Thanks Deidre for chasing this down. I saw the WSJ release in Thursday eve and likewise couldn't find a peep about it on the Sotheby's site all day Friday.

C'Ville Virginia is lovely countryside and frankly you could put a concrete box in the middle of a rolling meadow and people will say how lovely. The landscape work of this property is as expected so no real surprises although nothing 'wow' as a $100M tag would expect. For that much money I'd think more specimen trees and/or quaint out-building structures using native stone.

I like Easton's interior designs when given smaller spaces as his own personal residence by him (since sold) known as 'Balderbrae' hit all the right marks. It was a lovely French-inspired cottage. His grand architecture works - see also Bracebridge Hall in Maryland - just are uninspired and bulky. This neo-Georgian just seems big for the sake of being big and is largely uninspired with its facade. The indoor rooms seem to cross that line between being reserved wealth and "look at me I'm rich" presentation.

Just my opinion but too much of a 'Dynasty' cloned feel (and era of construction) yet if you good to the Woodside CA home - Filoli - that was the basis of that '80's TV show it is tastefully reserved inside and the exterior has far more detail to it.

If this had been designed by a Mark Alan Hewitt or a Fairfax & Sammons it would've looked, the day after completion, less "new" and more like it had been Kluge's country seat held for generations. I will give props that at least it doesn't have a basketball court or a 10-car garage front and center which too many folks think is 'klassy'.

I cannot see this fetching a dime over $30 million and even that would be too generous as there isn't enough land. Far more interesting, historic and secluded homes - for less - to be found in Northern VA's Hunt Country of Upperville and Middleburg (like the noted sale of Llangollen a couple years ago) which make buying a property under 500-acres in C'ville less enticing. If she included the winery then maybe it would be pitched in the $50M mark but even then dubious to command that price.

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