>>4183629 prev bread
It's not just a house, it's the "Painter Mansion":
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6510-New-Market-Way-Raleigh-NC-27615/6560448_zpid/
8 beds, 14 baths, 16,856 sq ft
26 rooms
2999 sq ft basement
Zillow estimate $5,651,163
All the luxury pics you can stand:
http://homesoftherich.net/2009/03/raleighs-most-lavish-mansion/
"This 21,000 square foot mansion overlooks the 18th hole of the North Ridge Country Club. The owner of the home, investor Wendy Painter, received the home after her divorce from Dean Painter. Dean made his fortune when he sold his computer leasing company, CLG, to Centura Bank. If the mansion were to sell, it would be the priciest home sale in Raleigh history. The mansion contains 8 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, 9 fireplaces, commercial sized kitchen used for catering events, a grand foyer with two staircases on either end, a grand parlor, a den, a loggia, a dining room, a game room, 2 elevators, 2 offices, a gym with spa, a tanning room, a wine cellar, and a swimming pool with terrace."
OK so who's Dean Painter?
Dean Painter made his fortune from the sale of his computer leasing company, CLG, in 1996 to Centura Bank, now RBC Centura, in exchange for shares of Centura stock valued at almost $62.7 million at the time.
Painter cashed in years ago, though, so am thinking it's the IRS raiding that house for assets to pay back taxes. Just guessing, though.
I can just see it: chock full of 90's decor, complete with gold doorknobs and swan water faucets. Ugh.
Why do people want those giant money-signaling piles? If you set your book or your coffee down, you gotta walk half a mile to find them. No thanks.