ormula One heiress Petra Ecclestone married her property agent associate Sam Palmer in an intimate ceremony on July 16, with many of the marriage ceremony celebrations thought to have taken place on the couple’s own residence in Chelsea.
Within the days that adopted their marriage ceremony, the couple posted images exhibiting them exterior Kensington & Chelsea register workplace and their very own £170 million Sloane Home.
In October final 12 months, Palmer and Ecclestone opened the doorways of their London mega mansion to the general public — within the type of a 10-minute video tour — for the primary time.
The couple introduced that they supposed to promote their palatial house off market, foregoing a conventional property company route, and the video walk-through exhibits off among the most wow-factor options of the historic Georgian mansion that Petra renovated and prolonged over a interval of 5 years.
“That is the primary time we’ve let cameras into the home,” stated Ecclestone in the beginning of the video, created with Architectural Digest.
“It’s at the moment listed off market, and valued at £170 million,” says Los Angeles property agent Sam Palmer.
Ecclestone, 32, purchased Sloane Home and neighbouring Sloane Lodge simply off the King’s Highway in 2010 along with her then-husband James Stunt earlier than fully renovating it — constructing each a basement ‘wellness degree’ in addition to further higher ranges.
The youngest daughter of F1 racing boss Bernie Ecclestone, Petra Ecclestone is assumed to have paid round £60 million for the properties earlier than embarking on a five-year transformation undertaking.
The house now has eight bedrooms and 12 bogs, spanning 20,000 sq. toes.
A custom-made gold bar within the entrance corridor sits beneath a crescent-shaped 150,000-piece crystal chandelier made up of bronze, clear and gold finishes, setting the color palettes for the remainder of the 2 properties.
Video: watch the couple’s tour of the £170 million house
Ecclestone stated the panther motifs all through the house – from small ornamental items to an enormous panther-shaped couch – are as a result of it’s her favorite animal. And, on describing the flashy, metallics and crystals within the house’s color scheme, gold is “clearly” her favorite color.
In the principle kitchen, the place the household eat most of their meals, there are two central islands – one with a teppanyaki grill for the household’s chef to make use of and one for Ecclestone to cook dinner at “sometimes” she stated.
Essentially the most spectacular function is the five-metre-long fish tank which has 64 sorts of fish and is “one of many largest in a personal residence,” stated Palmer, 38, who’s founder and chief government of Staffing Properties.
The second property, neighbouring Sloane Lodge, is the place the couple entertain visitors. Chandeliers function closely all through each buildings, whereas the lodge has a subterranean wellness degree with 17-metre pool and 10-person Jacuzzi.
A health club and big tender play space for the couple’s kids additionally sit on this degree, the latter the “top of a two-storey home” on what can be a squash court docket.
The gold-clad magnificence salon is all the pieces you’d count on from the mega mansion house of an heiress: gold chains on the entrance and sparkles within the partitions behind designated pedicure and hairdressing stations.
A carry takes the couple up six flooring to proceed the tour on the high of the house. Ice cream lights, drawn by Ecclestone’s daughter and their design then commissioned by the British socialite, adorn the partitions of one of many bedrooms; whereas Ecclestone’s sons share a room designed to characterize the within of a rocket.
The large master suite has two dressing rooms. Ecclestone’s spans the width of the entire home and has a “tucked away”, “peaceable vibe”, she says.
The couple’s house has “the largest backyard in Kensington and Chelsea”, stated Palmer who, together with operating his house staffing enterprise can also be an property agent in Los Angeles the place the household now spend the vast majority of their time.