Private sky garages and $1 billion car lifts – how the super-rich made parking a VIP experience
At a luxury Miami residential tower, cars are ferried up to the 60th floor in under a minute
 
	At a luxury Miami residential tower, cars are ferried up to the 60th floor in under a minute
 
	 
	 
	From a monk's cell to a Calvin Klein flagship, his work is defined by a spiritual purity – how does it translate to his Cotswolds farmhouse?
 
	The latest addition to the hospitality magnate's empire, which includes The Ivy chain and Annabel's, is a monument to the gods of excess
 
	The newly renovated architectural icon provides a dramatic stage for a megawatt Royal Ballet performance
 
	 
	 
	Once a symbol of wealth and success, the top floor is now being seen as too risky and flash
 
	It costs £1m a year to look after and the WiFi doesn't work – the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon reveal the true cost of Highclere Castle
 
	Statesiders seeking a picture-perfect holiday home - and warm pints at the pub - are spending millions in this rural region
 
	Jemima Goldsmith isn't the only one battling public access issues - many owners of country estates feel her pain
 
	It was contested by locals but approved planning permission means billionaires are flying in to eye up England’s greatest new country estate
 
	In his new book, Adrian Tinniswood discovers how draconian death duties forced the upper classes to get creative
 
	The 85-floor building allegedly sways in wind and its residents have been trapped in lifts. Zoe Dare Hall uncovers a litany of similar cases
 
	The National Trust has lost its way, but private owners are bringing new life to old traditions of power, wealth and status
 
	 
	 
	The temptation of a golden visa — and golden beaches — has led British buyers to flock to the Balearic island, snapping up €7m homes online
 
	How to get that island life, without the murder and mayhem of course
 
	Many of us have decided that the time is right to turn our gardens into an oasis
 
	European visa-free travel and citizenship are behind a 34% rise in Britons moving to Portugal, but are you ready for the countryside?
 
	On VJ Day, we take a look at the building where Ian Fleming and Lord Kitchener both worked, and where luxury buyers can now live
 
	Ann Louise Roswald and Nick Hartley swapped their London flat for a derelict 18th-century house and farm
 
	Those with means are paying for stilts or steel cladding, and even burrowing underground
 
	Watersports, global dining and a leisurely vibe are drawing a crowd of moneyed buyers to new developments in the capital
 
	 
	 
	 
	