DanMar Manor, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jan 12th 2011 at 1:02PM

Today's home is the largest property in Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. The massive home offers an estimated 30,717 square feet of living space and is the largest single-family property ever built inside the gates of Carlton Woods. The master suite alone is over 3,000 square feet and includes a sitting area, exercise room and a beauty salon. The three-story home has three elevators including a unique bird cage elevator in the great room. The media room has a 1950s style soda shop complete with red stools connected to it. The home also includes two separate apartments with bedroom, bath and kitchen for guests or staff. It reminds me of Spelling Manor which is bigger but has a similar look. This home is offered for sale by Debbie Coleman of Coleman Realty with an asking of $19,000,000. It is the highest priced single family home currently offered for sale in the entire Houston area and if it sells for anything close to that it could set a new record for Houston real estate.

Gallery: DanMar Manor

Tags: estate of the day, houston real estate, texas real estate, the woodlands

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Mikki Jan 12th 2011 1:44PM

Another McMansion! Who would want such a huge bedroom that inlcudes a living room set and a desk/office environment? The bedroom is for resting, sleeping and, in adult cases, procreating activies, etc.

These huge McMansions look more like hotels and are cold and empty; not warm, cozy and inviting. They remind me of a place where a hermit or recluse would want to live, be away from the world and never have to go anywhere, as it is all at home.

People with this much money, who would build such huge homes that look like 5 star hotels, must be very lonely, insecure, and need to flash it around that they have money.

I hope the people who build these types of homes, have it paid for when the last brick has been laid, the utilities turned on, and the furnishings paid for as well. It can all be gone in a moments notice; another great depression, computer hackers in the business or personal accounts, etc.

I wouldn't trade my wee abode for all the money from the richest person on the planet.

JLS Jan 12th 2011 5:10PM

Mikki-
The best point of your post is about bedrooms. Having had a ridiculously demanding career in my life, the last thing I would want in my bedroom is a desk. Putting one in the master certainly doesn't promote either rest or great sex. To me, it personifies working round the clock.

Your bedroom is the only place you have certain privacy and peace. As for the sitting areas in them, that would go unused in my homes. I typically would rather sit in a great room or living room. Much more conducive to being connected to one's family.

Mikki Jan 12th 2011 1:46PM

Another McMansion!

Who would want such a huge bedroom that inlcudes a living room set and a desk/office environment?

The bedroom is for resting, sleeping and, in adult cases, procreating activies, etc.

These huge McMansions look more like hotels and are cold and empty; not warm, cozy and inviting.

They remind me of a place where a hermit or recluse would want to live, be away from the world and never have to go anywhere, as it is all at home.

People with this much money, who would build such huge homes that look
like 5 star hotels, must be very lonely, insecure, and need to flash it around that they have money.

I hope the people who build these types of homes, have it paid for when the last brick has been laid, the utilities turned on, and the furnishings paid for as well. It can all be gone in a moments notice; another great depression, computer hackers in the business or personal accounts, etc.

I wouldn't trade my wee abode for all the money from the richest person on the planet.

Mark Jan 12th 2011 2:22PM

I don't think the term "McMansion" applies here. Cheaply-constructed and designed houses, built only to maximize square footage, with little regard for architectural style, squeezed onto undersized lots, is what the term is actually meant for. Essentially, get the most square footage you can for x dollars. While I agree that the house is obnoxiously huge, inefficient and over-the-top, it's still a real mansion and not a mansion-wanna-be.

Eric Jan 12th 2011 4:38PM

In keeping with the previously-mentioned Homeland Security initiative, Luxist has MENTIONED a nice home theater, but shows no pictures of it :(

monet Jan 12th 2011 5:07PM

Eric - I'm thinking the 2nd pic in the thread is the Home Theater. Given all the seating facing 1 direction.

JLS Jan 12th 2011 4:52PM

While this is a grand mansion laced with opulance and rich furnishings, it is way toooo much square footage to feel like home. Everything is beautifully done but on a scale that makes me shiver in these times.

If there is anything that is certain in 2011 it's that NOTHING IS CERTAIN. To venture this far out on the edge-no matter your degree of wealth-is just plain stupid and most of us certainly know that.

I'm sure some Houston oil tycoon will snatch this baby up in a heartbeat. That is the only type willing to risk this. I do think it's a beautiful place-once again, too large.

T Raman Jan 12th 2011 10:31PM

Not sure what the sellers decided to base their asking price upon, but the tax details and the Zillow estimate are less than half the asking price. The same sort of thing seems to be true for many other large homes all over Texas - in these tough economic times, it will be interesting to see what the house goes for and how long it takes to sell. That said, it is a beautifully finished place, if a little too large, flashy and overdone. There's no faulting the quality of the work that went into building this home. Whoever commissioned it, did ask for the best. Too bad, they have to sell it for some reason and move.

reallytorkedoff Jan 12th 2011 10:44PM

I like most of it, but it's way overpriced and the master bedroom is too complicated.

I also have a problem with what appears to a rather large amount of room-temperature wine storage with no obvious locks on the cabinets in the sixth photo. Teenagers would have a blast. If that's actually a wine cellar, it's overblown.

Overall, it's nice, but too pricy.

twoshort74 Jan 13th 2011 11:22AM

It's big, but not out of context in the neighborhood...

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=p0zmvr713pkh&lvl=18&dir=90&sty=b

Lisa Jan 28th 2011 10:22PM

They couldn't pay me enough to move back to Houston. That place is a hell hole. Leave the door open for longer than a second and that mansion will be filled with mosquitoes. Not to mention, how on earth would they cool that place, with the Houston heat and humidity the electric bill would be as much as the mortgage! Plus, The Woodlands, honestly, why would a mansion like this be in The Woodlands, give me a break, lol!