DOUBLE WOW!!!!!!!! 35,000 SQUARE FEET DAMN!!!! YOU COULD HAVE THE STUPIDEST PARTY IN HERE
Few homes make as bold an impression as the Villa Taj in Burr Ridge, Illinois. This massive home is, at $25 million, the most expensive home on the market in Illinois. The outside includes over 15,000 square feet of terrace space. The developer has created a home that pulls in influences from around the world, a pastiche of Greco-Roman columns, Moorish chandeliers and Mughal wall details. He says that the home is named Villa Taj because it is a “crown jewel” but I’m sure the immediate mind association with the Taj Mahal doesn’t hurt either. Last month, CBS2 News in Chicago took a video tour of t he home which is over 35,000 square feet total. The scale of the home is incredible, it looks more like a museum than a private residence.
The front doors weigh 4,000 pounds. The palatial interior features two formal living rooms, staff quarters, a home theater, library and even a bowling alley. Ceilings in some rooms are 38 feet high. Antiques built into the home have been flown in from around the world. The home has made use of 160 tons of imported Gold Jerusalem stone both inside and outside the residence. The carved stonework took over two years to install. Two powder rooms are outfitted with over 4,200 square feet of Pineapple Onyx from Mexico with Italian marble accents. The home has multiple service areas including one area between the kitchen and ballroom which provides has a wet bar, icemaker, refrigerator and space for catering setup.
The initial landscaping has been completed with over 600 trees planted at the home. A swimming pool and pool pavilion are planned.There are just a few photos here, check out the property website for the full effect of this home.
MJADreams
Im from the chi..(damn) and I thought Barrington had some sick homes…but this right here…is next level…something to strive for….the ability too…
Mike
I am from the chi also…there is nothing in barrington, south barrington, st charles, the north shore that is touching this joint.
Charm The Producer
http://www.villataj.com/the_estate.html
Check the house out lifers.
Heatha77
Thanks Charm! That is once amazing place!
It would be amazing for a wedding or a huge party. It doesn’t have that homey feel to me, but i’d love to get all pretty and hit a high roller party there!
Nakita Benjamin
HOW THE HELL IS THIS A HOME. LOL!
Nakita Benjamin
LOOKS LIKE A CASTLE. IT’S KINDA DIFFERENT FROM A MANTION.
Myles
What yall dont know is that its on the corner of a busy ass intersection.
Mr_Knottoway
if that house is real $25 million…thats a GOOD damn deal….real talk…..JD u should go ahead and cop that….that could be the “Oceans’ Headquarters”….lol
Mrs.00711
I mean speaking as a chi native… It’s Chi, would expect anything less” LOL
albert
wow :)) 25mil $ a lot of money
UmBrook
I remember when this house was in the early stages of construction. Being on the corner of a busy intersection, I thought they were building a bank or an office building there. On the other 3 corners of that intersection there is a church, another home (about 4000 sq. ft.) and the park/conservancy area of a luxury home community (ungated). Eddy Curry’s crib is about 2 blocks from there. Unfortunately, his shit is about to go into foreclosure.
krazy kev
How are you suprised at this JD ..you havent seen Janet’s old Bel Air Estate?..wasnt it around the same asking price and size when she sold it? They film movies there now.
krazy kev
oh my bad http://www.beachcalifornia.com/janet-jackson-belair-house.html Her asking price was 16 million but the equivalent of that now is damn near $25mil. That was a few years ago when she sold it.
HunneyB77
My BIRTHday is AUGUST 30..u think we cud set that up=-)~ (of course all the GLOBAL LIFERs r invited..)
Nicole
I’m from the Chi as well and has yet to see a home that tops this one. But the great thing about IL you really get your money worth.
dmark_c
Man, I’m from Chicago and I didn’t even know about this spot! Thanks JD… I’m in the market for some posh spots…
Dude
I live in Beverly Hills, Chicago. We have some nice sized homes for being a normal neighborhood in the city. But I always said if I had to live in any suburb it would be Burr Ridge. Their cribs all around disgusting. Every suburb of Chicago has sick cribs. But Burr Ridge and a couple others have some that take the cake.
lea
isnt LeBrons new spot like 35000 sq ft
Xcellence The Jedi
Wow.. thats a lot of house right there. . lol.
CHi TOWN Down South
25 Million in that location STUPID
Matt
Big money goes around the world
jonnykakes
From the chi too. I saw the inside pictures. This crib looks like it has both HOT & COLD running COR-VAS-EE-YAY!
Colemon B.
the Villa Taj was built for the most powerful being on earth, a spiritual being.
julia sotelo
i worked at starbucks down the street from the house n the guy who was building always came in n his wife they are real nice people.. n the both drove bentleys