San Francisco's skyline as seen from the pool. Click a photo for a slideshow. This is a house that cost $35 million to restore and update. No, we didn't miss a decimal point: thirty-five million dollars. Eight million of that went to the gardens alone. Billionaire Robert Friedland -- whose company, Ivanhoe, mines platinum, gold, copper and other precious metals -- bought the Marin County mansion with his wife in 1995 for $5.5 million. Known as Locksley Hall, it sits on Belvedere Island in the San Francisco Bay. They listed it 10 years ago for $65 million.
But look at the views. Just think, you can sit out on the porch as look at the ocean. Well worth the money I'm sure....
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