No sign of city life outside but would you pay £105million
for this? Six bed London
home hidden away like a countryside cottage is the capital’s most expensive
house on the market
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Park House in South Kensington is set in just half an acre
of land and is 640 times the average house price in the UK
It is just one of nine homes across the UK that are in
the nine-figure price bracket
A London mansion hidden away
like a countryside cottage has been put up for sale for a record-breaking £105
million - 640 times the average house price in the UK.
Park House has been described as the finest home to come
onto the market in the capital in the past 25 years.
Despite being in South Kensington
in the city's centre it sits in more than half an acre of land and is out of
sight from any roads or cars.
The home, described as being secluded like a private estate,
has six bedrooms, five bathrooms and seven reception rooms, including an incredible
48-foot drawing room.
It is currently owned by Professor Gert-Rudolf Flick, but
the heir to the Daimler Benz auto fortune has decided it is now time to sell
up.
The property is on the market with Beauchamp Estates for
£105 million.
This makes the nine-figure home the most expensive on the
open market and 640 times the £164,000 typically paid for a house in England and Wales. It is 275 times the price of
the average home in London
and is one of only nine homes that fetch nine figures in the capital.
But despite the price-tag, which would incur a stamp duty
charge of £7.35 million, the beautiful property is not expected to be on the
market for long.
Gary Hersham, director of Beauchamp Estates, said: 'This is
arguably the best private house to become available in prime central London in the past
quarter of a century.
'There is nothing else of this size with this degree of
privacy. It will sell quickly and for the asking price.'
Park House was originally two 19th century lodges which have
been knocked into one. A five bedroom home and two one bedroom flats are also
part of the deal.
In total, there is just under 15,000 sq/ft of accommodation
which comes in at £7,100 per sq/ft.
Despite being a vast property and in such a discreet
location, there is little that gives it away apart from an unsuspecting
driveway.
There is also planning permission to enlarge the home by
approximately 8,000sq/ft with a subterranean extension to include a 50ft
swimming pool along with gym and cinema as well as three further bedrooms above
the drawing room.
Professor Gert-Rudolf Flick has a PhD in Law from the University of Munich and is a scholar of European art
history covering the period from the 16th-19th centuries.
Flick is a prolific buyer of artwork and antiques with Park
House playing home to one of the world's finest silver collections.
He said: 'I was attracted to it because it is almost a
country house in the middle of London.
It is very quiet. From no window can you see a car passing by.
'I am not really leaving London
but might relocate for a year to Austria, where I have a home.'