In the afternoon, Andy stood in front of the large curved floor-to-ceiling window, watching the dark sky and drizzle outside, constantly hitting the glass and sliding downwards.

"Boss, Mr. Tony Pete is here."

Andy turned around and looked at the little assistant wearing a gray turtleneck tight sweater, a black tun skirt and a black transparent si socks nodded slightly, "Let them go to the living room first, I'll go there right away."

As he said that, Andy picked up the black tea and took a sip, walked to the coffee table and put down the cup, picked up a folder from the table, and walked towards the living room.

"Good afternoon, boss."

"Sit all, don't be restrained." Walking into the living room, Andy saw four people led by real estate investment consultant Tony Pete stand up to greet him. Andy couldn't help but smile and press down and said.

"Thank you, boss."

"I like this house very much. Tony, you guys did a good job. I'm very satisfied." Andy walked to the single sofa facing the floor-to-ceiling window in the middle and sat down, smiling at Tony Pitt on the left.

"Boss, it's fine if you're satisfied," Tony Pete smiled, then took out a folder from the side and handed it to Andy with both hands, explaining, "Boss, this is our information on all the castle estates for sale or intentional sale from the British National Trust and through specific channels or connections."

Andy nodded, reached out to take the folder, opened it and started to look. As the files with photos flipped, Andy's brows frowned slightly, then looked at Tony and said, "Why is it so cheap?"

Looking at these 30 to 4 million pounds, Andy was a little speechless. For example, the one he saw now called Dance Hall Manor, which introduced that the original owner was Sir Richard Arcollett, one of the fathers of the British Industrial Revolution. The manor is a second-class historical building in the UK, located in Staffordshire, covering an area of ​​857 hectares, with 12 bedrooms, and also equipped with a lake, orangery, a dance hall, a cellar and a cricket court. The castle manor dates back to 1145, with a price of only 5 million pounds.

When Andy looked at the photos of the manor mansion, he was no worse than the castle mansion in Downton Abbey.

Tony hurriedly explained, "Boss, the price of buying a castle manor is not expensive, the key lies in the marking of this historical building.

There are many restrictions on house renovation and construction in historical and cultural heritage, which requires comprehensive structure and maintenance inspection of the house. The key is maintenance. Some people who have been in disrepair, even if all rooms are painted together, it will cost tens of thousands of pounds.

Although the Danshall manor you are looking at is cheap, it has been replaced by several owners, but has not undergone any thorough repairs. The expense of simply performing a comprehensive renovation will cost millions of pounds, or even several millions of pounds. This is not the cost of maintaining the castle manor in the future.

For example, this one is located in Norfolk, England. The price of Watleton Manor during the Tudor era is only 15 million pounds. It has been renovated and can be moved directly, but the weekly consumption of this luxury house is around 2,000 pounds, which is not considered labor costs.

There are very few British aristocrats who can afford to support a manor without work. Many aristocrats who are desperate and are forced to hand over their ancestral homes and land to national trusts. The manors that can continue to maintain their ancestral property by relying on their hard work should be considered a good ending.

The sky-high consumption of these ancient castle manors is really not something that ordinary people can afford.

If you want to use castles to generate income, such as collecting tickets, you need to apply for approval from the British government, and then the ticket income must be paid taxes. There are too many castles in the UK, so if there is no story about this castle, it is basically a loss-making transaction."

Andy nodded with relief, knowing that the inheritance tax in the UK is really very fatal. Better nobles had to sell their family collections when inheriting their property to raise taxes.

Those declining noble families would rather hand over these castle manors to the national trust than choose to inherit, because for them, these castle manors that can only spend money but cannot make money are simply negative assets and will definitely drag them down.

Continue to open the photo files, there are only three that Andy likes. The other castle manors are either the castle style that he likes or the structure is too small. The castle mansion with 7-20 bedrooms is no longer within the scope of his consideration.

After all, what he needed was not for living, and he did not have the interest in living in the British countryside with heavy humidity and cold. When it comes to experiencing aristocratic life, Andy was even less interested in pretending to be poor. Except for his chaotic private lives among the nobles, he had no feeling at all.

"Huh? This castle is good!" Andy's eyes lit up when he looked at the familiar Gothic architectural style castle, but when he saw the price marked below, he couldn't help but curl his lips.

50 million pounds, tsk, I really dare to open my mouth and ask for it!

When Tony heard the big boss's words, he looked at the photos in the folder in the big boss's hand. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Boss, this Highcler Castle in Berkshire west of London belongs to the Count of Canaven family, and currently owns the eighth generation of Count of Canaven George Herbert and Countess Fiona.

Since 2003, after inheriting the manor, they have been trying their best to maintain the manor. They originally wanted to develop the surrounding land, but because of the neighbors interfering with it and without the government's approval, the annual manor maintenance and management fee of 1 million pounds has been difficult for them to afford. Especially since last year, the business that could have relied on tourism to collect visiting tickets has dropped sharply.

Although they were not sold publicly, we got the news from a specific circle and contacted the other party to confirm the news that they were indeed interested in selling the Highcler Castle.

The castle has been inhabited by the Earl family, and there are currently 20 full-time servants. The castle has almost maintained its original appearance from the beginning of World War I to the present. Although some family collections have been sold due to inheritance tax and the manor land has 20, the manor still has 4,000 acres.

The supporter and participant of the archaeological activity that discovered the world-famous Tutankhamun Golden Mask was the fifth generation of Count Kanavin, but he soon died in Egypt due to sepsis. At the same time, the loyal dog of the Count who was far away in the castle barked and died suddenly... "

"Oh? Pharaoh's curse, haha, it's really a family with stories, it's interesting." Andy raised his eyebrows and smiled. The authenticity of the story is not important to him. The key is that the castle is inherited in an orderly and complete manner. This can satisfy the idea of ​​packaging marketing as a tourist hotel when he used it to film "Downton Abbey".

"Haha, 50 million pounds, but it's not cheap at all. If the transaction is to be reached, except for their personal belongings, everything else must be kept in its original appearance. Is it okay?"

When Tony heard the boss's words, he hurriedly replied, "It should be no problem. When I called to confirm the news, I asked in general. They were for sale as a whole."

"Okay, then let's start talking with the Countess and wife. I'll take some time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I'm going to go to Heckler Castle to see it." Andy couldn't help but say lightly as he looked at the castle's photos.

"Okay boss, I'll contact them later."
Chapter completed!