Wednesday, 16 December 2015

French mansion may be world's most expensive home 'after selling for £200 million'

Chateau Louis XIV  is a 50,000 sq/ft mega-home which Kim Kardashian browsed as a potential wedding location in 2013

A mansion in France has reportedly become the world's most expensive home after selling for a rumoured £200 million.
Chateau Louis XIV is a 50,000 sq/ft mega-home which Kim Kardashian browsed as a potential wedding location in 2013.
The palatial pad has ten bedroom suites, a grand reception room with a 52ft-high frescoed dome ceiling, a library, huge wine cellar, aquarium and a number of entertaining rooms.
Chateau Louis XIV mansion
Pricey: Chateau Louis XIV mansion has become the world's most expensive home, reportedly
It is the work of Saudi developer Emad Khashoggi who employed 200 people to spend three years building the Versaille-style home on the outskirts of Paris. The mansion was completed in 2011.
Khashoggi's company, Cogemad, used 13 types of marble and 15,000 sheets of gold while it is thought there are 650ft of leather-embossed books on the shelves.
Chateau Louis XIV mansion
Inside: Your £200 million will buy you plenty of space
Water fountain at the Chateau Louis XIV mansion
Flash: The mansion even has its own water fountain
There are indoor and outdoor pools, a private cinema, two ballrooms and a nightclub. In the grounds of the 23-hectare estate is a 2km maze.
Read more: This house may not turn heads from the outside but the inside is something special
It is also incredibly secure, with 40 state-of-the-art surveillance cameras which can be viewed from around the world via iPad as well as a high-tech alarm system.
The bumper sale was sealed by Christie's International Realty, according to Bloomberg.
Chateau Louis XIV mansion
Sale: The property price trumps another in London sold for a mere £140m
It is believed the secretive sale was for more than 275 million euro (£200m), making it the most expensive home in the world.
The price trumps the £140m paid for a penthouse in One Hyde Park last year.
Read more: House prices still surging - but the fall is coming soon
There are homes in London which are more valuable, but they have not been sold in recent years.

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