Billionaire heiress lists estate for $29M

A recently listed River Oaks estate could become Houston’s most-expensive home sale to date. 

Located at 3630 Willowick, on the River Oaks Country Club golf course, the 15,000-square-foot French chateau-style home hit the market with a listing price of $29 million. That’s just under $2,000 per square foot. Rachel Solar of Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty has the listing. 

Built in 1994 and renovated in 2014, the home is owned by Houston socialite and philanthropist Lori Krohn Sarofim, according to the Harris County Appraisal District. She was previously married to Phillip Sarofim, the son of the late Fayez Sarofim, an Egypt-born billionaire investor and minority owner of the Houston Texans. The home has belonged to the Krohn family since at least 2005 when Lori Krohn Sarofim’s parents, billionaire oilman Tracy Krohn and Susan Krohn, acquired the property. 

It is appraised for tax purposes at $11.8 million, according to HCAD.

The three-story mansion boasts extravagant features, including chevron-patterned parquetry, trompe l’oeil and Baccarat chandeliers that can cost upwards of $570,000. The primary suite features a two-level closet.

It also has a sunken 500-bottle wine room, an off-the-grid home automation system and two safe rooms. Parisian gardens feature stone walkways, and there are vine-draped pergolas, a koi pond and a temperature-controlled pool.

This adds to the growing number of high-profile listings in swanky River Oaks. Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman just listed his Giorgetti Building penthouse for $3.3 million. Tony Buzbee, Houston city council candidate and trial lawyer currently defending impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton, listed his $20 million Tudor-style River Oaks mansion at 1722 River Oaks Boulevard last year. 

A mansion in Memorial became the most-expensive home to sell in Houston last year. It was listed at $21 million.

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