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Posted by: Deidre 1 year, 3 months ago

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The Searles Castle has towered over the town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts for 120 years, its seven turrets and blue dolomite exterior creating a fortress at the end of Main Street. Now, the French chateau-style castle is for sale -- a $15 million property joining a small niche of the world's luxury real estate market.

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PsychoHosebeast1 year, 3 months ago

What a great spot for a bed & breakfast.
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  Teech1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Could Osama Bin Laden be hiding out there?
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    sjm2341 year, 3 months ago
    
    can anyone say..... "TOGA PARTY"
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Sieben1 year, 3 months ago

I would be interested, but it has no "MOAT" which is a must on my list of things I have to have
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  Webreader1 year, 3 months ago
  
  And that moat must have hungry crocodiles in it, too!
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  y_soitenly1 year, 3 months ago
  
  let me see, how many cords of fire wood would I need for heating up this place?
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vidman041 year, 3 months ago

The main problem is that it's in Mass.....
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SantaM1 year, 3 months ago

IF Bush moves in he can operate the country wholly from the castle. It has a dungeon for interogation. It has a throne where he can sign executive orders. and it has many shadow for Dick Cheney to lurk in.
Gonzolez can hide behind paintings with the eyes cut out.

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  CrazyRay1 year, 3 months ago
  
  How relevant...
  SantaM: "huhuhuhuh...
  *clicks "Submit Comment"*
  "huhuhuhuh...
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itsme21 year, 3 months ago

That would be cool to live in! I could tell my husband"Off to the dungeon with you"!
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  dandt16121 year, 3 months ago
  
  That's a good selling point. LOL
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Webreader1 year, 3 months ago

If the price is too high you might get rooked!
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lwjr1 year, 3 months ago

I would buy the place, but it does not have a fire-breathing Dragon. A must when castle shopping.
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  Webreader1 year, 3 months ago
  
  If you can swing it (the castle), you can get your own dragon, just a small additional expense! Get one left over from Chinese New Year next year, cheap! Digging a moat might set you back some, though, and the permits for the crocs might be daunting to obtain.
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    MacR1 year, 3 months ago
    
    No one who is going to buy a castle will want a Chinese Dragon. I mean seriously, why would you want a Dragon that looked all cartoon like? Give me one of those Western Dragons anyday.
    Now what I would be shopping for if I had that castle. Would be to look for the color dragons. You know like have a Black Dragon for Holloween. A Green and Red ones on the walls for Christmas blowing their fire and acid breath creating a beautiful dispaly of presents and candy with smiling children in the background.
    And on New Years at the Stroke of Midnight. You could have Platnium and Gold Dragons showering everyone with small amounts of treasure for the coming of the New Year.
    Oh well, back to reality. Where is that F'n remote?
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      MacR1 year, 3 months ago
      
      OH and use those Green Dragons again on St. Paddy's Day. Get him drunk on green beer. Bad thing about that would be, you would never know how drunk they are cause they would already be green.
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        Webreader1 year, 3 months ago
        
        Mac: You're really dragon, now! LOL
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      y_soitenly1 year, 3 months ago
      
      MacR,
      WOW, You are the master of ceremonies!
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maryhaze1 year, 3 months ago

i'm betting it doesn't come with much land & i'm NOT giving up my 400 acres. now if it could be moved to NH, then we'd talk. also, crocs & alligators don't do well in NE. maybe i could just fill the moat with my german shepherds:~)
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  erica761 year, 3 months ago
  
  I think 61 acres is plenty of room.. Not quite 400 acres but I'm sure your German Shepards will have enough room to run!
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kobzikov1 year, 3 months ago

Well, this is great news!
The lease on my one bedroom is coming up and the castle just entered the market. Since God knows that I've always wanted to live in a castle this has gotta be a sign from above!
And I've heard some posters on Netscape claim that God doesn't exist. For shame! What better evidence do you need?
Though I'm planning to rent out half of the rooms and all of the turrets so if you've ever wanted to live in a turret now is the time to say something.
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doublelawl1 year, 3 months ago

It's not a bad looking castle..I don't think I would want to purchase it though.
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MiraJane1 year, 3 months ago

I'd love to live there. too bad I don't buy lottery tickets.
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y_soitenly1 year, 3 months ago

too bad nobody submitted a video on this place.
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