A mansion with 11 beds, private bowling alley, home cinema and bullet-proof windows is on the market with its own virtual replica for a staggering £29million – even though it’s not yet been built.
The plot for Hampton Hall, in Oxshott, Surrey, is still available after going on sale almost two years ago, and any prospective owner will have to be prepared to fork out an extra £13million for the construction of a 70-room stately home.
It also comes with a non-fungible token, commonly known as an NFT, which contains the copyrighted blueprint and digital version of the house.
What this means for the new owners is that they can download the home into a virtual world, like the recently launched ‘Metaverse’ by Meta, previously known as Facebook.
The total cost of the plot, building and NFT comes to £29 million, although prospevtive buyers may well be tempted by the opportunity to create their own ‘DIY stately home’.
The plot for Hampton Hall, in Oxshott, Surrey, is still available after going on sale almost two years ago, and any prospective owner will have to be prepared to fork out an extra £13million for the construction of a 70-room stately home. When finished, the property will boast 11 bedroomss, a private bowling alley, home cinema and bullet-proof windows, and Corinthian fluted columns
Surrey home Hampton Hall is being sold with a non-fungible token, commonly known as an NFT, which contains the copyrighted blueprint and digital version of the house (pictured is the entrance hall to the home)
The property boasts nine bathrooms in total, including this one ‘for him’ , kitted out with personally-sourced marble
Designs for the brand new property reveal it will have 11 bespoke bedroom suites and three kitchens – one for the family, one for a professional caterer and one for staff.
It will also have an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, a gym, a professional snooker room, bowling alley, wine cellar and cinema room.
The plans also cater for a two-floor garage with heated stone flooring, climate control, a car lift and turning circle.
Outside, there will be a tennis court, the heated pool, a balcony terrace spa, croquet laws and private woodland access.
The house will also have CCTV motion detection, steel reinforced concrete walls and bullet-proof triple glazing.
Although brand new, the design for Hampton Hall is classical Georgian with Cotswold stone and a Welsh-slate used to build it.
The new owners can even upload the picture of the home into a digital picture frame to hang on the walls – and this selling quirk has meant the house value could be a lot higher (the master bedroom)
NFTs are digital tokens encrypted with an artist’s signature, verifying ownership and authenticity by permanently attaching it to the piece (dining room pictured)
The build plot and planned home is being marketed by Sotheby’s International Realty and Hamptons International.
Director and head of sales at UK Sotheby’s International Realty, Jason Corbett said when the property first went on sale in March 2020: ‘The plot is £7.5m and that’s what you would pay the stamp duty on.
‘You would then employ the developer contractually if you want to build – you can’t buy the plot without contracting that company to build the house. They would build you the bespoke property.’
He said the design that had been approved allowed for around 29,000 sq ft of house making it roughly £475 per sq ft to produce.
He said: ‘The buyers will be surrounded by some of the country’s biggest sporting names. It is only around 25 minutes from Chelsea on a Sunday afternoon drive.’
The mansion has been on the market since March 2020 – but hasn’t actually been built yet, and is listed as one of the first results on the list of most expensive Surrey properties on Rightmove (bowling alley pictured)
Part of the Crown Estate, it is believed to be the first NFT of its kind to be on the Metaverse in the UK (back of the home)
The house will be close to Esher, Cobham and Weybridge which have independent shops, boutiques and award-winning restaurants.
Developer Stately Homes says the property is just 12 miles from exclusive boutique shopping in Knightsbridge, Mayfair and Bond Street.
It also flags up ‘neighbouring world-class sporting venues such as Twickenham, Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, Wentworth Golf Course, Wimbledon and Royal Ascot’ as well as the Guards Polo club in Windsor Great Park.
Another attraction for the new owner is the ability to upload the NFT of the home into a digital picture frame to hang on the walls.
NFTs are digital tokens encrypted with an artist’s signature, verifying ownership and authenticity by permanently attaching it to the piece. As data units, the files can be photos, videos or audio.
They are stored on a digital record of transactions called the Blockchain, and are traded in cryptocurrencies – an unregulated financial sector.
NFTs are non-fungible, meaning each one is unique and can’t be replaced with something else.
The mansion has been on the market since March 2020 – but hasn’t actually been built yet, and is listed as one of the first results on the list of most expensive Surrey properties on Rightmove.
The 70-room detached home, as well as the virtual version, will have a 11 bedrooms and nine bathrooms, a private bowling alley, home cinema, gym, swimming pool, and bullet-proof windows (pictured in the evening lighting)
Located on Queens Drive in Oxshott, near Leatherhead, is of a classic architectural design with modern materials to keep the interior appealing to both mature and younger buyers (the back of the home pictured)
Other facilities will include a swimming pool, steam room, sauna, snooker room, bar, gym facilities and a treatment room – and a tennis court outside (pictured is the home cinema)
Located on Queens Drive in Oxshott, near Leatherhead, is of a classic architectural design with modern materials to keep the interior appealing to both mature and younger buyers.
Part of the Crown Estate, it is believed to be the first NFT of its kind to be on the Metaverse in the UK.
The new-build manor is spread over 29,116 sq. ft. (1.3 acres) and fronted by Corinthian fluted columns.
There is also set to be a professional catering kitchen, a staff kitchen and walk-in refrigerated pantries (pictured is the family kitchen room)
The garage space, which also features a car lift and gallery, will accommodate for up to six vehicles (pictured is the basement lobby with a bar on the right and gym on the left)
With the new owners of Hampton Hall, they will be able to download the data of their NFT to interact with other people using 3D avatars on an online platform like Metaverse (‘his’ dressing room, pictured)
Other facilities will include a swimming pool, steam room, sauna, snooker room, bar, gym facilities and a treatment room – and a tennis court outside.
The garage space, which also features a car lift and gallery, will accommodate for up to six vehicles.
There is also set to be a professional catering kitchen, a staff kitchen and walk-in refrigerated pantries.
A four-bedroom house in Florida was sold via an NFT just this week, the first of its kind in the US.
A four-bedroom house in Florida was sold via an NFT just this week, the first of its kind in the US (pictured is the family kitchen room)
Sean Barrett, of Fine & Country estate agents, who is selling the house and non-fungible token, said: ‘NFTs are a real trend at the moment’ (pictured is the drawing room)
The real estate investor who owned the home in Gulfport, Florida, bought it for $250,000 (£183,931), and sold it for the equivalent of $654,310 (£481,354) as a non-fungible token.
She said she wanted to use the property to ‘highlight the real-life capabilities of Blockchain technology’.
With the new owners of Hampton Hall, they will be able to download the data of their NFT to interact with other people using 3D avatars on an online platform like Metaverse.
The plot pictured as it stands today. The owner of the mansion will get right of first refusal, a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something
Gated home Hampton Hall is to be developed by Stately Homes, and will be bought and sold on digital NFT marketplace OpenSea (the site in Surrey as it stands today)
Sean Barrett, of Fine & Country estate agents, who is selling the house and non-fungible token, said: ‘NFTs are a real trend at the moment.
‘We recently sold a £5million house in Surrey.
‘The developer asked the buyer whether they’d be interested in buying an NFT of the house for two per cent of the purchase price of the physical asset.
‘The developer wanted to test the waters. The buyer said yes, very quickly.’
Sean Barrett of Fine & Country estate agents, who is selling the house and NFT, noted that because of the novelty, it is difficult to predict how much exactly the virtual version will sell for – and will likely be based on the interest generated (pictured is the land as it stands today)
He noted that because of the novelty, it is difficult to predict how much exactly the virtual version will sell for – and will likely be based on the interest generated.
The owner of the mansion will get right of first refusal, a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something.
Gated home Hampton Hall is to be developed by Stately Homes, and will be bought and sold on digital NFT marketplace OpenSea.
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