The One: The Ludicrous Bel Air Home that No One Wants 

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Hell, investing in an airport lobby would probably be a MUCH better use of money!

So many mega million houses look like a badly laid out hotel or office park.

For real

Have you seen the house that John Travolta lives in?....it IS an airport.

That's entirely the problem, good grief you only need a "more expensive than your local average" house to have that become an issue. And absurd as it is it doesn't remotely look like half a billion. Tens of millions, yeah I guess, but is the location really worth over $400 million? I think somebody got scammed.

If you can afford a home that costs half a billion your name is probably Mohammed Bin Salmon or King Charles or Jeff Bezos

Or you could buy this one for less than the construction costs. Wealthy individuals stay that way by spending their money wisely. Even they like a bargain.

@@HydraulicDesign I'd say pretty-much everyone involved with building the place padded their bills to a ridiculous degree, knowing the guy was loaded and probably so coked-up that he didn't care what he was signing for.

@@Bob_Smith19 Or, as the end of the video pointed out, certain wealthy individuals get that way through blatant tax evasion, in this case.

I love it

Read this in Simon's voice

I had to pick my jaw off from the floor! Simon's review is a little bit different than Enes Yilmazer's...🤣

@@PeterKnagge yeah, Simon clearly doesn't feel the same way about the amazing bookmatched details and Gaggenau appliances. Haha.

This is not architecture in any way.

Sure, but who lives in the 28 person, 7 unit x 4 person/each, servant's quarters.

I like how you dropped ‘witch’ in there like thats normal lol I don’t recall a room for eye or newt.

@@recoil53 The 4th generation, obviously. 🙂

@@josephjones4293 By this point, witches are normal in this family. The candy room could easily be adapted for newts, etc.

If the tribe(s) who have homeland rights owned it, they could create a heritage center, including any businesses allowed in the National Park system -- without zoning changes. (Note usual and accustom usages as a rule includes adaptation to modern hospitality.)

... needs to be zoned for commercial use and turned into high-end spa and event center. There's even plenty of housing for staff.

Or the low end for me... gifting me a Lamborghini. Sad But True.

@@danyellerobinson5940 keeping the sex dungeon? Lol

@@defresurrection I think we could repurpose it, along with most of the other rooms. Once envision new uses, remodel where it makes sense to do so, and create a destination point that caters to local neighbors. It's the same sustainability plan regardless of neighborhood. What changes is how/what is offered. (No sex dungeons, or booze.)

Indeed. Spa/resort, event center and hotel. That's the only way any owner or owners could maintain upkeep.

either that or night city's charter hills

Nah, this the house that the GTA 5 MOD community would often create (excluding a handful of creator that honestly makes a great building like Malibu Mansion)

@シュガー link?

First thing I thought was this shit is straight out of gta

This house looks like i something i would have built as a teenager in SIMS 1 with the infinite money cheat code

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The irony is that "modest" house almost certainly costs the same as a mansion in low cost of living areas. Not knocking your parents. More the insane housing prices. I don't know how big your parents house is, but the thing about any large house is that it needs to be used, or just becomes a pain to maintain for no benefit. Meanwhile, this thing can act as a hotel!

Not that I lived in these neighborhoods ever, but Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, and Bel Air had the most beautiful homes that were large but had beauty and elegance. Then, all of a sudden, the compounds began to be built for these egomaniacal entertainers and corporate emperors. The results are that the beautiful homes that were not good enough for their monumental egos were demolished, and these concrete and glass mega monstrosities were built in their place. Yes! The super wealthy lived in these neighborhoods, but their lavish houses were still homes. Homes for them and their families to live in. These blocks of frigid cold ugliness are no better than some hotel, albeit an expensive hotel to stay in for a few days. I can't imagine staying more than a few days, much less live there day after day. This place is cold and lonely looking. Remember, this building was built for 1 person to live in with perhaps a boy or girlfriend to visit from time to time. This place doesn't even allow for a nursery. Nothing about says families welcome. It's such a vanity project that you can almost equate it to those buildings called follys. They were built for no apparent reason. The truly sad thing is that every time they build a new home in these 3 neighborhoods, they lose a bit of their charm and glamor. I know things change, but not always for the better.

@@guerralg63 There are some amazing homes in that area. LA in general is a great place to go if you're into architecture.

@Mark Furst , absolutely there is, especially mid century architecture, but this stuff doesn't have any of the charm of Neutra, Pierre Koenig or Lloyd Wright. Their work was not only bold and artistic, but it was warm enough and inviting enough for real living. That's why it stands the test of time ! These monstrosities are giant mausoleums! They're cold and impersonal.

Buckingham Palace has 800 rooms.

@@AtheistOrphan buckingham palace has hundreds of employees living there, it also has state rooms where the king works in with the government it is not just a personal house, private home

@@malopephasha5341 - That is correct.

@retsaM innavoiG and on the rare days where you aren't entertaining 50+ people and the staff have gone to their own abodes, you're wandering this huge, empty house, which is kind of creepy and dystopian.

Yeah well... A dream like that could work. if the house was PROPERLY DESIGNED. But it wasnt. It was just a mash of expensive crap, all thrown together with no design, no style, no purpose. It was like being stuck forever in an abandoned airport.

Unsurprising. The English _love_ a good dungeon.

​@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThingno we just love sex

Oddly? More like appropriately.

the entire house is a dungeon if you consider lack of privacy to be hell on earth itself. privacy will be worth more than the price of gold will ever be some day soon in the very near future, if it isnt already.

He's going to call his architect after this.

Bigger than my college.

When you're at the level of mega and can't just have a "normal" life: this would be the replacement. It gives an excuse for living in a mini mall and needing knooks to rest in.

@@Loralanthalas It was kind of a shame with the mansion we designed. The husband in the couple had designed a hearing aid circuit that had earned him an incredible amount of money very quickly. I shuttled some samples to their home which was still a rented upper duplex on a busy historic street in St. Paul MN. They LOVED prairie architecture and F L Wright, but they just kept pulling in design elements of his commercial projects and wound up with a three story atrium at the center of the house. They just kept moving forward with ideas and lost track of the original vision.

My thought exactly. Which part was sustainable?

I watched the tour video and apparently the fake plastic flowers is sustainable 😂. Sure there is multiple elevators but fake plastic flowers though.

Correct.

@@seekittycat plastics ... 🤨

@@danyellerobinson5940 Just the goofy glass sculpture of virtue signaling.

Enes has some great content, but yeah, this place was absolutely fcking absurd.

Not even Enes could save this.

There are many roasts of this monstrosity. This isnt one of them.

Watch when Producer Michael toured it and the interview videos with Nial afterwards! It's crazy but hilarious!🤣

@@kjsdpgijn Absurd is the word. Walking around that place, seeing all these silly rooms... Made me feel like being forever stuck in an abandoned airport.

YES

Yeah, somebody was running out of bs for their sales pitch that day.

@@recoil53 when you have to come up with a new charity idea 👀

I believe its true name is "The Sculpture of Worthless Virtue Signaling."

Probably designed and designated as another tax write-off scheme for the would-be owner.

@@skyhawk_4526 Probably thought of that after a 3 day cocaine binge

First check the s3x dungeon 😊 This place might have a dedicated room just for the car keys. It does have a 50 car garage. IIRC, Aaron Spellings old place had more than one "Gift Wrapping Rooms". It was a small humble home, only about 50,000 square feet.

@@effwitt The valet for the garage no doubt has dedicated storage for car keys at his station. Other keys no doubt are kept in their own rooms. It would be nice to have a custom app that coordinates all this so you can look up which servant to call to get your key.

Surely one would have staff for that? Only kidding, I know the pain you feel.

The front door has a biometric scan, bently’s have been voice activated for years… what keys?

What if you left your phone by the pool and its a 30 minute round trip to get it back.

Parking is not a problem, The 50 car garage has a carousel....lol...which are on sale at Harbor Freight till April 15th.

And who is going to buy that to turn it into a library ?

@@Omar-kl3xp Someone very wealthy who needs a tax deduction. As usual.

All of this , just to end up in the sex dungeon, you could skip past all the bullshit if you want just find the right girl/shim/sher/sheesh/flang/dinglehopper/man/whoaman/man

@@Garbagejuicewaterfall You got into a bunch of gobbledegook there.

@@Garbagejuicewaterfall 🤣

It's the only room with any privacy, too. Even the men's loos have cameras! For the dungeon, you bring your own camera. It's also probably got some nice plush surfaces. I'd probably just stay in there, get brought snacks and flail at people who annoy me. There'll definitely be flails 🙂

Sex dungeon at 7:44

@@maggiemae9099 I wish you luck. If I project myself in your place (replace that dude with a woman), I would be annoyed by the little umbrellas 🤷‍♂️

@@maggiemae9099 the place is big enough indeed. But for every taste? I find the whole thing lacking taste tbh. All of it. BUT, there's enough space to build a cozy house in one of the rooms.

Exactly why I like the GUEST house of this place. Look up other videos of this property, and take a look at it. It’s large enough to be considered a big house in its own right, but still small enough to be enjoyable.

Yeah well... A building like that could work. if the house was properly designed by a real architect. But it wasnt. It was just a mash of expensive crap, all thrown together with no design, no style, no purpose. It was like being stuck forever in an abandoned airport.

Same. My favourite time of the year is when my partner and I leave the Finnish main land and head to our island cottage and leave society behind. There's no electricity or running water in the cottage (kesämökki),. I love it. Seclusion, peace and relaxation. The idea of living in "The One" makes my soul cry. It's such an awful building and lacks any warmth of you know what I mean.

Very good Simon in your take of this ' family house' Just imagine how many illegals from the Mexican border you could fit into this house

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At least not a half billion dollar house in that style! You could hardly call that monstrocity a ''home''!

@@jackesioto That style screams "designed by an AI that doesn't grasp humanity yet".

It is in demand as the setting for porn flicks. Apparently the real money is in porn?

And it's in the middle of a tectonic zone prone to violent earthquakes too! 🤨🤔

Yes

Originally the goal was to sell it to some hotshot celebrity or bigwig who could afford it, but I think it was turned into a private hotel after failing to sell, so the bank could recoup some small part of its money.

It's a tax loophole that is theoretically possible to live in, although it seems most comfortable for sociopaths. Ironically, those who can afford it most likely have a high number of sociopathic and psychopathic traits.

It's disneyland for trashy pretentious people.

I was thinking it was more like a hotel, I wasn't sure if it's location was zoned for commercial businesses though.

Police: when do you think the break in happened? Owner: between 3 months ago and 6am

He did forget to mention the cocaine vault...

@@BrilliantDesignOnline Yes, he did ^^'

looks like it can buy glass though

And PLENTY of ass!

@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 More glass that you'd want.

That’s dangerous on multiple levels.

James Spader has no relation to David Spade 😛

The reason for the massive size was because of an "error" made by the local planning office Nile said in an interview. I think he and his partners suddenly saw huge potential for a grand jackpot and got blinded by greed. I have seen tours of the house , its simply more like a mini mall or corporate headquarter , lack the feeling of a real home. Too big to walk around in, you need a goldcar

Bro you have to live life dangerously

I've been there. It's amazing. The property includes vineyards, riding stables, and four restaurants.

Yes, but it's not a private home anymore. On a side note, I would MUCH that have the Biltmore for probably the same price.

The Biltmore would be my idea of a fantasy dream house. It’s elegant and beautiful. This house just seems cold. I like woodwork, and colors.

It was bought for $125 million dollars. The owners can afford to pay a few minimum wage workers to restock the amenities.

He mentioned 25 staff with their staff bedrooms

It's on Geographics, titled "Aspen: The World's Most Expensive Winter Wonderland" and I do believe he talked about this.

LA passed a law a couple of years ago that requires additional review for single family residences over 17,500 ft². This was in reaction to an increasing number of homes like the Wish house (10979 Chalon Rd) with 26k ft², 5 bars, 3 swimming pools, night club, 32 bathrooms +++. Single family residence? The Duggers couldn't fill that thing! When Niami was selling The One he bragged that you couldn't legally build that house today. That's a good thing. Commercial events centers do not belong in residential neighborhoods.

Bel Air also has an HOA, and I recall an article where they made it clear that they would never allow the house to be used n any sort of commercial manner (and that they have previously forced at least one other brand-new giant house they had issues with to be torn down). The "night club" space is also almost certainly skirting zoning laws even just sitting there unused; when Niami gave a tour of the place to another channel it was noticeable that despite being part of the structure it didn't seem to be accessible from the rest of the house without going outside -- though he had a strategically-placed long hallway that dead-ended at a blank wall adjoining the club, and implied he was going to punch a hole through as soon as the inspectors had signed off on the existing floor plan.

There's a home in Houston built for a Saudi prince to live in while he attended university. They can't sell that one either.

I don't know...there's a lot of space to race go-carts around in there.

That's what I was thinking. Which Bank approved THIS home loan???

@@jeanetteshawredden5643 A bank that may well deserve to go under and definitely deserves to have its executives driven down to middle class if not lower.

I think I remember it being touted as a billion dollar house 15 yrs ago

That. On a palace. But even they have family apartements that grant privacy. Not this glass monstrosity.

ROFLs🤣😹 Too true! I have built some monstrosities like that! 🪨⛏️

You win the day! 🍸🏆

Agreed That’s my idea of a fantasy dream house. The Biltmore is elegant and beautiful. This house just seems cold. I like woodwork and colors.

That place is garbage

Ne me ot sounds kind of anoying to search 5 hours for the kids every time it's food.

then being able to afford the upkeep on the property

@@matsv201 totally agreed

@@matsv201 What do you think the servants are for? Besides, there seems to be on site restaurants so don't worry about the kids being fed.

Loved Loot! The house was used very effectively to show how wastefully billionaires spend their money. Any time it's just Molly there it's incredibly empty and depressing.

@@brandontheblack You’re right ! She finds some redemption by the end of the series. Looking forward to season 2. Also the music in this series was great.

Welp, can't unhear that now...

Glad I'm not the only one. Can only imagine what "The Army" would do with this property, LoL 😹

I believe Niami had built successful selling houses in Bel Air before but nothing this big.

Some kind of camera would be useful here

I suppose if there were signs posted at the entrance to the bathroom letting anyone entering know they will be videotaped inside, it would probably be able to skirt the law since the recording would arguably be consensual at that point. But you're right... creepy AF. Seems like a house Epstein would design.

No, it is not a display of wealth! As was described in the video, it is MASSIVE - IN-YOUR-FACE Tax Fraud that the IRS is too stupid to act on. Actually, too afraid of the money behind the scam to act on it. The taxes dodged could fund many small towns! They probably even end up with "tax" refunds!

I live in a 2800 sqft home by myself and I'd want more space if I could have it. Bigger garage for more vehicles, rooms for hobbies like a tabletop gaming room with dedicated table and shelving and amenities. A collection of small, dedicated spaces personal to my interests. Not a giant endless sprawl of random shit.

Why?

@@kokomo9764 Most likely it is because he misses his job writing DVD chapter lists.

Don't you have anything better to do? You time stamp keeners are sad.

At least everything is marble. Just need some squeegees and a mop, and it's good to go.