The most important home in Tennessee, which spans almost 40,000 sq. toes with 86 rooms in whole, and comes with doorknobs price $200,000 and Swarovski crystal chandeliers is being torn down.

Positioned in Knoxville, the house — which incorporates a three-story library, a house theater and a $5 million main bedroom — offered again in October for $6.5 million by developer Lview Properties LLC.

The plan is to switch the present house, which sits on 8.2 acres into three heaps for 3 completely different properties, Sharon Bailey, a dealer and consultant of the Villa Collina house owners, instructed Knox Information.

Earlier than its demolition, a December 4 public sale with all of the gadgets inside the house occurred. Folks from so far as Utah and New York got here right down to bid on high-quality gadgets starting from the property’s assortment of Sherle Wagner door handles and toilet fixtures, a mechanical desk, a slot machine, a life-size Roman bust, a Wellington couch, a Weber piano and way more.

Whereas the tear down started on Monday, The Submit obtained pictures contained in the extravagant house and all the posh options and gadgets that got here with it.

“The auctions went above expectations,” Bailey instructed Knox Information. “We have been considerably shocked for the demand for lots of that stuff. To purchase paneling and commodes and lighting methods — it was fairly stunning however very attention-grabbing.”

“Sadly, the home has confirmed itself impractical as a single-family residence,” Sam Furrow, proprietor of Furrow Public sale Co., instructed Knox Information.

“What we’re doing, a minimum of, is sharing a few of the heritage of Villa Collina and its recollections for the entire group as a result of lots of people have been right here over time in varied methods.”

The Italianate-style mansion is made up of eight bedrooms and 16 bogs, a three-story library, house theater and a $5 million main bedroom, based on the Villa Collina web site (sure, an entire web site was devoted to the house).

Options of the mansion embody a 2,600 square-feet wine cellar that boasts a grotto, curated tasting rooms and storage for 1000’s of bottles inside its twisting brick corridors. It additionally has a house spa with a heated indoor pool, scorching tub, sauna and train room.

The itemizing additionally describes how the house was made up of hand-crafted finishes, bogs with gilded fixtures and Italian marble accent items.

Located within the upscale historic Lyons View neighborhood, by way of wrought-iron gates, different options embody a secluded visitor suite, workers quarters, and a industrial elevator.

“The property options unparalleled views of the Tennessee River and Nice Smoky Mountains, whereas solely being a couple of minutes from Downtown Knoxville and the College of Tennessee,” the earlier itemizing famous.

Debbie Elliott-Sexton and Blake Pruitt of Alliance Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty held the itemizing, and likewise took half within the final three transactions of the house.

“All three are record-breaking gross sales,” a rep for Alliance Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty instructed The Submit.

Villa Collina was inbuilt levels within the 90s and 2000s by Mike and Deane Conley, who beforehand owned heavy gear firm Regal Corp.

The property was offered 4 completely different instances within the final decade and it’s pricing historical past was referred to as into query after it offered for $8.5 million in 2011, however then re-listed and offered in 2016 at a 25% loss for $6.375 million.

Probably the most head-turning exercise on the house occurred in 2020 when it offered for $10.5 million to Afghan army contractor, Shafiqullah Koshani, just for him to attempt to promote it a mere two weeks later for $750,000 lower than he paid for it. Koshani had bought the most important house in Tennessee from his enterprise associate, based on Moon Capital Administration.

The Submit has reached out Koshani for remark.