Atlanta's own version of the White House is still sitting on the market at $35 million, nearly a year after it first listed, and the three-quarters-scale replica at 3687 Briarcliff Road remains the priciest residential offering anywhere in metro Atlanta. The Oak Grove estate, built in 2001, includes a working replica of the Oval Office, a Lincoln Bedroom, and enough square footage across two structures to make the real 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue look modest by comparison.
As reported by Urbanize Atlanta, the property is marketed as a “presidential masterpiece reimagined” and currently ranks fourth among Georgia's most expensive properties for sale. The 16,500-square-foot main house includes six bedrooms and 11 full and half-bathrooms, while a three-story, 6,700-square-foot guest house modeled on the White House's West Wing adds seven more bedrooms and has previously operated as a short-term rental. Together the two gated lots span roughly three acres in northeast Atlanta.
The mansion's origin story traces back to developer Fred Milani, who built it in 2001 as a three-quarters-scale replica of the actual White House in Washington, D.C., according to Fox 5 Atlanta. Milani reportedly sent designers directly to the nation's capital to study the original building's architecture before construction began. The 2008 housing crisis forced Milani to put the mansion on the market, and he sold it after the crisis, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
From Postwar Vietnam to a Presidential Address
Current owner Thuy Ai Kathy Lam picked up the foreclosed estate for about $2.2 million in 2013, a fraction of today's asking price. Her path to that purchase began decades earlier and an ocean away: Lam arrived in Atlanta from postwar Vietnam in 1995 with roughly $200 to her name, according to the Times of India. She built that modest start into a sprawling beauty empire eventually comprising 42 nail salons and 12 beauty vocational schools, including the Atlanta Beauty & Barber Academy, per Urbanize Atlanta. Her decision to buy the Briarcliff Road mansion reportedly followed a casual joke from her then-husband about actually living there.
Since taking ownership, Lam has leased the estate as a commercial venue for television and film shoots, private events, and celebrations, including hosting an NCAA National Champion team, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution notes. Urbanize Atlanta reports Lam now plans to downsize and move on from the property altogether.
An Oval Office Built With Presidential-Grade Detail
The home's replica Oval Office is outfitted with a desk, as shown in a SERHANT. listing video. The space also features a Presidential Seal set into the ceiling and a formal fireplace. Elsewhere in the main house, sleeping quarters draw inspiration from the Queen's Bedroom and the Lincoln Bedroom, the latter featuring a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, while the designers reportedly spent months studying the real White House before finalizing the interiors, Fox 5 Atlanta reports.
Beyond the historical homages, the compound also comes loaded with more conventional luxury amenities: a pool and gardens, a home theater, a sauna, and a game lounge with billiards and bar seating meant to evoke a classic speakeasy, per the SERHANT. listing cited by Urbanize Atlanta. The listing is being handled by agents Dewey Luong, Annie Tran, Tiffany Powell, and Chris Bowes.
A Record-Breaking Price Tag, If It Sells
Should the estate actually fetch its full $35 million ask, it would nearly double metro Atlanta's previous residential sales record, set when filmmaker Tyler Perry sold his Buckhead estate for roughly $17.5 million, according to CBS News. That gap between asking price and precedent has been a recurring theme in coverage of the listing, which first hit the market in November 2025 and has since drawn national television attention, including a feature on HGTV's “Zillow Gone Wild” in July.
The property's annual tax bill is around $57,000, according to Urbanize Atlanta. Whether a buyer willing to pay the full $35 million ask actually emerges remains an open question, as the property has now sat on the market for nearly a year without a reported price cut.
