You too can sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom and live in your very own White House... for $4.6 million

You too can sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom and live in your very own White House... for $4.6 million

 

Fancy sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom? Or what about playing the piano in the Oval office?

Well, for $4,650,000 you can live in your very own White House in McLean, Virginia.

That's the price for the replica mansion with its 14-foot hight ceilings drawn to scale from blueprints of the real White House.

It's only a fifth of the size of the one in Washington DC, but there's plenty of room with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and two half baths.

For sale: The The White House has its very own 'twin' tucked away on Towlston Road in McLean, Virginia

 

Real thing: The White House in Washington D.C. which was built between 1792 and 1800

Tribute: The Vietnamese owner paid homage to his success in America by building the replica White House

The home, built on 1.6 acres by its Vietnamese owner as a tribute to his adopted homeland, has the same unique crown moulding in the foyer that President Barack Obama enjoys.

There's a gym, a wine cellar, a home theatre, an elevator and a party room for 100.The Oval Room comes complete with the yellow curtains, but instead of a desk, a piano dominates the room.

The Oval Room: Instead of a desk there is a piano, but the curtains are attempted replicas of the ones in the Oval Office, pictured below where President Obama has private meetings

 

 

Stairs are made of marble reinforced with steel underneath the steps. Upstairs you will find the Lincoln Bedroom and a bathroom with marble on the floor and walls.

The mansion on Towlston Road off the Georgetown Pike, took seven years to design and build before the family moved there in 1996.

Realtor Chu Nguyen is a friend of the owner who came to the U.S in 1975 because he could not return to his war-ravaged home from New Zealand where he was studying engineering and philosophy.

Four-poster: One of the six bedrooms in the replica White House and below, the renowned Lincoln Bedroom

 

Splendour: With marble on the floors, and 14ft high ceilings, the mansion took seven years to build

Nguyen told WUSA9.com that his client loved America's history and when he became successful, he decided to build his own White House.

Now he is selling up because his three children have grown up and left home.

Nguyan said: 'It's just him and his wife. They're empty-nesters.  He is feeling a sense of isolation living in such a big house.'

There has been one interested buyer, former NFL Washington Redskin star Lavar Arrington. But he wanted more land.

The Virginian White House isn't the only one in the country. Fred Milani built 16,500 sq ft replica in Atlanta, Georgia, nine years ago.

He had to put it on the market for just under $10 million following the huge downturn in the housing market

Mr Milani, an American-Iranian, told the Atlanta Journal: "I still do not want to sell, but I will. Really, I am not very political. The architect just asked, ‘How about I build you the White House?’ and I said yes. That is the whole story.'

 

Seeing double: The replica White House built in Atlanta, Georgia

NEVER-ENDING HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE, HOME TO EVERY AMERICAN PRESIDENT SINCE 1801

The White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style.

It has been the residence of every U.S. President since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he  expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades that were meant to conceal stables and storage.

In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior.                                              

The former Navy Library Reception Room, also known as the Indian Treaty Room, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House

Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed house in October 1817.

Construction continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829.

Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901.

Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved as the section was expanded.

A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings.

Today, the White House Complex includes the Executive Residence, West Wing, Cabinet Room, Roosevelt Room, East Wing, and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which houses the executive offices of the President and Vice President.

During the Nixon administration First Lady Pat Nixon refurbished the Green Room, Blue Room, and Red Room, working with Clement Conger, the curator appointed by President Richard Nixon.

Her husband created the modern press briefing room over Franklin Roosevelt's old swimming pool. Nixon added a single-lane bowling alley to the White House basement.

Computers and the first laser printer were added during the Carter administration, and the use of computer technology was expanded upon during the Reagan administration.

A Carter-era innovation, a set of solar water heating panels that were mounted on the roof of the White House, was removed during Reagan's presidency.[

The house was accredited as a museum in 1988. In the 1990s, Bill and Hillary Clinton refurbished some rooms with the assistance of Arkansas decorator Kaki Hockersmith, including the Oval Office, the East Room, Blue Room, State Dining Room, Lincoln Bedroom, and Lincoln Sitting Room.

During the administration of George W. Bush, first lady Laura Bush refurbished the Lincoln Bedroom in a style contemporary to the Lincoln era; the Green Room, Cabinet Room, and theatre were also refurbished.