As every one knows, there is absolutely nothing worse than a rich person with bad taste. That could be the problem with this Orinda estate that's headed to auction at the end of the month. Here's the deal: The guy that used to be America's highest paid CEO is putting his mansion up for auction because no one's paid $22 million dollars for it in the past five months. Behold 10 Winding Lane, a 23,400-square foot shrine to the 1990s.
First let's get the lay of the land. If there was a "You Are Here" mall map star on this thing, mine would always be in the pizza room. What's with all the teeny tiny Patty Hearst rooms in the middle? Who lives there without access to their passport?
This is the room where you look at rocks illegally removed from National Parks.
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Which is classier; the multi-marble artisan lazy susan or the dying plants?
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It's not listed on the blueprint but this must be the tantric sex room. It's also used for "meditating" by one's third wife and one's fifth gardener.
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Inside each one of these doors in a purple PT Cruiser.
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This appears to be a photograph of the showers in the estate's fitness complex. How many people does one CEO need to exercise with at once? And how many people need to cut themselves on the unfinished shower doors before someone files those things down?
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Contrary to popular assumption, 10 Winding Lane is not owned by the CEO of Pine Sol.
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Here is the sauna and here is the steam room but far more importantly, here is a tree.
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Whomever buys 10 Winding Lane will have to provide their own basket with toe-shoes at the foot of this climbing wall.
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Inside each one of these urns is the ashes of an architect who refused an eclectic array of client-requested design elements.
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This house is the structural equivalent of those black and white photos where the only color is red lips and a red, wet rose. Please hire us to housesit. Anytime. For free.
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Those interested in bidding on 10 Winding Lane, be warned. One needs a deposit of $250,000 just to participate in the auction. Shoppers can find details at Concierge Auctions.
h/t: Curbed SF
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