Retired English footballer Ashley Ward is selling his 16,700 square foot mansion which is located in Bowdon, an affluent village in Greater Manchester, England. The home, which is situated on a little over 2 acres, boasts a reception hall with spiral stone staircase, cloakroom, drawing room, dining atrium, lounge, modern gourmet kitchen, family lounge, circular library, utility kitchen, rear entrance hall, garden room, master bedroom suite, 5 further first floor bedroom suites, second floor bedroom suite, home theater, wine cellar, plant room, heated indoor swimming pool with spa, gym, 4-car garage, and a staff/guest annex with lounge, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. It is listed at $23,266,500.

Thanks to Homes of the Rich reader David for the tip!

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A penthouse at London’s prestigious One Hyde Park development has sold for a record breaking £140 million or $220 million. It was originally valued at £100 million. The buyer’s identity remains a secret. The six-bedrooom apartment, which has been on the market for quite some time, stretches across two floors and boasts bullet-proof windows, a panic room and views across the Serpentine. The sale price makes it the most expensive property in Britain, surpassing the £115 million ($180 million) paid for a flat at the exclusive 8 St James’s Square development in Westminster in 2008. The One Hyde Park development boasts 86 properties starting at around £20 million ($31.3 million), and is the brainchild of luxury property developers Christian and Nick Candy. I could never imagine spending that much money on a penthouse, let alone a detached home.

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Check out this article I found!  You all know how pricey London real estate is and we’ve learned that from the many insane purchases made by filthy rich billionaires in the past. (ex -Lakshmi Mittal) Well, a London property developer wants to convert 7 office buildings into a 50,000 square foot mega home. This would make it the 2nd largest residential home behind the well known Buckingham Palace. The developer hopes to sell the stucco mega home for 100,00,000 British pounds (or around $156 million).

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The 50,000 square foot Regency terrace, which currently houses a row of seven office buildings, will be converted into a 10 bedroom stuccoed mansion.

Marcus Cooper, the north London property developer, has won planning permission to redevelop the buildings, designed by the Regency architect John Nash, when Cancer Research, the current occupiers, move to new offices in April.

The developer bought the buildings at 6-10 Cambridge Terrace and 1-2 Chester Gate for £23.7m in 2007, but hopes to sell the completed “super-prime” residence for £100m.

The plans include 10 huge bedroom suites, several vast reception rooms and a basement leisure complex including a cinema, gym and swimming pool.

A 40-ft roof garden, complete with a sliding ceiling and overlooking Regent’s Park, will be built into the eaves, and the development will come with two additional staff houses.

The “mega-mansion”, which will be sold to a single owner, will claim the title of London’s biggest residence after Buckingham Palace – an accolade currently held by Witanhurst House in Highgate.

Marcus Cooper made millions of pounds two years ago from the redevelopment of Witanhurst House, which he bought for £32 million in 2007 and sold the following year for more than £50 million.

If sold for more than £100 million, the Regent’s Park development would also claim the title of London’s most expensive home.

The official record was set in February 2008 when a buyer paid £80 million for a detached house in Kensington’s Upper Phillimore Gardens.

Camden Council approved Mr Cooper’s plans on the condition that affordable housing is built on another site.

Michael here.

What do you think about this one? I think it looks interesting.

A “pimped” townhouse on 81 South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1, England. Approximately 4,282 sq ft with 5 bedrooms and 4 baths. Plus there are three cloakrooms, toilet, WC’s or half baths. Whatever you wanna call it. “Loved child has many names” as an expression here says.

An elevator from the lower ground floor up to the third floor. The interior is very modern, with many cold colours and a splash or two of warmer ones to create a pretty good style. Perhaps you need a somewhat “special” taste to like the interor.

I think the asking price includes the furniture. For all this you are expected to pay £8,000,000. It was originally listed at 9.5 million, so the price has dropped a bit.

You find a link to the property website with floor plans and brochure here

Robert Adam Architects is an award winning architecture firm run by five directors: Robert Adam, Nigel Anderson, Paul Hanvey, Hugh Petter and George Saumarez Smith. 

They have built some of the most stately and impressive custom estates throughout England. Most of these timeless estates are in excess of 20,000 square feet and include the very best in building materials; including imported stone, columns, and woodwork.

The home pictured above is an example of their past work. The home belongs to Russian billionaire Peter Aven, head of Alfa-Bank, the biggest private bank in Russia. Aven has spent tens of millions of pounds turning ‘Ingliston House’ into a ‘KGB-proof’ bolt-hole. There is a two-storey octagonal security house by the entrance, a £1.5 million secure wiring system and the 8.5-acre estate is surrounded by electronic fencing. The house includes a bomb-proof ‘panic room’ and systems to detect sound and motion. The 18-room house is beautiful and lavish. It is 29,000 sq ft, has six bedrooms, extra suites, a gym and a wing for the saltwater pool.

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