A wealthy Florida couple takes the concept of "living large" to a whole new level. It's the Spruce Goose of homes -- American in its super-sized scope and confusion of styles. And the American Versailles differs from its historic namesake in a few key ways: It's still under construction, it's located in Florida, and it includes amenities like a bowling alley.
The American Versailles, if completed, will be, at 90,000 square feet, bigger than a 747 airplane hangar and will hold the distinction of being the largest house in the United States. Other features include nine kitchens, 30 bathrooms and two movie theaters. The home's mahogany doors and windows alone cost $4 million.
The owners, vacation time-share mogul David Siegel, 77, and former beauty queen Jackie Siegel, 46, said they had originally planned for the home to be smaller.
"We didn't start out having a 90,000 square foot house. It was more like a normal 60,000 square foot house," David Siegel said with a chuckle.
"...But then I said, 'I want a bowling alley,'" Jackie Siegel continued. "And then he said, 'Well, I want a health spa.' You know, so we just kept going back and forth and adding on things."
The Siegels offered filmmaker Lauren Greenfield full access to their home, their prickly marriage and some belt-tightening. When the recession hit, construction stopped for four years.
"This is almost like a riches to rags story," David Siegel said in Greenfield's documentary, "The Queen of Versailles."
In an interview with ABC News, Siegel, the billionaire founder of Westgate Resorts, clarified that comment.
"It never became rags ... They took that quote out of context and said, you know, 'riches to rags,' to appease the 99 percenters who don't like the 1 percenters," he said.
The Siegels are now suing Greenfield and others tied to the film for defamation.
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