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OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥特曼也加入了为昂贵房产头疼的亿万富翁行列,原因是他在旧金山住宅的无边泳池淹没了低层的房产。
在一份提交给旧金山高等法院的诉讼中,律师们声称,伦巴第街950号“一直受到粗制滥造、偷工减料和为省钱而开发的困扰,所有这些都导致该建筑普遍存在缺陷。”
据报道,问题包括未经处理的污水涌入该物业难以进入的区域,“显然是一个心怀不满、未获报酬的分包商”将材料袋塞入管道。
在其他地方,水通过安装不当的天窗涌入房产,花园灌溉系统和喷泉的水泵也都在漏水。
投诉称,虽然这些问题让业主“感到沮丧”,但当氯化水“灌满(住宅)下层的整个底层地板”,然后从室内健身房的屋顶倾泻而下时,事情就变得忍无可忍。
灌水过后的调查表明,水是从住宅40英尺(12米)的无边泳池中渗出的,该泳池可以俯瞰旧金山湾和城市的天际线。
由Hanson Bridgett律师事务所的迪龙·杰克逊(Dillon Jackson)和布莱恩·施纳尔(Brian Schnarr)代表业主950 Lombard LLC提起的诉讼指出,“补救危险状况、更换游泳池和修复下层损坏的费用估计超过400万美元。”
到目前为止,业主已经花费了数十万美元来修复这些问题,《财富》杂志查阅该案件发现,诉讼仍在进行中。
公开记录详细描述了奥特曼与伦巴第街950号的联系,这栋拥有六间卧室、八间浴室的豪宅,拥有“度假胜地”般的设施,可容纳300多名客人。2020年8月,这位科技大亨将一处企业的主要地址从豪宅更新为位于加利福尼亚州格伦代尔的公司地址。
Zillow的数据显示,自那以后,该房产再未出售过。
奥特曼的代表没有回复《财富》杂志的置评请求。
价值2700万美元的“废物”
关于这处房产(最初标价4050万美元)的细节并不难获得。事实上,这处“杰作”在出售前就被大肆宣传。
当《建筑文摘》(Architectural Digest)四年前参观这座豪宅时,出售该房产的开发商Troon Pacific的首席执行官格雷戈里·马林(Gregory Malin)自豪地宣称,这座住宅“非常独特”,拥有“世界一流的设施”。
马林重点介绍了俄罗斯山庄豪宅的“蝙蝠洞”入口、艺术画廊、单床“健康小屋”,配有水疗和桑拿,以及玻璃电梯。
马林补充说,四面无边泳池是他“最喜欢的特色”之一,原因是它悬挂在房产一侧的低层建筑之上。
该建筑还配备了水下扬声器,这意味着如果客人想在广阔的花园中聆听古典音乐,游泳者可以在水面下大声播放泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)的歌曲,而且“没有人会知道。”马林笑着说。
该开发商还吹嘘说:“我们在开发方面所做的很多设计,你都无法肉眼看到。”
奥特曼的律师团队似乎也同意这一点,他们称业主购买的是“一栋美丽豪华的住宅(自认为)”,而实际上他们得到的是“价值2700万美元的废物”。
马林和Troon Pacific,以及所谓的另一个实体,正在被起诉,要求赔偿未指明的损失。两家公司都没有回应《财富》杂志的置评请求。
更多问题
对奥特曼来说,遗憾的是,这处横跨整个街区的房产所存在的问题似乎还远未结束。
环绕泳池的露台无意中上浮,在这里可以将从旧金山市中心到恶魔岛的美景尽收眼底。
诉讼称,在对游泳池缺陷进行调查后,发现邻近露台的排水管堵塞。这些排水管里塞满了从附近种植园里冲出来的沙子、泥土和土壤,“无法通过商业上合理的手段进行疏通”。
具有讽刺意味的是,根据马林的说法,该房产的排水和水流系统是其最大的亮点之一。这是因为住宅中的“抗旱植物”和“古老的”百年橄榄树通过一个12500加仑的回收水箱浇灌,使花园“完全实现可持续”。
诉状称,由于这个先进系统的堵塞,在住宅的露台下发现了“几英寸深的积水”。
该文件继续指出,诸如此类的发现意味着业主“预计该房产还有更多尚未发现的缺陷,因此,业主将在本次诉讼中进行调查后寻求损害赔偿”。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥特曼也加入了为昂贵房产头疼的亿万富翁行列,原因是他在旧金山住宅的无边泳池淹没了低层的房产。
在一份提交给旧金山高等法院的诉讼中,律师们声称,伦巴第街950号“一直受到粗制滥造、偷工减料和为省钱而开发的困扰,所有这些都导致该建筑普遍存在缺陷。”
据报道,问题包括未经处理的污水涌入该物业难以进入的区域,“显然是一个心怀不满、未获报酬的分包商”将材料袋塞入管道。
在其他地方,水通过安装不当的天窗涌入房产,花园灌溉系统和喷泉的水泵也都在漏水。
投诉称,虽然这些问题让业主“感到沮丧”,但当氯化水“灌满(住宅)下层的整个底层地板”,然后从室内健身房的屋顶倾泻而下时,事情就变得忍无可忍。
灌水过后的调查表明,水是从住宅40英尺(12米)的无边泳池中渗出的,该泳池可以俯瞰旧金山湾和城市的天际线。
由Hanson Bridgett律师事务所的迪龙·杰克逊(Dillon Jackson)和布莱恩·施纳尔(Brian Schnarr)代表业主950 Lombard LLC提起的诉讼指出,“补救危险状况、更换游泳池和修复下层损坏的费用估计超过400万美元。”
到目前为止,业主已经花费了数十万美元来修复这些问题,《财富》杂志查阅该案件发现,诉讼仍在进行中。
公开记录详细描述了奥特曼与伦巴第街950号的联系,这栋拥有六间卧室、八间浴室的豪宅,拥有“度假胜地”般的设施,可容纳300多名客人。2020年8月,这位科技大亨将一处企业的主要地址从豪宅更新为位于加利福尼亚州格伦代尔的公司地址。
Zillow的数据显示,自那以后,该房产再未出售过。
奥特曼的代表没有回复《财富》杂志的置评请求。
价值2700万美元的“废物”
关于这处房产(最初标价4050万美元)的细节并不难获得。事实上,这处“杰作”在出售前就被大肆宣传。
当《建筑文摘》(Architectural Digest)四年前参观这座豪宅时,出售该房产的开发商Troon Pacific的首席执行官格雷戈里·马林(Gregory Malin)自豪地宣称,这座住宅“非常独特”,拥有“世界一流的设施”。
马林重点介绍了俄罗斯山庄豪宅的“蝙蝠洞”入口、艺术画廊、单床“健康小屋”,配有水疗和桑拿,以及玻璃电梯。
马林补充说,四面无边泳池是他“最喜欢的特色”之一,原因是它悬挂在房产一侧的低层建筑之上。
该建筑还配备了水下扬声器,这意味着如果客人想在广阔的花园中聆听古典音乐,游泳者可以在水面下大声播放泰勒·斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)的歌曲,而且“没有人会知道。”马林笑着说。
该开发商还吹嘘说:“我们在开发方面所做的很多设计,你都无法肉眼看到。”
奥特曼的律师团队似乎也同意这一点,他们称业主购买的是“一栋美丽豪华的住宅(自认为)”,而实际上他们得到的是“价值2700万美元的废物”。
马林和Troon Pacific,以及所谓的另一个实体,正在被起诉,要求赔偿未指明的损失。两家公司都没有回应《财富》杂志的置评请求。
更多问题
对奥特曼来说,遗憾的是,这处横跨整个街区的房产所存在的问题似乎还远未结束。
环绕泳池的露台无意中上浮,在这里可以将从旧金山市中心到恶魔岛的美景尽收眼底。
诉讼称,在对游泳池缺陷进行调查后,发现邻近露台的排水管堵塞。这些排水管里塞满了从附近种植园里冲出来的沙子、泥土和土壤,“无法通过商业上合理的手段进行疏通”。
具有讽刺意味的是,根据马林的说法,该房产的排水和水流系统是其最大的亮点之一。这是因为住宅中的“抗旱植物”和“古老的”百年橄榄树通过一个12500加仑的回收水箱浇灌,使花园“完全实现可持续”。
诉状称,由于这个先进系统的堵塞,在住宅的露台下发现了“几英寸深的积水”。
该文件继续指出,诸如此类的发现意味着业主“预计该房产还有更多尚未发现的缺陷,因此,业主将在本次诉讼中进行调查后寻求损害赔偿”。(财富中文网)
译者: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.”