Cristiano Ronaldo Selling Former Manchester Mansion for £3.25M
Cristiano Ronaldo Selling Former Manchester Mansion for £3.25M
The soccer star bought the three-story brick house in England 11 years ago
Having left Manchester United almost a decade ago, it’s no surprise that international soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to bid farewell to his home in the affluent English village of Alderley Edge, just 15 miles away from his former playing ground at Old Trafford.
Mr. Ronaldo, who now plays forward for Italian club Juventus, listed the five-bedroom, three-story brick house on Monday for £3.25 million (US$4.1 million), according to listing records.
The Portuguese footballer is set to take a £600,000 loss if it sells for that asking price. Mr. Ronaldo, 33, purchased the house for £3.895 million over a decade ago, according to a title document filed with the Land Registry in 2007.
Images of the house reveal Mr. Ronaldo’s surprisingly Gothic taste in furnishings. The spartan decor left in the house is almost exclusively black, including a black shag and cowhide rugs, a plush charcoal-gray couch and even sheer black curtains.
Otherwise the home has fairly traditional finishes, including light stone-tile and hardwood floors and tall windows.
There’s also a slew of luxurious amenities, including a pool, spacious white-and-black lacquer kitchen (Juventus’s team colors), a steam room, cinema room and a gym, according to images of the house, which is listing with local real estate agency Benson Bunch. The brokerage did not return a request for comment.
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There are three en-suite bedrooms in total, including a large master suite with two adjoining bathrooms and a walk-in closet.
This is the second time the Portuguese footballer has marketed his former English home. The property first hit the market in 2013 for £3.75 million, according to an old listing for the home.
Mr. Ronaldo, who left Manchester United in 2009, could not be reached for comment.
China’s Youngest Female Billionaire Sells Sydney Penthouse at a Loss
“Milk Tea Sister” was last asking A$15M for the triplex apartment
China’s youngest female billionaire has unloaded her triplex penthouse in Sydney, according to a listing for the home, recently updated to say it sold for an undisclosed amount.
It appears Zetian "Nancy" Zhang, a Chinese businesswoman and social media phenomenon, took a hit on the sale of her four-bedroom aerie overlooking Sydney Harbour, amid a slowdown in the city’s housing market.
The 25-year-old billionaire bought the newly built condo in 2015 for A$16.2 million (US$11.57 million), but was most recently asking only A$15 million for the home after listing it on and off for around a year and a half, according to property records.
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The official sale price was reportedly A$13.5 million, a loss of A$2.7 million, according to Domain.com, citing property records.
The loss is not all that surprising given prices have cooled across Australian cities. Following years of white-hot growth, luxury home prices in Sydney declined for the first time in years, slipping 1% between the second quarter and third quarter of 2018, according to the latest report from brokerage Knight Frank.
The nearly 6,500-square-foot apartment has sweeping views over the city, an architectural spiral staircase, a separate media room and its own elevator, Mansion Global previously reported.
Residents in the building, known as the Stamford, also have access to shared amenities, such as a 24-hour concierge, pool, gym and rooftop terrace.
Ms. Zhang is social media star also known by the nickname "Milk Tea Sister" for an innocent school photo that went viral across China. She bought the home the same year she married Qiangdong "Richard" Liu, founder of e-commerce site JD.com, a union that made Ms. Zhang China’s youngest female billionaire.
She now leverages her large social media following to promote the various companies with which she invests.
An email sent to Ms. Zhang was not immediately returned. She was marketing the home with Richard Shalhoub of Sotheby’s International Realty. He did not immediately return a request for comment.
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