A sprawling Dallas-area megamansion that was once asking $32.5 million has sold in one of Texas’s biggest home sales this year.
The exact sale price is unknown, as Texas is a non-disclosure state, and the seller’s and buyer’s agents declined to give an approximate range of the final price. The sale closed last week.
“I believe it definitely is the priciest public sale” of the year, said listing agent Jason Garcia of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, who brought the property to market in February.
The nearly 19,000-square-foot mansion, located in the city’s affluent Highland Park suburb, was built in 2015 by the seller, who bought the property in 2003, records on PropertyShark show. He couldn’t be reached for comment.
“This wasn’t a typical 12-18-month build—it was a five-year process that involved multiple design trips to Europe and an uncompromising commitment to quality,” Garcia said.
The buyers, whose information wasn’t available yet in records, were drawn to the property’s lot size, which is just over an acre and rare for Highland Park, “especially in such a coveted, walkable area,” said their agent Genna Skolnik of Compass.
“They specifically wanted a quieter block with more privacy,” she added.
They also appreciated the megamansion’s design, which blends elements of French and Italian style, with plaster walls, limestone floors—which were reclaimed from a French château—and hardware sourced from Paris. There’s also a 24-karat gold leaf ceiling dome in the foyer, according to the listing.
“The moment [the buyers] walked in, it reminded them of their favorite destinations around the world,” Skolnik said.
The home has six bedrooms and a whopping 13 bathrooms—seven of which are full bathrooms—and amenities include a sunroom with heated floors, a courtyard with a fountain filled with fish, a swimming pool, an outdoor kitchen, and a wet bar and dining room that look straight out of an old world castle.
“The courtyard, with its lush landscaping, fish pond and pool, was modeled after the blended European styles the sellers admired,” Garcia said, “creating the feeling of a true Italian villa in the heart of Highland Park.”