place on the water."

Unfortunately my meandering thoughts do not always check in with my bank account.

While, it is occasionally possible to find a Knox County waterfront home for less than 7 figures, that is certainly not the rule. And anyway, if you're going to dream, dream big, right?

So, in honor of Memorial Day, I thought I'd take you on a short tour of cool Lake front homes you can't afford. Enjoy!

First stop is a brand new 4,900+ sq ft home lakefront home in a gated community right off of Westland. This year's Parade Home winner, this home features lake views from nearly every room. List price is $1,939,000 - only $392 a square foot.

Next up is a 7600+ sq foot custom built home with 4 BR, 5 full baths, and 2 half baths. Features include century-old hardwoods, lakeside in-ground gunite pool, and a 4 car garage. List price is $2,700,000 - that's right around $352 per sq ft.

Right around the corner off of Toole's Bend is a 4 BR, 4 BA, 5000+ sq ft basement ranch on 1.5 acres. Features include an infinity pool with new pool house, boat house, and boat dock. List price is $2,400,000. For those of you keeping track at home, that's $472 a sq ft.

Finally, we come to this 5 BR, 5 BA, 5900+ sq ft lake front home in Sequoyah Hills. Features include marble walled and floored bathrooms in every bedroom, gourmet kitchen with Thermador appliances, boat dock with lift, and jet ski dock with lift. List price is $1,575,000 - that's a water front bargain at only $264 per sq ft.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this little tour. As for me, as much as I love to dream of living on the water, for now I'm going to have to stick with something more in my price range , like a baby pool or a slip and slide in the backyard. Hey, you have to start somewhere, right?

Happy Memorial Day!

A Hidden Home You Can't Afford

Did you know there was a 1929 mediteranean style villa on 6+ acres, complete with guest cottage and gated entry less than a mile from West Town Mall? Well don't feel bad, because neither did I and I live right up the road from it.

For those of you who are interested, it's just gone on the market, and can be yours for the low, low price of $975,000. Me thinks that price has more to do with development potential than the 1 1/2 total bathrooms in the place, but take a look and decide for yourself.

If anybody knows any history behind this place, I'd love to hear about it.

More Cool Homes You Can't Afford

Since the last (and first) installment of Cool Homes You Can't Afford was almost as big of a hit with you guys as Foreclosure Watch, and since I already spent most of the day looking at homes that I can't afford anyway, I thought I would spend my first night off in 27 years looking at more ridiculously expensive but undeniably awesome Knoxville mega-homes.

Let's start with this 5 BR, 6 1/2 BA, approx 9400 sq ft home in Halls with stacked Tennessee stone accents, 4 car garage and more bells and whistles than you can shake a stick at. List price $1,600,00. Halls has it!!

Then there's this 6600 sq ft completely remodeled home in Old Westmoreland in West Knox. The home has 6 BR, 5 full bath and 2 half baths and features just about brand new everything, including a home theater with seating for 7. All this and for only $1,749,000!

Or how about this home on Cherokee Blvd in Sequoyah Hills: 4 BR, 3 1/2 BA, approx 6000 sq ft, and a rawking master bath that includes a sauna AND steam room. Best of all it comes completely furnished so you don't have to max out your Discover card at Rooms To Go. List price $2,995,000.

And lastly there's this 34+ acre horse farm in Powell, featuring mountain views, a 2 story stacked stone fireplace and two horse barns. It's a Powell country Paradise! List price $2,600,00.

Now, I know what you're thinking - these places are awesome, but how would I ever keep them clean? Good help is so hard to find these days! Well, how about this - buy any of them from me and I'll personally come and clean them for you for one month. For reals. Heh.

Cool Homes You Can't Afford

After a really, really, monumentally, horribly bad day, I thought it might be interesting to cruise around the Knoxville MLS and look at houses I could never, ever afford. Yes, I'm a glutton for punishment. What I found out is that there are exactly 80 homes in the Knoxville MLS listed at $999,000 and up.

The most expensive is a 5 BR, 5 full bath, 4 half bath, 12,000+ sq ft home on a man made lake in Farragut. List price? $4,375,000.

I have to say that the whole concept of 4 half baths completely threw me for a loop. Where are they? Why would you need them? Why when you're talking about a 12,000 sq ft house would it be overkill to go ahead and just make them full baths? These questions are going to keep me up tonight.

Here are a few more of my favorites:

A 5 BR, 5 1/2 BA, 14 acre waterfront home on Topside Road, including a 5 car garage and 4 stone fireplaces. List price: $1,750,000

A 4 BR, 4 BA waterfront home on Kingston Pike, built in 1928. List price $1, 750,000

A 5 BR, 4 1/2 BA Frank Lloyd Wright designed home on over 8 acres off of Duncan Rd in West Knox. List price $2,195,00

Aaahh, I feel better already. And hey, just because I can't afford any of these doesn't mean you can't. And if you can afford them, why don't you call me? That would make my tomorrow a much better day than my today was. Heh, heh, heh.