Comments on: It’s a Home! It’s a Menagerie! It’s Both!

By: Emerald63

Emerald63 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:02:56 +0000

@K: You're right, it's *not* garish. And for that I'm grateful! But for me, the other extreme isn't the best way to go when the owner obviously has the means to provide something a bit more artistically appealing. In my book, "tasteful" does not have to equal "staid and boring."

By: Emerald63

Emerald63 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:00:39 +0000

@Denita TwoDragons: Yup - angry or "romantically inclined" bovines are *not* a fence's best friend, that's for sure!

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:15 +0000

@Emerald63: Nooooooo kidding! And Lord help you if your darling half-ton gelding decides he likes using your fence to rub his itchy flank! Or--mercy!!--your neighbor's ton-and-a-quarter prize Angus stud bull gets a mind to engage in some "interspecies romance".

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:51:03 +0000

@K: Not that I agree with fox hunting either, but I think they just dart and release the fox now. Still doesn't make up for the sheer terror and stress the poor animal goes through, though... We have the most beautiful grey foxes out here in TX, and the occasional red fox shows up to liven things up. The idea of anything chasing them and making their lives miserable just breaks my heart!

By: K

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:08:26 +0000

Outside of the creepy fox hunting pic, I think the homes and property are gorgeous. Very tasteful, nothing garish and overdone (again, excepting that stupid and inhumane fox hunting event — yuck).

By: Emerald63

Emerald63 — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:11:35 +0000

For the price, the main house isn’t at all ostentatious. In fact, it’s downright mundane. Obviously it’s all those extras that, well, cost extra:

“Comprised of 4 farms this magnificent 2426 acre horse property is comprised of 3 Main homes, 11 Tenant house[s,] 8 Horse Barns with 174 stalls including a 32 stall Foaling Barn, 72 [acres of?] gently rolling fields and paddocks with miles of white board fencing, interior private roads, 11 Run-in Sheds, beautiful Lake and bold Stream.”

Miles of fencing? *Board* fencing? Please tell me it’s been upgraded to the vinyl siding version. I cannot imagine the upkeep in paint alone, not to mention rot, on miles of wooden boards. My in-laws have 200 head of beef cattle and you would not believe how much of their time is taken up with fence maintenance. I know those of horse farm wealth have “staff,” but I do wonder how much of their annual budget is eaten up by all those fences. Probably enough to make for a much grander main house.

You better damn well love horses if you’re willing to pay this price with no attendant showplace to, er, show for it.