When rich person talks about sustainability, we bet they hardly think to start from their home. However, if you beg to differ or decide it is time to start to start with a sustainable home (beside NOT jet setting with your private jet…), then the Casa Vista Paraiso Sustainable Home maybe right up your alley, well, that’s you are prepared to move your ass to Costa Rica, where this beautiful property awaits. Built by Catalfumo Construction, this sprawling 8,950 square foot private luxury estate sits in a forest sanctuary overlooking the golf course greens within the Los Sueños Resort and boasts 5 bedrooms, 6.5 baths, a state-of-the-art chef’s kitchen, intricately cut tile, Costa Rican hardwood, and granite – lots of it. But how is it ‘sustainable’? Well, here’s the gist: Continue reading Casa Vista Paraiso: A ‘Sustainable’ Luxury Living In Costa Rica
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The Most Expensive Property In The U.S. Comes With A Helicopter
We are accustomed to skyrocketing property prices, but one that commands $250 million is plain ridiculous, but besides being a chart topper on the most expensive property in stateside, it does come with its perks and when look at those perks, you probably will think it is money well spent, especially if you are petrolhead. For $250 million, this Bel-Air property comes with seven staff members, a helicopter landing pad complete with a helicopter (!) and a car collection with no less than 12 exotic luxury four-wheelers, including the likes of Rolls-Royce Dawn, Ferrari 488, Pagani Huayra, 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K, Spyker C8, Ariel Atom 3, Bentley Continental GT convertible and Bugatti Veyron, and 10 motorcycles. Also included is a Brooklands Edition 3-wheeler too! Continue reading The Most Expensive Property In The U.S. Comes With A Helicopter
Finally, Doomsday Shelters With Middle Class In Mind!
Since after 2012, there have been lesser talk about preparation for apocalypse, but looking today’s volatile international relations and domestic uncertainties, you’d be hard pressed not to pick up the topic once again. Then again, it is not by choice one wants to rest on his or her laurels; it is the price to prep for say, a nuclear fallout, that’s preventing an individual from doing so. The price for a fully-kitted, nuclear blast proof safe haven deep underground is prohibitive, thus making it a luxury average joe won’t even want to dream. But not all hopes are lost if you are not a multi-millionaire cos’ Vivos Group, the California-based company that builds and maintains fortified shelters for high net worth clienteles, has an affordable solution which it calls Vivos xPoint. Continue reading Finally, Doomsday Shelters With Middle Class In Mind!
This Amazing Tiny Home With Porch Is Actually A 40-foot Shipping Container
Most tiny homes are built on mobile home or RV, but this one here, built by Custom Contain Living, is not. It is actually a 40-foot container turned into an outstanding micro home. I know right? You can’t really tell it was a container, not especially when a section of it was removed to make way for an impressive porch, which should come in handy during rainy season. Maintaining the container’s orthogonal form, the top was raised with a sloped roof to accommodate two lofts within. From the images, the 40-foot Container Home looks deceivingly spacious, or perhaps it is. Continue reading This Amazing Tiny Home With Porch Is Actually A 40-foot Shipping Container
This Beach House In South Africa Takes Open Concept A Little Too Seriously
While most sea-front houses incorporate large openings like larger-than-usual windows and sliding glass doors to afford home owners a majestic view of the front, South Africa architecture firm elphick proome architects took it several levels up with this property located at Rooi-Els, Western Cape province of South Africa, some 5 km north of Pringle Bay. There are many unique aspects about this Rooi-Els Beach House, the first being where it is built on. Unlike most beach houses which sit on regular sandy ground, this 950 square-meter property sits elevated over dune fynbos, a vegetation unique to Southern tip of Africa, on a rugged ocean peninsula which is not the best place for taking a dip in and that probably explains why it has its own deck and pool up front. Continue reading This Beach House In South Africa Takes Open Concept A Little Too Seriously
Stunning Tiny Home’s Garage Door Is Also A Custom Deck And Awning
With the world population growing steadily, over population is inevitable and so, we better start getting use to living in small spaces, you know, like very, very small space. Fortunately, humans are resilient and creative creatures who will make the most out of any situation. So what if you have only 240-square-foot to your name? As this super neat tiny home, called The Alpha Tiny Home put together by Nashville-based New Frontier Tiny Homes, proves that being small does not mean it can’t be a complete home and similarly, being tiny does not mean it cannot have style. Continue reading Stunning Tiny Home’s Garage Door Is Also A Custom Deck And Awning
You Will Need To Rock Climb Up To The Loft In This Super Tiny Home
In most homes, access to higher floors requires either a set of stairs or ladder, but for rock climbing couple Vince Sorgentoni and Sam Adams, those are just way too conventional and since they both a thing for rock climbing, they opted to installed rock climbing holds on the walls to access one of the two lofts inside their super tiny, RV-based home called Z Huis. Z Huis is designed and built by North Carolina-based tiny home specialist, Wishbone Tiny Homes. Continue reading You Will Need To Rock Climb Up To The Loft In This Super Tiny Home
The Playboy Mansion Is Up For Grab For $200M, Babes Not Included
With a rich architecture history and ownership, we are pretty sure the The Playboy Mansion, located at Holmby Hills, California, won’t be lacking of potential buyers. The asking price though, is not for the faint of heart and to top its $200,000,000 asking price tag (that’s $200 million!) is an odd clause, which states the buyer would have to allow the 89-year-old Playboy founder Hugh Hefner to live in the mansion for as long as he choose to. Sure. Not a problem if you are buying as a business venture like Bunny Up, but it will be totally weird if you are just another ridiculously rich family who wants to live in an iconic mansion. Imagine a totally unrelated, filthy rich old man and his 29-year-old wife roaming amongst your family. Man, that has to be the weirdest thing ever. Continue reading The Playboy Mansion Is Up For Grab For $200M, Babes Not Included
Casa Brutale: Why Hang off a Cliff When You Can Live Inside the Cliff?
Just when we thought a house hanging on the face of a cliff was super dope, the folks over at the Open Platform for Architecture or OPA shows us that cliff-based dwelling could be made even cooler than Tony Stark’s Point Dume residence in Malibu (which is fictional house, btw) by having the abode inside the cliff. Dubbed Casa Brutale, this ultra modernistic architecture literally sits within the cliff and becomes part of the cliff, save for interjection of modern building materials comprising of three thick concrete slabs and a bunch of glasses. Natural wood are also incorporated into the design to further accentuate the building’s contemporary-cross-nature theme. Continue reading Casa Brutale: Why Hang off a Cliff When You Can Live Inside the Cliff?
Luxury Survival Condo: Post Nuclear Apocalypse Luxury Living. What???
In the event of, God forbid, a nuclear apocalypse, most people would be gravely concern about basic survival, but for some elite few, life is probably still about what movie to watch, whether to swim or hit the gym, because they will be snugging cosily in their impregnable underground fortress which was once an Atlas missile silo. You’d be forgiven for thinking that we were talking a Hollywood post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie, but the truth is, this aptly named Luxury Survival Condo is very real and it could yours as part of your greater survival plan – that’s if you have an enormous vault piled with Benjamin Franklins. Developer Larry Hall acquired the former nuclear missile back in 2008 under the Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) program and completed the renovations and fitments, turning it into what now known as the Luxury Survival Condo in 2012. Continue reading Luxury Survival Condo: Post Nuclear Apocalypse Luxury Living. What???