Overview

• Italian media say negotiations are underway to sell Villa Certosa for about €500 million to an unnamed wealthy Arab buyer.
• A deal at that price would mark the highest price paid for a home, according to Mansion Global’s records.
• The Sardinian estate remains on the market through Sotheby’s International Realty with Knight Castle Real Estate, and no sale has been announced.
• Fininvest, representing Berlusconi’s heirs, reports various expressions of interest and is withholding any bidder identities.
• The 68-room property includes a sea-cave with ocean access, multiple pools, an artificial volcano, a heliport and a nuclear-grade bunker, and it has hosted guests such as Tony Blair, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin.