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Sprawling mansion abandoned for 15 years - but it still has whopping price tag

By James Halpin

Sprawling mansion abandoned for 15 years - but it still has whopping price tag

Pictures show the incredible but ruined home that is up for sale

AN ABANDONED 65,000sq ft mansion with an art gallery and a golf course has been left to rot for 15 years.

The mega home has just been snapped up for an eye watering price tag - but it will need a fair bit of renovating to make it habitable.

The Peter Grant mansion is Canada's largest home and is found in Haileybury. situated on the edge of Lake Temiskaming, Ontario.

It features a waterfall beneath the mansion, a subterranean boathouse, an art gallery, and even a private golf course.

But the home was never finished and remains without proper flooring, ceilings, and even walls in some areas.

Construction materials and graffiti remain scattered around the home as people have broken in to explore and tag the house.

Grant was the president of Grant Forest Products and dreamed of creating a stately retreat for his family.

But his planes were shattered by the 2008 financial crisis which brought the construction to a screeching halt.

Grant Forest Products filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009.

The home was listed for sale at a jaw-dropping price of £19million, even though it will need even more spent on it.

A Toronto-based company eventually snapped it up.

They'll likely need to spend another £1m to finish the job, or they can leave it to decay even further.

One person who viewed the mansion in a video tour posted to YouTube said "it was hard to even comprehend how much is still left behind here".

Jake Williams said: "Since this building got so far in construction, many of the exterior and interior fittings were near completion.

"Utilities were even in a working state by the time of abandonment."

Last year reports claimed very little had changed beyond some security upgrades such as camera and fences were installed to stop people looking around.

Temiskaming Shores mayor Jeff Laferriere told the CBC last year: "Folks come into town, and they want to know where it is and [ask if they can] go have a look."

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