By Sam Penrod,

Deseret News

MAPLETON — More than two years after a new mansion suspiciously burned to the ground in Mapleton, fire investigators now admit it is unlikely they will ever be able to file arson charges.

However, the homeowner, Doug Sheneman, has been convicted of insurance and communications fraud in connection with the fire. And neighbors are also angry because they are still waiting for the rubble to be cleaned …(Read more)

Oil heir Brandon Davis brokered Petra Ecclestone $150m mansion deal ‘on same night he was arrested for drug possession’

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Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 6:24 PM on 17th June 2011

He is more well known for drunken nights out and his string of relationship with Hollywood It girls.

But oil heir and playboy Brandon Davis was apparently the mastermind behind one of the biggest real estate deals in Hollywood history…(Read more)

Gary Melius, Oheka Castle Owner

Construction on the Oheka Castle in Huntington, completed in 1919 by legendary financier Otto Kahn, was one of the first completely fireproof edifices ever constructed. Given the swirling cigar smoke and sparks that fly during the most high-profile, raucous backroom power poker game on Long Island, hosted by Oheka resident Gary Melius, this is probably a good thing. Melius, the unassuming yet magnanimous owner of the Oheka, lovingly restore…(Read more)

£4.2m bid to revamp Colchester Castle

8:00am Thursday 9th June 2011

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A MAJOR bid for £4.2million of improvements to Colchester Castle’s interior has been submitted.

Next month, the Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service will discover if it has won lottery funding for the project. It aims to give a greater a sense of scale to visitors inside the castle, which is
…(Read more)

At the heart of the trustees’ plans is a desire to open up the castle.
“There’s a real need for a gallery in mid-Wales, and the castle is perfect,”
says Nancy’s husband, Justin, another trustee and son of the Hay Festival’s
chairwoman, Revel Guest. “It would be wonderful to have a venue which could
stage touring exhibitions from London and Cardiff.

“We are also hoping to restore the castle’s Jacobean section. When fini…(Read more)

Christmas isn’t supposed to be about material things but we thought we’d close out this abbreviated day of posting with a look inside the recently rehabbed mansion on Prospect Park West that used to be owned by the actors Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany but was bought in 2008 for $8,450,000 by a family blessed with much Google stock. Well, the renova…(Read more)

Built in 1955, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s Bel Air home has a hazy celebrity history.

Gabor and her husband, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, have told the press that she purchased the home in the 1970s from Howard Hughes and that Elvis Presley also was a resident.

Barbara Yobs, a California area mortgage banker disputed Gabor’s claim in an LA Weekly weekly story, stating that the blonde starlet purchased the home from her grandparents in the 1970s.

Hughes did live in at th…(Read more)

Via LA Weekly: Guess Clothing co-founder Armand Marciano is selling his Benedict Canyon mansion for $63 million. The 30,000 square-foot Mediterranean-style villa, built in 2001, sits on a 20-acre lot. The opulence of the house exceeds even Guess Clothing’s flashy aesthetic, as it includes 7 bedrooms, 18 bathrooms, a wine cellar, an elevator, 9 fireplaces, and a projection screening room. The property also features a tennis court, a 17-car garage, separate staff quarters, and a pool ho…(Read more)