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PROPERTY GADGETS
The world’s
most expensive flat
One Hyde Park properties
going for up to £100m
It’s no secret that the property market
is not bubbling with joy at present,
with mortgage deals hard to come by,
prices plummeting and no one buying
– well, not mere mortals at any rate.
But cast your eye over to One Hyde
Park, west London, and you will see
the capital’s super-prime property
industry in full, galloping swing.
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Property developer Candy
& Candy has made its name buying
up swathes of central London
and building homes which, quite
frankly, satisfy every 007 scenario
A-list stars could wish for. The
THE PENTHOUSES REPORTEDLY FEATURE A COMMUNAL SPA,
SQUASH COURTS, AN ON-SITE WINE-TASTING FACILITY,
BULLETPROOF GLASS, A PANIC ROOM AND AN UNDERGROUND
PASSAGE LEADING TO THE MANDARIN ORIENTAL HOTEL NEXT DOOR
The Seductive Comfort range
hits shelves this autumn
£100m penthouse in One Hyde Park
– ready in 2010 – reportedly features
bulletproof glass and a panic room
for the highly security conscious, as
well as access to an underground
passage leading to the Mandarin
Mendes fronts Calvin Klein
Exclusive: Hollywood’s Eva dons
new designer underwear line
The delectable Hollywood actress
Eva Mendes is modeling the new
Seductive Comfort range for Calvin
Klein Underwear and here’s an
exclusive shot from the campaign.
The jaw-dropping ads will hit giant
billboards in the UK this autumn, so
try and keep your eyes on the road.
Mendes made it big in films
like Hitch, We Own The Night and
Oriental hotel next door. But for less
tense moments, the communal spa,
squash courts and wine-tasting
facility – all on-site – should provide
welcome distractions.
Half the properties in One Hyde
Park have sold – for an average
£20m each, setting a London
record for price per square foot.
Unsurprisingly, current resident
demographics stand at one-quarter
Middle Eastern, one-third Russian.
Training Day, and her upcoming
‘To Do List’ is looking fairly
chocker right now too.
Having completed work on The
Spirit, starring Scarlett Johansson
(keep grabbing ShortList for
images) and Samuel L Jackson,
she’s now filming Bad Lieutenant:
Port Of Call New Orleans. It’s a
remake of Abel Ferrara’s 1992 film
starring Harvey Keitel. Until those
hit screens, these Calvin Klein
shots will more than suffice.
Piano instantly regretted
tossing the match
eBooks:
the future
of reading
Brush up on the best of the
new breed of tree-saving
digital readers
Name Ectaco o
jetBook
(ectaco.co.uk)
Cost £229
Best for
Portability
The perfect
travelling
companion,
the jetBook
comes with a bundle ndle dl of
f
foreign dictionaries and language
tools so you won’t come unstuck
abroad. It’s also capable of
storing a brain-bulging 11,000
books thanks to its expandable
memory slot. It’s got a built-in
MP3 player, adjustable font
function and a bookmark
facility so you can go straight
to the best bits.
Name iLiad
ebook reader
second edition
(iliadreader.
co.uk)
Cost £443
Best for
Annotation
For those who
like to make notes s
or underline those one-liners you
know you’ll be coining for the next
week, this is perfect. The touchscreen
facility allows it to double
up as a notepad and thanks to its
Wi-Fi capability you can download
newspapers, books or even
subscribe to your favourite blogs.
Name
Sony Reader
(sony.co.uk)
Cost £199
Best for
Choice
The Japanese
behemoth’s
foray into
eBooks has
resulted in a
portable reader er
packed with extra features
including a battery life equivalent
to turning 6,800 pages. It’s
thrown in a 100 classics on a CD
and has access to Waterstone’s
epic archive of over 120,000 titles.
You can upload Word documents,
pictures and PDFs, so you can also
work while you’re on the move.
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