Sawv ntawm ib qho ntawm tsib lub tebchaws ua noj ua haus hauv nws chav ua noj, Mick Kittredge rattles tawm ntawm cov ntaub ntawv loj tshaj plaws rau nws lub tsev tshiab. Ntau tshaj 60 hectares. Ze li ntawm 120,000 square feet ntawm qhov chaw nyob thiab chaw ua si. Tag nrho ntawm 14 qhov cub, 25 chav dej, 16 chav pw thiab plaub lub tsev hais plaub ntaus pob tesniv.
Sab hnub poob Massachusetts thaj av loj heev, qhov tseeb, Kittredge tau poob suav ntawm chav ua noj thiab tuav.
“Kub? Kuv xav tias muaj tsawg kawg yog rau, tej zaum xya?
“Bars? Yim yam tsawg kawg, tej zaum cuaj? Kuv tsis paub meej. Peb tau muaj pub nkag rau ntawm lub tsev. "
Juggler Meadow, raws li cov cuab yeej cuab tam tau paub, yog ib qho ntawm qhov zais zais ntawm lub ntiaj teb mega-tsev. Nyob deb ntawm qhov chaw nyob ib txwm nyob ntawm Greenwich, Connecticut, Hamptons hauv New York lossis Bel Air, California, Juggler Meadow raug kaw ntawm txoj kev rov qab hauv Leverett, Massachusetts (cov pej xeem: qis dua 2,000). Nws tau tsim los ntawm Kittredge txiv, Michael Kittredge II, uas ua rau nws muaj hmoo ua tus tsim ntawm Yankee Candle Company. Tam sim no, cov cuab yeej yog nyob rau hauv kev ua lag luam rau $ 23 lab.
Zoo li Juggler Meadow nws tus kheej, tus nqi yog ib feem fantasyland, ib feem muaj nuj nqi thiab ib feem unapologetic tshaj.
Lub tsev kim tshaj plaws muag hauv kaum xyoo dhau los hauv cheeb tsam, ze Springfield, Massachusetts, yog $ 2.35 lab, raws li Redfin. Juggler Meadow tau teev nyob ze li ntawm 10 npaug ntawm qhov nyiaj ntawd, tab sis kuj yog qhov tsis tshua muaj kev sib xyaw ntawm qhov chaw, khoom siv thiab chaw ua si. Kev tsim kho dua tshiab niaj hnub no yuav raug nqi ntau dua $ 50 lab, raws li cov kws paub txog vaj tsev.
Johnny Hatem Jr. ntawm Douglas Elliman, tus neeg sawv cev ntawm cov khoom ntiag tug tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov sib piv tsis tau rau lwm thaj av hauv lub tebchaws." "Yog hais tias ib tug neeg nug kuv txog tus nqi siab, kuv hais tias 'sim tsim nws hnub no rau $ 23 lab'."
Qhov tsis paub tias yog vim li cas leej twg thiaj tsim Juggler Meadow hauv thawj qhov chaw pib nrog Kittredge txiv, Michael Kittredge, uas loj hlob nyob ze South Hadley. Thaum nws muaj 16 xyoo, nws tau ua ib tug tswm ciab los ntawm cov ntawv ci los ua khoom plig rau nws niam, thiab ib tug neeg nyob ze txaus siab heev uas nws yuav ib qho. Kittridge pib ua ntau dua, thiab thaum xyoo 1970s nrhiav tau Yankee Candle Company.
Kev lag luam loj hlob thiab xyoo 1984, Kittredge yuav ib lub tsev me me peb chav pw hauv Leverett rau $ 144,000. Raws li Yankee tswm ciab nthuav dav, nrog rau Kittridge txoj kev muaj nyiaj, lub tsev zoo li ntawd. Cov tis thiab cov plag tsev tau ntxiv. Lub tsev hais plaub ntaus pob tesniv tau tsim. Ntau thaj av tau yuav.
Los ntawm lig 1990s, Yankee Candle tau dhau los ua lub tuam txhab tswm ciab loj tshaj plaws hauv lub nroog. Kittredge muag lub tuam txhab rau txog $ 600 lab rau Forstmann Little & Co., lub tuam txhab kev ncaj ncees ntiag tug.
Nrog dej nyab ntawm cov nyiaj ntsuab thiab cov lus tsis sib tw uas tiv thaiv nws los ntawm kev tsim lwm lub tuam txhab tswm ciab rau xyoo, Kittredge tau tsim nws lub neej npau suav. Nws yuav tsev hauv Jupiter Island, Florida thiab Nantucket, Massachusetts. Nws yuav ib lub yacht thiab caij nkoj nrog nws tsev neeg thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Nws tsim ib phau ntawm 80 lub tsheb, ntau ntawm lawv tsis tshua muaj Porsches thiab Ferraris. Thiab nws amassed thiab ib tug sau cawv loj heev nws xav tau ob cellars.
Feem ntau ntawm tag nrho cov, nws nthuav nws lub tsev nrog lub hom phiaj ntawm kev lom zem nws cov phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg loj hlob tuaj.
Mick Kittredge hais tias "Lub tsev muaj yim qhov sib txawv ntxiv rau txhua xyoo," “(Txiv) yuav hais tias 'Nws yuav zoo heev yog tias peb muaj ib cheeb tsam sib tham nrog phooj ywg.' Lossis 'Peb yuav tsum muaj chav loj dua kom muaj kev lom zem Christmas'.
Lub tsev loj ballooned mus rau 25,000 square feet, nrog rau chav noj mov, chav zoo, lavish master suite thiab chaw ua haujlwm. Nyob rau hauv ib tug winding driveway yog ib tug sab nraum zoov pas dej ua ke thiab pas dej ua ke lub tsev nrog ib tug chav ua noj thiab cov qhua. Ob "lub tsheb barns" rau lub tsheb sau yog tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li lub tsev cia puav pheej. Cov paib tooj dag-plated thoob plaws hauv cov cuab yeej ua rau muaj lub cim loj uas nyeem "Lub Spa," thaj chaw 55,000 square-foot chaw ua si thiab chaw tog.
Lub Spa muaj xws li bowling alleys, ib chav billiards, ob-zaj dab neeg arcade thiab massage chav. Lub tsev hais plaub ntaus pob tesniv hauv tsev tuaj yeem hloov mus rau hauv lub tsev hais plaub thiab kev seev cev nrog rau theem kev hais kwv txhiaj tag nrho, qhov twg Doobie Brothers thiab Hall & Oats tau muab kev hais kwv txhiaj ntiag tug.
Kittridge hais tias, "Peb tau muaj cov tog nrog ntau dua 400 tus neeg nyob ntawm no,"
Qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm Spa yog qhov chaw ua si hauv dej hauv tsev uas ib txwm muaj cua sov 89 degrees, txawm tias nyob rau lub caij ntuj no Massachusetts txias. Nws muaj cov ntoo xibtes ntoo, pob zeb qhov tsua thiab grottos nrog lub teeb ci ntsa iab, thiab vaulted ceilings pleev xim nrog cov huab kub thiab lub ntuj cerulean, ua qauv tom qab Bellagio hauv Las Vegas. Muaj cov rooj noj mov ntawm lub pob zeb patio, nrog chav ua noj nyob ze los npaj "pool menu." Cov txiv neej thiab poj niam cov chav locker muaj kaum ob lub lockers, nrog rau cov chav hloov pauv thiab da dej.
Mick Kittredge tau hais tias "Hnub twg, peb yuav muaj 20 lossis 30 tus neeg nyob hauv Spa," Mick Kittredge tau hais.
Thaum nug tias vim li cas nws txiv tau tsim qhov chaw ua si loj heev nyob rau sab hnub poob Massachusetts, es tsis yog decamping rau ntau tus neeg muaj nyiaj muaj txiaj ntsig zoo li Palm Beach lossis Los Angeles, Kittridge hais tias: “West Mass yog tsev rau nws. Nws loj hlob tuaj ntawm no. Nws ua nws txoj haujlwm ntawm no. Nws cov phooj ywg nyob ntawm no, nws tsev neeg nyob ntawm no. "
Xyoo 2010, Michael Kittredge tau koom nrog nws tus tub txoj kev lag luam tswm ciab nrawm thiab ua ke pib Kringle Candle Co., uas txuas ntxiv nthuav dav. Mick Kittredge tau hais tias "Nws pom qhov kuv tab tom ua, paub tias nws lom zem npaum li cas thiab xav rov qab mus rau hauv kev lag luam," Mick Kittridge tau hais.
Xyoo 2012, Michael Kittridge tau mob stroke, uas txwv nws txoj kev txav thiab hais lus. Nws tuag hauv 2019 los ntawm daim siab tsis ua haujlwm thaum muaj hnub nyoog 67 xyoo.
Lub tsev Nantucket muag rau $ 19 lab hauv 2019. Mick Kittredge tau hais tias nws muag Juggler Meadow vim "nws loj dhau rau ib tus neeg. Koj sim nqus 120,000 square feet. Tsis yog tiag, kuv xav pom cov cuab yeej no siv rau nws lub peev xwm tag nrho. "
Hatem tau hais tias tus neeg yuav khoom zoo tshaj plaws rau Juggler Meadow yog tsev neeg uas nyiam kev lom zem thiab kev ua si ntau npaum li Kittredge. Tab sis muab nws qhov loj me thiab nplai, tus neeg yuav khoom ntau dua yog lub tuam txhab chaw so lossis tsev kawm qib siab uas tuaj yeem siv tag nrho lub tsev kawm ntawv.
"Lub cib fim tsis muaj qhov kawg vim tias koj muaj ntau qhov chaw ntawm no thiab ntau yam uas tuaj yeem ua rau koj lom zem tas li."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/01/inside-the-23-million-mega-mansion-that-yankee-candle-built-.html