You've just become a billionaire...

Smidge · 21-11-2013 03:23AM

GobBass wrote: »

Primary: A Georgian townhouse in Clontarf for a start, this one in particular:

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/prospect-house-the-crescent-clontarf-dublin-3/2659144

However, if I wanted space, its a toss-up between this mansion in Howth surrounded by woodland and sea...

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/windgate-windgate-road-baily-howth-dublin-county/2626891

..or Ashtown Lodge near the Phoenix Park, which was given a brilliant write-up in the Irish Times recently.

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/ashtown-lodge-river-road-castleknock-dublin-15/2521108

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City: A loft/penthouse in Berlin, preferably in Dahlem or the more central Mitte.

Country: Celbridge Demesne hands down, big ass house with 600 acres less than an hour outside Dublin, not bad.

Other: Penthouse in New York. You MUST see this, it is the most stunning property I've ever seen. I've promised myself I would buy it if the Euromillions ever came up.

http://priceypads.com/tribeca-penthouse-24500000/

Do I have too much time on my hands? Perhaps.

But a young lad can dream.

Before I checked my Euromillions last night I had a wee snoop on myhome.ie.

You Sir, have stolen my two Dublin(home base) properties(in fairness broke my heart laughing when I saw them in your link

)
But lets not fall out over it, you can have first dibs and I'll take the other one

For my rural retreat I'll have this please

http://www.sifex.co.uk/moreimages.asp?propid=20165

For number three...

http://www.kosamuiproperties.com/property-info.php?ID=101#ad-image-1

Number four

http://www.sothebyshomes.com/nyc/sales/0019167

Number five

http://www.primelocation.com/overseas/details/27596303

I've been thinking about winning the Euromillions a little bit tooooo much

:D

21-11-2013 03:41AM

Dublin
London
Amman
Tuscany
Hong Kong

Ahhhhh its grand · 21-11-2013 05:54AM

City: Penthouse apartment in New York.
Primary: House in Dublin.
Rural: Largest house I could find in South Africa that was near a game reserve.
Sun and relaxation: Nice big Villa on Lake Garda.
Long Haul flight: House on Bora Bora

Cee-Jay-Cee · 21-11-2013 08:15AM

Why only 5? If I was a billionaire I'd buy the whole world and could stay where I wanted. I'd also buy the moon and build a tunnel under the Atlantic...Oooh I could do sooooo many things with a billion euros.

Minderbinder · 21-11-2013 08:18AM

Primary & Rural: Country Estate in Tipperary with a swimming pool and room for a pony.

City1: Prague - Definitely spend a month or two here in winter.

City2: Manchester - Just a small apartment to stay in while going to football...now that I have an executive box I go a lot.

City3: Dublin

Beach House: Not sure, possibly the French River Area

Conall Cernach · 21-11-2013 09:44AM

An offshore island like one of the Blaskets or somewhere like that
A fortified castle anywhere in Ireland
A ranch in Montana
An apartment in Berlin
A palazzo in Venice that I would restore to its former glory complete with servants, gondoliers etc.

Mr. CooL ICE · 21-11-2013 09:54AM

That cup

FairytaleGirl · 21-11-2013 12:34PM

Primary - Bit of Land to build on between Derry and Donegal.

City - San Francisco

Rural - Malibu/Santa Monica

#4 Farmhouse in Italy

#5 I cant even think of a 5th - See how easy pleased I am!

jimgoose · 21-11-2013 12:37PM

I don't want five bloody properties. I'd buy a big-ish farm somewhere in the Golden Vale - probably South Tipp - and a villa near Cannes. What I could see myself doing is developing a proper, international-standard short-circuit motor-racing facility in Munster somewhere, with all bells-and-whistles making it a top-drawer family destination for the day or weekend. :cool:

Bog Standard User · 21-11-2013 12:38PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

So your principal property can't be in the city, and it can't be in the country...

Mars colony here I come!

mars pff... there is good sking in europa this time of year

Sam Kade · 21-11-2013 12:42PM

I would buy a house in Beverly Hills complete with a C-ment pond:)

GobBass · 26-11-2013 04:45AM

Great news guys, remember that penthouse I wanted in New York?

Its price has been cut by $7m.

Its only $17.5m now.

Sinfonia · 26-11-2013 04:58AM

Ranelagh
Manhattan
Montreal
Lombardy
Gothenburg Archipelago

I don't care, I'm having 7:
Vancouver
New Orleans

poeticseraphim · 26-11-2013 05:56AM

Skerries wrote: »

and you are going to buy 5 properties, where in the world would you buy?
one of them must be your primary residence
one of them must be a city dwelling (excluding your principal property)
one of them must be a rural property (excluding your principal property)

West Hollywood.

Paris.

London.

South of France rurally maybe.

Dublin.

And since I am a billionaire I would also have a sixth and a seventh Berlin and New York.

COYVB · 26-11-2013 06:06AM

Primary: Where I am right now
City: Toronto, Vancouver, Dublin
Rural: Somewhere in the schticks in Meath

COYVB · 26-11-2013 06:09AM

I'd also buy an island from a country somewhere and try to have it declared an independent state, then I'd introduce a load of pretty ridiculous laws legalizing just about everything and charge people a fortune to holiday there

26-11-2013 06:23AM

Primary: Kensington, London.
Urban: Manhattan, NYC
Rural: Somewhere in the countryside just outside of Dublin (as close as possible to the city to still be classified as rural!)
#4: Shanghai
#5: Tokyo

And possibly a houseboat in Reykjavik too.

Seaneh · 26-11-2013 07:35AM

FairytaleGirl wrote: »

Rural - Malibu/Santa Monica

Your understanding of the word rural is a bit, er, flawed.

Blitzkrieger · 26-11-2013 10:08AM

For my primary I'd probably buy a 5/6 bed (probably old farmhouse) in my home town. Plenty of room for guests and while it's not the greatest town on earth, home is home.

2nd in Manchester. If I had enough billions I'd buy a certain property on Sir Matt Busby way.

3rd in London. I love London.

4th in Adenau. It's a village inside the 'Ring. I'd keep a couple of toys there.

5th in Phuket. While it's cheapness might no longer be the primary draw at that stage, it's beauty and the friendliness of the people would keep bringing me back.

How much is the Euromillions tonight?

originalstatus · 26-11-2013 01:10PM

Primary: Toronto
City: South Dublin City
Rural: South Monaghan
Others: Somewhere in Texas (for the guns and BBQs

), and another in Florida or California!

angelfire9 · 26-11-2013 01:21PM

Primary would still be in Clare I'd build a house to my dream spec
City would be NYC
Rural:Southern Poland
I'd probably buy a house in Dublin just to have a place to stay up there
And my last would be in the French Riviera

cabledude · 26-11-2013 01:27PM

1 - I'd knock down the current gaff and build a 6,000 Sq Ft on the same land. Swimming pool, treble garage, tennis court, spa, slave quarters.

2 -I'd then buy a home in South Dublin. Merrion Rd or Ballsbridge area along with a similar pad in London.

3 - I'd buy the entirety of Connaught.

foxyboxer · 26-11-2013 01:32PM

The Pheasant2 wrote: »

I would just buy thousands of acres in the midlands, level every building and plant millions of trees and build a massive wall around with a nice cabin in the middle. Maybe airlift a few herds of deer and a pack of wolves into my new forest to make things interesting.

Years later the walls would crumble revealing a beautiful forest - my gift to Ireland from an eccentric billionaire

Would you get planning permission?
You spend half the billion on red tape and brown envelopes!
:pac:

bnt · 26-11-2013 01:53PM

I wouldn't need all that much space for myself. I wonder whether Adam Clayton fancies selling Danesmoate House, after all the work he's had done there? :cool:

As for the rest, I'd be tempted to indulge my megalomaniac / paternalistic tendencies, and set up some kind of pilot scheme in a place like Haiti. Buy up a huge chunk of the north coast away from Port-au-Prince, set up a luxury resort combined with a hospital and other social facilities for the locals. It could make a great "medical tourism" destination for slightly-rich people: fly in, get your boobs remodelled or your cardiac arteries reamed out, followed by two weeks on the beach. At the same time, improve the lives of the locals with employment, education, and healthcare.

D1stant · 26-11-2013 02:01PM

zenno wrote: »

There's many materialistic people here, greedy feckers you lot are.

Its called pretend Zenno

You've just become a billionaire...

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