Author Archives: Castles of the Realm
Walking in Hamilton’s footsteps | All Over Albany
Albany is presenting with many of the symptoms of Hamilton fever. A themed tour of a historic home. A themed exhibit at a museum. And now it’s turned serious… there’s a self-guided Alexander Hamilton walking tour. Hamilton… so much… Eliza… tickets impossible… Miranda… (Don’t worry, it’s only the fever talking.) Walking tour blurbage from the … Continue reading
Charlie Sheen Sells Beverly Hills Home for $5.415 Million | Celebuzz
Charlie Sheen is enjoying success with real estate right now, as he’s just sold his Beverly Hills mansion for $5.415 million. He originally purchased it for $4.8 million in 2012 from one of the Detroit Pistons owners, Tom Gores, for his estranged wife Brooke Mueller and their two sons. Located in Mulholland Estates, the five-bed, … Continue reading
Biggest ever international Scottish Scout Jamboree celebrates 70th anniversary in Perthshire – Daily Record
Over 1700 Scouts from all over Scotland, the UK and the world will travel to Blair Atholl in Perthshire, to take part in the 35th Blair Atholl International Jamborette – the only Scout camp of its kind in the world. Sixteen countries, including Ghana, Gibraltar, Spain, Hong Kong, the USA, Austria, Finland, Japan and Iceland, … Continue reading
Dromoland Castle Hotel eyeing record revenues this year | Irish Examiner
The five-star Dromoland Castle Hotel is on course for a record year, with revenues set to top €20m. Newly-filed accounts for Dromoland Castle Holdings Ltd — the operating company for the Co Clare hotel and the adjacent Inn at Dromoland — show a four-fold increase in pre-tax profits for 2015 to €1.29m. Revenues increased 13% … Continue reading
Dromoland Castle on course for record year – Independent.ie
That is according to the long-serving hotel manager, Mark Nolan who pointed out that the business also includes the Inn at Dromoland, which it acquired in 2012 for €2.1m. Mr Nolan was commenting on new accounts showing that pre-tax profits at Dromoland Castle Holdings Ltd increased four fold last year to €1.29m. This followed revenues … Continue reading
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg causes outrage building a 6ft wall in Hawaii around property | Daily Mail Online
Published: 04:54 EST, 28 June 2016 | Updated: 20:26 EST, 28 June 2016 Billionaire Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has annoyed locals on the Hawaiian holiday island of Kauai after he began construction a large stone wall around his $100million 750-acre retreat. Zuckerberg bought the property in 2014 and later added two further parcels of land, … Continue reading
Life Behind the Stacks: The Secret Apartments of New York Libraries | 6sqft
Image by Glynnis Ritchie via flickr For many book lovers, there is nothing more exciting than the idea of a home library. What most of the city’s book lovers don’t know is that until recently, there was an affordable way to fulfill the dream of a home library—at least for book lovers who also happened … Continue reading
$15 Million Can Buy You a Small Piece of Hamptons History – Bloomberg
In 1910, an attorney named Albert Barnes Boardman bought close to 10 acres in downtown Southampton, N.Y., and spent $250,000 (approximately $30 million today) to build a 24-room, four-story mansion modeled after the Villa Medici in Rome. There were formal gardens, fountains, sprawling lawns, a tennis court, and a gatehouse. The original house, modeled after the Villa Medici in Rome. Source: … Continue reading
Privacy-obsessed Bill Gates bought up an 18-acre, elite equestrian enclave in Florida | Daily Mail Online
Published: 15:05 EST, 28 June 2016 | Updated: 16:37 EST, 28 June 2016 With one last check for $2.5million last week, Bill Gates completed the land puzzle he’s been assembling in the small Florida village of Wellington. The richest man in the world is now the proud owner of an entire street in the exclusive … Continue reading
Pennsylvania’s Most Expensive Home Is $25M – Real Estate News and Advice – realtor.com
realtor.com Here’s a secret worth shouting about! Pennsylvania’s most expensive property, listed for $25 million, is a relative bargain, according to listing agent Janet Rubino. The posh Philadelphia-area address has been on the market since 2014, and it’s at the top end of the upscale Mainline neighborhood, Rubino admits. She’s been marketing it internationally, hoping others … Continue reading