Rupert! What were you thinking?

[bboyminn]

---  "Catlady (Rita Prince" <catlady at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "bboyminn" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> >
> > For those who don't know, Rupert Grint has a sizable amount
> > ofreal estate; £9.2 million (US$14.6 mil) worth to be exact. 
> > ... Then there is routine maintenance like the pool, the 
> > roads, the roof, the paint, and tuck-pointing the brick. 
> > Then the cost of grounds upkeep, he has a 22 acre lawn
> > that needs to be mowed. 
> 
> What is tuck-pointing?
> Maybe he can have a flock of sheep mow his 22 acre lawn.
>

bboyminn:

Tuck-pointing -

The houses are brick, brick is very durable, but the cement
in between the bricks deteriorates over time and need to 
be replaced. The process of removing and replacing the
cement is called Tuck-Pointing.

It is a very delicate and skill process, that cost tons of
money. Most think ...cool brick house, I never have to 
paint is...but the brick and the cement need a lot of work
over time, and this work is highly skilled and labor intensive.

The problem with having sheep mow the lawn, is that the lawn
then become unusable to to massive amounts of sheel dung
spread all over the place. 

Now, perhaps Rupert's personal fortune is much higher than I
estimate. Maybe he really does know what he is doing. Perhaps
he has a clear and well defined plan. 

But one of the houses, the latest one, is an 18th Century 
house with 5 bathroom and SIX bedroom SUITES, not bedrooms, 
but bedroom SUITES. Plus, two additional cottages on the
grounds. Just the funishings alone are going to cost thousands.
The grounds upkeep is probably going to cost £30,000 to 
£60,000 per years. I'm guessing he is going to have to earn
£300,000 a year just to break even. 

Again, I like Rupert, and I really hope his future career
goes well and he experiences great success, but you can't 
really bank on that until...well...the money is actually in 
the bank.

As I was mentioning before, most lottery winner are bankrupt
within 5 years, and they way they go bankrupt is by looking
at the base price of something, but not the long term upkeep.

It is going to cost thousands a year to heat these places, 
even if they aren't lived in. He is going to have to hire a
full time grounds keeper. He is going to have to hire a 
cleaning service or have live-in maids. That represent tens
of thousands of dollars right there. 

Then we have the taxes, what do you suppose the taxes are on
US$14.6 million worth of property. 

I mean he could have had this nice little 7 bedroom, 
3 reception are cottage for only £2,000,000 -

http://www.foxtons.co.uk/search?location_ids=1006-34&property_id=680522&search_form=map&search_type=SS&submit_type=search

Not too shabby if you ask me.

Still, despite being shocked, I hope he knows what he is
doing, I really really hope he does.

Steve/bboyminn