This guy must have been mega rich- this home even has its own hydro electric power station.  The original budget (back in 1909 was $200,000 but like most Ford budgets it blew out to a whopping $2 Million. Remember this is 1909 – the average wage for a Ford worker was $5 a day in 1914 – so if my maths are right in todays terms the house would have cost upwards of $80 million.  It’s not hard to see where the money went it is spectacular and quiet lavish, marble exotic woods and plenty or ornate carvings. Some 800 people worked on site building the house, nearly all the carvings and stone cutting and work happened on site. The house is set on a magnificent US garden and with the trees changing colour we are probably there the best week of the year – quiet spectacular- with plenty of squirrels hopping around amongst herds of Canadian Geese. It’s amazing the saintly story you get of Henry on the tours, a man of the people, a family man, loved fury animals etc.  It was very sugary and very Disney like. No mention of his awards from Hitler, his mafia links, his power hungry rule with Edsel or even his womanising.