Big incomes, bigger houses

Price: $1.6 million

Beds: 4
Baths: 4 and 2 halfs

Description: This huge nine-year-old mansion boasts four fireplaces, three garage spaces and a total of 15 rooms. The master bath is bigger than most bedrooms. The home has every amenity imaginable including a full wet bar, fully equipped laundry room, two offices and a gourmet kitchen.

The landscaped half-acre plot is filled with broad lawns, mature trees and clipped shrubbery. The exterior walls are brick and stone masonry.

Ladue is a country-club St. Louis suburb (downtown is barely 10 miles distant), home to corporate execs, politicians and sportscasters. Its 2004 adjusted gross income of $316,011 made it easily the wealthiest community in the area.

Broker: Coldwell Banker Gundaker

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