Le Rêve on Market for $45 Million

Cast your eyes on one of America’s largest, most ornate residences that just happens to be for sale. Le Rêve is described as a modern-day chateau complete with formal gardens, fountains, and statues on 72 acres of land just north of Atlanta. Think of it as Versailles in the Deep South. The living space adds  up to 47,000 sq ft.

Le Rêve is located at 2015 Trammell Rd, Cumming, GA, 30041, about 45 minutes north of Atlanta, and was built for businessman Hubert Humphrey (no relation to the former VP) and his wife, Norma in 2004 (completed in 2007) by Atlanta architect Norman Askins. Humphrey founded World Leadership Group, which is a marketing and mortgage brokerage company that shuttered its doors in 2008 due to the mortgage crisis. Prior to striking it rich, Humphrey was a freight train conductor for 17 years.

As you can see in the photo above, the 72 acres of the estate are elaborate, consisting of formal gardens, statues, fountains, a golf course, a lake and a great lawn that is four times the size of a football field.

Outdoor grounds:

• 9-hole golf course (two holes are modeled after Augusta National’s 11th and 12th greens).
• a 4 ½ acre lake
• horseback riding trails
• Venetian-shaped elliptical swimming pools fed by natural creeks
• an amphitheatre carved into a grotto
• a lawn tennis court
• formal French gardens with an English maze
• flower garden
• orchard

Indoor:

• 82 rooms
• 6 guest suites
• billiards room
• 27-seat movie theatre styled after Moorish style of Atlanta’s landmark Fox Theatre
• model train room
• virtual golf room
• massage room
• arcade
• corporate business suite with conference facilities
• two-lane bowling alley
• 1950s style diner
• 10 fireplaces
• 12 full and 11 half bathrooms
• ballroom, with terrazzo floors and crystal and bronze chandeliers
• 10-car garage
• security guard houses and high-tech security, electronics and utilities systems

This home has been on the market since last year and according to high-end real estate agents and brokers who deal with luxury properties, “It’s just being in the right place with the right people, ” said Rosina Seydel, an agent with Atlanta Fine Homes.

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