- San Francisco's mini-Versailles, Le Petit Trianon, is on the market for $30 million.
- The home has quite the history: It was damaged by an earthquake, abandoned by a tech exec, and used as a squatting haven, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- Its most recent owner spent millions on a renovation spanning three years and gave the 18th-century inspired interior a modern facelift.
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On the market: San Francisco's mini-Versailles.
Just like the palace it's modeled after, Presidio Heights' Le Petit Trianon replica has quite the history. The home was built by a wool merchant in the early 1900s only to be damaged shortly thereafter by an earthquake, reported Katherine Clarke for The Wall Street Journal.
It was later purchased by Salesforce and CNET co-founder Halsey Minor, who abandoned it after going broke during the financial crisis — after which skateboarders broke in to ride the stairwells, and self-described artist and nomad Jeremiah Kaylor squatted in it, according to Clarke. Kaylor told Clarke he sold $300,000 worth of the house's art.
Once Minor filed for bankruptcy in 2013, venture capitalist Ron Jankov bought it for $12 million in a trustee sale, Clarke said. After spending millions on a multi-year renovation, Jankov is now selling the nearly 18,000-square-foot house for $30 million because he gets lost inside, he told Clarke.
Here's a look inside what Clarke calls "one of San Francisco's most iconic — and notorious — homes."
Sitting on a 20,311-square-foot lot, San Francisco's mini-Versailles is a national historical landmark dating back to the 1900s.
Source: Le Petit Trianon
Modeled after Le Petit Trianon, the sandstone mansion underwent a multimillion-dollar facelift to its 18th-century grandeur. It took three years to complete.
Source: Wall Street Journal
The chateau-style residence features nearly 18,000 square feet of living space and 20 rooms.
Source: Le Petit Trianon
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