OpenAI首席執行官山姆·奧特曼也加入了為昂貴房產頭疼的億萬富翁行列,原因是他在舊金山住宅的無邊泳池淹沒了低層的房產。
在一份提交給舊金山高等法院的訴訟中,律師們聲稱,倫巴第街950號“一直受到粗制濫造、偷工減料和為省錢而開發的困擾,所有這些都導致該建筑普遍存在缺陷。”
據報道,問題包括未經處理的污水涌入該物業難以進入的區域,“顯然是一個心懷不滿、未獲報酬的分包商”將材料袋塞入管道。
在其他地方,水通過安裝不當的天窗涌入房產,花園灌溉系統和噴泉的水泵也都在漏水。
投訴稱,雖然這些問題讓業主“感到沮喪”,但當氯化水“灌滿(住宅)下層的整個底層地板”,然后從室內健身房的屋頂傾瀉而下時,事情就變得忍無可忍。
灌水過后的調查表明,水是從住宅40英尺(12米)的無邊泳池中滲出的,該泳池可以俯瞰舊金山灣和城市的天際線。
由Hanson Bridgett律師事務所的迪龍·杰克遜(Dillon Jackson)和布萊恩·施納爾(Brian Schnarr)代表業主950 Lombard LLC提起的訴訟指出,“補救危險狀況、更換游泳池和修復下層損壞的費用估計超過400萬美元。”
到目前為止,業主已經花費了數十萬美元來修復這些問題,《財富》雜志查閱該案件發現,訴訟仍在進行中。
公開記錄詳細描述了奧特曼與倫巴第街950號的聯系,這棟擁有六間臥室、八間浴室的豪宅,擁有“度假勝地”般的設施,可容納300多名客人。2020年8月,這位科技大亨將一處企業的主要地址從豪宅更新為位于加利福尼亞州格倫代爾的公司地址。
Zillow的數據顯示,自那以后,該房產再未出售過。
奧特曼的代表沒有回復《財富》雜志的置評請求。
價值2700萬美元的“廢物”
關于這處房產(最初標價4050萬美元)的細節并不難獲得。事實上,這處“杰作”在出售前就被大肆宣傳。
當《建筑文摘》(Architectural Digest)四年前參觀這座豪宅時,出售該房產的開發商Troon Pacific的首席執行官格雷戈里·馬林(Gregory Malin)自豪地宣稱,這座住宅“非常獨特”,擁有“世界一流的設施”。
馬林重點介紹了俄羅斯山莊豪宅的“蝙蝠洞”入口、藝術畫廊、單床“健康小屋”,配有水療和桑拿,以及玻璃電梯。
馬林補充說,四面無邊泳池是他“最喜歡的特色”之一,原因是它懸掛在房產一側的低層建筑之上。
該建筑還配備了水下揚聲器,這意味著如果客人想在廣闊的花園中聆聽古典音樂,游泳者可以在水面下大聲播放泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)的歌曲,而且“沒有人會知道。”馬林笑著說。
該開發商還吹噓說:“我們在開發方面所做的很多設計,你都無法肉眼看到。”
奧特曼的律師團隊似乎也同意這一點,他們稱業主購買的是“一棟美麗豪華的住宅(自認為)”,而實際上他們得到的是“價值2700萬美元的廢物”。
馬林和Troon Pacific,以及所謂的另一個實體,正在被起訴,要求賠償未指明的損失。兩家公司都沒有回應《財富》雜志的置評請求。
更多問題
對奧特曼來說,遺憾的是,這處橫跨整個街區的房產所存在的問題似乎還遠未結束。
環繞泳池的露臺無意中上浮,在這里可以將從舊金山市中心到惡魔島的美景盡收眼底。
訴訟稱,在對游泳池缺陷進行調查后,發現鄰近露臺的排水管堵塞。這些排水管里塞滿了從附近種植園里沖出來的沙子、泥土和土壤,“無法通過商業上合理的手段進行疏通”。
具有諷刺意味的是,根據馬林的說法,該房產的排水和水流系統是其最大的亮點之一。這是因為住宅中的“抗旱植物”和“古老的”百年橄欖樹通過一個12500加侖的回收水箱澆灌,使花園“完全實現可持續”。
訴狀稱,由于這個先進系統的堵塞,在住宅的露臺下發現了“幾英寸深的積水”。
該文件繼續指出,諸如此類的發現意味著業主“預計該房產還有更多尚未發現的缺陷,因此,業主將在本次訴訟中進行調查后尋求損害賠償”。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
OpenAI首席執行官山姆·奧特曼也加入了為昂貴房產頭疼的億萬富翁行列,原因是他在舊金山住宅的無邊泳池淹沒了低層的房產。
在一份提交給舊金山高等法院的訴訟中,律師們聲稱,倫巴第街950號“一直受到粗制濫造、偷工減料和為省錢而開發的困擾,所有這些都導致該建筑普遍存在缺陷。”
據報道,問題包括未經處理的污水涌入該物業難以進入的區域,“顯然是一個心懷不滿、未獲報酬的分包商”將材料袋塞入管道。
在其他地方,水通過安裝不當的天窗涌入房產,花園灌溉系統和噴泉的水泵也都在漏水。
投訴稱,雖然這些問題讓業主“感到沮喪”,但當氯化水“灌滿(住宅)下層的整個底層地板”,然后從室內健身房的屋頂傾瀉而下時,事情就變得忍無可忍。
灌水過后的調查表明,水是從住宅40英尺(12米)的無邊泳池中滲出的,該泳池可以俯瞰舊金山灣和城市的天際線。
由Hanson Bridgett律師事務所的迪龍·杰克遜(Dillon Jackson)和布萊恩·施納爾(Brian Schnarr)代表業主950 Lombard LLC提起的訴訟指出,“補救危險狀況、更換游泳池和修復下層損壞的費用估計超過400萬美元。”
到目前為止,業主已經花費了數十萬美元來修復這些問題,《財富》雜志查閱該案件發現,訴訟仍在進行中。
公開記錄詳細描述了奧特曼與倫巴第街950號的聯系,這棟擁有六間臥室、八間浴室的豪宅,擁有“度假勝地”般的設施,可容納300多名客人。2020年8月,這位科技大亨將一處企業的主要地址從豪宅更新為位于加利福尼亞州格倫代爾的公司地址。
Zillow的數據顯示,自那以后,該房產再未出售過。
奧特曼的代表沒有回復《財富》雜志的置評請求。
價值2700萬美元的“廢物”
關于這處房產(最初標價4050萬美元)的細節并不難獲得。事實上,這處“杰作”在出售前就被大肆宣傳。
當《建筑文摘》(Architectural Digest)四年前參觀這座豪宅時,出售該房產的開發商Troon Pacific的首席執行官格雷戈里·馬林(Gregory Malin)自豪地宣稱,這座住宅“非常獨特”,擁有“世界一流的設施”。
馬林重點介紹了俄羅斯山莊豪宅的“蝙蝠洞”入口、藝術畫廊、單床“健康小屋”,配有水療和桑拿,以及玻璃電梯。
馬林補充說,四面無邊泳池是他“最喜歡的特色”之一,原因是它懸掛在房產一側的低層建筑之上。
該建筑還配備了水下揚聲器,這意味著如果客人想在廣闊的花園中聆聽古典音樂,游泳者可以在水面下大聲播放泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)的歌曲,而且“沒有人會知道。”馬林笑著說。
該開發商還吹噓說:“我們在開發方面所做的很多設計,你都無法肉眼看到。”
奧特曼的律師團隊似乎也同意這一點,他們稱業主購買的是“一棟美麗豪華的住宅(自認為)”,而實際上他們得到的是“價值2700萬美元的廢物”。
馬林和Troon Pacific,以及所謂的另一個實體,正在被起訴,要求賠償未指明的損失。兩家公司都沒有回應《財富》雜志的置評請求。
更多問題
對奧特曼來說,遺憾的是,這處橫跨整個街區的房產所存在的問題似乎還遠未結束。
環繞泳池的露臺無意中上浮,在這里可以將從舊金山市中心到惡魔島的美景盡收眼底。
訴訟稱,在對游泳池缺陷進行調查后,發現鄰近露臺的排水管堵塞。這些排水管里塞滿了從附近種植園里沖出來的沙子、泥土和土壤,“無法通過商業上合理的手段進行疏通”。
具有諷刺意味的是,根據馬林的說法,該房產的排水和水流系統是其最大的亮點之一。這是因為住宅中的“抗旱植物”和“古老的”百年橄欖樹通過一個12500加侖的回收水箱澆灌,使花園“完全實現可持續”。
訴狀稱,由于這個先進系統的堵塞,在住宅的露臺下發現了“幾英寸深的積水”。
該文件繼續指出,諸如此類的發現意味著業主“預計該房產還有更多尚未發現的缺陷,因此,業主將在本次訴訟中進行調查后尋求損害賠償”。(財富中文網)
譯者:中慧言-王芳
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined the list of billionaires with expensive property headaches, after the infinity pool of his San Francisco home flooded the lower levels of the property.
In a lawsuit filed to the Superior Court of San Francisco, lawyers allege 950 Lombard Street has “been plagued by shoddy construction, corner cutting, and development efforts to save money, all which lead to pervasive defects in the building.”
Issues have reportedly included raw sewage pouring into hard-to-access areas of the property, with materials bags shoved into pipes “apparently by a disgruntled, unpaid subcontractor.”
Elsewhere, water has been pouring into the property via skylights which were not correctly installed, and leaking pumps throughout the garden’s irrigation system and fountain.
While these issues “frustrated” the owner, the affair came to a head when chlorinated water “filled the entire subfloor of the lower level [of the home]” and then poured down through the roof of the at-home gym, according to the complaint.
Investigations following the flood concluded the water had seeped out of the home’s 40-foot infinity pool, which overlooks the San Francisco Bay and city skyline.
The lawsuit, filed by Dillon Jackson and Brian Schnarr of Hanson Bridgett on behalf of the property owner, 950 Lombard LLC, notes that “estimates to remediate the hazardous condition, replace the pool, and repair the damage in the lower level exceed $4 million.”
The owner of the property has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to remediate the issues thus far, the case—which has been viewed by Fortune—continues.
Public records detail Altman’s connection to 950 Lombard Street—a six-bed, eight-bathroom mansion with “resort-like” amenities that can accommodate more than 300 guests—after the tech mogul updated the principal address of a business interest in August 2020 from the mansion to a corporation address in Glendale, Calif.
Data from Zillow shows the property has not been sold again since.
Representatives for Altman did not reply to Fortune‘s request for comment.
A $27 million ‘lemon’
Details about the property—originally listed for $40.5 million—are not hard to come by. In fact, the property “masterpiece” was heavily advertised ahead of its sale.
When Architectural Digest visited the mansion four years ago, Gregory Malin, the CEO of developer Troon Pacific, which sold the property, proudly proclaimed the home was “extraordinarily unique” with “world class amenities.”
Malin highlighted the Russian Hill’s home’s “Batcave” entrance, art gallery, one-bed “wellness cottage” complete with spa and sauna, and glass elevator.
The four-sided infinity pool, Malin added, is one of his “favorite features” courtesy of it being suspended from the side of the property above lower levels.
The structure also came equipped with underwater speakers, meaning if visitors wanted to listen to classical music in the sprawling gardens, a swimmer could be blasting Taylor Swift beneath the surface and “no one would know,” Malin grins.
The developer also boasted, “a lot of what we do in terms of development, you can’t see.”
Here it seems Altman’s legal team would agree, saying the owner purchased what they “believed to be a beautiful, luxury home” when in fact they were sold a “$27 million lemon.”
Malin and Troon Pacific—and alleged alter egos—are being sued for unspecified damages. Neither entity responded to Fortune’s request for comment.
Further problems
Unfortunately for Altman it seems the alleged issues with the property—which spans an entire block—may be far from over.
A deck that wraps around the pool—offering views from downtown San Francisco to Alcatraz—is unintentionally buoyant.
The suit alleges that upon investigation of the pool’s defects, clogged drains were found in the adjacent decking. These drains were stuffed with sand, dirt and soil that had washed out of nearby planters and were “not able to be unclogged by commercially reasonable means.”
Ironically, the drainage and water flow system of the property was one of its crowning glories, according to Malin. This is because the home’s “drought resistant plants” and “ancient” 100-year-old olive trees were watered via a 12,500-gallon recycling cistern, making the garden “completely sustainable.”
Given the blockages in this state-of-the-art system, “inches of standing water” were found beneath the home’s deck, the complaint alleges.
Discoveries such as this, the file continues, means the owner “anticipates there are additional still undiscovered defects that plague the property and for which owner will seek damages after conducting discovery in this action.”