Guides
Privacy-safe celebrity maps architecture from the ground up
Architecture of the house museum: what changes when a large private house becomes an institution, and why private homes stay out of it here.
Desk
Review Desk
Side-by-side work on mansion home tours, held to the same conditions each time.
Rules
Privacy-safe celebrity maps privacy: six checks
Privacy-safe celebrity maps privacy comes down to six checks, from owner names and described approaches to gate photos and entry-time detail.
Features
Vacation homes interiors: four types and a Vanderbilt lodge
Vacation homes interiors by type, from cabin to lodge, read against the Vanderbilts' Sagamore Lodge: entrances, finishes and sleeping that suit long absences.
Rules
Fair Housing Act rules for touring United States celebrity homes
Celebrity homes and real estate tours follow Fair Housing Act rules, HUD guidance, NAR conduct rules and state commission limits on what a tour may ask and show.
Features
What National Register Listing Means for Mansion Home Tours
Mansion home tours in Palm Beach: what National Register listing does and does not control, plus how easements, town rules and tax credits shape renovations.
Rules
Beverly Hills mansion home tours under the city tour-bus code
Mansion home tours in Beverly Hills run under the city's tour-bus code, BHMC 7-2-201 to 7-2-211, plus HOA gate rules, filming permits and privacy notices.
Industry
Agency prices compared with what an assessment file actually shows
Agency price figures sit next to assessment file numbers, and the two measure different things. Here is what each one is actually counting in the record.
Reviews
5 notes on international homes list worth reading
Five entries from an international homes list, each with the one thing it teaches about buying a very large house or villa abroad, from taxes to inspections.
Rules
Los Angeles Homes List: 20 Details That Reveal a House
Los Angeles homes list: 20 roof, wall, window, landscape and lot details show how climate and terrain shape the region's houses.
Features
New York home purchases in 2027: the NYC property records to check, and how to look them up
New York home purchases in 2027: how NYC assessment, landmark, permit and deed records help buyers assess taxes, renovations and closing costs, with the mansion tax tiers and where to search each record.
Guides
Purchases and sales records: a deed, a roll and a permit compared
Purchases and sales records explained: what a deed, an assessment roll and a permit each state, what they cannot show, and where legitimate use ends.
Costs
How to judge a mansion: international homes by fit and quality
International homes judged by fit, not by taste: mass or air as a climate strategy, the junctions that show quality, and what only local records settle.
Reviews
US homes by city: a street-side tour of six cities
US homes by city, read on a self-guided tour from public ground: how lot, street pattern and climate shape houses in six cities, from New York to Miami.