who would want a house this big?

[UK1 (Rob)]

I would like that house, so I could sell it and then I could pay somebody to come a teach me how to set up a telescope for photography and viewing as the more I read the more confused I get. so many different ways of doing set ups

[pgc hunter]

I hate vacuuming, so yeah I'm out.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

There you go Marc I know I'd forgotten something rather important.

Actually, it should be that size, but on the hill behind the house

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

That's just plain vulgar. Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius will be turning in their graves.
Actually, given most of the "architecture" of the past 30 years, they're probably stuck on "spin" cycle.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by pgc hunter

I hate vacuuming, so yeah I'm out.

Just get some of those little robots they have now which can do the job

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

I like my manor/estate type house...like an English or French manor. I also don't mind that mediterranean look as well.

...Enough of that doom and gloom...think that house is ostentatious, how about this. Updown Court, in Surrey. 56000sqft, 103 rooms, $138million

They've been trying to flog this monstrousity for nearly five years. even the notoriously ostentatious Sultan of Brunei doesn't want it.
Fortunately you can barely see it from the road!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by Waxing_Gibbous

They've been trying to flog this monstrousity for nearly five years. even the notoriously ostentatious Sultan of Brunei doesn't want it.
Fortunately you can barely see it from the road!

It'd cost a fortune just to upkeep it and it would only appeal to a certain taste. Some Hollyweird type would buy it, just for the talking point value...if they had the money to, that is.

Apparently, the Crown Prince of Dubai owns it. Have a gander at this!!

Updown Court

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Just dire!!!
My ex-girlfriend used to live in Palace Gardens Terrace, which is right behind Palace Gardens.
Mind you she only had a one bed flat and it only cost 80pounds a week, so its not quite the same.

[renormalised (Carl)]

80 quid/week...hmmm...might just be able to rent the towel rack in the guest quarters for that

[GrahamL]

falling water would of been a great experiance chris , I'll admit I'd never heard of the guy until a 10 years or so back , there was a most interesting doco on him I caught once that totally hooked me into finding out more about the guy .
I like west the best , guess when its your home you are not constrained by clients wants , budgets and such , some of his very early designs look great as well particularly the interior furnishings .
What strikes me about a lot of his work is that it dosn't look dated
which is surprising considering some of it is heading towards a hundred years old .

[Robbie]

Yep my next door neighbours pffft a vulgar display of wealth, no keeping up with those Jones's