Mr. Rennert declined to comment. La Follia is one of the largest homes built in the area during the past five years. Its style evokes that of famed architect Addison Mizner, who placed his imprimatur on Palm Beach residences during the 1920s and 1930s with arched doorways, marbled floors and soaring ceilings. Mrs. Miller's manor, designed by Mr. Smith, the same architect used by the Kramers, will exceed 30,000 square feet and sit on four acres. She declined to comment.
Local denizens whisper that it looks like a hotel or shopping mall rather than a private house.
She also likes to entertain, and has six grandchildren who visit regularly. But the house is manageable when just she and her husband are home, she says. The house has two guest wings, each with two bedrooms, on the east and west side of the property. The Kramers's bedroom suite and private living area is on the second floor above the living room, salon, dining room, library, gentlemen's bar and kitchen of the main wing. Managing a large house is easier than a small one, Mrs. Kramer says.