70 Million Pound House

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The original Updown Court, built in 1924 and later acquired by Lord parker of Burley 

in 1977, was severely damaged by a fire in 1987.

Developer Leslie Allen-Vercoe purchased the burnt-out shell of the property, for the approximate 2009 equivalent of $38.4 million. He invested a further $60 million.The new development was designed by John B Scholz, an Arizona architect. Notable aspects of the architecture, which has been described as "neo-classic Californian" include its double staircase that is modelled on the one that fashion designer Gianni Versace had in his mansion in Miami, its grey-slated rooftops, and its bathroom's honey-colored granite Guatemalan marble.

Estate

Entered by a $3 million heated marble driveway, Updown Court has 103 rooms, of which 24 are bedrooms, each with its own marble en-suite bathroom. Among other features, it has a two-lane bowling alley, five swimming pools, a squash court, a floodlit tennis court, a wine cellar, and a panic room in case of a terrorist attack. There are 5 acres (20,000 m²) of more than 30 different types of imported Italian marble, expansive terraces, and a 50-seat cinema. It also features an underground garage, with granite flooring, that has enough room for eight limousines. The first floor is the main residential area, featuring eight generous bedroom suites. The penthouse floor contains two separate penthouses, each with two bedrooms and occupies an entire wing of the property.

Updown Court is set in the centre of 58 acres (230,000 m²) of grounds, gardens and woodland. Neighbours include Elton john and Sarah, Duches of york

Ownership

Despite the extravagent nature of the property it is viewed by local residents as somewhat of a 'white elephant' given the length of time the property has been for sale without finding a buyer. The estate has NOT been sold and is still on the market.

According to the estate’s developer, Leslie Allen-Vercoe, Updown Court is specially built for and targeted at the billionaire market.

The 40,000 sq ft mansion triumphs that of both Hampton Court Palace or Buckingham Palace, and to give you an idea of the opulence, there are more than 100 rooms, five swimming pools (including a roof-top infinity pool and two indoor pools), a garage with room for eight limos, gold-leaf tiled mosaic floors in the study.

There’s even a 50-seat cinema with private bar, a two-lane bowling alley, a snooker room, squash court, sauna, beauty salon, and a banquet hall with two powder rooms.

It’s not difficult to imagine this palatial residence becoming the summer getaway for Chelsea’s millionaire footballers as a reward from Abramovic, provided a certain Mr Donald Trump hasn’t beaten the Russian to this property.

 

 

London’s Updown Court in Windlesham, Surrey, looks set to be the most expensive property in UK’s real estate market with a price tag of more than £85 million (or upwards of US$160 million).

World's 5 Most Expensive Things

Most expensive house: 70 million pounds

This one is hardly a secret: The infamously lavish new estate in England known as Updown Court in Windlesham, north Surrey. 103 rooms, 58 acres, a private helipad, five swimming pools. Forbes.com put the mansion at the top of its list of “the priciest residences on the planet” which are for sale.

Most expensive pen: $265,000

Swiss company Caran d’Ache made ‘La Modernista Diamonds’ a pen that was sold in Harrods, London, for $265,000. Created in memory of architect Antonio Gaudi, the rhodium-coated solid silver pen has an 18-karat gold pen point and is pave-set with 5,072 diamonds and 96 half-cut rubies.

Most expensive work of art: $104 million

A masterpiece by Pablo Picasso, painted in 1905 when he was just 24 years old, became the most expensive piece of art ever sold when it went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York for $104m. The painting, Garcon a la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe) is one of the most important early works by the artist ever to appear on the market.

Most expensive truffle: 28,000 pounds for 1.88 lbs

An expensive little Italian restaurant in Knightsbridge, Zafferano bought the most expensive truffle in the world. For how much? Just take a deep breath! Zefferano paid 28,000 for just 1.88 lbs of Italian white truffle during a charity auction in Tuscany.

Most expensive teddy bear: Price on request

Silk and find mohair give the 125 Karat Teddy bear a unique sheen. Golden threads are hand-knotted in the fur. Eyes are set in yellow gold and are made of sapphire cabochons, surrounded by diamonds. The ear button is 24 karat gold. The Teddy is 50 cm tall and has a growler. The teddy bear was made to pay homage to Margarete Steiff, 125 years after her start with a fabric elephant pin cushion so many years ago.

Vijay Mallya      

                                

After the plan of Mukesh Ambani’s $ 2 Billion (Rs.10,000 Crore) – The world’s Costliest house, Vijay Mallya is planning to build one of his own house in Bangalore on Vittal Mallya Road adjacent to UB City.

The Kingfisher giant is planning an over 30 storey building (Ambani’s Antilia is 27 story Sky Scrapper in Mumbai) on a 4 acre property that would even have a helipad, according to Times of India.

Vijay Mallya currently has 26 residences around the world. His main home is in Sausalito, California built on an area of 11000 square feet.

Vijay Mallya House Goa

Vijay Mallya is a famous Billionaire Liquor Tycoon. He owns several residential properties all over the world. He owns around 26 Acres of Residential Properties all around the world. Among which his California based home is his favourite.

Here are the photographs of Vijay Mallya’s House at Goa.

KINGFISHER VILLA
Dr. Vijay Mallya's Mansion at Candolim, Goa Photos -

The Kingfisher Villa at Goa is really luxurious real estate property. It has everything. It’s like a Club. It has Swimming pool, a beach near by and everything else in it.

     Sachin Tendulkar                                              

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Alpita Masurkar

Sachin Tendulkar’s drean house will finally become a reality after the cricketer managed to purchase the villa near Carter Road in Bandra (W) that he had his heart set on for a long time.

The property in question is Dorab Villa, an old bungalow on Perry Cross Road which was sold to the cricketer for an undisclosed sum by its owners, the Satra Group, which is into the construction businaee. Though the exact figure could not be ascertained as both parties in the deal refused to divulge any details, sources pegged the price of the property at around Rs 35 crore.

“We sold Dorab Villa to Sachin Tendulkar in December,” said Dr Vijay Satra, brother of managing director Praful Satra, who had purchased the property. He refused to divulge any details.

Tendulkar and his family had visited the property a number of times last year, sources said.

Earlier, in October 2007, the bungalow’s then owner, Kishore Bajaj, a developer, sold it to the Satra Group. “We sold Dorab Villa to Sachin Tendulkar in December,” said Dr Vijay Satra, brother of managing director Praful Satra, who had purchased this property.

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