This palatial 20,000-square-foot Italian Baroque-style property was inbuilt 1987 within the quiet upscale suburb of Sandy Springs close to Atlanta. The mansion options 7 bedrooms, 11 loos, an indoor basketball court docket, a library, a recreation room, a wine cellar, a house theater, a health club and sauna, 5 fireplaces, a gourmand kitchen with two stovetops, and a half kitchen on the terrace stage. There’s additionally a indifferent five-car storage with a second-floor residence, a indifferent pool home, and a tennis court docket. The big again deck has a screened-in porch going through a 60,000-gallon saltwater pool with a Jacuzzi. The large property sits on a wooded 7-acre lot on the crest of a rolling hill surrounded by a wrought iron fence.
In 2003, legendary Dangerous Boy Leisure rapper and enterprise mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs bought the house for $2.6 million from H. J. Newton, who owned a number of regional automotive dealerships in Georgia and Tennessee. On the time of buy, Combs owned movie star scorching spot Justin’s Restaurant in Buckhead and one other residence in Fayetteville. Newton purchased the property in April 2001 for $1.5 million.
In January 2004, Combs’ mansion made native headlines when the property was up for a zoning change to permit the development of a subdivision consisting of 11 single-family houses. The proposed zoning change was finally denied. Combs renovated the mansion the subsequent 12 months, and his then-girlfriend, mannequin/businesswoman Kim Porter, adorned the house. After the renovations, the home was appraised at a staggering $5.2 million.
Just some years later, in 2007, Combs offered the property for $1.3 million to an area developer. It was used briefly as an occasion venue. Nevertheless, at present the mansion stays vacant and partially gutted. The property is taken into account an eyesore by the encircling neighbors who’ve made quite a few complaints to the town. At present, the mansion is boarded up and awaiting renovation.
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