Article: Karmas builds a "keeper." (custom builder Jim Karmas keeps the house he designed for himself)

Despite attractive offers from the public, Florida custom builder Jim Karmas is keeping this house for himself.

Known for his million-dollar luxury designs, Jim Karmas, principal and owner of Sylvan Estate Homes in Jupiter, Fla., has a keeper on his hands.

That's just the way he wants it. Though many of his clients and people off the street have offered to buy the house Karmas built for himself and his family, he'll have none of it. In designing the house, Karmas and his wife Georgia took the best craftsmanship of the multi-million dollar mansions Karmas builds and incorporated them into a European Country plan. Georgia, an interior designer, also is ...

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