Saudi Royals win approval for £50m ‘super-home’ in Belgravia
Saudi royals are planning a hi-tech “super-home” worth up to £50million by knocking together three houses in Belgravia. The 20-bedroom project includes digging to build two storeys underground to create an indoor pool, communications room, servants’ bedrooms, limousine-sized garages and dumb waiter.
Plans for the 50-room house also include a security station, gym and large strong room for valuables. It will be one of the biggest homes of its kind in central London, estimated at more than 12,000 square feet.
The house was formerly occupied by Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Britain and the grandson of the kingdom’s founder, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, 56, his wife, Princess Fadwa bint Khaled bin Abdallah Al-Saud, and their children. The new owner is believed to be another high-ranking Saudi prince.
Two mews houses will be demolished and linked via underground rooms to a freshly renovated Grade-II listed five-storey Regency house in the terrace behind. It will become a “single family dwelling”. The vacant site is owned by Eatonfields, a Guernsey-based property holding company which bought all three properties in 2005 for just under £4.4million.
The street is a 10-minute walk from the Saudi embassy in Mayfair. A spokesman confirmed that the ambassador lived there but said the new occupier was “very private” and would not comment on their plans. Neighbours told Westminster council the house was too big and would block out light and overlook bedrooms, but the scheme was given the go-ahead last week after being scaled back.
One resident, who asked not to be named, said: “They’ve toned things down a little bit but they are riding roughshod over everybody with the sheer size of it.”
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