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And don't forget to sign up to our email newsletter, bringing you the week's biggest stories every Thursday. He was born in 1946 in Shoreham, East Sussex, as plain Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten - the "van" was added later. Better to laugh at its absurdity than take it seriously as yet another object of hate and rage in a world that needs more kindness. However, if property is theft, all property is equally theft. "I'm going to assume [God] is going to say to me, 'What are you doing here? With the profits he made from his Bahama property deals, he moved on to the British housing market, buying six properties in Notting Hill, London, before moving on to Brighton. 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It appears not many have, with most recent photographs taken by drones and older photographs taken on site apparently when work was still ongoing. Why this young man tried to get name secrecy is better underdtood with this provided context. Designed for British multi-millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten, one of the wealthiest people in Sussex, Hamilton Place is something else. Van Hoogstraten yesterday wrong-footed the Crown Prosecution Service and astounded his enemies by walking free from the Old Bailey. Van Hoogstraten, a convicted criminal who is now 75 and goes by the name of Nicholas von Hessen, is a Sussex native born in Shoreham who owns dozens of properties in the area. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Now the Mail can reveal Nicholas Van Hoogstraten's astonishing new life If I wanted, I could pay 50 to men in London to get every Jew in Brighton bumped off". See PA story . "[13] In the early 1980s his businesses were restructured after the Inland Revenue sequestered his assets over a record unpaid tax bill of 5.3 million. It was once said to be the most expensive private house built in Britain for a century and it is bigger than Buckingham Palace. Nicholas Adolf von Hessen[1][2] (born Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten,[3] formerly known as Adolph von Hessen[4] better known as Nicholas van Hoogstraten; born 25 February 1945) is a British businessman involved in property and a convicted criminal. [24], In 2002, a Ramblers' campaigner took legal action against a decision by the East Sussex county council to divert the 140-year old Framfield path which crosses Van Hoogstraten's estate resulting in the Court of Appeal finding against the council. You may want to decorate your house in glitter, I may want to do mine out as a Tardis. With the profits he made from his Bahama property deals, he moved on to the British housing market, buying six properties in Notting Hill, London, before moving on to Brighton. You cant celebrate as we do people building modern houses on Grand Designs, then condemn Van Hoogstraten for doing much the same thing in his own awful way. Many borrowers were unable to maintain his unreasonable payment terms and defaulted on their loans, losing their properties to him and enabling him to build up a substantial property portfolio along the south coast and in London. ", In response, the property tycoon shot back: "Hamilton Palace is far from 'crumbling' and was built to last for at least 2,000 years. Yet to judge from recent photographs it sits still unfinished and unlived-in, a vast. [15], On 26 January 2008, he was arrested in Harare for allegedly demanding payment in US dollars for rents rather than in Zimbabwean dollars, which is forbidden under Zimbabwean law. Locals have previously vented about the large area being left unused and there was a row over a public footpath that ran through it that van Hoogstraten did not want to be used. LIKE WHAT WE DO? One entire floor was due to house van Hoogstraten's art collection. ", The vast Hamilton Palace near Uckfield in Sussex is the largest home built in Britain for a century. This is Hamilton Palace, designed for British multi-millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten. Born in Shoreham, West Sussex, in 1945, he dealt stamps as a profession in school and by the age of 22 was a millionaire, the youngest in the country, and reported to own around 350 properties in Sussex alone. The chance of my offering an opportunity for them to occupy Hamilton Palace is just ludicrous. Eccentric architecture is such a national tradition kept very much alive today by Grayson Perrys House for Essex with its gingerbread Hansel and Gretel nuttiness that the English language even cherishes the formal architectural term, folly: an extravagant, decorative, apparently useless building. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 9 talking about this. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Nicholas van Hoogstraten produced the new musical The Fields of Ambrosia (Aldwych Theatre) and the benefit concert John Raitt - Broadway Legend (Prince of Wales Theatre), both in London's West End. In July 2002, van Hoogstraten was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Raja, after being found not guilty of murder: a jury at the Old Bailey decided that "although he clearly wanted Mr Raja harmed, there is no evidence that he had intended Mr Raja to be murdered". After hearing our representation, the legally qualified chair of the panel turned his request down, citing the importance of transparency in maintaining public confidence in the disciplinary process. Something went wrong, please try again later. Van Hoogstraten told Lynn Barber, writing for The Observer in 2006, that he pays for the education of three children in every school in Zimbabwe: "Actually, it doesn't cost a lot of money in real terms, but I've set up things like that that will continue". "[6], Some time in the early 1980s, Hoogstraten began a business relationship with Mohammed Sabir Raja, an immigrant from Pakistan who worked in Brighton as an estate agent and landlord. His mother was of German and English heritage, his father was of Dutch and French heritage. It's a disgrace that it's just going to ruin. He later sold the majority of his housing to invest outside Britain, chiefly in mining and farming interests in Nigeria and, later, Zimbabwe. In 1999, one of his business partners Mohammed Raja was killed by two thugs Hoogstraten had hired. It is owned by Nicholas van Hoogstraten a notorious landlord and personal friend of Robert Mugabe who has been building it in 1985. That's obviously part of it but it's not uppermost in my mind. Hoogstraten, one of the largest landowners in Zimbabwe, where he lives in a hotel with a rotating cast of female guests, is named in the documents as giving $62m to bankroll Grace's. That's the difference between people who have made their money and people that have inherited it.". 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Few have been inside, but one reporter who did, in 2000, when it was said to be two years off completion, described a grand central staircase and reception hall, with lift shafts already installed and expensive stone balustrades and pillars. One entire floor was due to house van Hoogstraten's art collection. [4] He was held in custody for five nights but released on bail. He is said to have started making money selling stamps as a teenager before moving into property and, by the age of 22, had 350 properties in Sussex alone. The family also contained two younger daughters. Stuck on the gate is a sign 'High Cross Estate, Private Property, Keep Out' written in capital letters. THE police officer at the centre of a high profile case involving property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten has been dismissed from the force. The scaffolding only remains as a part of ongoing routine maintenance such a property would require until completion.". Shunning modernist invention, Van Hoogstraten is too pompous and narcissistic to accurately mirror the grace of the past. But despite its scale, there is little to hint at its presence as you approach. This is a public hearing, which means the media can attend. When Raja answered the door to them, a fight broke out. According to evidence given in court by Sylvia Braunstein, the wife of Braunstein senior, Hoogstraten had announced during a threatening altercation at the Braunsteins' home, where he had regularly dined: "I'm a Fascist, and a Nazi, didn't you know that? Signing up to the KentLive newsletter means you'll get the latest news direct to your inbox twice a day. Marten, 35, and Gordon, 48, have been travelling around the UK by taxi since their car was found on fire on January 5. Van Hoogstraten, a convicted criminal who is now 75 and goes by the name of Nicholas von Hessen, is a Sussex native born in Shoreham who owns dozens of properties in the area. In answer to those complaints, he is quoted as saying "even the most moronic of peasants would be able to see that we have been busy landscaping the grounds of the palace so as to prepare for scheduled works". Producer: Private Sessions. It is thought the estate is now owned by his children through the company Messina Investments. Ogheneruona Iguyovwe said: The reason for decision is that the norm is for openness and transpacay of these hearing and theres a need for us to retain the confidence of the public in these proceedings. Twice-married Mr Van Hoogstraten - who has changed his name to Nicholas Adolf von Hessen - handed over many of his UK businesses to his children in 2002 after he was jailed for hiring a. HELP US TO DO MORE OF IT BY DONATING HERE. I'm still young and fit and I've got a long time to go. It doesn't look like anything has happened here for a long time. "Likewise, my offering accommodation to these Muslim 'migrants' and to encourage their besiegement of our country and the unwarranted plundering of its resources is ridiculous. By the age of 22, adding the "van" to his name at this stage,[8] he owned 350 properties in Sussex[10] and was reputedly Britain's youngest millionaire, although The Times in 1967 and 1972 referred to this status as being "self-styled".[11][12]. 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It is a singularly macabre structure, with a golden domed mausoleum for Van Hoogstraten at its centre. expensive private house built in Britain for a century and it is bigger than Buckingham Palace. Nicholas van Hoogstraten 's Hamilton Palace in Sussex is a folly - a colossal country house begun in 1985. [3] In 2002, he was sentenced to 10 years for the manslaughter of a business rival; the verdict was overturned on appeal and he was subsequently released, but in 2005 he was ordered to pay the victim's family 6million in a civil case. He was born on February 25, 1945 and his birthplace is Shoreham-by-Sea. Van Hoogstraten holds a 31 percent shareholding in HCCL. He then moved to Zimbabwe where he became a close associate of its dictator president Robert Mugabe. What you are calling a crime down here, it's not a crime in reality. Given the information that already exists in this case and that members of the public are already aware of the places and locations that are involved, it would not be very difficult for anyone to identify the complainant. He began his property business in the Bahamas with an initial investment of 1,000 realised from the sale of his stamp collection. Take a short drive over the East Sussex border and you might stumble across an incredible half-built mansion. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. I dont have to be nice to anybody". To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. It's a house of truly jaw-dropping scale that was once said to be the most expensive private house built in Britain for a century. Nicholas von Hoogstraten is well known in Brighton as a notorious slum landlord who started to build his property empire around Sussex in the 1960s. If we restrict aspects of the hearing that goes to the question of transparency of proceedings. [10] The enormous edifice is intended to house his private collection of art, currently stored in Switzerland, and includes a marble mausoleum he intends for himself. He doesn't shy away from it, he never has. Neighbours call it the ghost house of Sussex and want it to be turned into a refuge for homeless people. If that's not enough, multiple other signs warn of "shooting in progress", "dogs running free" and CCTV being in operation. Twice-married Mr Van Hoogstraten - who has changed his name to NicholasAdolf von Hessen - handed over many of his UK businesses to his children in 2002 after he was jailed for hiring a hitman to kill former business partner Mohammed Sabir Raja. In answer to those complaints, he is quoted as saying "even the most moronic of peasants would be able to see that we have been busy landscaping the grounds of the palace so as to prepare for scheduled works". "[36], Hoogstraten first bought an estate in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1964, aged 19. His father was a shipping agent and his mother a housewife. In the 1980s housing boom he acquired more than 2,000 properties and had sold 90 per cent of them by the 1990s. Who is Nicholas van Hoogstraten: Nicholas van Hoogstraten is a famous British businessman. That was not his first brush with the law. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Work on it began in the 1980s but 35 years later it stands as a crumbling edifice, albeit one that remains fiercely protected by security. But a psychiatrist that assessed him during his manslaughter trial reportedly said it would take years to understand him. Either all private architecture is an insult to homeless people and to tenants or we should tolerate Hamilton Palace as the absurd and hideous ugly cousin of more fashionable private building ventures. I regret that causes him any discomfort but we need to balance the needs of the public to have confidence in the disciplinary process.. Please consider supporting our journalism by turning it off. Nicholas van Hoogstraten is a super-rich business man whose ruthless exploits have kept his name in the headlines for 30 years. Let us introduce you to Hamilton Place, the jaw-dropping, 40 million mansion which started to come to life in 1985. That's the stupidity of it. No one has ever lived in it and there is little sign that anyone ever will. Fan page dedicated to Nicholas van Hoogstraten- Sussex multi-millionaire whose property and business exploits have earned him a notorious,. In due course you are going to have it. He was educated in a Jesuit school and said earlier this year that being a Jesuit was one of the "connections" he had with former Zimbawean leader Robert Mugabe, who had been a close friend. Apparently useless because Greek temples on aristocratic estates often turn out to be water towers in disguise. It is a grotesque creation. But this impressive house remains no more than a huge shell, lying unfinished 35 years later. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. I'm not interested in spending money, never have been. 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I wouldn't say we do it for ecological reasons. If that's not enough, multiple other signs warn of "shooting in progress", "dogs running free" and CCTV being in operation. He was convicted and jailed 20 years ago for manslaughter, after a business rival was murdered by two men on his doorstep in Sutton, Surrey (he was shot and stabbed in the chest five times) but that conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal in July 2003 and he was freed five months later. He is reported to have owned thousands of properties, the bulk of which were in Sussex, but his most well-known and ostentatious display of wealth is the gigantic Hamilton Palace, a mansion in Uckfield, East Sussex which is the biggest house built in Britain for a century but looks unlikely to ever be completed you can read more about it here and see the most expensive houses currently for sale in Sussex here. It is a clear message: do not try and come in. [30], In the early part of 2005, Hoogstraten's strategy of dispensing with his own legal Counsel and inexplicably mounting his own defence by acting in person, ignoring the Judge's advice to abandon such behaviour, led to the judgement on the 19 December 2005 in favour and for the family of Raja, in their civil action against van Hoogstraten and were awarded 6 million by Mr Justice Lightman, after the court found that on the balance of probabilities "that the recruitment of the two thugs was for the purpose of murdering Mr Raja and not merely to frighten, threaten or hurt him". He is also ranked in the richest person list from United Kingdom. [3], Construction of the mansion began in 1985 and had cost around 40million by 2006. Thinking Hoogstraten had "built up a picture of himself as a sinister international figure", he believed Hoogstraten was little more than "a child, a Walter Mitty character who will grow out of all this nonsense". 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