The megamansion (Picture: Channel 4)

We probably won’t be getting an invitation round to tea, but we can still have a nosy around this multi-million pound mansion now its owner has invited the cameras in.

Billionaire John Caudwell, who founded Phones4U, is doing renovations to the home in Mayfair.

He showed off the unique aspects to the property, such as a river through the dining room (complete with fish), a lava-themed wall next to the pool, and a mirrored dance floor in the basement.

The tycoon, originally from Stoke-On-Trent, was filmed as part of Channel 4 show ‘Expensive Home: Building For A Billionaire’.


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John Caudwell at home (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

Nice ceiling (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

Plenty of chandeliers (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

The outside of the house (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

Of course, there’s a spa (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

A river runs beneath the Thai-themed dining room (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

The programme last night followed his £65,000,000 renovation works at the property, which saw two mansions joined together in the elite London location, where he lives with 36-year-old girlfriend Modesta Vzesniauskaite, a former Olympic cyclist for Lithuania.



The refurb also includes 78 miles of electric cables, an underground cinema and a mechanical car stacker capable of taking eight cars from street level to storage.

John, 67, who says he will donate 70% of his fortune to good causes, wants to use the home as a business address to entertain high profile visitors such as at charity balls – which he’ll use the 12-capacity ballroom for.

There’s a fancy snooker table (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

The property covers eight floors (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

The home cost £250,000,000 (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

It’s underoging refurbishment (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

Work going on at the home (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

One of the 15 bedrooms (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

He says he plans to entertain people at the home (Picture: Banijay UK Publicity)

He chose the house for its potential to make its own money, telling The Times ‘I don’t need a house anything like that size’ earlier this month.

The house has 15 bedrooms and eight floors, with three of those floors underground.

And the decor he chose gives a glimpse into his personality and interests, with the billionaire telling the newspaper he gave the dining room a Thai theme as it’s his favourite cuisine.

Dan Barraclough, Executive Producer, said: ‘This incredible access gives us a glimpse into the world of the truly mega-wealthy, where every whim can be realised, but where things can still go wrong, as on any building site.

‘At the heart of the programme is the intriguing character of Caudwell himself – a tough taskmaster, but also a committed philanthropist.

‘He is a man with huge wealth, but one who still counts the pennies, the boy from Stoke who has set his heart on a home in the ‘old money’ world of Mayfair.’

‘It makes for a fascinating character portrayal.’

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