Rachel Leroy, Author at Expensive Places

Jun13

For sell: Gianni Versace’s Miami Beach house $125 million

Casa Casuarina at Miami Beach, Florida, was purchased by the late fashion designer Gianni Versace 1992 for $10 million and then invested another $33 million in the property (like adding a 54-foot-long mosaic-tiled pool lined with 24-karat gold). Peter Loftin, a telecom entrepreneur, purchased the property in 2000 for $20 million and served as a residence and later a boutique hotel. Now Casa Casuarina is on the market for $125 million...

Jun12

Dubai – The World’s Most Expensive Billboard

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Estimated to cost USD 1.3 Billion for a month, a billboard features a Jet Pack flyer in Dubai is the world’s most expensive billboard according to Skydive Dubai. But do not rush to be surprised! No one paid this amount or even close. The Skydive Dubai calculate like below: The seconds of flight time for the billboard in Downtown Dubai would cost a minimum of USD 500 per second. If the number of seconds in a month (60 seconds x...

Jun11

Hi-Tech Kitchens for rich people

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If you are rich I think you can choose a nice place to live with drinkable water coming out from faucet. Anyway, if you are rich but cannot move from your dirty and polluted city you still have the chance to buy water ionizer and purifier. And because you are rich I don’t to choose a $2,795USD Under Counter Extreme 9000T Water Ionizer from Tyent? This product will transform your boring and expensive kitchen into a Hi-Tech...

Jun11

Sliding House project

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Sliding House project by dRMM, London, is sliced into three: house, garage and annexe. The garage is pulled off axis to create a courtyard between the three. The composition is further defined by material and color; red rubber membrane and glass, red and black stained larch. The separated forms are transformed by a 20 ton mobile roof/wall enclosure which traverses the site, creating combinations of enclosure, open-air living and...

Jun09

The first luxury apartment building fully decorated by Hermes

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Hermès designers team, led by the fabled French decorator Yves Taralon, the Creative Director of La Table Hermés, decorate a spacious 6,232 sq ft fivebedroom luxury apartment at the Signature Tower at The Marq (Paterson Hill, Singapore). Hélène Dubrule, General Manager of Hermès Maison, said, “I am delighted that our House contributes in the design ambition of SC Global and Mr. Simon Cheong for their exceptional project The Marq, in...