NBA legend Michael Jordan is a huge guy but his mansion is a massive, even by superstar standards, and is likely to sell for a small fortune when it goes to auction this month.
Located half an hour out of Chicago, the nine-bedroom, 15-bathroom mansion sprawls over three hectares and boasts five fireplaces, a wine cellar with room for 500 bottles, a home theatre, card room and cigar room.
There’s also a three-bedroom guesthouse, pool area, outdoor tennis court and three climate-controlled multi-car garages. The private gate is boldly embellished with a huge number 23, the jersey number Jordan famously wore during his time with the Chicago Bulls.
Jordan, a six-time NBA champion, put his home of 20 years on the market for $29 million originally in February last year, which ended up by the most expensive listing price in the area ever.
But after failing to find a buyer, he is taking it to auction on November 22, with a $250,000 deposit to bid and no reserve.
The home, where Jordan lived with his former-wife, Juanita, and their three children, is to be sold furnished.
It took two years to build and was designed to “Jordan’s exact specifications”, according to the listing.
He told the Wall Street Journal that he was selling the property because his three children had left home so he no longer needed a large house in Chicago.
The Jordans divorced in late 2006, after 17 years of marriage. Mr Jordan remarried model Yvette Prieto last year.
The home will be auctioned by New York-based Concierge Auctions.
Original article published at www.news.com.au by Staff Writer, News Limited Network, 8/11/2013