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Archive for June, 2009

Dean Gardens is a modern neo-classical estate completed in 1992. Several hundred construction workers, master woodworkers, artisans, landscape professionals and supervisors all worked together transforming 60 acres of raw, rolling pastureland on the Chattahoochee River into what may well be America’s most elegant estate.

Larry Dean, a software entrepreneur, who created this massive home with 58 acres that include elaborate gardens. Dean has been trying to determine what to do with the home and surrounding property for several years including floating ideas for turning it into a subdivision with condos. The listing says the home was recently appraised for $35 million.

The mansion itself is approximately 32 thousand square feet. The carriage house, with another 10,000 square feet, has twin two-bedroom apartments, an office and laundry plus parking for a dozen cars.

Other structures on the property include the estate manager’s cottage, the greens keeper’s cottage, a conservatory, an amphitheater, a wedding chapel on the man-made lake, and several outbuildings including an Italian pavilion at the west end of the Italian Gardens. Extensive formal gardens and an 18-hole par 72 golf course complete the estate.

Well Dean Gardens always welcome the visitors. So if you think you want a luxist property like this, then you should come here to feel it!

This three-acre property in the Maipo River valley in the central Andes Mountains, with three houses and extensive organic gardens and orchards, is for sale by owner.

Built by two brothers, the main house has three bedrooms and two baths with views of the river and the Andes. It was built using recycled materials, including the antique front doors and several windows framed in redwood imported from the United States.

The owners brought in a team of carpenters from the island of Chiloe, which is known for its craftsmen. The floors are eucalyptus. The house also has 12 kinds of native wood, as well as a round stained-glass skylight made by one of the owners.

The property has a spring that provides enough water for the houses and garden. Organic waste is processed using a permaculture system of native plants and earthworms. Electricity is the only utility supplied by the municipality.
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House4sale is an exciting new blog which started in June 2009, its purpose is to provide objective updates on the UK economy and in particular the UK housing market.

And with over 60% of UK properties owner-occupied or held as a buy-to-let investment, then what happens within the UK housing market is of huge interest and relevance to the majority of people.

Whether you are a home owner seeking to sale, someone buying their first home, or you are a buy-to-let investor, knowing about the UK housing market is an essential. Just think about it for one minute, ask yourself some questions.

Has the market reached the bottom and prices are about to rise?
Are price likely to fall much further?
What is the availability of mortgage finance?

Are there any smarter ways to buy your first home?
How do you achieve a quick house sale?
What happens if your credit rating is not up to scratch?

These are just some of the questions you may want to consider.At the end of the day the absolute fundamental fact is if you arm yourself with knowledge about the housing market you will have a much better chance of making the right financial decision with respect to buying or selling a property.

So, on that note, make house4sale one of the blogs you visit regularly to keep up to date on the UK housing market.

THE FIRST stage of a new Canberra suburb will go under the hammer this month and some of the territory’s most powerful property developers are lining up to open their cheque-books.

North Weston bounded by Streeton Drive, Cotter Road and Unwin Place forms the gateway to future residential development in Molonglo. The prime slab of real estate is close to transport and existing facilities and can accommodate up to 100 new homes.

The upcoming sale has attracted a huge amount of interest from land developers and speculation within the commercial real estate industry is rife as to who will walk away with the prized stretch of land.
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