Tax dodges, empty mansions and pools in living rooms: The secrets of trading super-luxury homes

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Tax dodges, empty mansions and pools in living rooms: The secrets of trading super-luxury homes
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“The garage had three Rolls Royce Phantoms inside but there wasn’t a stick of furniture. It was unbelievably depressing, it was like a mausoleum going in there” 🎙️ robhastings speaks to an estate agent dealing with London’s most exclusive properties

, which includes a roof terrace bigger than most flats.

Some are snapped up straight away, despite the huge sums involved. “A house in one of the prime streets around Notting Hill and Holland Park came up recently. It sold within a week – it went for over £33m.” Max believes that when he began his career around 20 years ago, this home would have been worth £8m at most.

It can be highly lucrative, of course. “If you’re working at a senior level for a Knight Frank or a Savills, working in the £5m-plus sales team in one of the more expensive areas, you’re probably earning between £100,000 and £400,000 a year. If you are an independent, it’s massively variable… The uber successful of my counterparts have probably earnt £1m per annum.”

“They can be tough and absolutely ruthless, but they’re usually decisive. They see five houses and they know what they want. They’ll say: this is my price.

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