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04-04-2015, 01:32 PM
Sheikh to build six-story car park in London for his 114 luxury cars and five-star accommodation for chauffeurs and staff
Car park will be next to Battersea heliport so Sheik can fly in


Will feature two basement floors and six levels above ground





Neighbors worried about volume of traffic it will bring to area






The ruler of Dubai is set to build a personal six-storey super car park in London for his fleet of more than 100 luxury motors.The ultimate toy cupboard will house up to 114 cars and have five-star accommodation for chauffeurs and staff.
It is being built by the billionaire emir of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, one of the world’s richest men.
The car park will be built next to Battersea heliport by the River Thames, allowing him and his associates – including his 23 children – to arrive in the capital by helicopter and jump straight into whichever luxury car they like.
But neighbours are worried their road will be spoilt by the estimated 120 cars arriving and departing each day.
The Sheikh, who is also vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, has business interests including the Godolphin horseracing stables and the Jumeirah luxury hotel group.
His super car park will have two basement floors and six above ground, to include offices, bathrooms and three triple-bedroom flats for the drivers.
Though the site is already used for storing cars, angry neighbours are opposed to the car park being built, with one writing: ‘Mendip Road has become the personal fiefdom of the drivers who work from the current car storage facility.’


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Vprbite
04-04-2015, 05:29 PM
"Neighbors are worried about 120 cars arriving and departing each day"

Is he gonna drive every one every day? I don't understand.

Bugman Jeff
04-04-2015, 07:21 PM
I live out in the boonies, and I get more daily traffic than that...
The area is also surrounded by hotels, and is a block off of one of London's main streets. Sounds like they just don't want a foreigner with a scary name moving in next door.

Vprbite
04-05-2015, 01:39 AM
That's kinda what I was thinking, Bugman. I've spent A LOT of time in the UK and Europe and can tell you that the avg Londoners thoughts on the wealthy Arabs that come over there to flaunt their money are generally less than kind. Some of the royal family's children are well know for driving their high end cars wildly fast and parking wherever it is they damn well please and I am sure that has strained relations. Especially since this is in a pretty nice area of London where they want to keep it very "british-ey". They will not be receptive to their brash attitudes and flashy cars in what they consider a dignified area of London. I'm not siding or not siding with anyone here, just trying to understand the backlash.

ViperSmith
04-05-2015, 01:58 PM
Their citizens live in squalor and they waste money on extravagant lifestyles

Fatboy 18
04-05-2015, 02:23 PM
Who the hell would want to drive their Supercar around London!

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Knightsbridge, Sloan Street :D

Max's Yellow RT/10 outside 202 Westbourne Grove W11 London.
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Vprbite
04-05-2015, 05:45 PM
Put fake saudi plates on them and then you can get away with anything. It's not like the cops can read them or call them in anyway.

They will know it's not Saudis though cause they wouldn't be seen in an American car. They like their Italian supercars with an occasional AMG bkack series thrown in there.

Bugman Jeff
04-06-2015, 11:19 AM
Their citizens live in squalor and they waste money on extravagant lifestyles

The standard of living in Dubai is generally equal to, and often better than, that of the US.