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Old 02-27-2006, 05:59 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: Coolest home ever?

That futuristic house is really not my taste. I like that Channel Islands property better. If memory serves me correctly, I think it was listed by Knight Frank a few years ago at over 10 million pounds.

Personally, I've always liked old colonial-style houses. Growing up in Hong Kong, there were many of them around on the ultra posh Peak district. They were owned by the British companies like Standard Chartered, Jardines and the Hongkong Bank. Here's a few traditional and newer design properties in HK. Some of them look interesting, but you can decide if they're attractive or not. The only important point is that someone thought they were each attractive enough to spend millions constructing.

I think that chateau is particularly remarkable in a land scarce city like Hong Kong. That house is located on The Peak, one of the most expensive districts in the world. It must be worth $30, 40 million US dollars for perhaps one-acre of property! Of course, it's possible the owners purchased the lot for a few hundred thousand dollars during the 1970s before land prices shot up.

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