A grand residence with close connections to Diana, Princess of Wales, has become the fastest selling home in Mayfair this year.
It’s the former residence of Countess Raine Spencer; a 4,894 square feet Georgian-style five-bedroom house owhere Raine entertained her stepdaughter Diana, Princess of Wales.
It was listed for sale for £10.95m, freehold, and has been sold to an undisclosed buyer after less than a week on the market.
The sale of Princess Diana’s Mayfair family house was managed by joint sole agents Wetherell and Chestertons, and given its significant fame and illustrious heritage the house receiving a wave of enquiries from around the world when it was listed for sale in late June 2024 and within days of the listing offers were received from several serious bidders.
Built in the early 1980s, the cream-stucco four-story house has sash windows and provides substantial accommodation over lower ground, ground and three upper floors, with a passenger lift connecting all levels. The house is complete with lower ground and ground floor patios, a south-facing roof terrace and a long lease garage.
Peter Wetherell, founder and executive chairman of Wetherell, says: “We are delighted to confirm the sale of the former Mayfair residence of Countess Raine Spencer. Given its illustrious heritage the house had a wave of enquiries from around the world when it was listed for sale and within days offers were received from several serious bidders. The house was effectively sold in less than 100 hours of coming to the market, an ultra-fast deal which is believed to be the fastest house sale in Mayfair during 2024.”
This article is taken from Estate Agent Today