RE: McLaren Bags Top London Address
Discussion
Frik said:
cgt said:
Why do they need a showroom in London? I'd rather visit (...and pick up) the car at McLaren HQ...
Because they don't have a dealership there?It's a factory, not a shop.
(allegedly)
They can give you your car at MTC (facility
) There was a dedicated hand over room. Think fanfare, leather seats then a wall retracts and your shiny new glitter ball awaits ready for someone else to drive it outside for you 
So you can then boot it round the lake and scare the ducks.(all wearing silver, red and black suits)Rich_W said:
Frik said:
cgt said:
Why do they need a showroom in London? I'd rather visit (...and pick up) the car at McLaren HQ...
Because they don't have a dealership there?It's a factory, not a shop.
(allegedly)
They can give you your car at MTC (facility
) There was a dedicated hand over room. Think fanfare, leather seats then a wall retracts and your shiny new glitter ball awaits ready for someone else to drive it outside for you So you can then boot it round the lake and scare the ducks.(all wearing silver, red and black suits)Raven Flyer said:
£5m buys you a 1 bed and these are quite small but are pretty much sold out. Prices go up to £20m for a 5 bed and these are huge at almost 10,000sqft.
3 penthouses are two floor plates (just under 20,000sqft) and penthouse C (the highest one) is almost 30,000sqft. The rumours for C vary between £140m and £160m, the others were circa £100m. C has 9 bedrooms plus staff quarters. A and D (D is nearest the Madarin) are sold, B is still available. All apartments include fit out for the price and the decor ranges from buffalo skin floors to ammonia smoked oak wall panels to diamonds set in the tiling grout in the his and hers bathrooms, off the master bedroom suites. The penthouse master bedroom suites have about the same area as a large home counties 5 bedroom house (both floors added together). There are several kitchens... owners, staff, children/nannies and catering kitchens. The data, lighting, sound and vision installations are the highest in the world. Walk down a corridor and the lights illuminate in front of you. Your tv programme or music can follow you around too. When the sun comes out, computer systems change the blinds to stop the rooms getting too hot. The walls and floors have state of the art sound proofing so you would not hear a party in the apartment above.
The purchase price is not the end of your expenditure... a parking space will set you back £300k but then it is one of the most high tech car parks ever built, with glass cars lifts to pavement level. There are parking spaces designed especially for your Maybach.
The tunnel to the Mandarin is because the Mandarin will provide house services. From laundry to room service meals, everything can be brought to your apartment.
Its quite some place.
Can't comment on the fit out side, but i can support what Raven has said with regards to pricing and sizes. For those not akin to working in sq ft, a normal one bed flat in London is circa 500 to 700 sq ft. These aren't apartments or penthouses, they are huge homes.3 penthouses are two floor plates (just under 20,000sqft) and penthouse C (the highest one) is almost 30,000sqft. The rumours for C vary between £140m and £160m, the others were circa £100m. C has 9 bedrooms plus staff quarters. A and D (D is nearest the Madarin) are sold, B is still available. All apartments include fit out for the price and the decor ranges from buffalo skin floors to ammonia smoked oak wall panels to diamonds set in the tiling grout in the his and hers bathrooms, off the master bedroom suites. The penthouse master bedroom suites have about the same area as a large home counties 5 bedroom house (both floors added together). There are several kitchens... owners, staff, children/nannies and catering kitchens. The data, lighting, sound and vision installations are the highest in the world. Walk down a corridor and the lights illuminate in front of you. Your tv programme or music can follow you around too. When the sun comes out, computer systems change the blinds to stop the rooms getting too hot. The walls and floors have state of the art sound proofing so you would not hear a party in the apartment above.
The purchase price is not the end of your expenditure... a parking space will set you back £300k but then it is one of the most high tech car parks ever built, with glass cars lifts to pavement level. There are parking spaces designed especially for your Maybach.
The tunnel to the Mandarin is because the Mandarin will provide house services. From laundry to room service meals, everything can be brought to your apartment.
Its quite some place.
Not many more prominent places for Mclaren, at the top of Sloane Street on the A4. Going to be a nightmare trying to get the cars in and out though, but no doubt there is a creative solution!
Great move for McLaren - I'm sure they will sell anything they can make from that address - All the rich nobheads will be falling over themselves with their teeny peenies hanging out.
As for the price of the flats - well it’s just unbelievable that somebody would part with that much cash to live in London. Personally I would rather eat my own s
t than live anywhere near London. The whole cold fronted, dog eat dog, hard faced, cold shouldered and overcrowded mix that the lemmings seem to be drawn to does absolutely nothing for me. Good luck to them all. Cocksuckers.
As for the price of the flats - well it’s just unbelievable that somebody would part with that much cash to live in London. Personally I would rather eat my own s
t than live anywhere near London. The whole cold fronted, dog eat dog, hard faced, cold shouldered and overcrowded mix that the lemmings seem to be drawn to does absolutely nothing for me. Good luck to them all. Cocksuckers.Edited by Pig Skill on Wednesday 11th August 21:43
Pig Skill said:
Great move for McLaren - I'm sure they will sell anything they can make from that address - All the rich nobheads will be falling over themselves with their teeny peenies hanging out.
As for the price of the flats - well it’s just unbelievable that somebody would part with that much cash to live in London. Personally I would rather eat my own st than live anywhere near London. The whole cold fronted, dog eat dog, hard faced, cold shouldered and overcrowded mix that the lemmings seem to be drawn to does absolutely nothing for me. Good luck to them all. Cocksuckers.
As for the price of the flats - well it’s just unbelievable that somebody would part with that much cash to live in London. Personally I would rather eat my own s
t than live anywhere near London. The whole cold fronted, dog eat dog, hard faced, cold shouldered and overcrowded mix that the lemmings seem to be drawn to does absolutely nothing for me. Good luck to them all. Cocksuckers.
I'm a Cheshire boy, and now live near London, and have many friends who live there. You know what? It's a lovely place, with a real community spirit in places.
Some of the places in Wilmslow make London seem quite open and welcoming.
I think you need to take a few chill pills and relax.
Andrew[MG] said:
If some rich Arabs want to spend £100m on a London flat then it's all money invested in the UK economy. We don't have much in the way of exports so we need all the help we can with the trade balance.
Qatar put the cash up to build them, I expect they want some of it back.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff