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  1. 3rd June 2011, 10:35 PM #1
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    Updown Court, £75 million property.

    Updown Court: Most expensive UK house outside London goes on sale for £75m | Mail Online
    The most expensive country house in the UK has gone up for sale for £75million.
    Updown Court has 103 rooms, five swimming pools, two penthouse apartments and a helipad. It stands in 58 acres of grounds.
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    The house, which has 24 bedrooms and 23 bathrooms, has been built with some of the world's rarest materials - mainly Italian marble.

    Visitors approach the mansion, which is 30 miles from Central London, along a heated marble driveway.

    The mansion has a 50-seat cinema, a two-lane bowling alley, a gymnasium, a squash court, a flood-lit tennis court, a lake, a wine cellar for 3,000 bottles and a 'panic room'.


    I actually think it's horrible.



    Apparently £40 million was borrowed from an Irish bank to refurbish the place, which costs £2.5 million a year in interest.
    When money is no object - Times Online
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  3. 3rd June 2011, 10:36 PM #2
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    As you think it's so horrible you've been deleted from my house warming party. So there!
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    Turn it into a Refugee Centre!
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    Just as well there is a 'panic' room. You'd need it if you paid £75M for this aptly named Updown monstrosity. All those blasted steps.
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    Eewww. It looks like the sort of place a premiership footballer with more money than class would live
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    All the above are now off the invite list.
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    Quote Originally Posted by drummed View Post
    As you think it's so horrible you've been deleted from my house warming party. So there!
    Dat your gaff?

    What's the idea behind the heated marbel drive? if you don't mind me asking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by beanie View Post
    Dat your gaff?

    What's the idea behind the heated marbel drive? if you don't mind me asking.
    You ever drive a Bugatti Veyron on ice???? Jeez.........stupid question.
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    My Bugatti doesn't start in the cold weather
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    Quote Originally Posted by beanie View Post
    My Bugatti doesn't start in the cold weather
    Would if you parked it on a heated driveway. The 1000bhp is a bit tricky once you get to the public road but that's what insurance is for.
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