Comment by ptaffs

>he (and his kind) lives for short term gratification and will move on to another house and decorate that with gold.

Exactly. It's a social norm among that class of society

When a Koch, or a Scwab, or the CEO of some mega-corp buys a property on Martha's Vineyard, or the Hamptons, or Vail or overlooking Tahoe or whatever, with intent to actually spend even the scantest amount of time there themselves they engage in absurd unnecessary renovations. That's just how they do things. There is an occasional exception for those in that group who have "found meaning" in some other avenue for lighting money on fire.

Edit: You can thank me later for implicitly telling you where the best construction dumpsters are.