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Construction Finally Resumes on the “Queen of Versailles” Mansion – America’s Largest Home

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General view of Westgate Resorts CEO David Siegel and wife Jackie Seigel’s dream mansion named Versailles in Windermere, Florida. (Photo : Reuters)

America’s largest mansion, a 90,000 square feet palatial house des… (View original article)

Good thing she’s worth $90 million! Christina Aguilera sells her Beverly Hills mansion for $2 million below asking price

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Tess Eyrich

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19:53 EST, 1 May 2013
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UPDATED:
01:54 EST, 2 May 2013

Christina Aguilera has sold her Beverly Hills Estate for a reported $11.5 million, $2 million below her original asking price.

The pop diva finalised the deal after the palatial digs languished on the market for over two years with a $13.5 million… (View original article)

One-time oilman and author Robert Edsel recently placed his Turtle Creek mansion on the market for $15.9 million.

The mansion was the second home built on Turtle Creek Boulevard in 1926 after what is now known as The Mansion on Turtle Creek, said Madeline Jobst, Edsel’s Realtor on the mansion and associate at Dave Perry-Miller & Associates.

“This home was headed for the wrecking ball before the owner bought it eight years ago,” Jobst told me … (View original article)

Friday, May 3, 2013, by Ian Spula

New to market, this 8,800 square-foot Kenwood mansion is a spectacle from every angle.

Another neighborhood work of architect for the rich & powerful Horatio Wilson, the 1908 landmark has six beds, seven-and-a-half baths, a library, sun room, game room, six fireplaces, and a wine cellar, all rendered in classicism and “meticulously rehabbed” in the past few years. The asking price sort of gives that away:… (View original article)

Tom Heagy, the former CFO of LeSalle Bank, and his wife Linda (who also worked there), are selling their historic Chicago mansion for $4.9 million, the WSJ reports.

The 10 bedroom, 8 bathroom home once belonged to Sears and Roebuck VP and philanthropist Max Adler. He helped to build the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, Adler Planetarium.

Another plus about this house is that it’s in President Obama’s old neighborhood… (View original article)

Rod Stewart splashes the cash on £4.65m mansion just down the road from English manor

3 May 2013 00:01

THE Scottish singer has bought Durrington House, a fancy pad just 30 miles from Woods House, his seven-bedroom Essex mansion.

ROD Stewart has bought a £4.65million mansion just 30 miles from the pile he already owns.

The rock superstar is the new master of Durrington House, a palatial 10-bedroom 18th century ho… (View original article)

Helen carson

– 03 May 2013

It is a stately home once worth £1m. But despite having its reserve price slashed to an incredible £60,000, this grand mansion in Carrickfergus remains on the market.

The 10,000 square foot property was the biggest bargain on offer at Tuesday’s BRG Gibson Auction. Once worth £1m, the reserve price was listed at £100,000.

But on the night it was dropped again to £60,000 when no interest was shown…. (View original article)

Stunning: Altona sold for more than $50 million. Photo: Tim Mooney

Just what do the Chinese buyers of the high-profile Point Piper mansion Altona have planned for the waterfront site?

That’s just one of the many questions being asked following this week’s news that the grand Italianate mansion on a 2400-square-metre land holding has sold for more than $50 million after six years on the market.

Documents show the buyer is Xiuzhen Ding, 75, a Chi… (View original article)

Waterfront home in Mt. Sinai new to the market.

A home at 21 Waters Edge Lane

in Mt. Sinai is currently listed on AOL Real Estate at $1,299,990.The home, built in 1984, features four bedrooms, five bathrooms, views of Mt. Sinai Harbor from every room, granite kitchen, vaulted ceilings, a deck overlooking the pool and much more.

The home is brokered by

Shea & Sanders Real Estate and has been on the market for just five days.

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Reflecting a tranquil lifestyle, this curvaceous mansion in Melbourne, called The Hill House is the work of Rachcoff Velle Architecture. The architects envisioned a living space that perfectly reflects the salty and breezy seaside environment. The clients wanted something stylish and comfortable, a house with panoramic views, suggesting that the beach is only a few steps away. Located on the rise of the hill, the house offers some of the best views over the … (View original article)