Mansions

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island’s highest court heard arguments Tuesday in a fight that has pitted dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family against a nonprofit that owns several Gilded Age mansions in Newport. The nonprofit Preservation Society of Newport County wants to build a visitors center on the grounds of The Breakers, a spectacular mansion … Continue reading »

The man behind the popular Falls Festival is taking his promotional career in a direction that matches his family man status ��� and loving it. Simon Daly has created the Lost Lands Festival, which will be held at Werribee Mansion over Melbourne Cup weekend. After 20 years of running one of the biggest festivals in … Continue reading »

While considered a boulevard to the world’s most expensive shopping spots, Fifth Avenue is bombarded with several billionaire homes that date back several decades. The avenue’s high status was deemed in 1862, when matriarch Caroline Schermerhorn Astor settled into a stylish home on the corner of 34th Street. It’s first major facelift occured when the … Continue reading »

Bigger isn’t always better in London’s struggling housing market Mega-mansion owners are once again carving up their palatial homes October 23, 2016 03:00PM A Hyde Park mansion London boasts many of the most expensive single-family mansions in the world. But as the market for high-end housing struggles, mansion owners are once again carving up their … Continue reading »

OTTAWA—The Liberal government says it’s taking a more “pragmatic” approach to selling off multi-million diplomatic mansions abroad, quietly changing a Conservative-era push to get rid of the posh properties. The previous Conservative government announced in 2012 it would sell off some 50 diplomatic properties, including a historic Roman villa, multiple mansions across the United States … Continue reading »

THE most expensive house sold in Wales this August was near Swansea and went for more than £1m, the Post can reveal. The hefty price paid for the nine bedroom French chateau-style house set deep in the Swansea Valley contrasts with the £20,000 paid for the least expensive house bought around Swansea in August, located … Continue reading »

Christine Dunn Journal Staff Writer ProjoChris NEWPORT — The Seafair mansion, at 254 Ocean Ave., was the location of a fundraiser for President Obama in 2014. For owner Richard Bready’s 60th birthday party in 2003, 180 guests were treated to a concert by Elton John at the nine-acre seaside retreat. The mansion remains the most … Continue reading »

Broomfield House is a handsome Edwardian mansion on the outskirts of Blairgowrie. Built early in the 20th Century for a Dundee jute baron, it was split into three apartments and a penthouse around seven years ago. Spread over most of the second floor, number four is the three-bedroom penthouse apartment. A shared, furnished reception hall … Continue reading »

Published: 04:28 EST, 20 October 2016 | Updated: 11:03 EST, 20 October 2016 He’s made Los Angeles his permanent base since he welcomed his first child Freddie in January. And it seems Louis Tomlinson is serious about making Tinsel Town his home, as the singer is believed to have paid out $7.3million for a new … Continue reading »

It has been revealed that 22-year-old Justin Bieber is sparing no expense whilst he stays in London, splashing out on a luxury £108,000-a-month mansion in the capital. The property reportedly boasts no less than 15 bedrooms, an outdoor pool, tennis court and a “huge” garden in a leafy North London street. Aree Rand, partner at … Continue reading »