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Riots and looting aside, London is still one of the most desirable places to live in the world. 

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Here at CNN London, we've been checking out some of the finest properties on the market for you. Well, Nina Dos Santos has. 

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She's been looking at what you can get with $160 million.

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This is Heath Hall. It's one of the most exclusive addresses in London, worth no less than $160 million. 

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I'm here to meet Trevor Abrahmsohn of Glentree International.

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Very nice to meet you. You're the man who's handling the sale. This is beautiful.

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Prepare to feast your eyes.

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Gosh, that's a staircase.

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It is rather grand, isn't it?

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This is one of the many salons. The furniture here is basically illustrative of what you can do. 

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The wealthy person usually has their own entourage of interior designers, and they want to put their own home brand trademark on the property.

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Would a rock star buy a place like this?

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A rock star would love to live in this home but, sadly, there are very few rock stars that can afford this sort of price.

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Now, for a little treat, we're going to show you the European kitchen, or the family kitchen, as colloquially understood. 

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And this is distinct from the catering kitchen, which would be used if they were having a banquet or a large dinner party.

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They say that it's kitchens and the bathrooms that sell a house. Does that still apply to a kind of house in this bracket?

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To be honest, they're important, but pools, gardens, frontages are just as important if not more so.

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This is standard-issue. It's the accoutrement that people would expect in a home -- a lavish home such as this.

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Now, this may well be a dream property, but it's not the only house on this particular street that has a price tag like this one. 

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I'm off with Trevor to see some of the other properties that he's sold over the years that compare to things like this.

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Off we go.

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This is Bishops Avenue, which colloquially is called Billionaires' Row, and maybe many years ago it was called Millionaires' Row, but of course, we need to update that.

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We've recently sold this house on the right for 20 million pounds. We have the Brunei royal family that live in this road, the Saudi Arabian royal family.

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London, you need to understand, is the happening place. It's the first or second choice of most potentates, monarchs, sultans, kings.

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So, as the British capital continues to attract the world's wealthiest, its best bricks and mortar seem increasingly solid, even if the economy is on shaky ground.