CHANGE MARKET : LOS ANGELES
Haute Estates: $123 Million Updown Court Estate Listed for Fraction of Worth
The grand 103-room Updown Court estate fought the good fight with a choppy real estate market before its newest price slash to $65 million. Originally priced to sell at $143.5 million over six years ago, the property was recently seized by the Irish government from property developer Leslie Allen-Vercoe. A real steal at less than half the original asking price, this sprawling 50,000 square foot estate boasts two grand staircases, a bowling alley and a private lake.
Source: Curbed.com
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Sep 7, 2011 12:59 PM
The most expensive country house in the UK has gone up for sale for $123 Million (£75million.)
Updown Court boasts 103 rooms, five swimming pools, two penthouse apartments, a helipad and a $6 million marble heated driveway.
In 2006, Updown Court, one of the largest and lavish private residences in the UK – about 20 or so miles outside of London – was spec-built and put on the market for £75,000,000 (about $145,000,000). Recently, the luxe residences were seized by the Irish government in a foreclosure proceeding a...
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