The Mansion by Harrison Varma
Harrison Varma have created The Mansion, a 16,000 square foot, 8 bedroom home, located near the Kenwood House in the Hampstead area of London.
Husband and wife team Anil and Marisa Varma created their business out of sheer frustration back in 1996. Having endlessly searched for their ideal family home – a beautiful, generous, flexible modern property – they gave up and decided to design and create their own.
Over the ten years since they designed their first home, Anil and Marisa Varma have built on their success, creating a few unique homes in the exclusive avenues in Hampstead and Highgate.
Visit Harrison Varma’s website – here.
The home is now being offered for sale through the Savills agency – here.
fredrik on 06 Mar 2009 at 10:51 am #
Holy! Whats the price?
sasha on 06 Mar 2009 at 11:07 am #
omg! i want it so badly…
Molly on 06 Mar 2009 at 1:34 pm #
An absolutely beautiful home!! But I wouldn’t call it an “ideal family home”. There’s too many windows to be smeared by greasy little fingers, white carpets to be ruined and the open spaces don’t make it seem very homey. That’s just my opinion! Doesn’t change the fact that it’s totally gorgeous and that I’d live there in a heartbeat!
Stuart on 06 Mar 2009 at 1:54 pm #
Hmmm… So that’s what $50 million buys these days?
tinkalicious on 06 Mar 2009 at 2:36 pm #
Wow! Pretty amazing, what recession?
Mycroft on 06 Mar 2009 at 2:42 pm #
I’ll take two!
Harold on 06 Mar 2009 at 5:51 pm #
It’s definitely cool but I find it a bit uninspiring. What’s great about houses in this area are the nooks and crannies. This is too open. Also the dining area and one of the living rooms looks too much like a hotel.
It is very well done and beautiful, though.
John on 06 Mar 2009 at 6:39 pm #
This is a modern house. Open spaces are very consistent with modern design. What’s great about this house is how open it is. If they wanted nooks and crannies, they would have built nooks and crannies. I’m guessing they were not trying to build a house like all the others in the area.
Also, considering that hotels generally have above average interiors, saying that it looks like a hotel is really a compliment.
GEER on 07 Mar 2009 at 3:27 pm #
WERI WERI BIUDIFULL
Rudy on 08 Mar 2009 at 1:01 am #
Yes,no nooks and crannies. But if Hampstead consisted of similar houses it would not have the charm it has now.
It is another example of large, larger, largest and not much else. Think of this house at modest scale and it looses already much appeal.
Chris in RVA on 08 Mar 2009 at 8:33 pm #
Well, at least they have seating for a party of 847.
Dennis Shiraga on 09 Mar 2009 at 6:16 am #
Amazing. I love how the sliding doors create an all weather pool. The one thing that seemed incongruous was the kitchen. The orange, over crowded chairs didn’t work, no?
r10t3r on 09 Mar 2009 at 9:00 am #
This has considerable wow factor from start to finish.
Whilst faultless in terms of modern design as pointed out above, I would be interested in its green credentials.
Jennifer's Review on 10 Mar 2009 at 6:55 am #
I don’t think you’d ever get me out of the tub or pool .. love, love the chairs with the orange! great piece – thanks for posting!
Todd on 11 Mar 2009 at 5:24 pm #
I don’t really like it, I mean yeah it’s big, but it is just too sterile, If I were to pay that much for a home, I would want something a bit more colorful, elegant, something with a bit more pop. I mean the house looks like a mix between a hospital and 70’s orange, and 60’s wood paneling. Sorry but I just wouldn’t take it.
matt_an architect on 12 Mar 2009 at 6:48 am #
great design minus the uppermost level….why?
Rosie on 12 Mar 2009 at 10:51 pm #
Absolutely gorgeous. Love the bathroom – stunning! And how long is that bed?? Although I do prefer my bedhead up against the main wall.
Just love it.
Rebecca Cheng on 16 Mar 2009 at 4:57 pm #
WoW! Love it! Awesome!
Sure a lot of work to keep it clean.
Also, I would have to invite others to live with me to make use of all the rooms!
Great Home!
Amy on 16 Mar 2009 at 5:27 pm #
If “The Shining” went tropical, I think this would be it. Very lovely but I wouldn’t want to live there.
Julie on 17 Mar 2009 at 6:11 am #
Nice, sleek and airy, BUT – Where do they keep all their junk? What about their bric-a-brac, knick knacks, thingummybobs and tutt?! Or is there a special room that they really live in which houses all that and more, sealed off from the rest of the house behind a false wall?
Dave on 17 Mar 2009 at 6:20 am #
Do you not see the shelves, cabinets, coffee tables, side tables, drawers, and desks?
CLoPinto on 28 Mar 2009 at 6:52 pm #
nice
nikii on 29 Mar 2009 at 10:13 am #
wow!!!!!!just cant tke my eyes off it!!
its my dream home..
david on 16 Jun 2009 at 6:23 pm #
hello every one this is a fantasic house i worked on the house it is soo nice you just have to see it for your self i was working here for 1 year we did a great job
Theo Bird on 03 Sep 2009 at 3:36 am #
If money wasnt an issue i think i would just buy it to rent it out!! then live in it whenever i desire. I dont think it could be my permanent family home but OMG can you imagine the parties you could have!!!!
i read on the internet somewhere it is £35 million
jake on 06 Sep 2009 at 10:49 pm #
Guide price £29,500,000
hmm,wonderfully done, but for that kind of money it had better be!