Witanhurst is the largest private home in London, only slightly smaller than Buckingham Palace. The imposing Georgian mansion sits on five acres in Highgate, one of the most sought-after areas in the city; neighbors include George Michael and Kate Moss. Since 1970, when the aristocratic owner ran out of cash for its upkeep, Witanhurst has been largely vacant, save for the occasional film or TV shoot. Consecutive owners tried and failed to secure permission from the local governing … (View original article)

Thousands of visitors stepped back into the Golden Age of American gardens at the Newport Flower Show this weekend on the front lawn of Rosecliff Mansion.

All proceeds from the Newport Flower Show are dedicated to the ongoing restoration and maintenance of The Preservation Society of Newport County’s 88 acres of gardens and landscapes. The Preservation Society of Newport owns 11 historic properties and landscapes, seven of which are National Historic Landmarks.

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Want to live like Diddy? Well you can for the tune of $13.5 million. The hip-hop mogul is putting his New Jersey mansion on the market, being that he spends a lot more of his time on the opposite coast. Read some details of the sale after the jump.

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(AHH) – The New York Post reports that Combs has put the 12,000 square-foot, Colonial style home up for sale, after paying $6 million for the residence in 2004.
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A BENTLEY stolen during a break and enter at a Gold Coast mansion has been found in good condition.

The car, worth $250,000, was stolen during a robbery on Monday night when thieves simply walked into a waterfront mansion at Hope Island through the unlocked front door, helped themselves to a fortune in jewels, picked up the keys to the Bentley and drove off.

It’s almost the mirror image of a robbery at the NSW home of one of Australia’s richest men fu… (View original article)

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will kick off its 2011 Music/Entertainment series with the Sherry Winston Trio on July 15, 2011, 8-10 p.m. The evening will be sponsored by the Xerox Foundation.Ms. Winston has had the honor of performing at the White House and for two U.S. presidents, William J. Clinton and George H.W. Bush, and has played at major theaters including Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Apollo Theater, among others.

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You remember the LibDems? That middle line party with manifesto pledges about things like not raising tuition fees for students? Well, in this weeks’ non-news another of their pledges turns out to be no more than polish on the Tories’ wood, as the Sunday Times finds a source ‘close to the Chancellor’ who claims the LibDems last gasp Mansion tax is nothing but dust.

The Sunday Times’ “Senior Treasury sources” pooh poohed the idea, saying &ldq… (View original article)

I need to hit mega millions….and soon !!!
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Pat — June 28th, 2011 @ 9:08 am

Wow. Just… wow. I never had an idea in my head that Menands would be the place for a mansion on this scale. Loudonville, yes. Menands, no.
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Lilly — June 28th, 2011 @ 9:13 am

wow… what i wouldn’t give to live there… a double staircase in the foyer? it’s gorgeous! and that indo… (View original article)

London native Leona Lewis bought a home in California in 2009 for 1.85 million bucks, but now it’s on the market.

E! Online reports that Leona isn’t planning on taking a loss on the property — the price tag on the Hollywood Hills home is $2.5 million.

That gets you a Mediterranean-style pad with four bedrooms and four bathrooms and over four thousand square feet, plus a guest house, a pool, a cabana and fabulous canyon views.

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