Romney plans to quadruple size of Calif. home

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is planning to nearly quadruple the size of his $12 million California beachfront mansion.

Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and the nominal front-runner for the GOP’s 2012 presidential nomination, is planning to bulldoze his 3,009-square-foot home facing the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, Calif., and replace it with an 11,062-square-foot home, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The Union-Tribune reported late Saturday that Romney has filed an application with the city for a coastal development permit, but that no date has been set to consider the project.

A Romney campaign official confirmed the report, saying the Romneys want to “enlarge their two-bedroom home because with five married sons and 16 grandchildren it is inadequate for their needs. Construction will not begin until the permits have been obtained and the campaign is finished.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/reports-romney-plans-to-quadruple-size-of-calif-home/2011/08/21/gIQAfTk5TJ_story.html

[wtmusic]

1. I thought Mittens's campaign was already finished. nt

[andym]

2. Or is he already planning his presidential library?

Pretty funny, if the latter.

[Wilms]

20. Or scary given the way elections are handled in this country. n/t

[KaryninMiami]

3. That's so nice- will be especially nice to the unemployed,

and anyone else struggling to make ends meet. Go for it Romney- keep reminding us how rich you are!

[RKP5637]

4. He can show us pictures of how luxurious it is to live as America is

turned into a third world country. I suppose he will hire a lucky few to shovel his shit for him as most lead lugubrious lives as America is sold off to the rest of the world.

[hughee99]

9. Unless you're one of the unemployed that get a job demolishing his old house

or build his new one. My guess is that he's not going to do the work himself.

[harun]

27. Trickle down at work. He get's 200 Million Dollars and a few contractors get to tear

down his house to build him a better one. With a ratio like that (1 million to 1) how can America lose?

[Firebrand Gary]

5. Buy companies sells them off to foreign countries and builds himself a mansion.

Yep, hes Representing his parties values.

[RKP5637]

7. A true testimony as in Roman times, the blood of peasant slaves makes

good mortar for palaces. Go Romney Go! Go USA Go!

[blueclown]

6. Waiting for that GOP outrage...

just like we saw with Teresa Heinz Kerry..

[alp227]

19. once Romney starts importing underpaid Mexicans to work on the house? n/t

[Blue_Tires]

34. and John Edwards and Al Gore

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Wait --- it's a 3000 SF house with only TWO bedrooms?

That would be a very bizarre design. I've never seen a house that size with fewer than 4 BRs (and most have enough rooms to be classified as 5 or 6 BR houses.

It boggles my mind that someone would justify building or buying an 11000 SF house so that it can accommodate visits from family.

[dhill926]

11. that's what I was thinking.........n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Near the bottom of the article it says 3 bedrooms

and single story....

[trud]

24. bedrooms

Yes, that's weird. My approx. 1000 sq ft house has three bedrooms and a small room that can fit a cot for visits.

My grandparents had four kids and 14 grandkids, and somehow we did not feel the need to sleep them all in one house during family gatherings. Haven't these people heard of hotels.

[roody]

10. He is not going to recycle the materials?

[jwirr]

12. His Western WH. LOL

[adigal]

13. In this economy, this is a stupid move

He is going to be bashed with this, over and over and over. Rightfully so. No one needs an 11,000 sq ft house. Kids can share rooms. Mittens, get some bunk bed and trundles for your spoiled grandkids.

[Dave From Canada]

37. Who are you to tell someone what they do or do not need when it comes to their home?

I'm thinking that the construction company that gets the contract for this work will also disagree with you.

[alarimer]

14. Typical "screw you, I've got mine" mindset of far too many people in this country

Not all of whom are Republicans.

[davidwparker]

15. No self-awareness during the time he is running for the

republicon nomination.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. meanwhile thousands of people are losing their homes!

[PatrynXX]

17. gee he's not republican

lol. I've at least got a roof over my head but I'm not exactly the only one that is forced to live at home yet alot of republicans would kick kids out of the house. now how many children of his are married and are living at their home?? one set maybe 2 oi times are bad but 5? wow he must be poor (sarastic)

[IntravenousDemilo]

18. Planning on getting a few more wives, is he? n/m

[SoapBox]

21. *gag* *spit*

...I would like to see his slimey ass run out of CA.

Hey Mittens...YOU are NOT welcome here.

[muntrv]

22. Mitt is such a northeastern elitist.

[Botany]

25. A man of the people ..... no doubt

W/ 3,000 square feet and the land around it a good builder / re modeler / architect
could add some bedrooms and bathrooms quite nicely but if you are super rich then
you bulldoze a perfectly good home and build a castle to show the world what a man
you are.

BTW I think that house is on Spindrift Dr. La Jolla, CA and is a classic southern california home .....
what a waste. :grr:


http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=Spindrift+dr+la+jolla+california&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x80dc01512d585dbf:0x2edd6b1eee57e19c,Spindrift+Dr,+CA+92037&gl=us&ei=DqRRTpMWk4SwAojT4coG&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ8gEwAA

[66 dmhlt]

28. Nope. It's at 311 Dunemere Drive, La Jolla, CA

http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2008/06/mitt-and-ann-romney-get-california.html

Romney purchased it for almost $12 MILLION back in 2008 ...
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/311-Dunemere-Dr-La-Jolla-CA-92037/16849324_zpid/

You can fill in the address to get all the public records listing him as the owner ...
http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/services/propsales/propsales_search.aspx

[Botany]

33. Yup! You have got it

What a classic Mediterranean / SoCal home.

the man has a Georgia O'Keeffe and he wants to turn it into a Thomas Kinkade


I used to run by the house on Spindrift everyday.....

[TomCADem]

26. Will He Pull A McCain And Lose Track Of How Many Homes He Owns?

I just hate it when that happens.

:rofl:

[FailureToCommunicate]

31. Isn't there an app for that?

Poor Mittens...

[BREMPRO]

29. nice timing.. show you are a (wealthy) man of the people... should go over well with families .

losing their homes to foreclosure and the unemployed , except the undocumented workers he hires for the construction.. should be lovely...

[Dreamer Tatum]

30. And pay more real estate tax.

What's the problem here?

[Corruption Winz]

32. Perfect... This is the guy America needs.. nt

[Blue_Tires]

35. At least we know where his campaign cash is going..

[Dave From Canada]

36. Damn Romney for putting construction workers to work! Damn him to hell!

I don't understand the criticism. Perhaps if more people decided to go a head with home projects like these, the housing and construction industry could see a bit of a boom.

Damn him for hiring skilled workers to do work on his home. They'll probably get paid pretty well too. Damn him!

[slackmaster]

38. I've spent many a night on that beach. The property tax on that place last year was $134,534.74.

:argh:

His neighbors are NOT going to be happy about him messing up their views.