Monthly Archives: April 2013

Posted by Rapti Gupta on Apr 20, 2013 08:18 AM EDT San Francisco’s Most Expensive Mansion Sells at a Record $35 Million more big San Francisco’s most expensive home in the posh neighborhood of Pacific Heights at 2950 Broadway Street has sold for a record price, $35 million. (Photo : Trulia Property Listing) San Francisco’s … Continue reading »

Vinnie O’Dowd – 21 April 2013 DEAN McKillen, the 26-year-old son of property investor Paddy McKillen, has sold a mansion he developed to an Iranian hotel and nightclub tycoon, nicknamed Los Angeles’s ‘King of the Night’, for $39m. The mansion at 1423 Oriole Drive, Hollywood, was bought for around $9m in 2010 by Paddy McKillen, … Continue reading »

$33m sale of Point Piper mansion is Sydney’s third highest price ever Margie Blok April 22, 2013 Harbourside splurge: Elton John (bottom right) once had his eye on the Bang and Olufsen house at Point Piper, which Bruce McWilliam (top right) has sold for $33 million. Photo: Tim Mooney (main photo), Mal Fairclough, Andrew Quilty … Continue reading »

HOT PROPERTY Victoria Foyt lists Westside mansion at nearly $30 million Victoria Foyt spent two decades at Villa Ruchello and raised her family there. (Don Lewis ) By Lauren Beale April 19, 2013, 7:00 a.m. … (View original article)

Inside the late Michael Winner’s extravagant 47-room Kensington mansion as it finally goes on sale for a staggering £50m By Katy Winter PUBLISHED: 10:10 EST, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 17:14 EST, 22 April 2013 Film director Michael Winner’s beloved mansion has long divided opinion thanks to its extravagant décor and almost ludicrous scale. Some … Continue reading »

Buy Jarome Iginla’s Modern Calgary Mansion – $4 Million [PHOTOS] For the first time in 16 seasons, Jarome Iginla can look down and see something other than a Calgary Flames logo on his chest. Calgary shipped Iginla to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a rebuilding effort and apparently Iginla hasn’t looked back since. Just recently the … Continue reading »

The Astor family name conjures up images of Gilded Age wealth, similarly gilded real estate, and necessarily rich heirs and heiresses, but Rokeby, the 420-acre Hudson Valley estate owned by Astors for nearly 180 years, tells a vastly different tale. The 43-room main house was built in 1815 and expanded periodically over the years—including substantial … Continue reading »

This historic property close to Glasgow in Scotland has been enviably modernised Tour House is an arresting period house in Ayrshire which has undergone significant refurbishment in the last few years, and successfully blends traditional features including gothic doorways and corner turrets, vaulted ceilings and large open fires with a fine range of modern improvements … Continue reading »

The third highest residential price recorded in Sydney has been paid by a mystery buyer for a house in Point Piper / File THE third highest residential property price ever recorded in Sydney has been paid by a mystery buyer for a harbourfront landmark. Known as the “Bang and Olufsen house” due to its design … Continue reading »

Art called Steampunk that has influenced everything from product design to fashion to fine art will be on display at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum this Spring. The Steampunk design movement features a neo-vintage twist on 19th century industrialized looks and Victorian decorative motifs. The new exhibit, titled “Steampunk: Nature & Machine”, will open on April … Continue reading »