A stupid excuse to sell history! Guinness Heir puts ancestral home for sale!
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
January 30, 2017 4:17pm CST
Okay, I think it's a stupid reason anyway. Garech Browne has put the home on the market because he spends much of his time travelling to Singapore to see his wife. It doesn't actually state whether he has any heirs himself, but I would assume not.
I realize, that if this is the case, it will most likely be going to the Heritage programs that are established to keep such places in good repair... Well that is if it doesn't get sold.
I think it'd be better in the hands of the Government agencies designed to keep it well and good, than to another zillionaire who may (or may not) appreciate it's history...
Anyway... here's the actual facts for the peoples who want to know.
The 5,000 acre property is on the market for $29.9 million.
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@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Jan 17
I tend to agree. These places need to stay in the hands of people who will love them and take care of them.
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@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Jan 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum ......So he may have made his decision based on that.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
31 Jan 17
@celticeagle I am sure he must have.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
31 Jan 17
Who also know it's history and will have more of an appreciation of it. Maybe this man has no living relatives, or none interested in it. It can't be a cheap endavor, to keep up such a grand place.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
1 Feb 17
I don't know if governments hands are better or worse. Perhaps he should just turn it into a B&B and hire someone to run it for him if he's not around much..
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
1 Feb 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum True.. well hopefully whoever buys it will do something smart with it to keep it well preserved.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
1 Feb 17
That would be something. It would definitely have me wanting to visit it.
I don't know that I'd trust our government, but this is a whole other country. They have organizations just to save buildings such as these.
@crossbones27 (49432)
• Mojave, California
31 Jan 17
Maybe the next person will respect the home more.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
1 Feb 17
I'd hope so. I think it's just my romantic sentiment over it. I've always appreciated a bit of history, even as I hated studying it in my school days.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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31 Jan 17
Maybe he just doesn't like it. No harm in selling something you don't like, even if it does possess charm and history. And I say that as someone who hates getting rid of anything, even things I don't like!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
1 Feb 17
I know to each their own and all that. I suppose it's better he sells it and hopefully it goes to someone who will appreciate it more.
I don't understand this business with his wife though, and why he'd need to sell the house.
