Le Grand Rêve

USA / Illinois / Wilmette / Locust Road, 68
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Chicago area's most expensive home.
Dubbed "Le Grand Rêve" (the big dream), owners Sherwin and Deborah Jarol built the North Shore's most over-the-top mansion in 2007, but their children reportedly moved out, and the 27,000-square-foot palace seemed a bit much for the empty nesters. The dream came on the market for $32 million (already well below the $35 million that it is rumored to have cost to build it). A 2011 auction failed to meet the minimum, and it went to realty limbo until 2014, when it popped back up on the listings at $18.75 mil. Wait another couple of years, and they'll pay you to take it.

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Coordinates:   42°5'25"N   87°44'33"W
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