Now you see it…

Now you don’t!

Thanks to Kathy, who sent this one in. She remarks:

It’s as if they have a kitchen only because the condo or local codes requires one. But the kitchen is not the only wonder to behold…

Indeed!

Take this nondescript hutch, for instance…

BOOM! Giant liquor cabinet.

And check out that bathtub faucet. Wow.

There’s certainly something to be said for picking a theme and sticking with it.

What, no Batmobile included?

I love that the Batstudy has 3 TVs… all tuned into sports.

I assume this elevator goes down to the Batcave, but there aren’t any photos of said Batcave in the listing. Probably too top-secret.

Sometimes Batman’s gotta relax, right?

Also great about this listing: the sheer number of televisions. I counted at least a dozen, including this one:

Because if you can’t watch TV behind one of your pool’s waterfalls, you’re basically a poser.

From submitter Emerald63:

Just imagine the theme parties!

Indeed.

At 9,500 square feet, this place is quite the personal palace.

Sadly for you, it has already sold (for $5.6 million). You can still enjoy this sweet video tour of the place, however.

http://vimeo.com/90374237

From Emerald63, who found this gem:

This fantasy B&B is about more than decor – look at all the built-in details. There are castle, pirate ship, even prehistoric cave dwelling suites… and more! Great price in a nice resort area. Not high-end, but loads of middle-class fun.

I’m pretty sure this is the first listing we’ve featured here that has its own profile on both TripAdvisor and Yelp.

Not sure why the photos are such low quality, but if I had to guess I’d say maybe it is because better-quality photos might reveal the unfortunate state of disrepair these “cottages” have fallen into.

The Yelp page has a painfully detailed review from about a year ago along with 37 photos of the sad state of affairs that were uploaded by the reviewer.

The lack of maintenance seems to extend to their online presence, too. Their official website looks like it hasn’t been updated since the ’90s.

At 469 days on market, I question the listing’s claim that “the owner needs to relocate.” Seems like if the need was all that pressing they might have bothered taking a few nicer photos or at least dropping the price once or twice.

The still photos on this listing are amazing, but they really don’t do this property justice. Thankfully, the listing agent had a video made. It is amazing.

This aerial shot gives you a sense of the scope of this mini-railroad.

Complete with a mini-trainyard.

And inside: more, even smaller trains!

It’s a $3.5 million train-lover’s paradise!

Updates!

Here is the home’s official webpage: UniqueEstateForSale.com

Looks like I’m not the only one who thinks this is an awesome listing. We were picked up by BoingBoing (first), Gizmodo, Daily Picks and Flicks, Neatorama, Well Done Stuff, and even Fox News Politics(?!?). Some of these sites even did further research. Here’s some of what they found.

Daily Picks and Flicks found another tour of the home by the listing agent, Jason Gardner:

Daily Picks and Flicks also found this great CNN Money video that features the property and its owner, Tom Miller, who built every train you see in these videos!

Daily Picks and Flicks also found a forum thread on myLargescale.com in which Tom explains his motivation for selling:

…it is time to let someone else take stewardship of what I have created. I intend to keep my locomotives and run them at club railroads around the country unless the new owner insists they go with the property. After all they are just stuff and I could build other and different locomotives.

Well Done Stuff found another video.

I’ll continue to update this post as people find more neat stuff about this property.

Whoa.

This place is seriously incredible.

How is that roof even possible?

SOLD. Or, it would be anyway, if I had 1.8 million dollars.

Welcome to my home! Now prepare to be boarded!

Note that these are two different cannons (the light above is different).

Nothing says “this home is super classy” like a fountain made of half-naked ladies.

A pipe organ and a pair of sarcophagi isn’t how I would have chosen to decorate my dining room, but sure, whatever.

The movie room: also super classy. I do like that they put “Hook” up on the screen for the photo though.

The dungeon seals this home’s position as the most over-the-top themed house I’ve ever seen.

Okay wait, what? We just went from pirates to space? So confused.

And let’s not forget the scale old west village, complete with train. Huh?

More photos at this virtual tour.

There’s definitely something to be said for choosing a theme and going all out on it.

Something to be said… What was it…

Ooh, a boat!

Ooh, a bird!

Wait, what were we talking about?