juvenal Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3149726/Damien-Hirst-art-building-150milllion-property-empire-Former-enfant-terrible-British-art-extraordinary-portfolio-mansions-manor-houses-farmland.html Another Tony Blair... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renting til I die Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Good that he has a side line because he isn't any good at art! He always reminded me of a used car salesman, a bit like an EA really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Can't see that lot generating much of an income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canbuywontbuy Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I only hope he hired an interior designer and didn't do the decor himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellsbells Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I really can't get my head round the psychology of this - what is the point of "owning" so much? I get having a nice pad in London and having a countryside pad somewhere by the sea and getting a house for your Mum if you can afford it, but really what is the point of having all those places? He can't possibly get round and use them all. If I had that many millions going spare I think I'd want to sink it into some socially useful legacy rather than a pointless property portfolio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I really can't get my head round the psychology of this - what is the point of "owning" so much? I get having a nice pad in London and having a countryside pad somewhere by the sea and getting a house for your Mum if you can afford it, but really what is the point of having all those places? He can't possibly get round and use them all. If I had that many millions going spare I think I'd want to sink it into some socially useful legacy rather than a pointless property portfolio. better ask fergus for the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipllman Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I think Hirst is doing some good things with some of the properties he owns (not thinking about the rented / leased ones for now) Excellent, high quality restorations for instance of buildings that might otherwise be lost And anyway, what is wrong with a self made person buying a couple of houses for his own use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I think Hirst is doing some good things with some of the properties he owns (not thinking about the rented / leased ones for now) Excellent, high quality restorations for instance of buildings that might otherwise be lost And anyway, what is wrong with a self made person buying a couple of houses for his own use? +1 Clearly no comparison with the Blairs. He doesn't even own the house he lives in most of the time apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill D'arblay Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Damien Hirst is to art, what Ratners were to jewellery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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