The fourteen bathrooms is probably a very reasonable and well thought 
out design response to the 18 thousand sf and the estimated plumbing 
load.  Any ridicule can safely be passed on to the the engineer, 
architect or client, as best meets one's needs.

-jc

On Dec 31, 2004, at 8:25 AM, Pamela S. Follett wrote:

> It's those damn 14 bathrooms that put it over the top.
>  
> - Pam
>  
> New record: NY home sold for $45 million
> Hamptons retreat most expensive in state
> 12/31/04 08:08 AM, EST
> New York's most expensive home is no longer a posh Manhattan high rise 
> -- that title now moves to the state's other tract of astronomically 
> priced real estate.
> FULL STORY