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In the afternoon, Andy was holding a cup of steaming English black tea, standing in front of the large arc-shaped French window, watching the gray sky outside and the drizzle, which kept hitting the glass and slid down .

"Boss, Mr. Tony Pete is here."

Andy turned around and looked at the little assistant who was wearing a gray turtleneck tight sweater, a black tunic skirt, and black transparent socks and nodded slightly, "Let them go to the living room and wait, I'll be there right away."

Speaking of which, Andy took a sip of black tea, walked to the coffee table and put down the cup, picked up a folder from the table, and walked to the living room.

"Good afternoon, boss."

"Let's all sit down, don't be restrained." Walking into the living room, Andy saw four people headed by real estate investment consultant Tony Pete standing up to greet him, and Andy couldn't help but smiled and stretched out his hands and said.

"thank you boss."

"I like this house very much, Tony, you have done a good job. I am very satisfied." Andy walked to the single sofa in the middle facing the floor-to-ceiling windows and sat down. He smiled and said to Tony Pete on the left.

"Boss, as long as you are satisfied." Tony Pete smiled, then took out a folder from the side and handed it to Andy with both hands, explaining: "Boss, this is what we have obtained from the British National Trust and through specific channels or contacts. Information about the castle estate that is sold or intended to be sold.”

Andy nodded, reached out to take the folder, opened it and began to read it. As the files with photos flipped through, Andy frowned slightly, then looked at Tony and said, "Why is it so cheap?"

Looking at these three to four million pound castle manors, Andy was a little speechless. For example, the one he saw now was called Dans Hall Manor. It was introduced that the original owner was one of the fathers of the British Industrial Revolution, Richard A. Sir Colette, the manor is a Grade II historical building in the UK. It is located in Staffordshire and covers an area of ​​85.7 hectares. It has 12 bedrooms, a lake, an orangery, a ballroom, a cellar and a cricket field. It dates back to 1145 The price of the castle estate in 2009 was only five million pounds.

Andy looked at the photos of the manor mansion, which was no worse than the castle mansion in "Downton Abbey".

Tony hurriedly explained: "Boss, the price of buying a castle manor is not expensive, the key lies in the label of this historical building.

Historical and cultural heritage will have many restrictions on house repairs and additions. It is necessary to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the structure and maintenance of the house. The maintenance is expensive, and some are in disrepair. Even if all the rooms are painted, it will cost tens of thousands of pounds. .

Although the Dans Hall Manor you see is cheap, it has changed several owners and has not undergone thorough repairs. The simple comprehensive repairs will cost millions of pounds, or even millions of pounds. Not counting the cost of maintaining the castle estate afterwards.

Like this one located in Norfolk, England, the price of the Tudor period Waterton Manor is only 15 million pounds. Around GBP, this is not counting labor costs.

British aristocrats who can afford a manor without working are rare. Many aristocrats who had nowhere to go and were forced to hand over their ancestral homes and lands to the National Trust, the aristocratic manors that could rely on their own hard work and continue to maintain their ancestral properties should be regarded as a good ending.

The sky-high consumption of these castle manors is really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

If you want to use the castle to generate income, such as collecting tickets or something. It needs to be reported to the British government for approval, and then the ticket income has to be taxed, and there are too many castles in the UK, so if the castle has no story, it is basically a money-losing business. "

Andy nodded in relief. You must know that the inheritance tax in the UK is really terrible. When the nobles inherit property, they have to sell their family collections to raise taxes.

And those declining aristocratic families would rather hand over these castle estates to the National Trust than choose to inherit them.

Because for them, these castle estates that can only spend money and cannot make money are simply negative assets, which will definitely drag them down.

Continue to open the photo files, and there are only three castles that can make Andy fancy. The other castle manors are either not the style of the castle that he likes, or the layout is too small, the castle mansion with 7-20 bedrooms , is no longer within the scope of his consideration.

After all, what he needs is not for himself to live in, and he is not interested in living in the humid and cold British countryside. If he wants to experience the life of aristocrats, Andy is not interested in pretending to be poor. Except for a little interest in those chaotic private lives in the room, I don't feel anything else at all.

"Huh? This castle is nice!" Andy's eyes lit up when he looked at the somewhat familiar Gothic-style castle, but he couldn't help curling his lips when he saw the price marked at the bottom.

Fifty million pounds, tsk tsk, you really dare to open your mouth to ask for it!

Hearing what the big boss said, Tony looked slightly at the photos in the folder in the big boss's hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Boss, this Highclere Castle in Berkshire, west of London, belongs to Carnarvon. It belongs to the earl family and is currently owned by the eighth Earl of Carnarvon, George Herbert, and Countess Fiona.

Since 2003, after inheriting the manor, they have been thinking of various ways to maintain the manor with difficulty. They originally wanted to develop the surrounding land, but because of neighbors obstructing it, they did not get the government's consent. The maintenance and management fee of the manor in pounds has made them unaffordable, especially since last year, the business that could have been collected by tourism has dropped sharply.

Although they did not sell it publicly, we got the news from a certain circle and contacted them to confirm the news. They are indeed interested in selling Highclere Castle.

The castle has been inhabited by the Earl's family, and there are currently 20 full-time servants. The castle has almost maintained its original appearance from the end of World War I to the present, although some family collections have been sold due to inheritance tax, and 20% of the manor has been sold. Land, but currently the estate still has 4,000 acres of land.

The supporter and participant of the archaeological activity that discovered the world-famous Tutankhamun's golden mask was the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, but soon died of sepsis in Egypt. At the same time, the loyal dog of the Earl who was far away in the castle also The barking is more than sudden death. . . "

"Oh? Pharaoh's curse, hehe, it's really a family with a story, which is interesting." Andy raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly. The truth of the story is not important to him, the key lies in the inheritance of this castle. Preface, well preserved, which he used to shoot "Downton Abbey", can satisfy the idea of ​​packaging marketing as a tourist hotel.

"Hehe, 50 million pounds is not cheap at all. If the deal is to be concluded, except for their personal belongings, they can be taken away, and other things must remain in their original appearance, no problem?"

Tony heard what the big boss said, and hurriedly replied: "There should be no problem. When I called to confirm the news, I asked about it. They are selling as a whole."

"Okay, let's start a discussion with the Earl and his wife. I will go to Highclere Castle some time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Andy looked at the photo of the castle and said calmly.

"Okay boss, I'll contact them in a moment."

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