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Enter then, the football-pitch sized 2-8a Rutland Gate, the former home of late Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri. Yesterday the Financial Times reported that it's being touted to super-rich individuals for a cool £300m quid. A mere £299,612,000 more than the London average. If it's sold for anything near that amount it will smash the previous British property record of £140m. It features views of Hyde Park, a pool, a giant kitchen, bullet-proofed windows and (presumably a lot of) gold leaf paint.
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