{"id":18116,"date":"2015-06-28T22:40:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T15:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bejewelled-bidets-going-cheap-london-mansions-contents-in-public-auction\/"},"modified":"2016-06-30T09:22:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T02:22:38","slug":"bejewelled-bidets-going-cheap-london-mansions-contents-in-public-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bejewelled-bidets-going-cheap-london-mansions-contents-in-public-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Bejewelled bidets going cheap: London mansion's contents in public auction"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSecretive 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 \u00a3300m, the property remains unsold. Now, the Guardian has learned, its owners are preparing to sell the property\u2019s entire contents \u2013 from ornate chandeliers to jewel-encrusted bidets to curtains, doors and even gold-plated waste-paper bins \u2013 by public auction, in a knock-down fire sale at which no low offer is too insulting. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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