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  1. URY914

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    #1 URY914, Jan 20, 2011
    After more than a year in the making, the House That Derek Jeter Built, the biggest home in the county, is finished. On Wednesday, Tampa's building department issued a certificate of occupancy for the famed Yankee shortstop who calls Tampa his permanent home.

    The $7.7 million house dwarfs surrounding homes on Bahama Circle in Davis Islands. Construction began on the 30,000-square-foot seven-bedroom, nine-bath mansion early last year. Jeter bought up the adjacent lots on which the home sits for $7.7 million in 2005 and 2006.

    The mansion is nearly the size of a Best Buy electronics store and currently is the biggest house, square-footage-wise, in the county.

    Jeter is in town this week for his charity golf tournament, but it was unknown if he's staying at the new waterfront home or if he's staying in his quaint $1 million home in Avila.

    Here is a link to the on line story in the Tampa paper with pictures.......

    http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/jan/20/201612/construction-finished-on-derek-jeters-tampa-mansio/news-metro/
     
  2. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    #2 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jan 20, 2011
    30k sq ft the largest in the county? Wow, would have thought something else would have been larger.

    I know the kid whose parents own the house on the left. Backyard doesn't have grass, lol. It's just a tennis court (only private one on Davis Island I think).
     
  3. kosmo

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    #3 kosmo, Jan 20, 2011
    i think TIger's is bigger. :)
     
  4. SpecialK43

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    #4 SpecialK43, Jan 20, 2011
  5. JAM1

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    #5 JAM1, Jan 20, 2011
    Pretty close... there's a 29k sqft place in Avila. There's a home being built on Lake Thonotosassa right now that will dwarf Jeter's new place, measuring in at 50k sqft.
     
  6. TexasMike

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  7. ExoticSpotter

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    #7 ExoticSpotter, Jan 20, 2011
    Biggest house in the county... not the country.
     
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    #8 JAM1, Jan 20, 2011
    There's an R missing... the article says "county", as in Hillsborough County!
     
  9. URY914

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    #9 URY914, Jan 20, 2011
    Just a tad bit over built for the area.
     
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    #10 Jedi, Jan 20, 2011
    That's my thought. Talk about "McMansions".... give me 60 acres in Montana with 1/2 the floor space....

    Jedi
     
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    #11 agup48, Jan 21, 2011
    I misread that also.

    Those views from the Trump tower are gorgeous!
     
  12. TexasMike

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    #12 TexasMike, Jan 21, 2011
    Oops... :eek:
     
  13. URY914

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    #13 URY914, Jan 21, 2011
    I was thinking how they are handling the rain water runoff. There is almost no grass on the lot. By code he must retain all the roof runoff on his property unless he can dump it into the bay since he is directly n the water.

    One guy living in 30,000 SF. Sure, that makes since right?

    Some of the comments by readers under the story are great.
     
  14. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    #14 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jan 21, 2011
    Any pics of the 50k one? I hope it look better than Jeter's.

    I'm not sure why people love Davis Island so much. It's one of those US Army Corps thing where they made a landfill into an island or something. Plus, TGH is really busy and getting on and off is a pain.

    60 acres, that's it??? It seems easier to find land in Montana for sale in increments of 1,000 acres rather than 60. :) My dream house would be in Montana or Wyoming. I want my own mountain and/or canyon. :) And a lake to myself.
     
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    #15 anunakki, Jan 21, 2011
    All that space and no actual grassy yard
     
  16. GuyIncognito

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    #16 GuyIncognito, Jan 21, 2011
    I'd rather have 3-5k sq ft and a big piece of land than a giant house, crammed onto a lot with neighbors 50 ft away. but to each their own...
     
  17. URY914

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    #17 URY914, Jan 21, 2011
    People like Davis Islands because it is very close to downtown, and it has water access of course. Safe from the 'hood too.

    The 50K S.F. one is finishing soon and I'm sure it will be in the news when it does. It is owned by Don Wallace, the RV King. I guess he didn't like living on Bayshore. The new one has plenty of property with it. He has a pretty sizable car collection too, including a F1 F-car I believe.
     
  18. REMIX

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    #18 REMIX, Jan 21, 2011
    And ridiculous. These kind of houses are soooo 2005.

    RMX
     
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    #19 jsa330, Jan 22, 2011
    RE: Derek Jeter house

    Ugly pile, IMO.

    Looks to be well built, but the architect obviously had little clue about how to successfully pull off a period-style home.
     
  20. mcimino

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    #20 mcimino, Jan 22, 2011
    ...and he seems like such a down to earth, practical kind of guy. I was wrong.
     
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    #22 kali, Jan 29, 2011
    that extravagance in this economy?
     
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    #23 Darryl, Jan 29, 2011
    Bland, plain and out of scale, I feel for his pocket book on the finished exterior, hope the inside makes up for it. Sorry to be so blunt, but big is not beautiful here.
    He is one of the best short stops that ever played the game, I give him that!
     
  24. wax

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    #24 wax, Jan 29, 2011
    Sense wen?
     
  25. Robin

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    #25 Robin, Feb 1, 2011
    I think the builders, roofers, bricklayers, electricians, plumbers, laborers, architects, landscapers, surveyors, inspectors, lumber yards, stonemasons, granite shops, etc involved in building this house would disagree ;)
     
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