If you’re looking for the nicest house on the whole planet, you’re in the right place. It’s a fun little video about how homeowners typically overvalue their homes. If they’re so freaking nice, why do they want to sell in the first place?
I was looking at what the search engines were saying were the nicest houses, and it seems that one of them was built by Tom Olivo. In this article about its beauty, you learn that it is nestled in between some nice views of mountains and has a jacuzzi. Which might be all fine and dandy, but does it really make it the best? Probably not that useful if you don’t want to live in California. There’s an old saying in real estate about not being the biggest house on the block, and there’s another about triple-location. If you couch beauty in those terms, then Tom might lose the contest, living in a bankrupt state about to slide into the sea. If you look at how it fits his dream, then, ok, boy done good.
Other things that the goog spat up were the most expensive homes on the planet, and also the occasional site that showed a nice house in Thailand or wherever. And there were a few videos – the one I have in my other post, and this $75m monstrosity at 30,000sqft. I say monstrosity – it’s nice, but it doesn’t fit my needs. I don’t need a glass screen that hides caterers in the kitchen. It probably has high utility bills. It’s a teensy little bit, oh I don’t know, ostentatious. I mean, recreating your favorite schoolboy bowling alley is a bit much really.
So what is the nicest house in Austin? I guess it’s all subjective and depends what you’re looking for. An Englishman’s home is his castle, so there are a few nice castles in the area that I have my eye on…
Also, notice how hard it is to spell biggest in the video title. And bigger isn’t always better. In budget deficits for example.