David Bowie’s Caribbean Tropical Hideaway Mansion Goes On Sale for £14 Million
David Bowie's 30 year-old glamorous and extravagant with lavishly colorful interior five-bedroom mansion is now on sale with an asking price of £14 million ($20 million) under the global estate agency Knight Frank.
This mansion has been once regarded by the glam rock icon as a "tranquil place," his perfect peaceful hideaway. The villa was so relaxing that it often tempts him not to work anymore, inviting him to just enjoy the beauty of nature and the place instead.
"The house is such a tranquil place that I have absolutely no motivation to write things when I'm there," Bowie told the Architectural Digest.
The villa's interior was beautifully designed with the collaboration of Landscape Architect Michael White, Swedish Architect Arne Hasselqvist and Designer Linda Garland. They worked together to achieve the perfect "Mandalay" style which Bowie chose himself. "Blissfully, tranquil and idyllic," he bought this star-studded private Caribbean island shortly before he married Iman, his supermodel wife, according to Daily Mail.
"It's a whim personified. I love a good cliché, and this house, for me, is just the most delightful cliché. What you have to realize is that Mustique is a fantasy island," David Bowie said during one of his interviews.
Bowie's Indonesian-inspired mansion, with accents gathered from nature, features a stage for musical performances, a card room which has been decorated with mussel shells and a studio with bamboo ceiling which he has used to record his music. There is also the specific spot in the mansion where he used to enjoy the views of the sea and "the mesmerizing Mustique sunsets." The exterior is also made more relaxed and peaceful with the koi ponds and pools surrounding it.
"The thing about Mandalay is that it is broken up into little areas that you can get lost in," as observed by Bowie.
When asked why Bowie chose Mustique to be the place for his dream home, he answered, "Frankly, it was quite odd. I went down to spend a couple of days with Mick and Jerry in their house, and while waiting for the boat-I was going to take a trip up and down the Caribbean and it never happened because the propeller fell out or something."
While he was stranded, he shared that, out of boredom, he decided to take a stroll of the place one day. Then he came across the land attached to Arne Hasselqvist's and fell in love with the place.
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