After over two years of forlornly sitting on the market someone has come along and snatched this one for themselves. Sure it took a hefty price chop (or two), but finally this seven bedroom, nine and a half bathroom pad has someone coming home to it at night. What started out as a $17 million listing became a $10 million one over the course of two years, but that wasn't without entertaining the neighbors. Bringing in the room-sized safe by crane was one of the more colorful moments of this house's construction, or maybe it was all those elevator cables going down to the wine cellar. No matter, because as of now this house is gone, baby, gone. Photos from Zillow
· Listing: 1322 Balls Hill Road [Zillow]
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