Tahoe’s $75 Million Tranquility Estate
Since learning that one of the highest priced homes in America is only four miles from my home, I’ve been fascinated by the Lake Tahoe estate called Tranquility. It is owned by co-founder of Tommy Hilfiger, Joel Horowitz, and is listed at $75,000,000.
You can learn some basic information on Tranquility at www.tranquilitylaketahoe.com. I’ll also include some property detail at the bottom of this message. However, I want to focus this write-up on a few things I find pretty fascinating about the property.
First, even Realtors cannot step foot onto the property without a buyer who can provide verification of funds (i.e. a bank statment showing $75,000,000). The driveway can be seen from Highway 50, but you won’t get past the private guardhouse, which is just off the road. The only time Tranquility was open to the public was 2007 when the Horowitz’s generously opened their home for an Angora Fire benefit. 250 tickets to see the home’s interior were sold at $500 a piece. $250 tickets were sold to those attending the benefit on the property grounds without the tour of the home.
The closest encounter with Tranquility that is currently available is through a satellite image from Google Earth.
I’ll share a few additional interesting facts about the property. The conservatory, which features a 100-foot pool, has a roof that retracts when the room reaches a certain temperature. It also has an underground tunnel that provides access to and from the main residence. Underground tunnels have a lot of utility during Tahoe February’s when the snow pack is six-feet deep.
For the sports junkie, the gymnasium features a basketball court with regulation NBA backboards and scoreboards. Outside, there are two par 3 golf holes and horse stables. There is also a room with a golf simulator in the home.
Finally, do notice any similarity between these two pictures?
Tranquility’s staircase is actually a replica from the S.S. Titanic. …I’ll have to plan that for my next remodel!
For more information on Tranquility see my post, Tahoe’s $100 Million Tranquility Estate - Part 2.
Tranquility Details:
8 Buildings:
* Main Residence (20,000+ sqft.)
* Guest Residence (5,000+ sqft.)
* Staff and Guest Residence (5,000+ sqft.)
* Gymnasium (4,000 sqft.)
* Art Studio (1,400 sqft.)
* Conservatory (pool)
* Stables
* Boat House Pavilion
210 Acres
16-Car Garage
19-Seat Theater
100-Foot Indoor Pool
2 Par 3 Golf Holes
3,200-Bottle Wine Cellar
Cigar Lounge styled after the one in New York’s St. Regis Hotel
Edit: Changes were made to reflect a price reduction.
Tags: 100 million dollar home, 75 million dollar home, hilfiger estate, hilfiger home, joel horowitz, shari chase, Tranquility Estate, tranquility lake tahoe, tranquility mansion, tranquility tahoe, zephyr cove mansion
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May 26th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
$100 million and it isn’t even on Lake Tahoe. I’ll pass.
June 15th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Do the comps. even at the high end, the house is overpriced by 30 to 40 million.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I was a helper for the granite company that worked there. I thought I’d add a couple of other cool things that stood out for me.
1.The master bath is made completely out of white carrera marble. Floors,walls,crown molding, window sill, and shower. There is a jetted tub that was carved from two large chunks of marble.
2. Each door hinge cover is made from solid silver.
3. I’ve seen it mentioned that the property was completed in 2000. That’s innacurate. It was completed in 2001. We were still finishing up in the spring.
4. The brown trout grew so accustomed to hamburger helper and hostess products that when Horowitz would fish the lake, he couldnt catch anything with normal bait. We would eat on the dock and feed the trout.
5. The entire house has hydronic heating. We had to be extra careful of all the hoses when putting the marble floors down.
6. In the picture of the staircase, at the base of the stairs on the floor, there are little squares of blue marble. We were worried we wouldnt have enough to complete the job. There was none left in the world. We used it all.
7. I hated working here. It was SO cold all the time. It was hard hard work.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
When Feedell comes with his people this home is worthless.
January 27th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
That home will be mine one day.
June 5th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
My husband and I LOVE Lake Tahoe, it is beautiful, I am sure this home is beautiful. Would I buy it if I had the money H–l, yes!
October 2nd, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Sometimes it is just fun to look at something so beautiful!
October 4th, 2010 at 6:05 am
I LOVE THIS HOME!!! my dream home!!!
November 30th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
My favorite place in the whole world is Lake Tahoe. And my favorite movie is Titanic, combining them is pure genius.
February 10th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
this is such a beutiful house my dream house<3
March 11th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
it is one my favorite homes in the world…it was ment for me
June 17th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
What does this person do for a living?
June 29th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Joel Horowitz is the co-founder of the Tommy Hilfiger line of clothing.