Chateaux
48,000-square-foot house up for auction in DFW | Mom2MomDFW.com
HICKORY CREEK — Down Ronald Reagan Avenue and off Swisher Road, past the town hall and not far from Wal-Mart, where kayaks were selling Wednesday for $199, sits one of the most expensive homes ever built in North Texas. And it’s for sale. Champ d’Or, a 48,000-square-foot mansion on 39 acres with a 1.5-acre lake, … Continue reading
Vintage investments: buy a house in France – Telegraph
“We must have looked at more than 100 houses in that time,” says Caroline, a former PA to the chef Michel Roux. “We knew we wanted a place with a view, on the edge of a village and not more than a 90-minute drive from an airport. Lot-et-Garonne was where all those things came together.” … Continue reading
Nab a Piece of L.A.’s Versailles – WSJ.com
Sotheby’s Fleur de Lys, the Saperstein home in Beverly Hills ON APRIL 19, Sotheby’s New York will auction off the contents of Fleur de Lys, the 45,000-square-foot Los Angeles home of socialite Suzanne Saperstein. The collection is one of those glimpses into a folly that recurs every few decades and to which L.A. is particularly … Continue reading
Hotels With Titanic Ties – ABC News
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Daily Daydream: The ‘Swiss Riviera’ – SmarterTravel.com
Situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, in an area nicknamed the “Swiss Riviera,” the Chateau de Chillon is a historic must-see. The castle was built sometime during the Bronze Age, and was intended to defend the passage between northern and southern Europe. There’s plenty to explore inside the castle—from underground former prisons to stunning … Continue reading
A Planned Replica Of Versailles In The DC Suburbs Has Neighbors Freaking Out – Business Insider
(Newser) – A man’s home is his castle, nowhere more so than in the ritzy Washington, DC, suburb of Great Falls, Va. That’s where one couple has elected to build their 25,424-square-foot mansion, dubbed “Le Chateau de Lumiere” and fashioned after the Palace of Versailles. The only thing bigger than the planned house? The brouhaha … Continue reading
A fairytale French chateau – Telegraph
Château de la Goujeonnerie in the Vendée, western France, is a magnificent mansion in 18 acres of parkland, with three ‘floating’ towers that give it a fairytale feel. Built for a local magistrate in 1872, it has 22 rooms over three floors, a lake and views of rolling green hills in the distance. As is … Continue reading
A Place in the Sun | News and features – A piece of overseas property for 4,000 GBP
If you’re considering an overseas property investment, but have a budget which wont stretch very far, then a new scheme which is being developed by Barrasford & Bird Worldwide could be the answer. The company’s ‘Experience Property Ownership’ scheme allows overseas property investors the chance to own a fractional share in a choice of five … Continue reading
Chandler council votes down plan to turn mansion into Chateau de Vie – East Valley Tribune: Chandler
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:32 pm | Updated: 11:24 am, Sun Feb 26, 2012. A couple’s two-year effort to transform a Chandler mansion into a lavish events center has failed in the face of neighborhood opposition. Chandler’s City Council rejected plans for Chateau de Vie, a Tudor-style mansion on a property that dwarfs even … Continue reading
Impressive 19th century chateau in Central Park now on the market
Impressive 19th century chateau in Central Park now on the market by Simona Ganea, posted in Real Estate, on January 27th, 2012 Contrary to the common belief, chateaux are not found only in France and are actually not that rare. They can also be seen in places such as Manhattan. This impressive chateau is located … Continue reading