Millionaire hotelier Peter de Savary’s five-bedroom houseboat goes on sale for £2million
Millionaire hotelier Peter de Savary’s 100ft five-bedroom houseboat anchored in Chelsea with its own jacuzzi, dance floor and outdoor gym goes on sale for £2million
- The 76-year-old millionaire has owned the luxurious floating home named Savvy since March 2017
- The houseboat that is 29.75m in length and is powered with a yacht motor, is perfect for luxury cruises
- It also has a dining area with glass panelling, allowing the passengers to enjoy the view with their meal
Millionaire hotelier Peter de Savary’s stunning five-bedroom houseboat, which boasts its own jacuzzi, dance floor and outdoor gym, has gone on sale for £2million.
The luxurious and unique 100ft vessel, named Savvy, is currently anchored on Cadogan Pier in west London and is perfect for river and canal cruising in the UK and Europe.
In immaculate condition, it has an alfresco dining area with glass panelling which allows those on board to drink and dine in style while enjoying gorgeous views in affluent Chelsea.
The floating houseboat has been owned by Mr de Savary, who is best known for owing celebrity haunt St James’s Club in London, LA and Paris in the 1970s, since March 2017.
In 2005, the boat, which is being sold by estate agency Waterview and is described as a ‘floating Pied A’terre’, even won prizes at the International Superyacht Society Awards in Monaco.
Peter de Savary’s luxurious boathouse that is currently anchored in Chelsea, west London is up for sale for £2million
Whoever buys this £2million houseboat will be able to recline in a gorgeous lounge while cruising through the UK and Europe
Mr de Savary has owned the beautiful floating home that comes with its own jacuzzi, dance floor and outdoor gym, since 2017
The alfresco dining area has glass panelling, allowing those on board to enjoy meals whilst staying dry and taking in views
Peter de Savary is best known for owning celeb haunt the St James’s Club’s in London, LA and Paris throughout the 1970s
Waterview director Soren Ravaux is encouraging would-be buyers to check out the luxurious houseboat, claiming that the number of houseboats in London has risen by six per cent since 2012.
‘The lifestyle is hugely appealing for those seeking fresh air and freedom, especially after the confinement we’ve all suffered in recent months,’ Ravaux said.
‘At the same time residential moorings are few and far between, and so the Savvy represents a massive opportunity, coming with an excellent mooring in a great location at Cadogan Pier in Chelsea.
‘Few other boats offer the same combination of security and adventure, and as luxury yachts go Savvy is uniquely environmentally friendly.’
Self-made millionaire Mr de Savary owned Millwall Football Club 2005 to 2006 and now runs a chain of boutique spa hotels throughout the UK with his wife Lana.
In 2005, the boat won International Superyacht Society Awards in Monaco. The houseboat is being sold by Waterview
The stunning five-bedroom superyacht named Savvy has a total of 29.75m in length and is powered with a yacht motor
The stunning five-bedroom floating home, harboured in affluent Chelsea, has gone on the market for £2million
In 2005, the boat won International Superyacht Society Awards in Monaco. The houseboat is being sold by Waterview
The stunning five-bedroom superyacht named Savvy has a total of 29.75m in length and is powered with a yacht motor
The stunning five-bedroom floating home, harboured in affluent Chelsea, has gone on the market for £2million
Soren Ravaux said: ‘Few other boats offer the same combination of security and adventure, and as luxury yachts go Savvy is uniquely environmentally friendly’
The luxurious vessel named Savvy is currently anchored on Cadogan Pier in Chelsea, west London
The stunning five-bedroom floating home, harboured in affluent Chelsea, has gone on the market for £2million
The son of a French-born Essex farmer, Mr de Savary was kicked out of Charterhouse when he was 16 and became a millionaire by the age of 34 – even once owning John O’Groats and Land’s End
In 2011, the property developer announced that he did not plan on leaving his massive £24million fortune to his five children when he dies, calling the sight of upper-class children squandering inheritances ‘shameful’.
He told the Independent: ‘The girls must achieve in their own lives whatever they can achieve. They will not be given the responsibility and the awesome task of trying to preserve or augment or carry on any of my efforts.’
In an interview for an ITV series on the British class system, Mr de Savary said: ‘I have won nothing. I have had to create whatever I have created from nothing and I believe in the words of Andrew Carnegie, which is to die rich is to die disgraced. So I’m not leaving castles and fortunes to my children.’
The stunning five-bedroom floating home, harboured in affluent Chelsea, has gone on the market for £2million
The luxurious vessel named Savvy is currently anchored on Cadogan Pier in Chelsea, west London
Soren Ravaux said: ‘Few other boats offer the same combination of security and adventure, and as luxury yachts go Savvy is uniquely environmentally friendly’
In 2005, the boat won International Superyacht Society Awards in Monaco. The houseboat is being sold by Waterview
The stunning five-bedroom superyacht named Savvy has a total of 29.75m in length and is powered with a yacht motor
The stunning five-bedroom floating home, harboured in affluent Chelsea, has gone on the market for £2million
Peter de Savary: The multi-millionaire hotel tycoon and former Millwall FC chairman who once led the British sailing team in its challenge for the America’s Cup
Peter de Savary, 76, is best known for owning celeb haunt the St James’s Club’s in London, LA and Paris throughout the 1970s
Millionaire Peter de Savary, the son of a French-born Essex farmer, is an entrepreneur and a former Chairman of Millwall FC with an estimated net worth of £24million in 2013, according to the Independent.
He founded the worldwide St James Clubs in London, Paris, Los Angeles, New York and Antigua and the Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle in Scotland, which was the venue for Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s wedding.
He has also owned Glenborrodale Castle in Scotland, Stapleford Park in England, Cherokee Plantation in South Carolina, Carnegie Abbey in Newport, Rhode Island, Bovey Castle and the Abaco Club in the Bahamas.
De Savary was educated in England at the private Charterhouse School from which he was expelled aged 16. He then moved to Canada where his mother and stepfather lived and did gardening, baby-sitting and children’s private tuition.
His first venture into hospitality was the St James’ Clubs in the late 1970s, in Los Angeles, London, Paris and Antigua, which he sold in the late 1980s to finance the £4million purchase of Skibo Castle.
De Savary built up a large business empire in the 1980s, with property interests including Land’s End and John O’ Groats. But in the economic downturn of the early 1990s his empire collapsed, and he was forced to sell both Land’s End and John O’ Groats in 1991 for an undisclosed sum to the businessman Graham Ferguson Lacey.
He began to concentrate on property development and hotels after 2000, with a number of major country house hotels incorporating golf courses. De Savary’s first such development was The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle in Scotland.
De Savary bought four properties in Grenada in the Caribbean, where he was developing a marina and resort village.
In 2009, de Savary purchased Vanderbilt Hall, a mansion hotel located in Newport, Rhode Island. He added a small collection of American Illustration artworks to the property from the American Illustrators Gallery, New York, including a piece by Howard Chandler Christy titled ‘Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair’.
De Savary also led the British sailing team in its challenge for the America’s Cup in 1983 but his contender, Victory 83, was beaten by Australia II in the final heat.
He used the motoryacht Kalizma as a support vessel for the America’s Cup races, but has since sold the ship. He also once owned the luxury yacht MY Land’s End.
In November 2005, he succeeded Theo Paphitis as chairman of Millwall Holdings plc and as chairman of Millwall FC. Stewart Till succeeded him in May 2006 as the football club chairman, and de Savary remained as chairman of Millwall Holdings plc until October 2006.
