{"id":135817,"date":"2023-04-08T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-is-where-people-with-staggering-wealth-end-up-who-will-buy-britains-most-expensive-house\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T13:15:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T06:15:23","slug":"this-is-where-people-with-staggering-wealth-end-up-who-will-buy-britains-most-expensive-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-is-where-people-with-staggering-wealth-end-up-who-will-buy-britains-most-expensive-house\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This is where people with staggering wealth end up\u2019: who will buy Britain\u2019s most expensive house?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n2-8A Rutland Gate in Knightsbridge, London is on the market again \u2013 yours for just \u00a3200m. The story of the mansion \u2013 which has been empty for years \u2013 is a lesson in how London has been captured by the super-richTwice a day for the past 12 years, Markus Roggen, an artist and fashion consultant, has walked past the house at the end of his road and wondered to himself: \u201cWhy is it still empty?\u201d Roggen\u2019s road is no ordinary road, and the house on the corner is no ordinary house. It is a 45-room \u201cprivate palace\u201d with 116 windows, 68 of which have views over Hyde Park, in the most exclusive and pricey corner of central London. Welcome to 2-8A Rutland Gate, officially Britain\u2019s most expensive house, and a property that lies completely empty.Every day, thousands of people pass the building, which stands on the busy Kensington Road near a stop for the number 9, 23 and 52 buses, but most of them probably don\u2019t give it a second glance. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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