History Main / BigFancyHouse

* GilmoreGirls: Emily and Richard's home. Sookie is impressed when she and Lorelai doa job there for Emily.

* The plantation in ''SongOfTheSouth''.
* Adam Kesher has one of these in ''MulhollandDrive'' -- a road famous for its Big Fancy Houses.
* [[http://www.ilamhomestead.co.nz/our-location.htm Ilam]], home of the Hulmes, in ''HeavenlyCreatures''.

* In ''TheMatrixReloaded'', the Merovingian lives in one of these. In addition to the "usual" lavishly decorated hallways, WallOfWeapons, and prison located behind a secret bookcase, it also has doors which lead directly into the City as well as a private garage. Noteworthy here because the house is actually located 500 miles away from the city in the mountains (open the doors normally and you go outside into the mountain area, open them with a special key and you enter the city.)

** Of course, Nero's [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating profound unpopularity]] means that this description should be taken with a large grain of salt.

* Rich Manor in ''RichieRich''.

** The movie adaptation of ''Richie Rich'' was also shot at Biltmore. One of the kids idly speculates that it must have its own ZIP code.

* What little we know about the Smash Mansion in the [[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look Series]] makes it look like this. Every Smasher in the house has their rooms specifically designed to suit their tastes prior to their arrival.

* The Darling family of ''DirtySexyMoney'' lives in the Imperial, a townhouse in the upper east side of Manhattan, that stands about eight stories tall and takes up an entire city block.

* The Smash Mansion in the [[FanFic/NewLookSeries New Look Series]]. Every Smasher in the house has their rooms specifically designed to suit their tastes prior to their arrival.

* The Smash Mansion in the NewLookSeries.

* Francis Urquhart, in ''HouseOfCards'', has a very nice house in London, and an impressive estate in the countryside, where he shows off some of his Conservative "Old Boy" values.

* The Smash Mansion in the NewLookSeries.

** We also see Mai's house aka the Shiranui dojo. It's just as big.

* Misselthwaite Manor in ''TheSecretGarden''.

* Darlington Hall, in Kazuo Ishiguro's ''The Remains of the Day.''

* The villain in HughLaurie's book ''TheGunSeller'' lives in a huge mansion with attached grounds within easy commuting distance of London - the protagonist mentally notes the vast wealth this implies.

* Likewise, in ''TheCityHunter'', the house that Yoon Sung grew up in includes extensive grounds, many servants, garages filled with vehicles. Oh and a terrorist-style training camp, all paid for with drug money.

* TheWhiteHouse is pretty damn fancy, though its size comes more from the fact that it's also full of a lot of office space for the President's staff than the residential part. Still, the Executive Residence--the middle part with the staterooms and so on where the President lives--is big and fancy enough to qualify. However, it's substantially smaller than most other official residences of heads of state and government--most private mansions are larger than the Residence, and the parts that are actually exclusively the President's (the private apartments on the second floor) amount to little more than a moderately large three-bedroom penthouse over a building open to the public and otherwise given over to areas for public entertaining. On one hand, this is remarkable, considering that the United States is the world's richest, most powerful country; on the other hand, it's not terribly remarkable, given the egalitarian sensibilities of most Americans.

* TheWhiteHouse is pretty damn fancy, though its size comes more from the fact that it's also full of a lot of office space for the President's staff than the residential part. Still, the Executive Residence--the middle part with the staterooms and so on where the President lives--is big and fancy enough to qualify. However, it's substantially smaller than most other official residences of heads of state and government--most private mansions are larger than the Residence, and the parts that are actually exclusively the President's (the private apartments on the second floor) amount to little more than a moderately large three-bedroom penthouse over a building otherwise given over to areas for public entertaining. On one hand, this is remarkable, considering that the United States is the world's richest, most powerful country; on the other hand, it's not terribly remarkable, given the egalitarian sensibilities of most Americans.

* TheWhiteHouse is pretty damn fancy, though its size comes more from the fact that it's also full of a lot of office space for the President's staff than the residential part. Still, the Executive Residence--the middle part with the staterooms and so on where the President lives--is big and fancy enough to qualify. However, it's substantially smaller than most other official residences of heads of state and government--most private mansions are larger than the Residence, and the parts that are actually exclusively the President's (the private apartments on the second floor) amount to little more than a modest three-bedroom penthouse over a building otherwise given over to areas for public entertaining. On one hand, this is remarkable, considering that the United States is the world's richest, most powerful country; on the other hand, it's not terribly remarkable, given the egalitarian sensibilities of most Americans.

* TheWhiteHouse is pretty damn fancy, though its size comes more from the fact that it's also full of a lot of office space for the President's staff than the residential part. Still, the Executive Residence--the middle part with the staterooms and so on where the President lives--is big and fancy enough to qualify. However, it's substantially smaller than most other official residences of heads of state and government--most private mansions are larger than the Residence. On one hand, this is remarkable, considering that the United States is the world's richest, most powerful country; on the other hand, it's not terribly remarkable, given the egalitarian sensibilities of most Americans.

*** However, about half of this--including the London palaces--is owned by the Crown rather than the Queen herself, and is thus managed by the government. On the other hand, a substantial portion of Crown land is actually part of the Crown Estate, which while managed by the government is in theory voluntarily surrendered to Parliament in exchange for a share of the (lucrative) proceeds and the right to succeed to the Throne, and it is quite possible that should the British monarchy ever end, the Royal Family would keep the Crown Estate. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgnhhKFw C.G.P. Grey explains]]. Finally, certain major properties--including Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle--are directly owned by the monarch personally.

*** However, about half of this--including the London palaces--is owned by the Crown rather than the Queen herself, and is thus managed by the government. On the other hand, a substantial portion of Crown land is actually part of the Crown Estate, which while managed by the government is in theory voluntarily surrendered to Parliament in exchange for a share of the (lucrative) proceeds and the right to succeed to the Throne, and it is quite possible that should the British monarchy ever end, the Royal Family would keep the Crown Estate. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgnhhKFw C.G.P. Grey explains]].