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07-25-2004, 10:03 PM
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 JKR buys an expensive swimming pool - Summary:
JKR is splashing out £500,000 on a Swimming Pool at her country mansion. Article:
Article from todays News Of The World Newspaper. Quote: Wealthy JK Rowling has splashed out £500,000 on a unique coppwr-domed Swimming Pool complex at her country mansion.
The writer has already dipped into her £435million fortune and begun building on of the country's bigest private pools after landing planning permission.
Plans were submited to Perth and kinross Council at the end of last year seeking the go-ahead for major improvments to her Killiechassie Estate, near Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
The indorr pool will be 60ft long and nearly 30ft wide, flanked by private changing cubicles.
The most spectacular part of the complex is will be the roof, which is to be dome-shapped and made from copper.
No expense will be spared on the 100ft-long building so it appeares in keeping with the stone-built house next door - which JK bought for £600,000 in 2001.
A Perth and kinross Council sopurce said: "She is spending top dollar on the work - no one could complain about it. Source: The news of the world newspaper  | |
07-25-2004, 10:21 PM
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| | Banshee
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id love a swimmingpool in my house JK is so lucky
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07-25-2004, 10:30 PM
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| | Skrewt
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reading over certain parts of HBP to make sure they are really real...
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wow! that is a huge swmming pool! LoL but that dose sound nice...wish i could have one that huge LoL
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07-25-2004, 10:35 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
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Quote: Originally posted by karen_ginger@Jul 25 2004, 02:55 PM
id love a swimmingpool in my house JK is so lucky I agree! I would love a swimming pool in my house, I love swimming...sigh...
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07-25-2004, 10:36 PM
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| | Hinkypunk
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WOW! that is a big pool... I wish I had one that big... I hope she has fun in it...lol | |
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07-25-2004, 10:37 PM
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| | Skrewt
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: USA
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that sounds really cool!
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07-25-2004, 10:40 PM
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| | Ramora
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gosh! that’s an awful lot of swimming pool for 2 adults and 2 and a half kids! We got a 15ft upright pool the other day for £200 and that fine (unless you are planning on becoming a professional swimmer)...it easily entertains up to 10 large hyperactive teenagers :sorcerer:
though she is such a nice lady, maybe she'll hire it out to an orphanage
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07-25-2004, 10:47 PM
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that's cool. but she earned it. | |
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07-25-2004, 11:03 PM
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| | Bundimun
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Wow, that sounds really cool. Bet her kids, or at least her daughter Jessica, will be happy about this! :sorcerer:
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07-25-2004, 11:08 PM
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| | Crup
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Grimmauld Place
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I live in America - so I can't really figure out how much exactly she's spending on the pool, but that seems amazing. I love swimming - I'm so jealous. I'm glad for her though: she earned her money and she gives to charity so she deserves whatever she gets.
What wouldn't you give to be one of her kids?
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07-25-2004, 11:11 PM
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| | Bicorn
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holy smoke. sure raises the property value.
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07-25-2004, 11:25 PM
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| | Bundimun
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Hey, writers can have a pool, too! That's really cool that she now has a pool, but it's a little on the expensive side. But, hey, it's her money! She can do what ever she wants with it.
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07-25-2004, 11:27 PM
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| | Puffskein
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Woah!! that's... pretty big just for her family. 
Maybe she's planin' on inviting all of us, the Potter fans  .
Yeah right!!! :ermsmile: I guess im aimin' too high :/ .
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07-25-2004, 11:28 PM
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That seems a bit too frivulous for JK. I'm not too sure if this is real, or whether the details are exaggerated. I mean, it's an awful lot to waste on just a pool...houses cost that much these days in the UK, well, nice decent houses come near £300,000 anyways...family ones I mean. Or, at least, they will be by the time I buy one.
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07-25-2004, 11:35 PM
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| | Doxy
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OMG thats WOW
I wish I had as much moola as her.
hey JkR ill be your bestfriend :flowersmile: (not just bc of your pool  )
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07-26-2004, 12:00 AM
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It would be nice to have a pool like that.
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07-26-2004, 12:19 AM
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Wow! sounds so nice  I wish i could have a pool like that!
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07-26-2004, 12:28 AM
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Cool...I know if I were rich I would buy an indoor pool kind of like that but mine would extend from inside into the outdoors through an underwater tunnel into an outdoor pool complete with waterfall. Yeah I fantasize a lot about being rich! Sad isn't it. Anyways, wonder if this has anything to do with Hermione's patronous being an otter. Otters do love to swim and obviously so does Jo.
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07-26-2004, 01:43 AM
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| | Bowtruckle
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Quote: Originally posted by karen_ginger@Jul 25 2004, 01:55 PM
id love a swimmingpool in my house JK is so lucky Helllza yeah!!! Especially wen I was still livin' in Antioch... :ermsmile: (it's heelllza hot over there!) Well, I read sumwhere on the net a while bak that a house next 2 JK's was 4 sale!!! I wish I coulda got it (even tho I live in da U.S. of A.) just so that i could chill in her pool!!!!!!
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07-26-2004, 02:56 AM
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hi :sorcerer:
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07-26-2004, 03:16 AM
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| | Mooncalf
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Ahh...the luxury of being the creator of Harry Potter... | |
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07-26-2004, 03:35 AM
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I don't mind swimming if the water is warm; my brother and sister are always telling me, "C'mon, jump in, it's warm!" when the water is like, 60 degrees. The water has to be at least in the 90's in order for me to go near a poor, lol. I'm happy for her :flowersmile: ; she deserves it after all the labor she's put into her work, and at the same time, have to take care of her children. :sorcerer:
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07-26-2004, 04:10 AM
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very cool.
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07-26-2004, 04:26 AM
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wow that's a huge pool
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07-26-2004, 05:26 AM
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Quote: Source: The news of the world newspaper Uh... isn't that a tabloid?
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