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...The estate extends to a lake and grounds designed by Capability Brown, as well as cottages, tennis courts, boathouse and spa....
...Box hedges and manicured gardens surround a heated outdoor pool and there are also lakes, a tennis court and a separate three-bedroom cottage....
...It’s not for want of trying, says Riyan Itani, founder of Global Branded Residences Ltd, who has conducted feasibility studies on several projects....
...Developers often sell apartments before they are completed, using the funds to invest in new developments elsewhere....
...A prolonged slowdown has since hit housing prices amid collapsing sales and delays to construction of new apartments....
...It limited access to credit at private homebuilders, who typically sell residential apartments before they are completed and rely on the rapid circulation of cash....
...They said apartments at the site were “completely unaffordable for most of us locals”, adding that they were worried about the possibility of the local government stepping in as its Chinese partner’s financial...
...Yang was until recently also the largest shareholder in Country Garden Services, a separate business that generates income from managing apartment buildings....
...Why The property’s large garden includes terraced dining areas, a greenhouse and a pool with a pool house and lake views....
...“Why don’t we fill our back garden with wildflowers and bees, and the people we meet over the garden wall, we’ll invite them in to be photographed by you,” he said....
...A second building, called Meia Lua, holds seven suites and two independent apartments....
...Camps include the shores of a glacial lake, and the edge of the Russell Glacier....
...Owners of the 258 residences will enjoy more than 2km of ecologically clean beach, views of Mirabello Bay, a botanical garden and a therapeutic spa, plus the benefit of anchoring a yacht at the 64-berth...
...At the back of the house, the outdoor pool and spa are surrounded by landscaped gardens including mature trees....
...Deane grew up by the lake — he first saw the ballet as a Royal Ballet student in 1971. A year later he was dancing in that very production and steadily worked his way from peasant to Prince....
...But as we flew back to our rented two-room apartment in suburban Japan, we realised that living it up and acting with conscience need not be incompatible....
...Sitting out in the garden is a pleasant, relaxed affair, or for something more refined there are tasting menus at in-house restaurant Deessa, by Spanish chef Quique Dacosta....
...There’s a floating restaurant on the lake, a wellness tent and free yoga and a 14-person sauna....
...to sell apartments....
...As his source, Hockney took numerous snapshots of the pool (in St Tropez) and the downward-gazing observer (his former lover Peter Schlesinger, in Kensington Gardens)....
...One late winter morning, Samer and I walked together from his apartment in the sixth arrondissement to his hospital in the 13th....
...At the bottom of the mature garden, which includes apple trees, the property has its own mooring on Lake Mälaren....
...Further still, the estate’s lush tropical gardens and views of the Costa del Sol....
...In the luxury apartment market, unless homes are the best of the best, they will be ignored, according to Zabel....
...It comes with an artist’s studio, workshop, helipad, garden with a gazebo, 15-acre private lake and 2,640 sq ft of river frontage....
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