Chinquapin Plantation, Estate of the Day
The beautiful Chinquapin Plantation in Thomasville, Georgia is a distinctive piece of real estate offering both formal garden spaces and plenty of unspoiled land. The plantation was owned by Alexandra Kauka and her late husband, German cartoonist, Rolf Kauka. A Worth article from 2006 details Kauka's decision to donate some of the land next to the estate. The home itself is located a bluff overlooking the Ochlocknee River. The Mediterranean-influenced main-house offers nearly 18,000 square feet of wide verandas, porches, public rooms for entertaining and numerous private wings and suites. The home was completely remodeled by its present owner in 1981 and then restored and expanded in 2000. The property includes a separate three-bedroom guest cottage located across the motor court from the main-house, six tenant houses, a pool house with solar-heated saline pool, four-car detached garage, barns, stables, kennels and a skeet range. The listing doesn't give a price.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dan Isaacs Aug 6th 2008 3:58PM
That pool is amazing. It looks like an infinity edge all the way around.
Valerie Aug 6th 2008 6:01PM
Beautiful,what I could see.Wish there was more inside pics.
adisah81 Aug 6th 2008 10:01PM
There was an article about this house in the Sunday paper of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The sales price listed in the paper is $28,000,000. The link below is a slideshow of pictures.
http://projects.ajchomefinder.com/gallery/view/homes/private-quarters/splurge/pq2_kauka_0804/
Deidre Woollard Aug 6th 2008 10:03PM
Thanks Adisah81, I hadn't seen that. That slideshow has some great closeup shots of some of the details that make this home so interesting.
Caligirl Aug 7th 2008 7:15PM
I heard about stars using money mojos. I would imagine that they used a whole lot!!! lol
http://www.themysticcottage.net/moneymagic.htm
Lucks like it worked for them ..lol
kenny17995 Aug 7th 2008 12:22AM
nice house. I like the pool area and the landscaping.
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