{"id":253397,"date":"2026-05-01T03:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253397\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T03:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:26:35","slug":"thonotosassa-estate-for-sale-considered-most-expensive-in-tampa-area-at-115-million-its-really-enchanting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253397\/","title":{"rendered":"Thonotosassa estate for sale considered most expensive in Tampa area at $115 million: &#8216;It&#8217;s really enchanting&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8gffpb41l6uao6c3.jpg\" alt=\"Most expensive mansion in Bay Area for sale\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">THONOTOSASSA, Fla. &#8211; An 87-acre estate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hillsborough County<\/a> is on the market for $115 million, which the listing agent says is the most expensive in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tampa <\/a>area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The Oaks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/consumer\/real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Estate<\/a> sits at 12321 Fort King Highway in Thonotosassa and is considered an 87-acre lakefront property.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-04-30-22h36m42s097.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Luxhunters Productions &amp; One Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Eddy Martinez, the listing agent with One Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty, said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/house-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">architecture<\/a> is something like you&#8217;d see in Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;The roads are paved in brick and antique brick. I&#8217;ve been told there&#8217;s 250,000 antique bricks they got from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\/ybor-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ybor City<\/a>. It&#8217;s amazing. It&#8217;s like you&#8217;re in the English countryside with all those intricate private roads inside the estate,&#8221; he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Martinez explained the estate was built in 2012 by the Lazy Days RV Founder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-04-30-22h37m09s559.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Luxhunters Productions &amp; One Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Every single inch of the estate was really designed with intention,&#8221; Martinez added. &#8220;As grand as the scale is of this compound, you always feel cozy if that even makes sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The current owners are from the Midwest and bought the property in 2021 to use as a family compound for vacation, so it is not their primary residence.<\/p>\n<p> Luxury features <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The authentic French Normandy ch\u00e2teau features more than 42,000 square feet, which houses nine bedrooms and 12.5 bathrooms. That&#8217;s not all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-04-30-22h37m25s942.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Luxhunters Productions &amp; One Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty <\/p>\n<p>  24-car automotive museumGymBowling alleyPool and pool houseGo-cart circuitPro-equestrian riding facility with a six-stall barnService complex for estate operations <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Martinez said that the whole property is geared toward nature and features cypress trees and mature oaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;As you approach the guard house, you feel like you have arrived at St. Regis,&#8221; Martinez said. &#8220;You know, it&#8217;s just, European architecture is everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-04-30-22h37m36s820.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Luxhunters Productions &amp; One Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">And seeing the property both during the day and night is a treat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;When you pass the guard house, then you&#8217;re on this private interior road which has a canopy of really mature oaks, and it goes on forever,&#8221; Martinez explained. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s better at night or during the day. At night, the oaks are illuminated, so it&#8217;s really enchanting. You&#8217;re just like in Alice and Wonderland. You&#8217;re in a different place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The home was listed a week ago, and they have two prospective, out-of-town buyers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-04-30-22h37m56s898.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: Luxhunters Productions &amp; One Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">They have already gone through a vigorous vetting process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: FOX 13&#8217;s Allie Corey gathered this information from the estate&#8217;s listing agent.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/consumer\/real-estate\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Estate<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/house-home\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">House and Home<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THONOTOSASSA, Fla. &#8211; An 87-acre estate in Hillsborough County is on the market for $115 million, which the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1917,47,629,62901,555,115,480,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-253397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-consumer","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-house-home","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-real-estate","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}