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michael73 Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: May 2005 Posted: Sep. 17 2006, 10:41 Hi folks, is anybody able to offer verified information about the former home of MO called "Roughwood Croft" in Chalfont St. Giles in the outer London area?? As far as I know,Mike & family have moved out to the Bristol area in South Gloucestershire!! So I wonder if Mike has kept his mansion near London or if he has sold it to anybody because he doesn´t need it any longer?? Please let me know if anyone knows more about this topc!! Regards,Michael73 Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Sep. 17 2006, 11:49 Afaik from a friend who lives in the area of RC,check out Hamptons for more info on that. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

michael73 Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: May 2005 Posted: Sep. 18 2006, 03:51 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ Sep. 17 2006, 11:49) Afaik from a friend who lives in the area of RC,check out Hamptons for more info on that. Hi Tati, thanks for the answer! But what do you mean?? Do you think or know it´s a fake so Mike still lives in RC?? What  do you want me to check out?? What is "Hamptons"?? Regards,Michael73 Back to top

Nacho Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Sep. 18 2006, 08:33 AFAIK, Hamptons sells houses!!!! Back to top

michael73 Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: May 2005 Posted: Sep. 18 2006, 09:57 Quote (Nacho @ Sep. 18 2006, 08:33) AFAIK, Hamptons sells houses!!!! Now I know HAMPTON sells houses but there is no hint on their website whatsoever pointing to Roughwood Croft or Oldfield selling his house! So what is the purpose of this hint?? It does NOT help at all! Please give me useful info!! Back to top

manintherain Group: Members. Posts: 546 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Sep. 20 2006, 04:24 Roughwood Croft was on sale for some time on the Hamptons website. They´ve taken it off again for some reason. Either it has been sold or Mike has decided to keep it. Is that useful information?   Back to top

michael73 Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: May 2005 Posted: Sep. 20 2006, 05:15 Quote (manintherain @ Sep. 20 2006, 04:24) Roughwood Croft was on sale for some time on the Hamptons website. They´ve taken it off again for some reason. Either it has been sold or Mike has decided to keep it. Is that useful information?   Yes,that is more useful although it does not fully answer my question!! Some day there will be more to know,I hope! Thank you very much!! Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 20 2006, 11:29 you want to buy it????   -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Oct. 04 2006, 04:55 I heard his new place cost him £9Million!!!has anyone seen Mike's new studio?. Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Jan. 17 2007, 05:43 I am slightly surprised that the level of amazing intelligence (I use the word as a noun...) on this site has not provided a more comprehensive answer to this... as it happens I go past the Chalfonts every week although I've never stopped by to see Roughwood Croft. I would imagine Mike, despite his wealth, would not be able to buy at £9m (if this is true) and retain it, but then, who on earth knows his wealth either. He has always been very private so its not really decent territory to speculate upon, but in basic terms, it would be nice to know which bits of our fair country he lived in even if we did not exactly have his post code! PS. My guess is that around that bit of Bucks, you'd need damned good legs on you if you were a postman. Back to top

a_r_schulz Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Jan. 17 2007, 07:21 If I googled right, his (well, Fanny's, but at the moment it's probably safe to assume that they are identical ) new home was offered in 2005 for ~£5m (resp. half of that without a few surroundings). ... and he seems to like another indoor pool: > PROPOSAL > Erection of single storey swimming pool building. > APPLICANT > Mr M Oldfield ... South Gloucestershire Back to top

Marky Group: Members Posts: 390 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Jan. 18 2007, 11:26 This morning my girlfriend Loulou and I visited Roughwood Croft which is not far from where she lives. She flashed a smile and the builders let us in to have a look around the renovation with guided tour no less! Mike moved out over a year ago, and his swimming pool and recording studio are ready for demolition in February or March. The front door is boarded up and the house is being stripped down. I dont know how much it sold for but the new owner is a designer called Stevens and his wife and family. Loulou being Loulou she knicked Mike's doorknob from his recording studio! Bids anybody...? And we took a few photos and videos but frankly, as its a demolition job, its not top banana in the design department.... let me know if you want to see one of two, although somebody will need to tell me how to post them if its possible! There...an update on Mike's old residence...hard info from inside the very building! If anybody else needs admittance, you'll need a Loulou! Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Jan. 18 2007, 12:00 I've been there recently and I can confirm all the info Marky has written,without such details about the home itself,I was in the front but I thought that would be not a great idea to get there like he and his girlfriend did. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Feb. 05 2007, 13:48 Quote (a_r_schulz @ Jan. 17 2007, 09:21) If I googled right, his (well, Fanny's, but at the moment it's probably safe to assume that they are identical ) new home was offered in 2005 for ~£5m (resp. half of that without a few surroundings). ... and he seems to like another indoor pool: > PROPOSAL > Erection of single storey swimming pool building. > APPLICANT > Mr M Oldfield ... South Gloucestershire You got that info on Google? -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

a_r_schulz Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Feb. 06 2007, 03:38 Well, apparently it was reconstruction work that required public attention... see also this thread in the gallery: (bad thread link removed, messed that up...new link below) Back to top

a_r_schulz Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Feb. 09 2007, 10:11 Quote (a_r_schulz @ Feb. 06 2007, 09:38) (bad thread link removed, messed that up...new link below) Just look at this thread... Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Feb. 09 2007, 16:11 Well, i hope he has friends on the local council. With any listed building here in the UK (that is usually an old building with special protected status) it is usually very difficult to get permission for any changes. And that is quite a big change, trebling the size of the glass and plastic. As much as i'd love an indoor pool if i was a millionaire, I'm not sure i'd want to spoil a beautiful house like that. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Feb. 09 2007, 21:02 Just reading back through this thread, I think michael73 is being a bit rude. Michael, you asked for info and Tati suggested checking out Hamptons. You said "what is Hamptons?" and Nacho said that they sell houses. To which you replied, you know they sell houses and therefore the response did not help you at all? I thought you asked who/what they are! Marky, you said you're surprised that an answer hadn't been reached (so you did a bit of research yourself).  Perhaps more people would have been willing to reply to this if michael73 had been a bit more patient in his replies? -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Feb. 09 2007, 22:10 If someone thinks someone else is being rude, let's resolve it as it happens rather than months later. I haven't heard from anyone else about it over the past several months, nor did I catch a particular tone of rudeness, though I had challenges following the syntax (sometimes I wonder if English is my first language?). Michael hasn't signed in since New Year's Day, btw. So...probably best to just carry on with the topic. Pretty interesting stuff that A.R. has posted. -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Bill Bobaggins Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: June 2005 Posted: Feb. 09 2007, 22:53 Quote (Moz @ Feb. 09 2007, 21:02) To which you replied, you know they sell houses and therefore the response did not help you at all? I thought you asked who/what they are! replies? I did not think he was not being rude.  I was confused by Tati's answer too, as I had never heard of Hamptons and had no idea what it was. His answer was not that he knew that Hamptons sold houses.  His reply, after Hamptons was explained to him, was "Now" I know that Hamptons sells houses. Just my impression of what transpired. -------------- Speak friend and enter. Back to top

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