This fantastic historic estate which is up for sale for $7 million is set on 13.64 acres in Newport, in “The Ocean State,” the nickname of Rhode Island, in the New England area of the States. Although its area is the smallest – lying between Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York’s Long Island – Rhode Island is the second most densely populated state.
French Canadian singer Celine Dion and her husband Rene Angelil have decided to unload their Jupiter Island, Florida luxury compound for a gut-busting $72.5 million, after it was estimated at $20 million a couple of years ago when the couple completed it.
Nestled on 32 acres in the village of Head of the Harbor on Long Island’s north shore, the historic residence dubbed East Farm was built from the late 1680’s through the first decade of the 18th century. Until the early 1900s, when its owner at the time, architect Archibald Brown, made dramatic alterations to it, numerous outbuildings had been added to the property.
Nestled on 50 acres on scenic Long Island Sound, Greenwich, Connecticut, including two offshore islands, a secluded beach and a Victorian mansion Copper Beech Farm sprawls over 13,519 square feet. Built in 1896, America’s priciest estate, according to The Wall Street Journal, and named for the copper beech trees on its grounds, sits on a 50.5 acre lot at the end of a 1,800-foot-long cobble stone driveway and comprises a stone carriage house which boasts a clock tower, a gatehouse with three bedrooms, a 6-car garage, two greenhouses and lush landscaping in the stunning walled garden. Also on the grounds there are a grass tennis court overlooking formal gardens, terraces, a pergola, an apple orchard, a pool area consisting of 75 foot long double heptagonal pool, a spa and a pool house with dressing room and bathroom.
Taylor Swift, the 23-year-old Grammy–Award winning country singer/songwriter, has just purchased one of the most coveted walled, gated properties in Rhode Island – the Harkness House – an 11k-plus square-foot mansion unfolding over 5.23 waterfront acres in the spectacular seaside village of Watch Hill.
This spectacular compound is nestled on 11.69 acres in an exclusive quarter of the gated beach and golf resort of the sea island of Kiawah, on America’s Atlantic coast. Featured in The Wall Street Journal and praised in one of the 2009 Architectural Digest issues as a masterpiece in custom building on account of its matchless craftsmanship, the luxury residence unfolds over 15,000 square feet on expansive wooded grounds with wonderfully landscaped gardens.
This marvelous, luxurious two-story Bali-style home nestled on 30,000 square foot amid palm trees on the exclusive Palm Island is composed of three modern-touch structures complete with top-of-the-line amenities such as bar, built-ins, closet cabinetry. Other features in the listing details are wood floors and central heating/cooling system.
Dubbed Chateau de la Lune, this majestic residence covers 1.53 acres in Jupiter Island, Florida and is designed in Old World tradition while the interior of the 15,427-square-foot house is French style. The two-story foyer has impressive stone columns, an amazing gold-leaf featured ceiling, colorful murals and decorative statuary. The flooring all through the house is of natural marble tiled on the diagonal and the arched doors include French hardware.
This luxury character contemporary home sits on 0.51 acres in Sunrise Bay Drive in the town of Wanaka, one of the South Island’s best tourist destinations in the Otago Region. It was designed to accommodate both a family and their friends. It is close to almost everything in Wanaka: transport, schools and shops.
In 2012 Donald Abbey, commercial real estate tycoon, listed two of the most exclusive homes for $78 million but now he has dropped the price to $68M.
