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SELLER: Estate of Charlton HestonLOCATION: Beverly Hills, CAPRICE: $12,249,000SIZE: (approx.) 3.5 acres, 5 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms YOUR MAMA’S NOTES: For the first time ever, the Los Angeles compound of late Hollywood icon Charlton Heston has come up for sale with an asking price of $12,249,000. Privately nestled on an approximately 3.5-acre promontory high above Coldwater Canyon in the Beverly Hills Post Office area, the daring, sharp-angled contemporary, still owned by the Heston family, was Read more [...]

Comments (0) AN APPLICATION to remove the 650-year status of The Bull in Blackmore as a public house has been rejected unanimously by councillors.Villagers have been fighting Sheila Pickering's plans ever since she bought the grade two listed building in 2010 for £425,000.After failing to sell the premises for double that figure, in 2013 she asked for permission to build two cottages in its beer garden which also was rejected by Brentwood Borough councillors Read more [...]

This new house won in the $1 million - $2 million bracket at the Auckland House of the Year awards. A million dollars is a Lotto-size sum of money for most people.But in 36 Auckland suburbs, it will only buy you an average house. With the rate of house price inflation cooling and potential rental returns of less than 3 per cent, that might not feel such a good use of money. READ MORE: * Read more [...]

Acquire grandeur, history and acres of grounds, with none of the responsibility, says Carol Lewis You may well have been pipped to the post in buying Wentworth Woodhouse, the country’s largest privately owned stately house, but you can still secure a home in a stately location — and for rather less than Wentworth’s £8 million price tag. Here we take a look at apartments for sale in some of Britain’s most historic houses. Southern England The grade II* listed Albury Park, three Read more [...]

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor Purplebricks, the online estate agent backed by the City's top fund manager, is preparing to press the button on a stock market listing valuing it at close to £250m. Sky News has learnt that the company has informed shareholders in recent days that it wants to float as soon as the first week of December, even as a number of initial public offerings are facing Read more [...]

The Georgian house, Plas Wilmot, in Weston Lane, Oswestry, was in the hands of the same family for more than 40 years, but was sold this week by agents Savills with a guide price of £625,000.Wilfred OwenTony Morris-Eyton, from Savills, said: “Plas Wilmot did have a lot of interest because of the Wilfred Owen connection, but also because it is one of the most prominent houses in Oswestry.“It has been purchased by a local Oswestry person.”It is believed the Grade II-listed property, Read more [...]

Wannabe or first-time travellers have been quizzing global jet-setters online in an attempt to find out the answer to a mystifying question – whether it is really safe to sleep naked in a hotel room.  Some of the travel 'experts' talked of hygiene, addressing fears over bed bugs, flying insects, fleas or simply "other people's stuff". Others spoke with authority on fire and crime; namely, what to do if you're ever caught at risk, unawares – and in the buff.  And the general Read more [...]

Residents are stepping up their protests against housing plans for the district. Homeowners in Denny Beck just outside Halton will hold a public meeting tomorrow (November 12) to discuss plans to build on greenfield land near the A683.The site is one of eight in the Lancaster district identified by the council for building between now and 2031. Campaigners say the plans are unfeasible because the site hasn’t got mains gas and sewage, will increase traffic tenfold, cause Read more [...]

Blairs' company now boasts a total of 34 homes worth around £25million The latest purchase in Stockport takes flat tally up to 27 plus 7 houses  Prices range from £5.75m mansion to £75,000 one-bed flat in Stockport Tony Blair's own decision to live in London led to revolt from neighboursBy Anthony Joseph and Martin Robinson for MailOnline Published: 10:42 GMT, 11 November 2015 | Updated: 16:21 GMT, 11 November 2015 Read more [...]