Be careful though because the mansion must still be a home that you will enjoy living in, big is not always conducive to easy comfortable living. Clients that are attracted to our homes whatever the scale or their financial status are usually more often than not down to earth people, they’re looking to create a unique and beautiful home in which to enjoy a loving and relaxed family lifestyle. For this reason, we often recommend that it’s better to control the size of a mansion a little and splash out on quality. Out there I’ve seen people spend several millions of dollars on their dream mansion only to be disappointed. The Storybook philosophy here is to encourage our clients to aim for the perfect building that presents and feels like a mansion but still maintains a human scale , accordingly , for most Storybook mansions the basic house cost falls within a more affordable range of between $700,000 to $1,200,000 plus a further amount added for over the top superior finishes and fittings.