Mansionmania Tournament: Round 2, Heat 1 and Round 1 Map
 

As some discussion fodder from Round 1, I've enclosed a map showing our Round 2 contestants. Apparently we really like Florida and California, along with the West and New England. Note that the US Virgin Islands is still in the competition and isn't shown on the map. Looking through the list, we've picked some juggernauts who will duke it out in Round 2.

Mansionmania continues with our 32 2nd-round contestants. You will choose among each pair of houses with the following assumptions:

• The purchase price for you is $0.
• All maintenance, utilities, property taxes, HOA fees, and cleaning is included.
• You must live in the home for the rest of your life.
• You can't travel more than 100 miles from home (via google maps drive time) other than 1 two-week vacation each year.
• You get $250,000 per year as a living allowance
• You get an additional living allowance at the cheaper home, which will be valued at 1% of any cost difference annually. I will note this amount in the poll.
• You get the furnishings. If unfurnished, you get an allowance that will give you mid-grade furniture in every room.
• You get any vehicles in the garage. But only the garage - nothing parked outside.

I encourage you to click on the maps in the listings to see the general location and neighborhood.

Also, I will only enter contestants if they have a sufficient number of photos to judge, as determined by me.

Your entries in this heat are:

Georgia:

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M94996-11832

South Carolina:

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...5_M67832-39919

My voting:

South Carolina is nice, but I don't really need beaches and I'm not really into beach-house interior design.

The Georgia house is double the size, and I really like the style. It's on a lot of acreage, and even though it doesn't have a pool it's a clear winner for me in this heat.

I like that Georgia house more than I remember. It's really nice.

That's one hell of a home in Georgia. I prefer the S. Carolina one though. Sand will be a constant issue with how damned windy that area is though. Sometimes that blowing sand feels like a sand blaster and no amount of effort to keep it outside the home wprks and it will blast the paint right off the wood.

How's it looking for a house with a horse barn to take home the title?

Georgia, pretty easy choice given the similar weather.

I like the Georgia house better, but still voted SC due to the abundance of golf courses in the area.

I can’t stand the Georgia house. Even with the larger house and lot, I’d always be thinking about how much I hated my house. SC it is.

I'd find some amish people and give it to them. If I can't do that, I'd probably make it into a gym.

Oh! Indoor pool! Insulate it and add an indoor pool. I'd have to save some pennies from my stipend, but I could do it.

Voted against Georgia in the last round. I just don't think I could roll up to that house and not feel like a pretentious douche.

SC and the money please.

The amish would probably show up and look at the construction and walk away.

Common that I prefer the location of one and the house of the other. This time the location on the coast outdoes that opulent home in GA, but barely.

That Georgia house, while amazing, seems to be a mashup of houses from Gone with the Wind and Interview with the Vampire and it's overwhelming. And what is up with the Umbrella Corporation's symbol in the middle of the foyer, anyway? Bad juju in that house.

The SC is way more muted and frankly almost boring for the price, but give me the beach, golf, and extra money.

I'll take the South Carolina ocean view over the pretentious over-the-top Georgia house that doesn't have one.

SC plus a half million bucks, yeah I think I could make that work.

GA is cool, but I couldn't live in something like that.

There are elements of the GA home and property that I like better than the SC home, but there are also a lot of elements of the GA home that I outright hate.

Taking the SC home and they money.

ETA: just a straight shot down the water would put Savannah, GA in range, if I had a boat would that count in the rules for this contest?

South Carolina with a $550k each yea is a pretty easy option for me. I'd spend the rest of my days beaching and boating.

What is this?

https://ap.rdcpix.com/ae45809f81888a...1024_h768.webp

South Carolina and 1/2 million a year going away.

I think it's a water tower?

Georgia for me please

Guessing it is for water. Might be a rain cistern or something. Yeah, if I'm drinking rainwater out of a cistern, I'm OUT.

South Carolina by a mile.

It's young money and well designed versus Georgia is gaudy and old money and looks like a house from 1870

Probably a whole treatment system in the brick bits underneath.

A buddy who lives in Hawaii has his own catchment system for rain and treats it for drinking, and the water tasted fine.

South Carolina all day. Short trip to Charleston and Savannah. Some of the best golf money can buy right down the road in Kiawah. And the extra money?!

The only thing the GA house has going for it that's better is the privacy and acreage IMO.

SC: I love the ocean view - but I'm not a golfer. Only one acre. The decor does not do anything for me.
GA: Gaudy for my tastes. i'm not a horse person either (but maybe I could be...are they like big dogs? I like dogs.) A lot of acreage. The 8' waterfall in the description looks to be a fountain.

I've started to think of this competition as: If I am under house arrest, which place do I choose. I have to spend the rest of my life sleeping in one place.

I am choosing the Georgia house, mostly because of the amount of land upon which I can gambol about. The out buildings could be repurposed. I might put in a small 1 barrel brewing operation. Or a small distillery. Who knows...I might get me a horse to ride about my property. I love that SC beach, but that one acre is too confining.

At first I thought it might be a crypt because I thought that was a cross above the door. But as I look at it again, I think it's probably some kind of water storage system, maybe for use on the grounds rather than for drinking.

Back to subject. I like the SC house better, but that lot is just weirdly shaped. However, since I can't play golf any more and I have an adversion to hurricanes, I guess I'll go GA.

Edit: I went back and looked at the SC property on Goggle Maps satellite and it appears to be only around 50-60' wide at it's widest point. There are a lot of trees in front so I couldn't see the driveway, but the small portion in front of the house appears to be dirt/sand. Looking at the lot drawing on the realator's map, the frontage can't be more than 15' wide. Amazon would have a hard time finding me there since they seem to have a problem with my 330' frontage now.