What is the most expensive house currently on sale within 5 miles of yourself?

ThisIsWeird

Ok, probably a bit more than 5 miles away, even as the crow flies, but I can see it as a wee white blob on the coastline from my window.
A snip at half the previous asking price.
And such a happy history.

https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/lifestyle/property/a36343040/grand-designs-lighthouse-for-sale-croyde-north-devon/

FreeBear

RHemmings said:

GDB2222 said:

60m for a fairly manageable flat overlooking Hyde Park, but I expect that the most expensive property is not advertised on Rightmove. 

I have heard that Witanhurst is for sale at £300m. That’s the second largest house in London, after Buckingham Palace, and Witanhurst is in far better condition. 

£60 million for a flat! :-o The listing doesn't seem to even have proper photos of the actual flat, as a fair proportion of the photos seem to be of the communal facilities. 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130177625

And next door to a car sales showroom....

artyboy

FreeBear said:

RHemmings said:

GDB2222 said:

60m for a fairly manageable flat overlooking Hyde Park, but I expect that the most expensive property is not advertised on Rightmove. 

I have heard that Witanhurst is for sale at £300m. That’s the second largest house in London, after Buckingham Palace, and Witanhurst is in far better condition. 

£60 million for a flat! :-o The listing doesn't seem to even have proper photos of the actual flat, as a fair proportion of the photos seem to be of the communal facilities. 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130177625

And next door to a car sales showroom....

I think you'll find that's their garage... 

babyblade41

6.5 million but no I wouldn't buy as location is pants, far too close to the city

annetheman

£12 million - I drive past it on my way to work (won't give the location away - NOT London - but work is in west London) and I would not buy it - it's stunning, but not for me!

In the landing photo below, I can peek through those first floor windows from my car - £12 million to live on a rather busy commuter road is a bit too much compromise.

It is also very much a family house and as a single person, it'd be a bit much! But if I had a family (and the money), life in this area would be absolutely ideal. Quintessential southern England rich life.

theoretica

I am surprised there is nothing for more than 4 million at present - last time I looked there was one that had been not selling at £60 million for years.  None that I covet at present, though there is one for 3 million further away that I could be tempted by...

jimbo6977

18th century farmhouse (much extended and "updated") for 3 million. Tennis court and gym but no pool. Lots of massive bedrooms. I don't see the attraction of massive bedrooms. Beds can only get so big so what do you do with all the floor space?

BlueVeranda

£4m, and no I wouldn't, it's just not to my taste at all (architecture as much as decor).

The first one I could have been tempted by is £1.65m. Compared to the £4m one, it has half as much house and twice as much land, but what it does have is much nicer in my opinion.

kimwp

annetheman said:

£12 million - I drive past it on my way to work (won't give the location away - NOT London - but work is in west London) and I would not buy it - it's stunning, but not for me!

In the landing photo below, I can peek through those first floor windows from my car - £12 million to live on a rather busy commuter road is a bit too much compromise.

It is also very much a family house and as a single person, it'd be a bit much! But if I had a family (and the money), life in this area would be absolutely ideal. Quintessential southern England rich life.

Just fyi, people can find the listing using Google lens with your photos.

strawb_shortcake

theoretica said:

I am surprised there is nothing for more than 4 million at present - last time I looked there was one that had been not selling at £60 million for years.  None that I covet at present, though there is one for 3 million further away that I could be tempted by...

If I go a little further than 5 miles, I'm properly in the Cotswolds then and see the much higher value homes (maybe not quite £60m) but always wonder what the backstory is of how someone buys a £10m house. 

I know someone who lives in a £5m ish home but that was inherited by an only child and I guess will stay in the family one way or other.