Mansions

Inside Bin Laden’s Florida mansion: Terror chief’s brother owned 13-acre holiday home just round the corner from Disney World Osama Bin Laden’s brother Khalil bought the 13 acre property for $1.6million back in 1980But the family fled the holiday home and left the US after the 9/11 terrorist attacks By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 04:23 EST, … Continue reading »

A scarily good weekend away! Luxury 27-bedroom 19th century Gothic mansion is available to rent for £10,000 Chris Badham and Damian Llambias bought Huntsman Court near Tiverton, Devon, for £1.83millionPair then spent £400,000 restoring the estate which was first built in 1869 A two night stay at the 19th Century home costs £10,900 By Daily … Continue reading »

A home triumph for gifted Adele: From dingy flat to £7m mansion for music megastar Her ten-bedroom, grade-II listed home has two swimming pools and 25 acres of land By Richard Price UPDATED: 04:49 EST, 5 March 2012 She’s taken the music world by storm and found love after years of singing about heartbreak. Now … Continue reading »

She is famed for flipping architecturally significant properties, but Diane Keaton has gone more mainstream with her latest acquisition.The actress has purchased a modern, 10,018 square foot property in California’s Pacific Palisades. Keaton, 66, has previously owned the Alfred Newman estate in Pacific Palisades and the 1928, Lloyd Wright-designed Samuel-Novarro House in Los Feliz, among … Continue reading »

Enlarge Photo@Chart text:The condos at Newport Tower will be similar to those built … more > The Victorian mansion that wraps around the corner at 1120 Rhode Island Ave. NW started life in 1895 as a doctor’s office. Now, 117 years later, Lock 7 Development is converting the property into eight condominium homes known as … Continue reading »

EUREKA SPRINGS — The National Trust for Historic Preservation annually hosts its prestigious National Preservation Conference highlighting exemplary models of historic preservation. This year, owners of The Queen Anne Mansion, Steve and Lata Lovell, have been asked to spearhead an educational session on Nov. 1 at the meeting which will convene in Spokane, Wash., on … Continue reading »

Perched high in the hills of our fair city, architect Michael Rostami’s architectural palace has come onto the market for $5.985 million. Realtor.com tells us that Rostami and Unicon Builders constructed the 5,500-square-foot house in 2009. It was listed nearly a year ago for the slightly pricier sum of $6.75 million. Buyers might now consider … Continue reading »

Some say that God is the only man who can own a house of worship. If you have $ 25,000 lying around and a love for Brazilian cherry floors though, you too can live in a four-story religious sanctuary, albeit a repurposed one in New York’s East Village The sumptuous shul is quite the space … Continue reading »

  Photograph by Dave Schmidt, flickr Virginia City, NV Johnny Depp sees dead people — here, at the Mackay Mansion. Built in 1860, the Italianate-style mansion was once the home of one of Virginia City’s “silver kings” who made his fortune on the Comstock Lode — the first major discovery of silver ore in … Continue reading »

Courtesy of Brown Harris Stevens RealtyAfter a year on the market, the Stanford White Mansion at 973 Fifth Avenue sold for more than $40 million. The townhouse, which had been listed at $49 million, was purchased by an American buyer, the Wall Street Journal reported. It was the highest-priced New York townhouse sold this year, … Continue reading »