Richard Garriott's Crazy Awesome Mansion Up For Sale
Britannia Manor II, the amazing, palatial home of Richard Garriott, is up for sale.
You've probably heard of Britannia Manor [http://www.britanniamanor.com/], the sprawling home of Richard Garriott, AKA Lord British, famous for its observatory, secret passages and of course some seriously over-the-top haunted house events on Halloween. And if you're any kind of normally-functioning nerd, you've also thought about how totally freakin' awesome it would be to have a pad like that of your very own. Well now you can - if you've got the bucks for it.
Garriott's put his famous mansion up for sale for a whopping $4.1 million, a tad more than the average first-timer's mortgage. Not that you won't get some serious house for your money; Chez Richard features three bedrooms, two full and three half baths, central air, built-in oven, dishwasher, microwave, sub-zero refrigerator, energy-efficient double-pane windows and a solar-based "off-the-grid" energy system.
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And then of course there's the pool, the secret grotto, the waterfall, the full-on 360-degree observatory with telescope, separate guest quarters, a detached studio, an air conditioned barn, a five-car garage and a damn fine view. And secret passages! Come on, who doesn't love secret passages?
Alas, I couldn't even afford the taxes on this place, which run nearly $60,000 a year all on their own. That's not what chased Garriott off the property, however; he's currently hard at work on Britannia Manor III.
Source: GamePolitics [http://reatx.com/idx/mls-6720025-8207_two_coves_dr_austin_tx_78730]
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Britannia Manor II, the amazing, palatial home of Richard Garriott, is up for sale.
You've probably heard of Britannia Manor [http://www.britanniamanor.com/], the sprawling home of Richard Garriott, AKA Lord British, famous for its observatory, secret passages and of course some seriously over-the-top haunted house events on Halloween. And if you're any kind of normally-functioning nerd, you've also thought about how totally freakin' awesome it would be to have a pad like that of your very own. Well now you can - if you've got the bucks for it.
Garriott's put his famous mansion up for sale for a whopping $4.1 million, a tad more than the average first-timer's mortgage. Not that you won't get some serious house for your money; Chez Richard features three bedrooms, two full and three half baths, central air, built-in oven, dishwasher, microwave, sub-zero refrigerator, energy-efficient double-pane windows and a solar-based "off-the-grid" energy system.
[gallery=511]
And then of course there's the pool, the secret grotto, the waterfall, the full-on 360-degree observatory with telescope, separate guest quarters, a detached studio, an air conditioned barn, a five-car garage and a damn fine view. And secret passages! Come on, who doesn't love secret passages?
Alas, I couldn't even afford the taxes on this place, which run nearly $60,000 a year all on their own. That's not what chased Garriott off the property, however; he's currently hard at work on Britannia Manor III.
Source: GamePolitics [http://reatx.com/idx/mls-6720025-8207_two_coves_dr_austin_tx_78730]
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