Christine’s London Penthouse Hits the Market

[dougl]

https://www.beauchamp.com/property/a.../#&gid=1&pid=1

https://youtu.be/rH7VnsNLpqs?si=GtRC-ToxcAKP7Bvg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-london-duplex

[HomerMcvie]

Very nice place. It was weird, trying to picture Christine moving about through there. It still seems like a bad dream that she's gone.

[Nathan]

Wow, what a cool place. I like the view from the top and the privacy. And neat architectural touches like those beams on the top floors. Very nice and tasteful. Cool location, too. I wonder how much time CM spent here in her last years? And, what shops and coffee spots she enjoyed frequenting that are nearby? Very cool.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Wow, what a cool place. I like the view from the top and the privacy. And neat architectural touches like those beams on the top floors. Very nice and tasteful. Cool location, too. I wonder how much time CM spent here in her last years? And, what shops and coffee spots she enjoyed frequenting that are nearby? Very cool.

She prob spent a lot of time there... i think she bought it in 2015? and as far as i know that's the only property she owned at that point. so when they weren't touring or she wasn't traveling, that was home. it's gorgeous. love that rooftop patio, and the natural light is beautiful. i heard she didn't drive at all in later years and used her car service to get her places, and in that area i bet everything is pricey and top of the line.

looks like it's been totally staged though, i guess all her stuff is gone by now.

--Lis

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

looks like it's been totally staged though, i guess all her stuff is gone by now.

--Lis

I went to the auction of her things, a few blocks from my condo. Once a soapdish went for $900, I knew I was out of my league.

[David]

Quite lovely.

The article says this is Eaton Place, which is across the street from Eaton Square. These units in Belgravia are ultra-high-grade residences. Historically, some really important people have lived in Eaton Place and Eaton Square: two prime ministers, Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin, Vivien Leigh (who died there), Sean Connery, Rex Harrison, Roger Moore, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and even Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. This is the London Bel Air. When Christine was in the mood for swank, she was certainly in the mood.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

She prob spent a lot of time there... i think she bought it in 2015? and as far as i know that's the only property she owned at that point. so when they weren't touring or she wasn't traveling, that was home. it's gorgeous. love that rooftop patio, and the natural light is beautiful. i heard she didn't drive at all in later years and used her car service to get her places, and in that area i bet everything is pricey and top of the line.

looks like it's been totally staged though, i guess all her stuff is gone by now.

--Lis

Do you think all those candles on the table are staged?

[Nathan]

“She liked Belgravia, because she could walk to Harvey Nicholas and Harrods around the corner, and that’s what she used to always do when she came up to London,” he [Wyatt] recalls.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Do you think all those candles on the table are staged?

i would say probably? they do add color and make for an interesting photo. i really think all her stuff is removed by now... and even when she lived there i doubt she kept 100 candles on her dining room table lol. too much dusting for the poor housekeeper.

--Lis

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Nathan

“She liked Belgravia, because she could walk to Harvey Nicholas and Harrods around the corner, and that’s what she used to always do when she came up to London,” he [Wyatt] recalls.

can you read the whole article? i have a paywall and can't see beyond the 1st 2 paragraphs...

--Lis

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

can you read the whole article? i have a paywall and can't see beyond the 1st 2 paragraphs...

--Lis

Try copying and pasting the URL into the first box to bypass the paywall: https://archive.ph/

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

She prob spent a lot of time there... i think she bought it in 2015? and as far as i know that's the only property she owned at that point. so when they weren't touring or she wasn't traveling, that was home. it's gorgeous. love that rooftop patio, and the natural light is beautiful. i heard she didn't drive at all in later years and used her car service to get her places, and in that area i bet everything is pricey and top of the line.

looks like it's been totally staged though, i guess all her stuff is gone by now.

--Lis

yeah totally not her stuff. that large living room was in the photos of her stuff for the last auction. that's where a ton of the tchotchkes for sale were. That kitchen is suuuuper tiny and not nearly as fancy as a similar sort of place in NYC would be. Perhaps the assumption is if you are that wealthy you are not cooking or eating in your home as much....?

Speaking of her auctions, I bought one of her road wardrobe cases in the first auction, and it was *very* fragrant with her perfume when it arrived. I assumed this was since it had been closed up for a while and that it would dissipate over time. It has not; in fact in recent weeks it has suddenly become almost overpoweringly strong out of the blue.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

yeah totally not her stuff. that large living room was in the photos of her stuff for the last auction. that's where a ton of the tchotchkes for sale were. That kitchen is suuuuper tiny and not nearly as fancy as a similar sort of place in NYC would be. Perhaps the assumption is if you are that wealthy you are not cooking or eating in your home as much....?

Speaking of her auctions, I bought one of her road wardrobe cases in the first auction, and it was *very* fragrant with her perfume when it arrived. I assumed this was since it had been closed up for a while and that it would dissipate over time. It has not; in fact in recent weeks it has suddenly become almost overpoweringly strong out of the blue.

yes the kitchen is fairly small for a flat of that price, but i hear everything across the pond tends to just be a bit smaller ...i'm sure she could still do some cooking when the mood struck. she prob wasn't cooking for 20 people in that stage of her life.

that's so cool that the scent of her is getting stronger! i think expensive perfume/cologne lasts a while...

--Lis

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

yes the kitchen is fairly small for a flat of that price, but i hear everything across the pond tends to just be a bit smaller ...i'm sure she could still do some cooking when the mood struck. she prob wasn't cooking for 20 people in that stage of her life.

that's so cool that the scent of her is getting stronger! i think expensive perfume/cologne lasts a while...

--Lis

Yeah, I wish I knew what it was. The second auction, that had all her things from her home, had quite a lot of perfume bottles and I tried to see the labels on them so I could maybe check them out in a department store and see which one smelled the most like the wardrobe. I was able to make out the names of maybe a half dozen, but at the perfume counter at Nordstrom none of them really seemed to be the same one.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

yeah totally not her stuff. that large living room was in the photos of her stuff for the last auction. that's where a ton of the tchotchkes for sale were. That kitchen is suuuuper tiny and not nearly as fancy as a similar sort of place in NYC would be. Perhaps the assumption is if you are that wealthy you are not cooking or eating in your home as much....?

Speaking of her auctions, I bought one of her road wardrobe cases in the first auction, and it was *very* fragrant with her perfume when it arrived. I assumed this was since it had been closed up for a while and that it would dissipate over time. It has not; in fact in recent weeks it has suddenly become almost overpoweringly strong out of the blue.

Just curious, do you have the wardrobe case displayed in your living room, or what?

I suppose when I still had my big house, that I'd have put it in the corner of my music room or something. Do you have your things in it, or is it just empty? Sorry, just curious...