{"id":21984,"date":"2018-11-15T20:23:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T20:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21984"},"modified":"2018-11-15T20:23:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T20:23:26","slug":"london-hotel-suite-on-sale-for-14m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21984","title":{"rendered":"London hotel suite on sale for $14M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"60.6506378803\">\n<p><cite class=\"Paragraph__cite\">(CNN) \u2014 <\/cite><span>Got a spare $14 million lying around that you&#8217;re wondering what to do with?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component\"><span>If you&#8217;re in the market for a new luxury pad, you could splash the cash on a 3,703 square foot hotel suite at 10 Whitehall Place, adjacent to the five-star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corinthia.com\/en\/hotels\/london\" target=\"_blank\">Corinthia Hotel<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/travel\/destinations\/london\" target=\"_blank\">London<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component\"><span>For this princely sum, the buyer gets a four-bedroom luxury space with a central London zip code and direct internal access to the hotel&#8217;s swanky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espalifeatcorinthia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ESPA spa<\/a>, restaurants and cocktail bars. They&#8217;ll also get a personal car parking space, plus a direct line to the Corinthia&#8217;s concierge with 24\/7 room service.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionedImage__component\" readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"Image__component CaptionedImage__image Image__hasAspectRatio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com\/cnn\/e_blur:500,q_auto:low,w_50,c_fill,g_auto,h_28,ar_16:9\/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F181114121632-corinthiaresidencestopfloorresidencemastersuite4.jpg\" alt=\"CorinthiaResidences,Topfloorresidence,mastersuite4\"><\/div>\n<p>The apartment is 3,703 square foot.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy Wetherell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component\"><span>It&#8217;s on the market via Mayfair realtors <a href=\"https:\/\/wetherell.co.uk\/detail\/4-bedrooms-Apartment-For-sale-Whitehall-Place-London-SW1A\/s597\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wetherell<\/a>, whose chief exec, Peter Wetherell, describes it as, &#8220;designed for exquisite luxury living and elegant entertaining.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span>The property has historic significance &#8212; it was a government building until the late 1980s for the UK&#8217;s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and was the site where Winston Churchill announced rationing during World War II.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<h3>Luxury building<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"CaptionedImage__component\" readability=\"7\">\n<a aria-current=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/london-corinthia-hotel-suite-sale\/index.html?gallery=2\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"CaptionedImage__cta\">\n<div class=\"Image__component CaptionedImage__image Image__hasAspectRatio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com\/cnn\/e_blur:500,q_auto:low,w_50,c_fill,g_auto,h_28,ar_16:9\/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F181114121115-corinthiaresidencestopfloorresidencebathroompic4.jpg\" alt=\"CorinthiaResidences,TopFloorResidence,bathroompic4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear whether the $14 million price tag includes unlimted hotel soaps. <\/p>\n<p>Courtesy Wetherell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Corinthia Hotel also has UK government links. It started life as a hotel in 1885, but then served as the Air Ministry and Ministry of Deference from 1936-2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s now got Michelin-starred chefs and all the trappings of a super luxury hotel space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Apparently, the hotel was a favorite of King Edward VII &#8212; and certainly the apartment on sale will allow the wealthy buyer to live like a royal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"CaptionedImage__component\" readability=\"8\">\n<a aria-current=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/london-corinthia-hotel-suite-sale\/index.html?gallery=1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"CaptionedImage__cta\">\n<div class=\"Image__component CaptionedImage__image Image__hasAspectRatio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com\/cnn\/e_blur:500,q_auto:low,w_50,c_fill,g_auto,h_28,ar_16:9\/http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F181114121250-corinthiaresidencestopfloorresidencediningroom.jpg\" alt=\"CorinthiaResidences,TopFloorResidence,diningroom\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the Corinthia&#8217;s Michelin-starred restaurants don&#8217;t appeal, you can always eat at home.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy Wetherell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s got a private entrance with a gold gilded ceiling, a modern luxury aesthetic, deep-pile silk carpets and custom-designed furniture. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Even if you&#8217;ve got the urge to splurge on this ostentatious residence, there&#8217;s an extra service charge you&#8217;ll have to cough up to use all the extravagant hotel offerings: \u00a340,273.35 per year (roughly $52,000).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(CNN) \u2014 Got a spare $14 million lying around that you&#8217;re wondering what to do with? If you&#8217;re in the market for a new luxury pad, you could splash the cash on a 3,703 square foot hotel suite at 10 Whitehall Place, adjacent to the five-star Corinthia Hotel in London. 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