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[Sysman]

That's rather Chateau Poche et Becqs, don't you think?

Very. Or a rock star.

[Old Greg]

All very nice, but The 27th floor ???

and I would suggest that for 4 mill you could get something rather better.

It doesn't even have a "his and hers" sink.

His missus doesn't wash so no problems there.

And Portsmouth? Has it miraculously changed in the last 15 years?

[Sysman]

Fook orf!

I'd be looking at a cheap flat by the sea.

3 bedroom penthouse for sale in Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1

All very nice, but The 27th floor ???

and I would suggest that for 4 mill you could get something rather better.

It doesn't even have a "his and hers" sink.

[Sysman]

WHS. I grew up in old houses and I bloody hate them. I have the scars on my head to prove it. Still, each to his own.

Enjoy the rising damp, the drafty bedrooms and the sound of mice running about above the ceiling.

And those mice seem to wear size 11 army boots. Hobnailed army boots.

They used to come in from next door at 5 past midnight, prompt. I filled several holes up with cement to stop the next door midnight flit, but living in fields you couldn't really keep them out.

[Sysman]

I don't like the look of that house - Inside it would be all roof and beams, with pokey little rooms, and probably horribly creaky floorboards to boot.

It would be like trying to walk around, practically bent double, below decks on HMS Victory.

Look at the interior photos on that page. Far too many beams for me; they appear to exude fake olde worlde charm rather than structural requirements.

I've lived in beamed places and I really didn't like all those beams. Give me nice expanses of white walls and ceilings any day.

[MaryPoppins]

This reminds me of the Partridge scene where he ponders being a neighbour of Chris Rea.

[Old Greg]

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But if it's just a quick chat, you could steer the conversation towards astrophysics and lightning very very frightening. Galileo! Galileo! Oh wait, I see what you mean now. Have to cost in the electric fences.

[Pondlife]

Brian May would probably be OK if it was just borrowing a cup of sugar.

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[Old Greg]

I was about to put an offer in, but that's put me off.

Brian May would probably be OK if it was just borrowing a cup of sugar.

[MaryPoppins]

Neighbors include Elton John, Sarah, Duchess of York, Queen guitarist Brian May

I was about to put an offer in, but that's put me off.

[DimPrawn]

Isn't this more your style, Dim?

23 bedroom detached house for sale in Windlesham, Surrey, GU20, GU20

It's probably about time the vendor realised that house is tulip at £70m.

Updown Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It is currently the largest private residence to be built in the United Kingdom since the 19th century and was listed with Savills and Hamptons International (estate agencies), in 2005 for £70 million (138 million USD).


Updown Court is entered by a £2 million (3 million USD) heated marble driveway.[6] Updown Court has 103 rooms, of which 24 are bedrooms, each with its own marble en-suite bathroom. Among other features, it has a fully automated two-lane bowling alley, five swimming pools including an Infinity pool, a squash court, a floodlit tennis court, a wine cellar with a capacity for 3,000 bottles and a panic room. There are 5 acres (20,000 m2) of more than 30 different types of imported Italian marble, expansive terraces, and a customizable cinema with a 50 seat capacity. It also features an underground garage, with granite flooring, that has enough room for eight luxury cars or limousines.[7] The first floor is the main residential area, featuring eight generous bedroom suites, all en-suite. The penthouse floor contains two separate penthouse apartments, each with two bedrooms, reception area, bathroom, kitchen and occupies an entire wing of the property.[7]

Updown Court is set in the centre of 58 acres (230,000 m2) of delightful gardens and mature woodland. Neighbors include Elton John, Sarah, Duchess of York, Queen guitarist Brian May and even Elizabeth II once resided locally.

[Pondlife]

Isn't this more your style, Dim?

23 bedroom detached house for sale in Windlesham, Surrey, GU20, GU20

It has been more than two centuries since a private house has been constructed on such a majestic scale, finished to this degree of sophistication or offered such extravagant privacy.

That would be the bowling alley would it?

Can't believe those are the best 8 photos they could find.

[Old Greg]

Needs some flamingos in the garden.

For that price, I'd want genetically engineered Giant Moas.

[Mich the Tester]

Isn't this more your style, Dim?

23 bedroom detached house for sale in Windlesham, Surrey, GU20, GU20

That's rather Chateau Poche et Becqs, don't you think?

[MaryPoppins]

I like the crystal piano. Kawai CR-40. About £70K.

Yack. Very pimpish.