$1.58 Billion House

[R. Richard]

I imagine that you're as upset as I am. I didn't realize that the place was up for sale and missed my chance to bid. Good location, in London. Ah well.

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_vqwsqjvR28OQAi6jiZ._Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9NDAwO2NyPTE7Y3c9NjAwO2R4PTA7ZHk9MDtmaT11bGNyb3A7aD00MDA7cT04NTt3PTYwMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/finance/2014-11-06/45848340-65d1-11e4-952c-19afd504fe26_mansion.jpg

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Yeah, it's no 10 Downing Street, but it would do.

 

[sr71plt]

Good news. You can still stay at Ian Fleming's Goldeneye cottage in Jamaica for a mere $8,500 a night.

https://www.goldeneye.com/wp-content/themes/goldeneye/downloads/goldeneye-rates-2013.pdf

 

[JKendallDane]

When I saw the thread title, I was expecting this to be about what the Koch Brothers have shelled out to own Congress so far.

 

[SamScribble]

How many times do I have to tell you guys? Do not post pictures of my house! Do you have any idea what it's going to do to my council tax?

 

[redzinger]

How many times do I have to tell you guys? Do not post pictures of my house! Do you have any idea what it's going to do to my council tax?

I only live a couple of miles away and I'm skint. Mind if I pop around for a cup of sugar?

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

Yeah you wanna watch it with these kinds of things though.

A large mansion in Paris city last year sold for 900,000,000 pounds to a CIA front company and the money went to an ex-Syrian Intelligence Chief. Wonder where the money went to from there...

Then, there is the London apartment belonging to my 'very good friend' Roman Abramovich - well, he doesn't know me anymore, but when the Soviet system collapse in the Eighties he was one of the guys offered to me to meet 'for business' but since I didn't have a clue what was being meant I didn't follow through. Damn on that one. Seriously, little did I know. I thought 'where I was at' was 'where it was at.' How wrong can ya be. His current London pad has several floors people by armed private security (up to FORTY highly trained individuals on some occasions, I'm told!) and computerised control centres with biometrics sensing equipment and god only knows what else.

And then there's the Bombay guy who built his multi-storeyed skyscraper 'house/mansion' in the middle of a city in which there are millions of underprivileged homeless people.

At least at the New York Waldorf Astoria (just sold for billions) you can still get a suite and there's only a slight possibility the Chinese are spying on your sex life.

 

[R. Richard]

Yeah, it's no 10 Downing Street, but it would do.

If course not! 10 Downing Street has a cat. There's no mention of a cat in the sale story. That lack, is in my opinion a big mistake. No matter how fancy, mice tend to degrade the livability of a house. A hard working cat is a definite plus. You would think, that for $1.58 billion, they could throw in a cat.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

If course not! 10 Downing Street has a cat. There's no mention of a cat in the sale story. That lack, is in my opinion a big mistake. No matter how fancy, mice tend to degrade the livability of a house. A hard working cat is a definite plus. You would think, that for $1.58 billion, they could throw in a cat.

At least a grumpy cat.