Hot New Feature for Luxury Homes: Moat

The Los Angeles Times takes a look at the latest bells and whistles attached to luxury real estate, and they're definitely not of the "media room" or "five-car garage" variety. One hot one: a moat. Seriously. JLo's former Bel-Air villa has a "stone-lined waterway," and Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady's Brentwood manse has a moat (crafted to look like "a winding stream") as well. The Times cites a $36 million Beverly Hills home with one, too.

Other fringe benefits for buyers with bank, many dreamed up by builders looking to wow—and rake in a little more per square foot:

• Botox stations
• dental chairs
• closets absolutely covered in hand-stitched leather
• a $17 million "hand-carved" bathroom
• a poker room featuring a jewel-encrusted table
• room-sized safes
• a fully-equipped hospital room
• a 3,000-bottle, wall-long wine cellar ... in the kitchen

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