tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post8959790719810062002..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Let's Talk Turkey About Witanhurst HouseYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-42976293855554194832013-01-26T21:48:47.577-08:002013-01-26T21:48:47.577-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771354840774714671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-28238580414230405972013-01-26T21:47:32.454-08:002013-01-26T21:47:32.454-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771354840774714671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-64950781786371709332013-01-26T21:45:58.211-08:002013-01-26T21:45:58.211-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771354840774714671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-72137252336144659502011-06-28T10:17:39.002-07:002011-06-28T10:17:39.002-07:00Anyone else thinking its a batcave?Anyone else thinking its a batcave?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-10273010903848500772011-06-27T23:38:54.575-07:002011-06-27T23:38:54.575-07:00This is what democracy looks like!
Wait, never mi...This is what democracy looks like!<br /><br />Wait, never mind. Wrong party.<br /><br />Lady J<br /><br />ps - what do the haves do to ensure that their basements won't flood like those of the plebes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-23922831563250920532011-06-27T13:10:10.671-07:002011-06-27T13:10:10.671-07:00I'm taking names!I'm taking names!Madame DeFargenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91713167015549178822011-06-27T11:30:49.788-07:002011-06-27T11:30:49.788-07:00What a bunch of cry babies.
I find it all a bit ...What a bunch of cry babies. <br /><br />I find it all a bit ridiculous myself but the fact of the matter is that this project will generate a lot of jobs in a down economy and restore an important property at risk. <br /><br />If you want your own $300m. monstrosity than you better well... get to work.Barbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-27556890253405650302011-06-27T04:54:05.023-07:002011-06-27T04:54:05.023-07:00This is a Grade 2 listed property and planning per...This is a Grade 2 listed property and planning permission for the vulgar extensions mentioned in your article have already been rejected by the local council a while ago.<br /><br />Unless they have bribed their way around this decision I seriously doubt this monstrosity will be allowed.<br /><br />One can only hope that common sense prevails and only a sympathetic restoration of the property is allowed to take place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3770462319938190822011-06-27T04:42:07.465-07:002011-06-27T04:42:07.465-07:00It's positively sickening that in a world wher...It's positively sickening that in a world where children go hungry, a single family can require such in your face ostentation.<br /><br />People will say it's their money and they are entitled to spend it however they choose BUT most of these noveau riche Oligarchs are nothing more than thieves who have stolen from their respective countries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-77485535808880973792011-06-27T04:40:23.023-07:002011-06-27T04:40:23.023-07:00These unfortunate rich people have so much more to...These unfortunate rich people have so much more to lose when they die. One should feel profoundly sorry for them all and not call for the guillotine.Swami Ramanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-46796334417996811232011-06-27T02:58:21.754-07:002011-06-27T02:58:21.754-07:00It looks like the only buyers that are left outsid...It looks like the only buyers that are left outside of the normal industry titans are the slimey wall street execs and banks, so the question is how many more estates can the industry titans purchase ?<br /><br />we all know that the banks and wall street execs are about to ask our governments of the world for another bail out as they again will run out of money<br /><br />and by that time will real estate finally drop 90% ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-40313096149192631392011-06-27T02:01:54.480-07:002011-06-27T02:01:54.480-07:00Where the hell is the god damn bowling alley ???Where the hell is the god damn bowling alley ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-73334515170707029832011-06-27T01:59:03.471-07:002011-06-27T01:59:03.471-07:00Wait. I thought this was the property that was get...Wait. I thought this was the property that was getting knocked down & a huge replacement was being built & the entire neighborhood were up in arms & taking the developers/owners to court. Must be another huge house in the area, maybe even in Hampstead rather than Highgate. I'll do some googling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3496704631580954262011-06-26T21:34:23.009-07:002011-06-26T21:34:23.009-07:00Yes, I echo the thought... hasten the revolution.
...Yes, I echo the thought... hasten the revolution.<br /><br />The AussieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-1402910527162399462011-06-26T18:37:48.976-07:002011-06-26T18:37:48.976-07:00Good grief. The vulgar displays of wealth by some ...Good grief. The vulgar displays of wealth by some of these new billionaires is getting harder and harder to discuss without cringing on the one hand, or falling into fits of laughter on the other. Without doubt though, they make for riveting reading material. <br /><br />Thanks much Mama!angienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-86443661778698173942011-06-26T18:02:21.253-07:002011-06-26T18:02:21.253-07:00The revolution cannot come soon enough.The revolution cannot come soon enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-49410987114327576212011-06-26T17:54:03.225-07:002011-06-26T17:54:03.225-07:00the vulgarity of the nouveau riche...I suppose we ...the vulgarity of the nouveau riche...I suppose we should be grateful they haven't hung a big old disco ball between those two columns in the stair hall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-9550482439275474932011-06-26T16:51:58.801-07:002011-06-26T16:51:58.801-07:00Mama; while I always especially appreciate your e...Mama; while I always especially appreciate your essays on UK properties, in this case you might as well have been reviewing the Mall of America. This probably once impressive home has been remuddled and juiced into souless extravagance. And more is planned! No one loves the magnificent patina and grandeur of a great English mansion more than I do and thank God there are many at the Knight Frank website to drool over. I bit like a walleye after seeing the photo of the grand staircase......I am sure a pricey Siemens custom escalator will be installed here. No wonder the rich Russian dolly was offended people thought she was the buyer!StPaulSnowmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-86240613618049053492011-06-26T16:50:45.772-07:002011-06-26T16:50:45.772-07:00That subterranean complex will come in handy when...That subterranean complex will come in handy when the zombie war breaks out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-51680102647244905322011-06-26T16:07:25.173-07:002011-06-26T16:07:25.173-07:00Just..insane. Seriously, sometimes I imagine thes...Just..insane. Seriously, sometimes I imagine these boggling billionaire boondoggle buildings aren't just for a family and retinue. Stuff like this makes me think it's going to be headquarters for some nefarious James Bond Villain sort of organization..<br /><br />Too much is too much. Madness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-79592030911221022342011-06-26T15:57:58.284-07:002011-06-26T15:57:58.284-07:00Hope they can spare a few euros for some fab poope...Hope they can spare a few euros for some fab poopers on the first floor - the main public space. I found one next to the "estate office" and another tiny WC at the dead end of a hallway parallel to the entrance hall. Dinner guests would be well advised to carry a copy of the floor plan for guidance. <br /><br />Or maybe it's true that the rich don't go...FonHomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710955433948687225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-30019178066877560732011-06-26T15:03:36.130-07:002011-06-26T15:03:36.130-07:00Please, for those of us in New Mexico, explain why...Please, for those of us in New Mexico, explain why tragic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-68255987170015051602011-06-26T13:36:40.644-07:002011-06-26T13:36:40.644-07:00Oh Mama, I used to live in Highgate as did many fa...Oh Mama, I used to live in Highgate as did many family members. All I can say is this is tragic....tovangar2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10420616447094676200noreply@blogger.com