Author Archives: Castles of the Realm
Political Mansions | Haute Living Magazine
Haute Estates: Politicians and Their Mansions Posted By Alison Agudo on September 7th, 2011 When you’re front and center in American politics, the public is always watching. Whether it’s slip-ups on the campaign trail, personal info leaking through the media or even lavish home purchases, politicians tend to live very public lives. Here is a … Continue reading
BBC News – Edinburgh Castle visitor numbers hit record high
7 September 2011 Last updated at 08:50 ET Edinburgh Castle has recorded its highest ever monthly visitor figures after 205,000 people went through its doors in August. The biggest influx came on 8 August, when 8,232 people visited the historic attraction. The castle has also been shortlisted in the best UK heritage attraction category in … Continue reading
Offers of £5m invited for Thornbury Castle (From Gazette Series)
Offers of £5m invited for Thornbury Castle 9:30am Wednesday 7th September 2011 Print Email Comments(0) ANYONE with £5 million to spare is being encouraged to make an offer for Thornbury Castle. The luxurious hotel, and former holiday jaunt for Henry VIII, has been put on the market with the £5 million price tag. Property Agents … Continue reading
Starting bid on Osorio Star Island home: $10.5M – South Florida Business Journal
Osorio’s home on Star Island will be auctioned soon. Star Island is an exclusive enclave off the MacArthur Causeway near the main Miami Beach island. Bill Clinton stood on the balcony. Billionaire Philip Frost lives next door. And now the house at 15 Star Island Drive has become known as the home of embattled businessman … Continue reading
Don Wallace Sells Tampa Mansion for $6.75M | RV Business
Don Wallace Sells Tampa Mansion for $6.75M September 6, 2011 by RV Business Leave a Comment Don Wallace mansion sells for $6.75 million. LazyDays RV king Don Wallace has sold his South Tampa mansion for $6.75 million. Wallace and his wife Erika transferred the 15,396-square-foot estate Thursday to Carmen and Harry Barkett, president of Amalie … Continue reading
Sandra Bullock Adds Bev Hills Mansion to Bulging Property Portfolio | The Realtor
BUYER: Sandra Bullock Location: Beverly Hills, CA Price tag: $ 22,950,000 SIZE: eight,110 square feet, 7 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms High-paid Oscar-winning girl-up coming-door actress Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side, Miss Congeniality, Speed et al) has bounced back smelling like a sweet rose from the stinky debacle of her marriage to and divorce from cheating chopper … Continue reading
Luxury Mansion in Malibu | Interior Design, Interior Decorating Ideas, Architecture
Happy Tuesday! Check out this superb residence on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. It was completed in 2010. Because it was built above the water on Encinal Bluffs, the house is close to the beautiful Malibu beaches and affords sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. It has an oceanfront pool/spa, a rooftop deck of … Continue reading
Sprawling exhibit fits in at historic mansion – Boston.com
Coolidge himself has a couple of awkward paintings and a quite affecting lilac-wood sculpture on permanent view at the mansion. He and his friends would have appreciated “Art Encounters Preservation,’’ a sprawling exhibit of site-specific installations inside and outside the house, on property that is now a state park. Curator Allison Newsome has brought together … Continue reading
Two Gold Coast Mansion Sales – Deal Estate – September 2011 – Chicago
Two Gold Coast Mansion Sales Posted Sep 6, 2011 at 10:25 AM By Dennis Rodkin List Price: $5.75 million Sale Price: $5.78 million List Price: $4.75 million Sale Price: $4.154 million The Properties: A 13-room mansion on an extra-large lot on North State Parkway sold August 23 for a little more than its asking price—and … Continue reading
An uncertain future for a historic mansion : The Temple News
Browse > Home / Featured, News / An uncertain future for a historic mansion An uncertain future for a historic mansion Sixteen years since closing, a historically rich mansion’s future remains unclear. An old, off-white mansion sits at the corner of Broad and Jefferson streets in North Philadelphia, mysteriously gated off from the community and … Continue reading