Most Expensive House in Miami: $60 Million

We are a country of optimists, and nowhere can more be found per square inch than the investors who are buying up the south Florida real estate market. We're not sure how this not-so-little gem escaped their notice since it's been billed as Miami's most expensive piece of real estate and has been on the market for $60 million since the spring.

The 30,000-square-foot newly constructed estate was designed by modernist architect Rene Gonzalez and sits on two acres by the bay on Indian Creek Island. And if you have to ask what Indian Creek Island is, you can't afford to live there.

For those to whom it matters, this is a certified "green" house; that would not be me. I'm more impressed by the 3,000-square-foot master bedroom suite, the rooftop lawn and Jacuzzi, the chromotherapy spa and massage room at the waterfront, and the five-star movie theater. This place screams "luxury resort" at me and I would want to know if room service is included in the price. There is a library and separate quarters for the live-in staff. The grounds include an area for yoga, a waterfall, and a 100-foot resort style swimming pool.

The home's entry is surrounded by a 2,000-square-foot elliptical Koi pond filled with with rare species. And there is a full catering kitchen as well as the normal person's kitchen, which in this case is made entirely of teak.

The Indian Creek community has its own police force and a private, 18-hole golf course. Listing agents The Jills -- Jill Eber and partner Jill Hertzberg, both of Coldwell Banker -- have called the estate "a work of art" and they get no argument from us.

But want our prediction? Watch for a price reduction after the first of the year and an international buyer stepping up soon thereafter.

Comments

[TroyM]

03:10 PM on 05/16/2012

Already reduced to $52M after sitting on the market for a long time..
http://miamirealestateinc.com/property/M1199866

[barondarby]

02:02 PM on 12/31/2011

I'd need a golf cart to get around my bedroom...

[sb1after909]

04:28 PM on 12/19/2011

All concrete slabbery. About as sterile as a chemistry lab.

[Protocolor]

07:29 PM on 12/15/2011

Some architect rebooting Japanese design perspectives and conceptions of living spaces in sterile American style glass, polished concrete and marble? Not a bad effort...

[I Kidd]

02:27 PM on 12/15/2011

There is nothing material in this world that I would pay $60 million for. And if someone wants to give me $60 million I'll be more than happy to prove it ☺

(PS - I have PayPal)

[gbtusa]

03:09 PM on 12/15/2011

you need a payingpal;)

[TroyM]

03:06 PM on 05/16/2012

They reduced the price for you to $52M :) They know you will not pay $60M

Listing page: http://miamirealestateinc.com/property/M1199866

[FiscalConservative2012]

02:24 PM on 12/15/2011

for 60 mil you should be looking at open water.........

[Duppy]

02:20 PM on 12/15/2011

It sure is a ugly house. One good hurricane and its a goner !

[DavidMG]

05:38 PM on 12/16/2011

not only disgusting, but unusable.

[traceymarie]

09:11 PM on 12/20/2011

I don't think so...poured concrete roof and walls and a security system for the windows...it will be fine

[floridaviolinist]

01:55 PM on 12/15/2011

and in other news: census data shows that 1 in 2 people in the united states are either poor or in poverty......awesome

[dtroppy]

01:44 PM on 12/15/2011

WOW 60 Million for a house can you imagine that?

[Allgernon]

12:58 PM on 12/15/2011

The sad thing about all this opulence is that the truly rich person is not the one who has the most but rather the one who needs the least.

The knowledge that there is always someone out there who has a little more prevents the owners of such things from achieving happiness.

[cloudmaker]

12:52 PM on 12/15/2011

It looks like a great house. If only it weren't in Miami.

[Plunger 2x]

12:30 PM on 12/15/2011

The last sentence is the key point.. it will be bought up by a foreigner..

[gbtusa]

11:35 AM on 12/15/2011

Stupid Lottery! I'm always off by 6 numbers.

[abudotcom]

11:17 AM on 12/15/2011

I'm going to have to pass on this one... 2-modern-looking for me, :-)

[threalReginald]

11:14 AM on 12/15/2011

"And if you have to ask what Indian Creek Island is, you can't afford to live there." I can just see some disgusting Miamian saying this to some one. In no other place in America have I ever felt the constant urge to smack people in the face. If it weren't for the Miami Heat, and the awesome weather Miami would be a total rat hole.