Sell a penthouse for 12 million euros? Build a luxury villa with an infinity pool? Just another average working day in the lives of Mira van der Zalm and Jürgen Willen: They design and sell luxury properties.
Discretion is paramount here. “German clients tend to be rather reserved when it comes to luxury, whereas foreign clients like to show off what they have,” says Jürgen Willen – and he knows what he’s talking about. On almost every continent, the architect and his team design luxury villas and interiors for a clientele seeking something truly unique. From bathtubs to car lifts with washing facilities, if it’s on the wish-list and can be done, Willen will make it happen.
Mira van der Zalm’s client base is equally discerning. The estate agent arranges the sale of houses and flats not advertised on the open market – that takes a special level of service. For example, she calls in Jürgen Willen to an Art Nouveau villa in Wiesbaden to check whether it’s possible to install an underground parking lot and a spa – and if it can be done in accordance with listed building regulations.
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Sickening to see all this nonsense that only a very few are able to enjoy and 9 times out of 10, is only once a year if that. 🙄🤦♀️
This documentary is a mirror, not just a window.
12 million euros for a penthouse. An infinity pool as a normal working day. And yet the most luxurious thing in this whole film was not the houses, it was discretion.
Jürgen said it best: German clients hide their wealth, foreign clients show it. But both are asking the same question: Can money buy peace?
Because you can buy a villa, you can buy a view, you can buy privacy, but you cannot buy a quiet mind. True luxury is not having everything. True luxury is needing nothing to prove.
Watching this from Uganda, I realised something: The rich are building bigger walls, while the rest of us are building bigger dreams. And dreams don’t need a penthouse to be powerful.
Brilliant documentary, DW.
There is no place of such ostentatious display of wealth (the usual suspects corrupt politicians crime lords and weapons dealers) in modern functioning democracy.
Excellent documentary. I was struck by how direct the estate agent and architect were. Would enjoy seeing more
tax the rich
What fascinates me is the people selling these places. Most of them started with ordinary homes and worked their way up to 12 million euro penthouses.
These are white elephants in terms of resale. The uber-rich wouldn’t want “homes” tailor-made to another’s idiosyncratic tastes. Well, I suppose they could buy them, then tear everything out and start over.