House for Sale: $195 Million

Generali

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/business/home-the-ultimate-investment.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

“It just went on and on, since I’m a perfectionist,” Mr. Greene says. The main house is dripping with Old World luxury, with carved-wood moldings, chandeliers, gold faucets and marble. The floors are made from Bavarian walnut that was hand-scraped by dozens of woodworkers to make them look antique. The Turkish spa is attached to a “Moroccan room” that was carved and painted by craftsmen who work for the king of Morocco.

Here's the Realtor's listing:

http://www.joycerey.com/beverly-hills-properties/lifetime/

Graham_Devon

Meh.

Lacking in bathrooms if you ask me.

purch

At 53,000 square feet it is about 100X the size of a new build "starter" home in the U.K.

Generali

And with parking for 150 cars it has about 300x the parking of a typical new build too!

wymondham

the pool is a bit small, and i'd expect a mini Disneyland section for the money but not bad...

the_flying_pig

yeah, it's quite... expensive.

this is [apparently, i daresay that sensible benchmarks only come along once every few years at most] what you'd get for teh same money in london.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202491/UK-house-price-record-Hyde-Park-super-mansion-sale-300m.html

Gangaweed

I'll bet Joyce is Re Joycing.

Blacklight

the_flying_pig wrote: »

yeah, it's quite... expensive.

this is [apparently, i daresay that sensible benchmarks only come along once every few years at most] what you'd get for teh same money in london.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202491/UK-house-price-record-Hyde-Park-super-mansion-sale-300m.html

I don't want to split hairs or anything, but by my reckoning you're £171,108,259.20 out.

You could buy two of them crappy LA places for that money.

the_flying_pig

Blacklight wrote: »

I don't want to split hairs or anything, but by my reckoning you're £171,108,259.20 out.

You could buy two of them crappy LA places for that money.

er, you mean when converting a dollar price into a sterling price i should multiply by 0.66 rather than divide?

:rotfl:

i can only apologise, senility must be kicking in.

Blacklight

Nick Leeson

er, you mean when converting a dollar price into a sterling price i should multiply by 0.66 rather than divide?

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