A Brownstone Or A Chateau? That is the question

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With real estate prices going through the roof here in New York City, I always like to check "comparables" around the world. I recently came across a listing for Château du Feÿ in Villecien, France about an hour outside of Paris.
Their asking price for the 91-acre, property is €3.8 million, or about $5.1 million. That price tag would make it about the same as a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment in a sterile Trump Tower on the West side or the biggest Brownstone in Brooklyn Heights or Park Slope. Granted, New York City is still New York City and forget for a moment that you need to live close to your job, but if you had the choice and of course the money, which one would you choose?

From the Listing
Built on the foundations of a 14th-century fort erected in 1640 by Nicholas de Baugy, counselor to King Louis XIII, the château totals 1,000 square meters, or about 11,000 square feet.

It is structured around a large entrance hall and reception rooms, and is flanked by two square towers with walls almost a meter thick, about three feet. Instead of a large central stairway, there are two small staircases, one in each wing, that lead to the upper floor and the 15 bedrooms.
There are several outbuildings including a gatehouse, a cottage, a farmhouse, an apartment, stables and a barn.

The château's herb garden, with looping brick walks, was designed by Amanda Hesser, the food editor of The New York Times Magazine. Further on is an 18th-century enclosure with an organic vegetable garden of a hectare, or 2.5 acres. Its square beds surround a central pond and there are espaliered fruit trees and berry bushes that provide more than 50 varieties.
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International Herald Tribune Real Estate