Romania’s state property authority RA-APPS will put up for sale the residence at 50 Primaverii street in Bucharest, which comes with a land plot of 14,830 square meters.
A government document states the building will be put up for sale because it is used to house three or four official delegations a year at best and high maintenance costs would make renting it out unattractive in the current market.
According to historical sources, the residence was designed by architect Cezar Lazarescu in 1964-1965 by the Ceausescu’s specifications and Elena Ceausescu was personally involved in picking the house’s chandeliers and tile mosaics. The house has a pool, a sun-room and a sauna.
After the 1989 revolution, footage from inside the house where the Cuausescu’s lived the past 25 years of their lives was shown on television, including video of a bathroom where the water fixtures were made of gold.