Pictured: The house in Irkutsk that’s normal on the outside and like a palace on the inside

Pictured: The house for sale that’s humdrum on the outside – and decorated like a palace in dazzling golden finery on the inside

  • The abode, on the outskirts of the city of Irkutsk in Russia, has an interior decorated in Baroque style
  • It truly is the Sistine Chapel of suburban real-estate. And it could be yours, because it’s up for sale 
  • The house has more gold-coloured embellishments than you could shake a royal sceptre at 

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Just as you should never judge a book by its cover, so it seems that neither should you judge an unassuming – vaguely dreary – modern Russian house by its exterior.

Go through the keyhole of this seemingly humdrum 11-year-old abode on the outskirts of the city of Irkutsk and you emerge in an ornate fantasyland palace with furnishings fit for a tsar. 

It truly is the Sistine Chapel of suburban real-estate. And it could be yours, because it’s up for sale.

This seemingly humdrum 11-year-old abode on the outskirts of the city of Irkutsk holds a dazzling secret

Startling contrast: The almost dreary exterior hides an interior with furnishings fit for a tsar

Startling contrast: The almost dreary exterior hides an interior with furnishings fit for a tsar 

It truly is the Sistine Chapel of suburban real-estate. And it could be yours

It truly is the Sistine Chapel of suburban real-estate. And it could be yours

Fancy a guided tour? You’d better put your sunglasses on.

According to estate agent Sloboda, which is selling the property, ‘the interior decoration of the house is in the palace style using elements of the Baroque and Empire style’ using ‘premium materials’, which include marble and granite.

There are huge chandeliers, lavishly upholstered sofas and armchairs, huge decorative rugs and more gold-coloured embellishments than you could shake a royal sceptre at.

According to estate agent Sloboda, which is selling the property, ‘the interior decoration of the house is in the palace style using elements of the Baroque and Empire style’ using ‘premium materials’

According to estate agent Sloboda, which is selling the property, ‘the interior decoration of the house is in the palace style using elements of the Baroque and Empire style’ using ‘premium materials’

There are huge chandeliers, lavishly upholstered sofas and armchairs, huge decorative rugs and more gold-coloured embellishments than you could shake a royal sceptre at

There are huge chandeliers, lavishly upholstered sofas and armchairs, huge decorative rugs and more gold-coloured embellishments than you could shake a royal sceptre at

It’s 620 square metres (6,673 square foot) of unbridled finery.

And it appears that the (undisclosed) sale price includes a grand piano in the living room, too.

Sloboda says on its website that there are five bedrooms with dressing rooms and private bathrooms. 

The property features five bedrooms with dressing rooms and private bathrooms and outside a pond, a waterfall, three cedar arbours and a bathhouse

The property features five bedrooms with dressing rooms and private bathrooms and outside a pond, a waterfall, three cedar arbours and a bathhouse

Gilded: It’s 620 square metres (6,673 square foot) of unbridled finery

Gilded: It’s 620 square metres (6,673 square foot) of unbridled finery

Outside, meanwhile, are ‘lawns, a pond, a waterfall, three cedar arbours and a bathhouse’.

Plus, there are two garages for four cars.

There is also an office with ‘presentable’ furniture, a bathroom and a waiting room – the property, which is in the suburb of Novaya Razvodnaya, is being touted as a residential building or ‘office of a large company’.

It’s definitely a golden opportunity for someone.

The property, which is in the suburb of Novaya Razvodnaya, is being touted as a residential building or ‘office of a large company’

The property, which is in the suburb of Novaya Razvodnaya, is being touted as a residential building or ‘office of a large company’

The double garage, which can store four cars. The price of the property is not being disclosed publically

The double garage, which can store four cars. The price of the property is not being disclosed publically