I’ve featured quite a few Australian homes on here and most of them have received negative comments. However, I think this one might be more favorable. This beautiful Mediterranean estate is dubbed Villa Del Mare and is located in New South Wales, Australia. It was built and decorated by renowned builder and designer Chris Norris and took more than 2 years to complete. One great feature of this estate is that it boasts amazing views of the Sydney Harbour and the city skyline. The 20,000+ square foot mansion offers 5 en-suite bedrooms, a grand double staircase, lower level apartment, formal living and dining rooms, pub room, gourmet kitchen, office, gym, wine cellar and more. The grounds include wisteria-covered dining terraces, manicured lawns, formal gardens and an infinity edge swimming pool. The asking price is available upon request.

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Halcyon Hall is a superb family home built with modern precision in an Elizabethan style. It is located in Hertfordshire, England and was built in 2005. It boasts approximately 14,000 square feet of living space with an 8400 square foot first floor, 3600 square foot 2nd floor and a 2000 square foot lower level. It is listed at £15,000,000 or $24,061,500.

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The internal appearance of the property is testament to the attention to detail applied to the design. Custom made solid oak doors, skirting and architraves are fitted amongst extensive oak panelling and a magnificent oak staircase, which leads from the salon to the galleried first floor landing. The ground floor has superb open reception areas with double doors opening from the salon through to the family room, which has a magnificent marble fireplace with a gas flame effect fire. Three sets of double door open out onto the terrace and gardens beyond. The vaulted ceilings and extended windows are a feature throughout ensuring high levels of natural light. The windows themselves are made of steel for increased security and encased within oak frames, whilst the
attached blinds are controlled by the Crestron control panels.

The master bedroom suite with twin dressing rooms, sitting area and en-suite bathroom, highlights the quality of the property with handcrafted furniture, hand painted features throughout and ample space in every room.

The Crestron Building Management unit controls all heating and ventilation as well as the many high level security measures. There is an AV system fitted throughout the house and a superb 13 seat cinema room on the lower ground floor with high definition screening.

To the rear of the property is a fully enclosed garden, predominantly lawned, flanked with a series of pebbled pathways and herbaceous borders. Within the garden there are a number of marble statues including a water fountain and waterfall. These features combined with the wide selection of trees and shrubs are great focal points in what is a very private and secluded garden.

To the front of the property there is a paved area suitable for parking numerous cars behind the security of the electric, wrought iron gates.

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This almost new Mediterranean mansion is located at 22 Olympia Hills Circle in Las Vegas, NV. It boasts 19,116 square feet of living space with 8 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, elevator, 10 fireplaces, home theater, stage rehearsal room, sound room, conference room, library, offices, billiards room with wet bar, wine cellar, 6-car gated motor court, 2 bedroom guest house, swimming pool with rock slide, outdoor BBQ, pool house, basketball/tennis court and more. It is listed at $12,000,000.

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This stunning brick mansion is located at 10 Bickhams Court, St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia. It boasts 9 bedrooms, 7 full and 3 half bathrooms, a sweeping double staircase, hand painted skylight, formal living room with fabric lined walls, formal dining room with built-in Mahogany buffet, gourmet kitchen with New Zealand Beech framed cabinetry, 2-story library with fireplace, mezzanine gym, indoor ceramic tiled lap pool enclosed in glass, 4-car garage, porte-cochere, synthetic grass lighted tennis court, landscaped gardens and more. It is listed at $11,250,000.

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Steven Mueller Architects is an architectural firm based in Greenwich, CT that was started by Steven Mueller. Mueller is a licensed architect in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts. He designs mostly shingle and colonial style homes. Check out some of his work above.

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The grand 30,000 square foot Stone Mansion estate, located in ritzy Alpine, NJ, has upped its asking price yet again. Listed back in June of 2010 for a whopping $68 million, the lavish gated mega-mansion boasts 12 bedrooms, 14 full and 5 half bathrooms, 3 kitchens, 4 bars, a home theater, wine cellar, indoor basketball court, swimming pool, tennis court and much more.

The asking price then dropped to $52 million in July of this year. A couple of months later it inched up to $53 million. Now the asking price has been bumped up yet again to $56 million.

I’m not sure what the marketing plan is for this home, but I do know that going up in price in this economy just doesn’t make sense; especially for a home that’s already overpriced.

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