Cannes, France – where even the skies are overblown. Supplied by Christie’s International Real Estate.
Is there anything better than having a stickybeak at how the other half live?
Nup. Scientifically, there just isn’t.
The feedback we get from the readers of our Dream Homes pages in The Advertiser’s Real Estate Magazine each week backs that up.
And, with examples like the ones below, it’s not hard to see why everyone loves looking at a bit of ‘property porn’.
So kick back and take a trip with us through three of the most stunning homes currently on the market around the world – one of which you won’t even need a passport to visit.
Enjoy!
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“Go hard or go home” is, I’m assuming, what the brief to the architect was. Supplied by Christie’s International Real Estate.
Cannes, France
I read recently that Quentin Tarantino’s latest offering Once Upon A Time In Hollywood earned itself a six minute standing ovation at its Cannes premiere. While six minutes is impressive, it’s got nothing on the 22 minutes that Pan’s Labyrinth earned in 2006.
Dang chandelier’s worth more than my car… Supplied by Christie’s International Real Estate.
Which begs the question — what the heck could possibly make a person want to simply stand and clap for 22 minutes? Have these people got nothing better to do? We’re talking 22 minutes here! That’s the length of most sitcom episodes! I think these folk need to take a good hard look at themselves.
More class in this bathroom than I have in my whole house. Supplied by Christie’s International Real Estate.
Anyway, my point (which I’ve dragged out getting to) is that with everything you can do in this stunning mansion just down the road from the famed Palais des Festivals – like exploring its 10 bedrooms, stunning gardens, caretakers house, spa, cinema, gym, pool, and massive entertaining terraces – the idea of standing around clapping for 22 minutes seems a real waste of time. It’s time that could be better spent at this place. Not clapping.
Price not disclosed
Welcome to Hogwarts… Supplied by Christie’s International Real Estate
Fontainebleu, France
Some people will love this opulent Fontainebleu (which sounds like someone having a drunken heave into a water feature …) home for its picture perfect facade. To be honest, I can take it or leave it.
If only I had enough friends to fill this room… Supplied by Christie’s International Real Estate
Being a shirtless woodsmen at heart I plan to go full Barefoot Bushman on its 700 private hectares of woodland, lakes and hunting grounds stocked with deer, wild boar, and pheasant, and let the wife and kids enjoy the house. But, having put on more kilograms during our home recent isolation period than I’d care to admit, I’ll occasionally pop in to use the 260sqm wellness centre with its swimming pool, sauna, hammam, gym, and outdoor jacuzzi.
What sort of psychopath watches Drive with the lights on? Supplied by Christie’s International Real Estate
Oh, and I’ll swing by the cinema from time to time too. But apart from that, if you need me, I’ll be outside, possibly on the 1 km fitness trail, tennis courts, and using the golf practice course to better myself.
Pool’s gold. Supplied by Christie’s International Real Estate
But mostly, I’ll be out earning the trust of the various woodland creatures, in the hope they’ll accept me into their fold.
Price not disclosed
Nice place – background looks a bit too much like one of the Jurassic Park islands for my liking though… Supplied.
Dover, Tasmania
Judging by the lack of emails, letters and tweets, I see nobody’s getting sick of Tasmanian dream homes. Which is great, because I love to show them to you. Tasmania’s a magical place full of wonder, delight and stunning properties with impressive expanses of water in front of them perfect for golf practice.
Love me a bit of lace. Supplied.
On that, I must remember to invent a biodegradable golf ball. I think there’s a market there – a ball that performs exactly the same through the air and has the same feel off the club face as a Titleist ProV1, but that doesn’t sit there rolling around on the bottom of the ocean or river for all eternity. An environmentally friendly alternative. There’s some serious money to be made here. I reckon the Shark Tank guys will nuts for it and throw mad cash my way. “Name your price,” they’ll say. “Whatever you want, it’s yours Tom …” Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah, Tasmania.
Just a gentle lob wedge from the balcony to the water’s edge. Supplied.
Set in Dover, this place is called Eden, presumably after the place in The Bible where Adam and Eve were naked and everything was perfect. Which, regular readers, means it’s perfect for my shirtless escapades! Offering all day sunshine and spectacular ever-changing panoramic views over Esperance Bay with the Faith, Hope and Charity islands and Bruny Island as a backdrop, this five-bedroom home is just a little more than an hour’s drive from Hobart.
Smoking jacket and backgammon board not included. Supplied.
It’s set on 2359sqm of land and has more than enough waterfront for me to test out my ball prototypes. If I can just create one now I can’t slice, hook, shank, top or grub I’ll be set.
Price not disclosed
Compiled by Tom Bowden
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