W00t: Qatar FM buys the most expensive appartment in London/britain!

[csitenet]

A flat thought to be the most expensive in London has been bought by Qatar's foreign minister for 100 million pounds, according to reports Wednesday.
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani has snapped up the biggest penthouse in a ritzy development overlooking Hyde Park which will not be completed for two years, the Times newspaper said.
The One Hyde Park block is situated opposite top department store Harvey Nichols and features 86 apartments which are reportedly set to sell for more than 4,000 pounds per square foot.
Each flat in the building, designed by architect Richard Rogers, is fitted with bullet-proof walls and windows, plus a private lift.
Sheikh Hamad is a key investor in the project, the Financial Times reported last month.
Property prices in the British capital have been soaring in recent years, with the cost of luxury residences particularly high.
According to estate agent Savills, properties valued over five million pounds are currently enjoying 50 percent price inflation every year.
"London continues to attract wealth from around the world and we see no end to the strong demand for prime property," Harriet Black, of Savills, told The Times.
The previous most expensive apartment in London sold for 27 million pounds in Chelsea, south-west London, in 2005.

http://www.france24.com/france24Pub...p-news.html?id=070328171957.zvgwg4qa&cat=null

What i dont get is how can any flat be worth that much, he is better off buying his private island imo!

 

[PRED]

http://www.france24.com/france24Pub...p-news.html?id=070328171957.zvgwg4qa&cat=null

What i dont get is how can any flat be worth that much, he is better off buying his private island imo!

agreed. it's insanity.
also it's probably leasehold! lol

 

[Thomas Nash]

I agree in that I'd buy a private island if I had that much money to spend on living accomadation but if he thinks he can wait a few years and sell it for more, why not.

 

[GAMEFINEST]

He should have used that money to feed the poor...

 

[csitenet]

I agree in that I'd buy a private island if I had that much money to spend on living accomadation but if he thinks he can wait a few years and sell it for more, why not.

I think he bought it at such a high rate, he will need to keep it for such a long time for the market to actually reach the value he paid for it. Im no london property expert but i dont think any flat in london is worth 100 million pounds!

 

[ColdGin]

He should have used that money to feed the poor...

They send money to the ´poor´ palestinian terrorists

 

[dolansco]

For the record £100mil = $196million .... for an apartment ... (xe.com)

 

[Rarethings]

a tad over the top.

 

[Devil Dog]

lol @ bulletproof walls

 

[ColdGin]

The missing point here....is that they are buying not only the most important properties of Europe...they are dominating little by little their societies with the incredible unstoppable inmigration...

 

[GAMEFINEST]

Money talks

 

[Rarethings]

The missing point here....is that they are buying not only the most important properties of Europe...they are dominating little by little their societies with the incredible unstoppable inmigration...

Be careful with a word like important. Lavish, extravagant, maybe. But not important. Only important to those who value monetary assets above all else.

 

[Ehsan]

Goldcin is against anything Muslims do bought an apartment in London is helping terrorism fool they are helping the British economy not terrorists and u can it they give to poor Palestinian terrorists and don forget USA also donates huge sums of money to your Army and your Presidents they are like Bribing Israel to carry on attacking the Muslims in Palestine so why not ill donate to Hammas in Palestine to carry on attacking Israeli Army.

also don't forget you also got settled in Palestine this way and when America didn't wanted you ppl in USA they shipped you out in middle of Palestine and you call it Israel there you didn't come to Palestine because it was your ancient home but because you had no where to go America wouldnt let you in USA but would help you take over others land.

 

[Devil Dog]

Goldcin is against anything Muslims do bought an apartment in London is helping terrorism fool they are helping the British economy not terrorists and u can it they give to poor Palestinian terrorists and don forget USA also donates huge sums of money to your Army and your Presidents they are like Bribing Israel to carry on attacking the Muslims in Palestine so why not ill donate to Hammas in Palestine to carry on attacking Israeli Army.

que?

 

[Steen]

que?

I am guessing:

GoldCin is Jewish and does not view Arabs (for the most part Muslims) in a very good light.

Ehsan is Pakistani (largely Muslim) and does not view Israel as a true country but rather a settlement that forced the Arabs out of the region.


What this all has to do with a Qatari politician purchasing an expensive flat in London is beyond me.

 

[Ehsan]

Steen it doesn't have to do with this topic but look at the above 2 comments posted by Goldcin i couldn't resist posting about this as he was mentioning how Muslims were effecting society in britain and etc now i also didn't understand why did he post such stuff in this apartment topic if it was a guy from USA who bought that apartment he would have never posted such stuff.

 

[GT Web]

Steen it doesn't have to do with this topic but look at the above 2 comments posted by Goldcin i couldn't resist posting about this as he was mentioning how Muslims were effecting society in britain and etc now i also didn't understand why did he post such stuff in this apartment topic if it was a guy from USA who bought that apartment he would have never posted such stuff.

Who cares who bought it?

That's a lot of money for an appartment...

 

[ColdGin]

also don't forget you also got settled in Palestine this way and when America didn't wanted you ppl in USA they shipped you out in middle of Palestine and you call it Israel there you didn't come to Palestine because it was your ancient home but because you had no where to go America wouldnt let you in USA but would help you take over others land.

1. I can agree with only one point ehsan...US and Europe gives the terrorists also a lot of money (in 2006 Europe gave more than in 2005). Thats clear. And part of the money is used to buy arms and not to feed the poor. Thats the point.

2. I call it Israel, because it´s Israel. Palestine means only the name that the Romans invented and the palestinians of today have nothing to do with old philisites. Palestinians of today are arabs. And we came here a loooooooooong time before arabs.

3. Now everybody understands why you have been banned from NP, because your support to terrorism.

4. I dont have anything against muslims, but a lot of them speaks with actions by them self. (Yesterday the Arab League told Israel - ´If you dont accept our "peace plan" you dont want peace and we go to war´)

5. Sorry I know that the thread started with an apartment buyed in London. :blush:

 

[Ehsan]

lol u say they give the money to terrorists so now freedom fighters are terrorists i wonder if Americans were also called terrorists when they fought wars with Britain upon America and when they forced out the Native Indians from America
2 don't say what u read in wikipedia or hear on Israeli Television documentaries u were just settled but the USA who didn't wanted u in USA Palestinians have been there longer than and current ones are the generations of ancient Palestinians so what u are saying the 12 year old child of ancient palestinians was not present when the Palestinians settled here so they cant live here unless they are the ones who settles here first , let me give u an example if someone says i am British does this mean he or she is not European this is the answer to your second point where u say Palestinians are only Arabs and i dont support terrorism i only support the ppl who defend there homeland and defending your homeland doesn't means supporting terrorism killing ppl and soldiers who are in your homeland and attacking your homeland is no terrorism.and i was banned from NP for talking American politics not talking about terrorism or Palestine and i support the Arab league its clear so why don't u accept the peace plan everyone knows if u don't want a peace plan u don't want peace so the only alternative is war peace comes first but u don't want it i am not gonna force peace am i so ill go with the other alternative which is war oh and you don't have anything against Muslims but u only think of them as terrorists and if u don't have anything against Muslims why did u pointed your 2 posts against Muslims in the thread and u knew the thread was about an apartment this proves your hatred for Muslims.also u captured the land from Palestinians in 1948 to create your own home and demolish there homes so this proves you see Muslims as lower cast.

Btw here are some facts why israel rejected the peace plan:

More than four million UN-registered Palestinian refugees claim the right to return to homes and land taken over by Israel in 1948.

Israel fiercely opposes the refugees' claim because it would spell the end of the Jewish majority in the Jewish state.

Mr Olmert is struggling with very low approval ratings among Israeli voters, with just two percent saying they trusted their prime minister in a recent opinion poll, and more than two-thirds saying they want him to resign.

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[Gerry]

We need him to invest in domain names.