Bethesda-Chevy Chase 'WOW' House: $15.95M For Head-Shaking Splendor

BETHESDA, MD — This home listed on Realtor.com is the type of house a professional athlete might buy after signing a, say, guaranteed $80 million contract. It even has a regulation indoor basketball court. With more than 20,000 square feet, you could be forgiven for getting lost in your own house. No worries about finding a bathroom, though. This baby has nine of them.

Described as "one of a kind home reserved for the most discerning buyers," this house happens to have a gated entrance that leads to such things as a heated swimming pool complete with a cabana house. Did we mention the eight fireplaces? Here's a detailed description from Realtor.com:

• Address: 5517 Pembroke Rd, Bethesda, Maryland
• Price: $15,950,000
• Square Feet: 20263
• Bedrooms: 6
• Bathrooms: 8 Full and 5 Half Baths
• Built: 2005
• Features: Perhaps the finest example of architecture, setting and workmanship in the metropolitan area, this truly extraordinary masterpiece has been built by and for a prominent local developer and represents the combined talents of award winning architect Glenn Fong and the interior design of nationally recognized Barry Dixon. Exquisitely sited on a manicured and professionally landscaped private 1.5 acre with gated entry, reflecting pool, separate heated swimming pool and sensational cabana/pool house, this one-of-a-kind French Country home is convenient to the heart and vibrancy of downtown Bethesda. Over 20,000 square feet of unparalleled beauty and design are found in this special home and pool house designed for both full scale entertaining as well as comfortable family living. Eight fireplaces, hand selected random width walnut floors, exotic and imported stones throughout, Waterworks fixtures, exceptional custom plaster mouldings, the area's finest wine cellar, spectacular wall and window treatments and a porte cochere introducing 8 garages with parking for 11 cars are a small portion of the spectacular thought and design that went into producing this one of a kind home reserved for the most discerning buyers

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