Colombian Estate Home The New York Times 3.10.09

Colombian Estate Home
The New York Times 3.10.09

This week's featured listing from the International Real Estate section of The New York Times is a 22,130-acre Colombian estate. The newer home (built in 1988) combines some modern amenities with the rustic style of South American country estates. Though the (dark) rooms are furnished with heavy, dark furniture, the architectural details shine through — stone fireplaces, exposed ceiling beams and arched doorways like the one pictured at left...

This massive estate is about 110 miles from Bogota and has six bedrooms, six bathrooms, three fireplaces,
two kitchens and a wine cellar. Listed for $1.25 million, the estate comes furnished. See the entire listing, For Sale in ... Colombia, and all the pictures in the extensive slideshow.

(Images: Scott Dalton)

Comments (11)

Just out of curiosity, what business would the buyer of a 22, 130 acre Columbia estate be in? Coffee? Could Juan Valdez buy that house on coffee sales?

posted by Usbek de Perse on March 11th 2009 at 2:11pm
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Are you implying anyone in Columbia wealthy enough to buy this house must be a drug dealer? How would any wealthy person make enough money to buy a million-dollar home; business, celebrity movie star, inventor? I can think of a lot of other reasons someone would have enough money to buy a nice house and you're ignorant if you think the money must come from drugs.

posted by AGG7383 on March 11th 2009 at 2:26pm
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It's funny - the first image looks like it's out of a Hobbit hole, while the rest couldn't be further from one!

posted by Kaete on March 11th 2009 at 2:37pm
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Agree with you agg. Very ignorant comment and totally unrelated. I thought we were here to appreciate beautiful spaces/places. And fyi: It's spelled "Colombia" not "ColUmbia". The latter is a university.

posted by karchi on March 11th 2009 at 2:43pm
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I love the arches and columns on the outside of this house. And the scenery is beautiful.

http://www.carinagardner.com

posted by carinagardner on March 11th 2009 at 3:06pm
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Usbek many things, i have a friend that owns a company that makes supplies for commericial security and she has a farm maybe bigger than this one, also the flowers business is very profitable, if you go to SAM's club you will see only colombian flowers, the sodas and other wine and spirits companies are huge, they dont only own state homes in Colombia but all around the world. That besides the fruit and petroleum industry that leaves great $$ in many colombian's.

posted by JennF on March 11th 2009 at 3:19pm
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Great place, makes me want to settle right in (other than the couch and matching chair, which might be comfortable but just don't go with anything else and are not a style I care for).

posted by Spotsalots on March 11th 2009 at 4:20pm
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For all my offenses, I grovel in mortification.

posted by Usbek de Perse on March 11th 2009 at 4:25pm
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*pets Usbek*

I am so totally in love with that bedroom. Someday...

posted by rosenatti on March 11th 2009 at 5:13pm
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... oh, and the grounds? Not too shoddy, either. Someday...

posted by rosenatti on March 11th 2009 at 5:14pm
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ACTUALLY the New York Times listing says that is is 22 acre estate, not 22,130.

22,130 is the size of downtown Toronto. My boyfriend and I just checked.

Oh silly AT.

posted by prairie girl on March 11th 2009 at 5:54pm
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