UK’s most expensive house sells for 80 million pounds
UK: In one of UK’s biggest ever property deals, a terraced house,
sprawling over a vast 21,500 square feet, has sold for a record 80
million pounds - triple the asking price. The house opposite Regent’s
Park in London was once the home of the New Zealand High Commissioner.
The London’s swankiest mansion boasts 11 bathrooms, nine reception
rooms and a catering kitchen with marble and limestone-lined halls to
computer-controlled lighting, ‘The Sun’ reported.
It also harbours a sports complex which includes a gym and swimming
pool and the high-tech gates have an automatic number plate recognition
system.
The terraced house has a beautiful 40-metre long landscaped garden
and a grand double staircase which connects the terrace and landscaped
areas.
A former ambassadorial home - and one-time hippy squat - it went on
the market in November for a whopping 100 million pounds after an
extensive overhaul. Experts anticipated the property would be purchased
by an ultra-rich Russian or Middle-Eastern businessman.
However, it has been bought by British property mogul Marcus Cooper
for 80 million pounds to knock off the asking price of 20 million
pounds, in what is one of the biggest sales of the decade and a record
price for a terraced home.
The staggering price-tag makes it 336 times more expensive than the
average UK home, the report said.
DECCAN HERALD
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