Elle Macpherson AKA “the body” is selling her enormous Notting Hill home for £9 million ($18 million).
The house dates back to the Victorian era and was last put up for sale in 2005 for £6.5 million ($13 million).
Accommodation includes a 20ft kitchen, a cinema, gym, wine cellar, six bedrooms, library, study, first floor drawing room and a formal dining room. An extensive property for anybody considering the move to London’s iconic Notting Hill.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife have reportedly spent $4.7m (£2.4m) purchasing 25 acres of land situated on a Santa Barbara ranch.
The off plan site will entitle the Schwarzenegger’s to build a fabulous 8,500 sq ft home. However, the purchase is apparently subject to 99 pages of guidelines which determine the architectural style of the home and the type of plants that can be incorporated into the landscaping.
Even so, I don’t think Mr Schwarzenegger will be terminating the purchase!
The London based Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is thought to be investing £150 million ($296 million) in a UK residence that would make it the most expensive in that country.
The most expensive home in the UK will be located in Knightsbridge and will include eight floors, a cinema, swimming pool, steam room and lots of other luxury goodies
Updown Court was a previous contender for the most expensive home in the UK. Will Mr Abramovich’s Lowndes Square property match up? Time will tell....
London’s property market still seems to be defying gravity with the recent off plan sale of number 8 St James’s Square. The price has not been registered as yet, but is understood to be agreed at around £115m ($230m).
The property is situated in the heart of London’s West End and is earmarked for fairly radical surgery in a planning permission granted only recently.
The completed apartment is to be developed out of a large pre war office block, along with five other luxurious apartments.
The identity of the purchaser is being kept secret for the moment. But whoever he or she is, must be well cash funded given the current financial turmoil....
Renowned architect Rafael Viñoly has recently overseen one of the finest luxury apartment schemes in South America.
Named Edificio Acqua and situated in Punta del este (Uruguay), this dramatic development is Rafael Viñoly’s first completed project in his home country after 25 years.
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