It's about time the Candy brothers & Aylesford International unleashed One Hyde Park upon us. When I read about the insane, slightly nauseous and unbelievably luxuries that come with the whopping price tag of $65 million I did almost laugh out loud.
The facts (source via Daily Mail):
- Private wine tasting facilty
- Underground tunnel passage to Heston Blumenthals restaurant and 24 hour room service to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel for residents
- McLaren is opening a showroom on the ground floor
- Bullet-proof windows
- SAS trained security guards & a panic room
- £5.6 million stamp duty on penthouse flat
- Interior design by Candy & Candy
- Harvey Nichols - local corner shop
- Eye scanners in private lifts
- 86 apartments with 50 fulltime staff
- 21m stainless steel ozone swimming pool, 2 steam rooms & saunas, gym, studios, gold simulator & Spa facilities.
- Iconic architecture by Richard Rogers
image source via One Hyde Park & here & here
So what do you think?