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The renovation cost of a luxury home of this level may reach 100 million pounds.

The total price will be as high as 200 million pounds.

Money is not an issue. In order to settle the real estate matter, Senior Sister Zhen Yu applied for another US$1 billion loan.

Moreover, another advantage of buying a house in the UK is that there is no property tax.

Many countries, such as the United States and continental Europe, have to pay a fixed property tax every year. The United States is a little lower, generally no more than 3%, but Europe is different. The left wing is too fierce and spares no effort to exploit the wealth of the rich and transfer it to the common people.

Many countries charge more than 10% of the property tax on luxury homes. For example, large luxury homes in Germany have to pay 14% of the property value as property tax every year, which is really a scam.

Therefore, there are almost no top-notch luxury houses in Germany. If you can afford a house, you can't pay taxes.

This is different in the UK, where there is no fixed property tax.

In other words, when buying a house, you only need to complete the procedures and pay a stamp tax of about 12%. After getting the real estate certificate, you no longer have to pay taxes.

This has resulted in the UK having too many world-class luxury homes, with super mansions worth hundreds of millions of dollars abounding. Just keep it as long as you can't live in it, especially old houses, which are actually antiques. Even if you don't live there, you can make a lot of money by collecting antiques and selling them when the market is good.

However, Zhou Buqi no longer plans to own this property.

Can't afford to wait.

He was engaged in construction in his previous life, so he understood it very well. Renovation of this kind of national heritage-level real estate requires careful attention, complexity and complexity. Spending money is not an issue. The key is that it takes too long. It is impossible to complete such a large-scale renovation project in less than ten or eight years.

Then, go to the second candidate property, which is the Saudi Crown Prince's property that Senior Sister Zhen Yu mentioned before. Dad also came over and obviously liked this candidate property very much.

This property is in a better location, just south of Kensington Palace Gardens and the heavily guarded "Billionaires Street" near Knightsbridge, a prime location in the heart of London.

Every street here is full of super mansions.

Take Kensington Palace, for example. When the subprime mortgage crisis broke out two years ago, it was successfully bought by Rashmi Mittal, India's richest man, at a bargain price of US$220 million.

Zhou Buqi had not known who Rashmi Mittal was before.

But now he knows.

Don’t tell me, it’s really a bit of a fate!

Because "Forbes" magazine just announced this year's list of the world's richest people!

The world's richest man is Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos, with a net worth of US$74 billion.

The second is Bill Gates, with a personal wealth of US$56 billion;

The third is Mr. Buffett, with a wealth of US$51 billion.

The fourth is Bernard Arnault, the boss of LV, with a personal wealth of US$41 billion.

Fifth is Oracle’s boss Larry Ellison, with a net worth of US$39.5 billion.

Sixth and seventh are tied.

Shockingly, they are the richest man in China, Zhou Buqi, and the richest man in India, Rashmi Mittal, both worth US$31.1 billion.

Now, coincidentally, not only are the two tied on the list, but they may also become close neighbors in the real world.

The Kensington Palace Gardens property has a great background. It was once the royal garden, like a manor.

In contrast, the property selected by Senior Sister Zhen Yu is much more low-key, called Larante No. 2-8a.

As you can tell from the name, this property is relatively civilian.

But, this is antique.

It was built 200 years ago, when Emperor Jiaqing was still in power in China. It has a long history, which is amazing.

Especially in the past few decades, the property has undergone several major renovations.

First, wealthy Italian businessmen came to renovate it.

Then the Prime Minister of Lebanon came and renovated it.

Then the Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia came to live in and renovate it.

The property was originally a single-family unit building with 4 units in total. Two hundred years ago it was a relatively ordinary house. Of course, even if it was ordinary, only nobles could live in this kind of building.

After several major renovations, in addition to the unremarkable appearance of this property, which retains its plain, simple and low-key appearance 200 years ago, the internal structure and building frame have long been changed beyond recognition.

First, a large garage was built underground.

Then, all four units were opened up and turned into a single-family individual mansion.

Finally, the interior decoration is stunning.

It can be called the most luxurious and expensive mansion on this "Billionaire's Avenue".

This is not surprising. The first two owners are both tycoons from the Middle East. Each has a bigger background than the other. The most important thing is money. Moreover, these two Middle Eastern tycoons have very similar aesthetics and like gold decoration very much.

So much so that walking into the door of the mansion...

Ho!

It feels like entering a palace made of gold.

The table, table legs, walls, corners, stair steps, door handles, elevator doors... are all gold-plated, and many of the tableware placed on the table are also made of pure gold.

No wonder my father came here specially. With his low-end rich aesthetic vision, he must love this place to death.

Looking at Zhen Yu, Ning Yaxian, Sun Wanran, and Ning Lu who were accompanying them, they all looked up, amazed, and out of body.

I was completely shocked by this luxurious, majestic, magnificent, golden and palace-like interior space environment.

To be honest, Zhou Buqi couldn't calm down after seeing it.

It is obviously an Italian-style internal structure, but it was decorated with massive amounts of gold spent by two generations of Middle Eastern tycoons who spent tens of millions of dollars... It has a sense of debauchery and immorality like an ancient Roman palace.

Everyone walked upstairs together, stepping on the gilded steps.

The real estate agent also used a generous tone to introduce the property. Because the previous two owners were Middle Eastern dignitaries, the security facilities were very strong. Not only were all the glass bulletproof glass, but the wall structure was also strengthened to prevent ordinary shells from being destroyed. You can't penetrate it even if you come here.

The geographical location is extremely advantageous, with Kensington Palace to the north and Buckingham Palace to the south.

There are rich people nearby. For example, less than 1 kilometer away is the mansion of Chelsea owner Abramovich, which he bought for US$240 million two years ago.

Compared with other mansions, there is no garden here and the total area is smaller, but the building area is larger. There are 7 floors in total, 6 above ground and 1 underground floor, with a total area of ​​5,600 square meters and even as many as 45 bedrooms.

"45?" Zhou Buqi interrupted the real estate agent, "Didn't you say more than 140?"

Zhen Yu quickly explained, "I made a mistake. It has more than 140 rooms and 45 bedrooms. This is already the mansion with the largest number of bedrooms in this area."

The real estate agent explained further.

It is said that the total number of bedrooms is actually 60.

However, 15 of them are servant rooms with multiple rooms.

It is equipped for chefs, security guards, housekeepers, maids, cleaners, makeup artists, drivers, etc. This mansion is so big that it is like a hotel and can easily provide 100 jobs.

Only then will the 45 bedrooms be displayed to the public and available to owners and guests.

Zhen Yu said: "If you think it's not enough, you can modify it."

"Remodeling again?"

Zhou Buqi's expression was a little strange.

The past three owners of this house have completed earth-shaking changes to this property, from Italian style to Middle Eastern style. This time the new owner has added a bit of Chinese style?

Um!

It’s not impossible!

Seeing his interest, Zhen Yu continued: "Didn't you look outside just now? This property is a little shorter than the one next door, with one less floor. This property has a total of 7 floors, and we Chinese prefer '8' This number. You can add another layer on the roof to be flush with the one next to it. The outside will look better, and you can also paint the walls."

The two communicated in Chinese, and Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "It's good to add another floor... I'll have a big bathroom for me on the top floor, just like the ones in domestic bathhouses. Everyone can take a bath together. That’s when it became lively and lively. We built forty or fifty bathrooms, all with separate bathrooms. Everyone was alone, and the relationship was divided.”

"He's messing around again."

Zhen Yu gave him an angry look.

How could you not know what this bad guy was up to?

It's nothing more than girls bathing together with a male host, just like Yang Yuhuan took the harem beauties to bathe with Emperor Ming of Tang Dynasty in Huaqing Pool.

Sun Wanran is from the north and is used to the lifestyle of big bathhouses, so he expressed his support, "I think it's good. Taking a bath alone is so boring. Let's take a bath together, chat, rub, massage and watch TV. That way we can experience the experience of taking a bath." It’s fun. I see you southerners don’t take a shower, so aren’t they all mud?”

Zhou Buqi looked at her deeply and said, "You understand, don't you?"

Sun Wanran was almost furious, "What do I understand? I have never been to such an unhealthy place, huh!"

Go all the way upstairs.

Zhou Buqi made up his mind to buy this place.

I don’t know which previous homeowner collected it, but I still have a good artistic vision. There are many exquisite oil paintings hanging on the walls, which are very artistic!

There is not a single man in the painting, but only disheveled young women.

The unobstructed and clearly visible artistic atmosphere erupting from the paintings is really impressive.

Zhou Buqi leaned close to Senior Sister Zhen Yu's ear and asked, "Do you like it?"

"Um."

Zhen Yu's eyes overflowed with color.

Zhou Buqi whispered: "Then it's settled. You talk to them about the price... I guess the price can't be lowered. It's not a good time to catch up with the subprime mortgage crisis."

Zhen Yu pursed her lips and said: "Now is the European debt crisis, which has intensified. Housing prices are not much different from two or three years ago."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Oh, then it's up to you. Everything at home is up to you."

"Look at the materials here..." Zhen Yu pointed to a wooden sofa in a living room, "It must be several decades old. I don't like this style very much."

Zhou Buqi knew that she had high pursuits in home life and said with a smile: "Then let's renovate it. As long as it's not a major change, it will be over soon. It's okay. You can do it yourself. You can do whatever you want." ! If you don’t have enough money, go ahead and get a loan! Jieyu Media will be listed in ten days, and our family is not short of money.”