Property News · June 28, 2015

Bejewelled bidets going cheap: London mansion's contents in public auction


Secretive owners of unsold 45-bedroom residence overlooking Hyde Park to sell items of billionaire chic with no guide prices attached It is the most expensive property ever marketed in Britain, a vast, 45-bedroom mansion overlooking Hyde Park that was formerly home to a Lebanese prime minister and a Saudi prince.But, three years after it emerged that 2-8a Rutland Gate was being discreetly marketed to select multi-billionaires for a mere £300m, the property remains unsold. Now, the Guardian has learned, its owners are preparing to sell the property’s entire contents – from ornate chandeliers to jewel-encrusted bidets to curtains, doors and even gold-plated waste-paper bins – by public auction, in a knock-down fire sale at which no low offer is too insulting. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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