The bigger houses? Are the Australian's

Australians have bigger

The United States are famous for their architectural excesses: the boundless city, towering skyscrapers, monumental houses. We also saw that the U.S. can boast at least six of the ten most expensive homes for sale in the world. But it is news not too long ago that Australians have escaped the "cousins" Americans another record: that of the larger houses

According to research commissioned by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia National Institute of Statistics, for the first time in ten years the Australian houses of new construction have been awarded first place in the ranking of the larger houses in the world, thus relegating the new constructions American second 

The survey, conducted on individual homes and apartments completed in 2008-2009, shows just how the amplitude of Australian homes have increased by 10% in ten years, reaching an average of 214.6 square metersIn second place are the new American households, whose average size is decreased from 212 square meters to the existing 201.5 square meters. 

 Follow the case of New Zealand with an average of 196.2 square metersIn Europe, the larger homes can be found in Denmark (137 square meters, data Policy Exchange 2005), which in fact occupies the fourth position in the world rankings prepared by CommSec. Italy is the second lowest, with an average of 81.5 square meters.  English are the lowest (76 sqm).
 
If so Australia has the biggest houses in the world, which areas are the most important sizes? The national ranking is headed by the state of New South Wales (NSW), where the new buildings completed in 2008-2009 have a surface average of 262.9 square meters. For those who prefer smaller homes, the recommended destination is Tasmania, where the average size of new construction is "only" 190.6 sqm. 

London: Battersea Power Station reborn, boom of luxury homes

The building made famous
by '30s cover Animals Pink Floyd

It's the fastest selling real estate of this kind recorded in London. 

In four days were sold real estate properties with a total value of 600 million pounds (nearly € 724 million) in the converted historic Battersea Power Station, the one with four colossal chimneys, in the south-west of London, the largest brick building in Europe remained unused for three decades.  An interesting example of luxury homes building boom.

They lined up starting at 6:30 am, reports the British press to grab a seat, large or small, preferably overlooking the River Thames, as this may become one of the largest urban corners 'cool' of the "new London" .

The building is considered one of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the '30s and was made famous by the album cover of Pink Floyd's "Animals" of 1977, the one with the pig flying between the white chimneys of the plant.

The sale is open on Thursday and by Saturday had already been purchased all 600 units made available on the 800 in the project. From studios to 340 thousand pounds (415 thousand euro) in the attic of 6 million (over € 7 million). And the buyers belong to different classes: the bankers of the city to a former employee of the power plant. The company that operates the store is sure that soon all the 800 apartments will be sold, and in 2016 will begin the first tenants to live there. In fact, for the moment everything is on paper: the site has not yet been started, should start in the summer, but the project was assigned Uruguayan architect Rafael Vinoly and funded by a Malaysian company, it really makes my throat. 

The plant has stopped producing electricity in the early 80s and since then the industrial complex was designed for different locations, a Disneyland at one stage. To protect them, the four chimneys will be extracted and stored separately during the work. The conversion also foresees the creation of green spaces, swimming pools, gyms and commercial spaces, which will be used up to 15 thousand people. The enthusiasm did remove checks for Battersea Station Pawer the experts also explain the sudden increase in real estate costs and the coincident lack of housing in the surrounding areas such as Kensington.

Six million euro for a castle in Bavaria offered for sale by Porsche

Schloss Bullachberg

When an investment becomes unproductive is the case to discard it and so Porsche has decided to sell his castle in Bavaria, purchased in 2006, for six million euro. The automaker had in fact bought the castle, Schloss Bullachberg, close to Neuschwanstein Castle, the most famous of Bavaria, with the intention of turning it into a luxury hotel with 180,000 square meters. The idea was started by former president of the group Wendelin Wiedeking, but the renovations were never parties, and the company has now decided to sell it.

The automaker is due so retrace his steps after an investment property that proved to be too expensive.

Now the castle is for sale and given the environment fairytale may soon find the right buyers can turn it into a luxury hotel or a private residence by real king.

A nice sit-com to about real estate agents

"vendesi" - main actors

Often we have heard that real estate agents are not a profession "funny". Without a doubt, this injury was aggravated during a period of great difficulty of the real estate market like the one we are living because, as pointed out by a survey conducted some time ago in the United States own a real estate agent, the dislike of the category comes most of the time not so much the lack of professionalism of the agent or real character of the individual components, but the fact that the real estate broker represents for many the personification of dreams and expectations dashed. On the one hand those of the owner that he wanted to get a higher price (even if unrealistic) from the sale of your property and, second, those buyers who may be forced to give up the house they wanted or discount which had aimed .

That is why it really interesting experiment placed online these days by a couple of Italians real estate agents who, with the declared intention of making nice to the whole profession and to provide practical help and free to all those who are struggling with the purchase, sale or lease of a property, have created the first website dedicated to this Italian-com sector.

It is 10 episodes (for now only the first online) a small sit-coms, whose transmission is provided only via the web, through the dramatization of real events to the two professionals in their work, said some key issues in real estate transactions, such as the deposit, the energy certification or expenses.

Sit-com webstite: http://www.vendesi.tv/

Eight million pounds in an ancient castle in Scotland (ghost included)

how much would you pay for a real ghost?

One of the oldest still inhabited castles in Scotland is on sale for eight million pounds, about 9.1 million euro. The Blair Castle located in Dalry, in Ayrshire, is a real piece of Scottish history, inhabited by the same family for nearly 850 years: the whole structure, such as a thousand acres of land owned are in perfect condition, without sacrificing modern conveniences, as the heated pool. The building dates back to 1100, a period in which it was made even the Norman tower, part of the family that Blair was given the title of barons by King William the Lion.

For those who are looking for real estate of great prestige, an ancient castle, in the countryside of Scotland, could be an ideal solution.

The two owners have decided to sell only because they spend a lot of time abroad, where he lives part of their family, and fear of not being able to keep in perfect condition.