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It’s an eye-popping real estate offering, in many ways.

Two years after completing a 14,225 square-foot mansion in the “Tuscan-villa” style on Surrey agricultural reserve land, a B.C. couple is asking $26 million for the 76-acre property.

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The “Villa di Fonti” estate — boasting a 15-acre vineyard and cavalcade of luxury features that some realtors say they’ve never seen the likes of in B.C. — is now offered for $23 million over its current assessed value of $2.9 million.

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Marketers hired to sell the property are mounting a slick video ad campaign targeting a “special buyer” — likely from Mainland China they say — willing to pay surreal money for an “Italian resort” built on the border of Surrey and Langley, on the 4000-block of 192nd Street.

“Welcome to Villa di Fonti,” realtor Jin Ye says in a video aimed at ultra-wealthy international buyers. “Once inside this architectural masterpiece, you’ll walk into an old world Tuscan villa estate, with all the modern luxuries you can imagine.”