MAIL Online: Saudi royals are planning to knock three houses together to build a 'super home' worth up to £50million in London.
The hi-tech mansion to end all mansions will have 20 bedrooms and 50 rooms in total and the street is a ten minute walk from the Saudi embassy in Mayfair.
Contractors will dig down to create two storeys underground that will house a luxury indoor pool, communications room, servants' bedrooms, dumb waiter and garages big enough to fit limousines in.
At 12,000 square feet it will be the biggest home of its kind in central London and will also feature a security station, gym and large strong-room for valuables.
The house was formerly occupied by Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Britain and the grandson of the Kingdom's founder, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, 56, his wife, Princess Fadwa bint Khaled bin Abdallah Al-Saud, and their children.
According to the London Evening Standard, the new owner is believed to be another high-ranking Saudi prince.
Two mews houses will be demolished and linked via underground rooms to a freshly renovated Grade-II listed five-storey Regency house in the terrace behind. It will become a 'single family dwelling'. >>> | Monday, June 01, 2009
