Mitt Romney recently made news when he decided to bulldoze his oceanfront home in California and rebuild it as an 11,000 square foot, two-story behemoth. TIME looks at the abodes of some of the GOPers trying to make the jump from their houses to the White House in 2012.
Where GOP Presidential Hopefuls Hang Their Hats
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La Jolla, Calif. - In late August, the Romney campaign confirmed that the former governor has plans to nearly quadruple the size of his $12 million West Coast abode—from about 3,000 square feet to a cool 11,000 square feet. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the plans call for keeping the existing lap pool and spa but essentially bulldozing the Spanish-style one-story home and building a two-story structure in its place.
