The house porn stats include: $27 million to build, 61 rooms, 14 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, pool; basketball, tennis and bocce courts, putting green . . . all shoe-horned on 2.68 waterfront acres.
In an earlier article in Martha's Vineyard Magazine, the builder Gary Maynard of Holmes Hole Builders said:
By comparison, the new Martha's Vineyard Hospital which opened in 2011 has 24 rooms, is 90,000 square feet, and cost $48 million."It’s very difficult to limit size or to control aesthetics without a real fight that involves a landowner’s basic rights. The question is really whether large homes have a net negative impact on the community, and what can be done to mitigate that impact. The first step in mitigation is to define exactly what is objectionable: Is it an aesthetic problem? Is it environmental impact? Is it cultural impact? These are all important issues that have very complex roots, legal and social ramifications, and some very personal answers."
