Houston Megamansion With Massive Indoor Pool Area, Asking $16 Million, Finds a Buyer

A Neoclassical megamansion in Houston, last asking $16 million, has officially sold after going into contract less than a month after it first hit the market. 

The 21,500-square-foot home—part of the Texas city’s tony River Oaks Country Club Estate—sold Tuesday for an undisclosed price. Texas, as one of several non-disclosure states in the U.S., does not report home sales prices in government records, however, listing agent Nancy Almodovar, CEO of Nan and Company Properties, has the home recorded as selling for more than $10 million on her website. Mansion Global could not identify the buyer. 

First listed in November, the residence has been fully renovated and automated, Mansion Global reported at the time. It boasts a marble foyer, a chef’s kitchen with an island and commercial-grade appliances and a wood-paneled study, plus statement lighting, coffered ceilings and bespoke wrought iron throughout. 

There are seven bedrooms, including a primary bedroom suite featuring a seating area, a private balcony and a walk-in closet, the listing said. 

“The magnificent, 12,000-square-foot indoor pool area truly makes this home one-of-a-kind and the center of the storied history of the home,” according to a statement on the sale from Nan and Company Properties. “Enclosed with a glass-panel ceiling, the space features ornate chandeliers and multiple entertaining areas connecting the home’s expansive living and dining areas.”

Built in 1968, the property has played host to actors, politicians and other luminaries over the years. It was once owned by Baron Enrico di Portanova, a grandson of a Texas oil magnate, and his wife, Baroness Alessandra di Portanova, Mansion Global reported. 

“This home is a part of Houston history,” Ms. Almodovar said in a separate statement released at the time it was listed. “Countless stories have been written and told for years of the opulent parties and its previous owner’s past.”

The sellers, both in the medical industry, acquired the home in 2002 for an unknown amount. They were not available for comment.Houston Business Journal first reported the deal.