Versailles is a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) [1] house belonging to Westgate Resorts founder David Siegel and his wife Jackie. It is under construction at 6121 Kirkstone Lane, Windermere, Florida, in the gated community of Lake Butler Sound in Orange County, Florida, United States. Named and modeled after the Palace of Versailles in France, the completed project would be one of the largest single-family homes in the United States. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is designed as the primary residence of the Siegels and their children. [6]
Construction began in 2004. Work stalled in 2009 with 60% completed as Siegel's company encountered financial difficulties. The house was subsequently listed for sale at $65 million. [6] With Westgate Resorts' improved finances as of 2013, Siegel came to own the property outright and construction resumed. [7] Completion was scheduled for 2016. [8] [9] Then as of March 2017 [update] the completion date had been pushed back to at least 2019. [10] As of November 2020, Jackie Siegel's estimated completion date remained a year and a half away, well into 2023. [11] Expected to appraise at over $100 million, the project will be the fourth most expensive house in the United States. [5]
Built on a constructed hill on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of lakefront property, [6] [12] the residence will include nine kitchens, [2] 14 bedrooms, [13] three indoor pools, two outdoor pools, a video arcade, [6] a ballroom with a capacity of 500 to 1,000 people, [4] a two-story movie theater with a balcony inspired by the Palais Garnier, a 20,000-bottle wine cellar, [6] an exotic-fish aquarium, [6] two tennis courts, [6] a two-lane commercial grade bowling alley, a baseball diamond, [6] a formal outdoor garden, [6] and an elevator in the master bedroom closet. [2] As the Siegels' children are now older, modifications to the original plans included turning playrooms into a yoga studio and a teenager's cave with a second movie theater. [14]
Doors and windows are constructed using some of the last remaining legal Brazilian mahogany at a cost of $4 million, [2] [6] cut before the Brazilian government banned trade in big-leaf mahogany in 2001. [15] Exterior walls are precast concrete with Pavonazzo marble veneer. [6]
The home and its owners were the subject of the 2012 documentary film The Queen of Versailles, as well as an episode of CNBC's Secret Lives of the Super Rich.
A follow-on TV series, The Queen of Versailles Reigns Again, follows the house and Siegel family on the Discovery+ streaming service. [16]
Last night at the Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh's State of Commercial Real Estate Event at the Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive, Orlando Business Journal asked David Siegel how the mansion was coming along. He responded with one word: "Slowly." However, he said the home is still a couple of years out from completion, which would make it a near 15-year project. Jackie Siegel was a bit more optimistic, predicting 1.5 years of construction to go.
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Versailles is a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) [1] house belonging to Westgate Resorts founder David Siegel and his wife Jackie. It is under construction at 6121 Kirkstone Lane, Windermere, Florida, in the gated community of Lake Butler Sound in Orange County, Florida, United States. Named and modeled after the Palace of Versailles in France, the completed project would be one of the largest single-family homes in the United States. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is designed as the primary residence of the Siegels and their children. [6]
Construction began in 2004. Work stalled in 2009 with 60% completed as Siegel's company encountered financial difficulties. The house was subsequently listed for sale at $65 million. [6] With Westgate Resorts' improved finances as of 2013, Siegel came to own the property outright and construction resumed. [7] Completion was scheduled for 2016. [8] [9] Then as of March 2017 [update] the completion date had been pushed back to at least 2019. [10] As of November 2020, Jackie Siegel's estimated completion date remained a year and a half away, well into 2023. [11] Expected to appraise at over $100 million, the project will be the fourth most expensive house in the United States. [5]
Built on a constructed hill on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of lakefront property, [6] [12] the residence will include nine kitchens, [2] 14 bedrooms, [13] three indoor pools, two outdoor pools, a video arcade, [6] a ballroom with a capacity of 500 to 1,000 people, [4] a two-story movie theater with a balcony inspired by the Palais Garnier, a 20,000-bottle wine cellar, [6] an exotic-fish aquarium, [6] two tennis courts, [6] a two-lane commercial grade bowling alley, a baseball diamond, [6] a formal outdoor garden, [6] and an elevator in the master bedroom closet. [2] As the Siegels' children are now older, modifications to the original plans included turning playrooms into a yoga studio and a teenager's cave with a second movie theater. [14]
Doors and windows are constructed using some of the last remaining legal Brazilian mahogany at a cost of $4 million, [2] [6] cut before the Brazilian government banned trade in big-leaf mahogany in 2001. [15] Exterior walls are precast concrete with Pavonazzo marble veneer. [6]
The home and its owners were the subject of the 2012 documentary film The Queen of Versailles, as well as an episode of CNBC's Secret Lives of the Super Rich.
A follow-on TV series, The Queen of Versailles Reigns Again, follows the house and Siegel family on the Discovery+ streaming service. [16]
Last night at the Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh's State of Commercial Real Estate Event at the Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive, Orlando Business Journal asked David Siegel how the mansion was coming along. He responded with one word: "Slowly." However, he said the home is still a couple of years out from completion, which would make it a near 15-year project. Jackie Siegel was a bit more optimistic, predicting 1.5 years of construction to go.
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