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The Mellon House ($46,000,000)
Location: New York, New York
Price: $46,000,000
Listing type: Townhouse
Beds/baths: 8/8.5
Year built: 1965
Bragging rights: The house was built by Paul Mellon and his wife Bunny, designer of the White House Rose Garden and friend to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Amazing amenity: Garden with reflecting pool. In Manhattan.
Professional opinion: If it’s good enough for Bunny Mellon, it’s good enough for me. -
Regency Sanctuary ($1,299,000)
Location: Beverly Hills, California
Price: $1,299,000
Listing type: Single family
Beds/baths: 2/2
Year built: 1962
Bragging rights: That Regency style is quintessentially LA.
Amazing amenity: City, ocean, Catalina, and mountain views.
Professional opinion: This is probably my favorite house under $1.3 million to hit LA in a long time. It’s so chic it looks like it’s a movie set. -
Rustic Modern Skihouse ($4,950,000)
Location: Big Sky, Montana
Price: $4,750,000-4,950,000
Listing type: Single family
Beds/baths: 3/3.1
Year built: 2012
Bragging rights: Come on, those views.
Amazing amenity: Did I mention those views? And this is a guest house, which would suit me just fine. No need for a main house here.
Professional opinion: All I want for Christmas is a ski house and a membership to Yellowstone Club. Santa, baby? I’ve been really good this year. -
Wooldon Manor ($48,000,000)
Location: Southampton, New York
Price: $48,000,000
Listing type: Single family
Beds/baths: 10/10.1
Year built: 1920s
Bragging rights: Past owners include Edmund Lynch (founding partner of Merrill Lynch) and Vince Camuto.
Amazing amenity: Gazebo-style greenhouse with garden and ocean views.
Professional opinion: I’m re-reading The Great Gatsby and, yep, I’m thinking Hamptons. -
Escape to St. Barth's (Price Upon Request)
Location: Gouverneur, St. Barthelemy
Price: Price upon request
Listing type: Single family
Beds/baths: 4/4.1
Year built: 2012
Bragging rights: Designed by architect Francois Pécard. Oh, and all four king en suite bedrooms are housed in separate private bungalows.
Amazing amenity: That pool. Wow.
Professional opinion: I’m not even allowing myself to dream about having this one, but when I wake up in a bad mood I do take a quick look at these photos. -
Cozy Craftsmen ($899,000)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Price: $899,000
Listing type: Single family
Beds/baths: 4/2.1
Year built: 1913
Bragging rights: Good renovation. (And those are hard to come by.)
Amazing amenity: Secret kids’ room behind a built-in book case.
Professional opinion: One of my favorite houses on the market for under a million. -
Incomparable Hillside Estate ($6,750,000)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Price: $6,750,000
Listing type: Single family
Beds/baths: 3/2.2
Year built: 1920
Bragging rights: Robert Pattinson.
Amazing amenity: Fountains, waterfalls, a lagoon pool with city views and several areas for “soulful contemplation” are sprawled across the 1.5 acre grounds.
Professional opinion: I’m not one who chooses houses based on celeb provenance (promise!) but I’ll very humbly say that I loved this house long before Robert Pattinson bought it. -
Majestic Montecito ($13,900,000)
Location: Montecito, California
Price: $13,900,000
Listing type: Single family
Beds/baths: 12/12
Year Built: 1895
Bragging rights: Designed by architect Stanford White. (Who also designed that little structure called Madison Square Garden.)
Amazing amenity: A hidden tennis court.
Professional opinion: Sure, Montecito is known for its old Spanishes, which I love, but this Stanford White traditional is so gorgeous. It could use a tiny bit of updating, but let Rose Tarlow or Michael Smith sink their teeth into this one, and you’ll have one of the most stunning traditional estates in California. -
French Country Residence ($6,625,000)
Location: Lake Forest, Illinois
Price: $6,625,000
Listing type: Single family
Beds/baths: 6/6.2
Year built: 1925
Bragging rights: The home was inspired by the Ferme le Grand Moulin (Big Mill Farm), in northwestern France.
Amazing amenity: 17th century fireplace from France.
Professional opinion: I used to drive by this house growing up and think that I would live there someday. Something went awry, but I’m still trying to figure out what. -
Romantic Hidden Spanish ($929,000)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Price: $929,000
Listing type: Single Family
Beds/baths: 2/2
Year built: 1936
Bragging rights: The home has been published in several magazines.
Amazing amenity: The private courtyard is surrounded by beautiful nature and a duck pond.
Professional opinion: I was enthralled by this one the moment I saw it. This is the house I want in Los Angeles but can’t seem to find.
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