If ever there was proof that money can't buy taste, it's Curbed's roundup of 2012's most ridiculous mansions for sale. From medieval style in Miami Beach and Celine Dion's private island in Quebec, to a castle in Louisiana and an 80s explosion in Indiana, it's hard to pick which is the most hideous.
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• In Pictures: the Year's 13 Most Gloriously Hideous Listings | Curbed
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Regarding the ugliest listings of 2012, I'm really happy with what I have, a little apartment in France. I agree I wish I could have a larger one but not a chateau. I don't need 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 dressings and a 12 cars garage.... Most of those homes seem to be stuck in the 80's...
What a waste of money and space. Most of these huge mansions aren't even used as primary residences for families. They often sit empty and are rented out to other richie-rich people for a few months at a time - that might explain why they are so ugly (because the owners don't have to live in them a lot).
You guys are mean. Altho I do agree these residences are completely over the top and unnecessary.
Yes, a fool and his money are soon parted.
The one pictured on this page looks a lot like a tacky mega gift shop I once saw.
I can't stand the photographs of most of these places, which I assume is HDR? It's awful. Everything looks so fake and Photoshopped.