24.10.09

DANIEL RADCLIFFE BUYS £3.76 MILLION NEW YORK TOWNHOUSE


HARRY POTTER STAR DANIEL RADCLIFFE HAS EXTENDED HIS PROPERTY PORTFOLIO AFTER BUYING A STUNNING HISTORIC TOWNHOUSE IN NEW YORK WORTH NEARLY £4 MILLION. THE 20 YEAR OLD ACTOR HAS SPENT £3.76 MILLION ON A BUILDING ON WEST 12th STREET THAT WAS BUILT BY A SEA CAPTAIN FOR ONE OF HIS BELOVED DAUGHTERS IN 1847. IT MEANS HE NOW OWNS A £10 MILLION PROPERTY EMPIRE IN THE BIG APPLE AS WELL AS A FLAT IN FULHAM, WEST LONDON. WITH FIVE BEDROOMS, RADCLIFFE'S NEW TOWNHOUSE MEASURES 3,000 SQUARE FEET AND INCLUDES AN AMAZING 39 FOOT LONG GARDEN. A SOTHEBY'S BROCHURE SAID: "THE PROPERTY IS ON ONE OF NEW YORK'S MOST PICTURESQUE TREE-LINED LANDMARK COBBLESTONE BLOCKS." RADCLIFFE'S FIRST NEW YORK PURCHASE WAS TWO YEARS AGO, A £3.2 MILLION FIFTH-FLOOR APARTMENT IN THE SOHO DISTRICT OF THE CITY. A FEW MONTHS LATER, HE PAID JUST OVER £3 MILLION FOR A THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH VIEWS ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER. RADCLIFFE, WHO IS ABOUT TO OPEN IN A ROLE ON BROADWAY IN 'HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING', IS SHREWD WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY. RUMORED TO HAVE A FORTUNE OF AROUND £20 MILLION, RADCLIFFE ONCE SAID: "THE THINGS I LIKE BUYING ARE THINGS THAT COST ABOUT £7." TOGETHER WITH HIS HARRY POTTER CO-STARS RUPERT GRINT AND EMMA WATSON, HE RECEIVED PERSONAL TUTORING FROM COUTTS BANK WHEN HE TURNED 18 ON HOW BEST TO INVEST HIS EARNINGS.

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