{"id":8098,"date":"2011-08-22T01:26:20","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T01:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=8098"},"modified":"2011-08-22T01:26:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T01:26:20","slug":"romney-to-quadruple-size-of-12m-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2011\/08\/romney-to-quadruple-size-of-12m-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Romney to Quadruple Size of $12M Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/r-mitt-romney-la-jolla-home-large570.jpg\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8099\" title=\"r-MITT-ROMNEY-LA-JOLLA-HOME-large570\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/r-mitt-romney-la-jolla-home-large570.jpg?resize=490%2C204\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"204\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Mitt Romney is looking to quadruple the size of his $12 million California home, the <em>San Diego Union-Tribune<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/2011\/aug\/20\/romney-home-in-la-jolla-to-grow\/\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">reports<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The GOP presidential candidate has filed an application with the San Diego government to bulldoze the 3,009-square-foot beachfront house in La Jolla and replace it with a 11,062-square-foot property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0811\/61785.html\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">campaign official<\/span><\/a>, &#8220;They want to enlarge their two bedroom home because with five married sons and 16 grandchildren it is inadequate for their needs.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/romney-frombeach_r620x349.jpg\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8100\" title=\"romney.frombeach_r620x349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenixnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/romney-frombeach_r620x349.jpg?resize=490%2C275\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">In addition to the California house and a townhouse outside of Boston, which is their official primary residence, the Romneys own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionleader.com\/article\/20110821\/NEWS0605\/708219964\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">a $10 million vacation home<\/span><\/a> on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">In 2009, they <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/02\/17\/mitt-romney-sells-two-of_n_167601.html\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">sold<\/span><\/a> the 6,400-square-foot colonial in Belmont, Mass. where they raised their five sons for $3.5 million and their 9,500-square-foot Deer Valley, Utah ski lodge for close to $5.25 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Romney purchased the La Jolla property three years ago. \u201cI wanted to be where I could hear the waves,\u201d Romney <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/reports-romney-plans-to-quadruple-size-of-calif-home\/2011\/08\/21\/gIQAfTk5TJ_story.html\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">told reporters<\/span><\/a> at a book signing in California last year. \u201cAs a boy we spent summers on Lake Huron and I could hear the crashing waves at night. It was one of my favorite things in the world; being near the water and the waves was something I very badly wanted to experience again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The Romney campaign said that construction on the new home will not begin until after his campaign is over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/08\/21\/mitt-romney-la-jolla-home_n_932462.html\">Fuente<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitt Romney is looking to quadruple the size of his $12 million California home, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. 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