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House belongs to Charlie Hilton, as do the 4 lots upon which it rests. It is made of concrete and it is huge. Yes, it is guarded. What else do you want to know?

Why were you driving to Charlie's house at 4:00am? Are you needing a place to stay for cheap?

House belongs to Charlie Hilton, as do the 4 lots upon which it rests. It is made of concrete and it is huge. Yes, it is guarded. What else do you want to know? 
 
Why were you driving to Charlie&#039;s house at 4:00am? Are you needing a place to stay for cheap?

RiverOtter

got any pics?

donaldreeder

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How many years have they been working on that house?

joho

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Charlie Hilton owns an asphalt company in Panama City, he is a retired attorney, and has his fingers in a number of businesses. He has been building the home for over three years. It's estimated cost when it first began was 25 million. I'm sure the cost has exceeded that by now. It's probably close to completion, I've noticed them putting up a fence.

Charlie Hilton owns an asphalt company in Panama City, he is a retired attorney, and has his fingers in a number of businesses. He has been building the home for over three years. It&#039;s estimated cost when it first began was 25 million. I&#039;m sure the cost has exceeded that by now. It&#039;s probably close to completion, I&#039;ve noticed them putting up a fence.

Pirate

The huge house to the left of it looks like a dollhouse in comparison.

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[QUOTE=joho]Charlie Hilton owns an asphalt company in Panama City, he is a retired attorney, and has his fingers in a number of businesses. He has been building the home for over three years. It's estimated cost when it first began was 25 million. I'm sure the cost has exceeded that by now. It's probably close to completion, I've noticed them putting up a fence.[/QUOTE]


He has been building his house for 7-8 years.  It has been 3 years since it has been "dried in."

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="joho">Charlie Hilton owns an asphalt company in Panama City, he is a retired attorney, and has his fingers in a number of businesses. He has been building the home for over three years. It&#039;s estimated cost when it first began was 25 million. I&#039;m sure the cost has exceeded that by now. It&#039;s probably close to completion, I&#039;ve noticed them putting up a fence.</blockquote> 
 
He has been building his house for 7-8 years. It has been 3 years since it has been &quot;dried in.&quot;

The family applied for underground utilities/electric hookup in 1-23-01. They have owned the property since 1995.

yippie

I thought the house was in the shape of a shark?????

John R

needs to get out more

i thought it was in the shape of overcompensating for something sprawl.

kathydwells

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

[QUOTE=John R]i thought it was in the shape of overcompensating for something sprawl.[/QUOTE]
 
I am so with you on this one John R. To me it just looks so pretentious and out of place!!!!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="John R">i thought it was in the shape of overcompensating for something sprawl.</blockquote> 
I am so with you on this one John R. To me it just looks so pretentious and out of place!!!!

wetwilly

See the following thread:

[url]http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?t=475&highlight=hilton[/url]

Just do a search on "hilton" and several old threads come up.

See the following thread: 
 
<a href="http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?t=475&amp;highlight=hilton" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.sowal.com/bb/showthread.php?t=475&amp;highlight=hilton</a> 
 
Just do a search on &quot;hilton&quot; and several old threads come up.

arscar

Beach Crab

Hi! I'm new to the board, but not new to Seaside :) 
Does anybody know anything about the HUGE house in the shape of a boat near Rosemary? It's mesmerizing! I also noticed that they must have a 24 hour police officer there (I drove in at 4am on thursday morning and he was sitting there looking at the house).
Thanks! 
Arlene

Hi! I&#039;m new to the board, but not new to Seaside 🙂 
Does anybody know anything about the HUGE house in the shape of a boat near Rosemary? It&#039;s mesmerizing! I also noticed that they must have a 24 hour police officer there (I drove in at 4am on thursday morning and he was sitting there looking at the house). 
Thanks! 
Arlene

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