This gilded estate offers some real Garden State glamour.
In Saddle River, New Jersey, this approximately 16,000-square-foot megamansion is looking for a new owner — and one with an appreciation for opulence.
Custom constructed by one beauty-industry executive for another, the property has seven bedrooms and 14 bathrooms spread over three stories — and is currently seeking $9.99 million for sale. Most of all, there are 47,000 sheets of 22-karat gold leaf used to adorn the home, whose glimmering result shines in the listing images.
“I told Sheree, ‘I’m going to build you the biggest, most beautiful home, and I’ll marry you, and you’ll move in,’” Dan Funsch recalled to the Wall Street Journal of what he told his wife, Sheree Funsch, while they were dating. “And I did.”
They bought the land for that biggest, most beautiful home in 2007 and completed Château Sheree, as they call it, in 2012.
The land, which is located less than 20 miles from the city, cost $2 million; the Château and its surrounding gardens cost around $16 million, according to the Journal.
Inside, there are two pubs, a home theater, a pool, a kitchen-equipped cabana, a four-car garage, and a salon where Sheree told the publication she regularly gets her hair done and tests new products.
The gold leaf, for its part, appears throughout the property, and in various murals created by an artist and intended to recall French landscapes.
“The incredible gold leaf was done by a craftsman and enhances the woodworking and plaster reliefs throughout. The ceilings are all unique and exceptionally done,” Vicki Gaily of Special Properties/Forbes Global Properties, who holds the listing, told The Post.
