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Frank Lee · 01-18-2011, 03:25 PM

Listed: MSN Real Estate's daily blog - MSN Real Estate

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Massive Missouri estate going against small-home trend

The gigantic home under construction is shrouded in secrecy, but zoning regulations require that only one family will live there.

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The home under construction between Ozark and Branson, just off U.S. 65, will be one of the biggest homes in the country, at 72,000 square feet.

Arragonis · 01-18-2011, 03:55 PM

Sorry for OT but Blimey, I didn't know MSN was still going.

Clev · 01-18-2011, 05:26 PM

Maybe it's for the Duggars. They're obviously trying to birth their own city.

Frank Lee · 01-18-2011, 08:08 PM

Yeah, when their spawn start kicking their own spawning into high gear, look out! That inconvenient exponential thing happens.

MetroMPG · 01-19-2011, 10:46 AM

At first I thought (from the title alone) this thread should be in the "Saving @ home" subforum. Guess not.

euromodder · 01-19-2011, 12:47 PM

Construction looks more like the Pentagon with steel girders and concrete .
The steel reinforcements appear to be well beyond what a normal civil construction would require.

menaus2 · 01-28-2011, 10:41 PM

72,000 ft sq?! Sounds like someone needs a brain transplant.