. No takers. In Beverly Crest, a $100-million mansion has been listed since January 2021. Crickets.
For the next half hour, the women in gold dresses were tasked with opening the remaining envelopes in search of survivors and burying the rest by hand in shallow, makeshift graves in the garden outside the building. In a complex as luxurious as this, the soil was nicely coiffed, soft enough for even the most refined fingers. No brick-hard Southern California clay.Kevin Stein is a district supervisor with L.A. Elite Window Cleaning, which cleans the windows of roughly 1,000 houses every year.
Armed with either a squeegee and mop or a water-fed pole — a 60-foot-long device that uses deionized water to clean glass spot-free — Stein keeps properties looking glistening. It’s a less common service than maids, but he said he’ll typically service a home twice a year . Some compounds require so many bodies that they come with “staff quarters,” or guesthouses jammed full of rooms where full-time workers can stay. Beneath the glitz and glamour of The One, there’s an entire level of bedrooms for staff — with a decidedly lower level of luxury than the rest of the estate.
“With hillside pools, you can double or triple your costs because of all the footings and beams. There’s a lot more engineering required,” said Sheftel, who’s been servicing pools for 45 years. They look immaculate from afar, but a closer look shows that some have foundations that are already cracking. When the estate was still on the market, three or four pool guys would come service them every single week, according to Ted Lanes, who served as the property’s court-appointed receiver last year.
Tell me again why the super wealthy should not pay a massive wealth tax? Fucking butterfly!