Strathmore, the nine-acre former Canadian embassy residence in Killiney, is set to undergo major changes now that its new owner, entrepreneur Dr Joe Elias, has obtained planning permission for a major renovation of the Victorian mansion. The businessman purchased the property for €7.5 million in February 2015 and had originally hoped to demolish the 1,070sq m (11,500sq ft) home entirely.

Following a pre-planning meeting last October, it was suggested that Elias should try to reta… (View original article)

A historic mansion in Worcester will soon be home to a new American restaurant. Bull Mansion will grandly open in September, unveiling a menu of bistro-style dishes at 55 Pearl St., MassLive reported.

The mansion most recently served as a restaurant and event space and underwent renovations for this new concept. Bull Mansion will seat 85 people in the dining area and an additional 45 on a patio. There will also be private function rooms for special events, as well as live entertainm… (View original article)

In 2014, the Wildensteins thought they’d pulled off the biggest real estate coup in New York. The billionaire art dealing family, whose gallery, Wildenstein & Co. had owned its 21,000-square-foot townhouse on East 64th Street for more than 80 years, signed a deal with the government of Qatar to sell the limestone-clad building for a reported $90 million. Qatar planned to use the building as a consulate, and the Wildensteins, embroiled in a half-billion dollar tax case in France, would ge… (View original article)

If only these walls  — or floorboards — could talk.

A 4,000-square-foot penthouse hit the market in London’s Marylebone neighborhood earlier this summer for £8.95 million (US $11.64 million). And its landmarked building, known as Harley House, has at different points been home to rock star Mick Jagger, actress and author Joan Collins and Thomas Beechem, founder of the London Symphony Orchestra.

According to the Daily Mail, Mr. Jagger and his girlfriend at the time, Chrissie S… (View original article)

realtor.comIf you desire a posh life in the Peach State, we present this $18.8 million megamansion in Atlanta that’s been featured in both movies and TV shows.

“It’s like a mini Versailles,” says co-listing agent Ron Wolotzky of Rodeo Realty. “The house is being sold turn-key—everything you see comes with it.”

This means a lot of furnishings for the nine-bedroom, 12-bathroom Mediterranean-style mansion measuring 24,861 square feet. They include leather seats in the ventilate… (View original article)

Home to what may be the two most expensive properties in Atlantic Canada, the Village of Chester is on a real estate roll.

Just listed at $12.5 million, a three-acre headland on the peninsula with a view of both Tancooks offers a 12,000-square-foot mansion at 22 Fredas Point Dr.

“It probably has the single-most spectacular view of any property around,” said Tim Harris, owner-broker at Chester-based Tradewinds Realty.

Then there’s the 12,000-square-foot Kaulbach Is… (View original article)

For Pankaj and Radhika Oswal, it was meant to be the “Taj Mahal on the Swan River”.

But the building once destined to be their $70 million Perth palace is now a dilapidated eyesore which will be torn down within weeks.

Mrs Oswal wanted the Indian-style mansion in the luxurious suburb of Peppermint Grove to be her “absolute fantasy” home, boasting six bedrooms, a temple, observatory with revolving roof and parking for 17 cars.

However, it has sat unfinished since the … (View original article)

A mansion that was once the home of Belgium’s King Leopold II is reportedly on sale in southern France for a cool €1 billion.

If you’re looking to move house and happen to have have a spare billion euros in the bank, then we have some good news for you. 

The “Les Cèdres” mansion in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, near Nice in southern France, is on sale for what’s said to be the world’s highest ever asking price for a home, reported the Nice Matin newspaper. 
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