London's RICHEST Billionaires Have Left Belgravia!

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This vlog was filmed at the start of July, before European school holidays.

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[gilenasimons]

London’s richest billionaires have never lived there lol. Those are second or third homes and tax shelters for international oligarchs.

[crankin]

Fun fact: it’s summer. Billionaires are on yachts, south of France & Italy 🙏🏽

[Maitreya]

It’s not so much that London’s richest billionaires have left Belgravia, so much as most don’t live in their houses to begin with. In fact, most of the houses aren’t directly owned by said billionaires. Most of Belgravia is owned by shell companies out of the Channel Islands.

[satyakammisra]

My uncle owns a townhome type residence here. 12 million quid, bought in 2018. He is a politician in one of the poorest states in India. The residence is occupied max 2 months in a year by his kids in summer. Trust in Cook Islands, banking in Jersey, assets in London. Thieves have a wonderful life.

[jamesfairmind]

A Welsh milkman called "Jones the milk" who delivered milk in London right through the Blitz bought several bombed out houses in Belgravia for £5 each just post war. He then thought he had done very well by selling them a couple of years later for £25 each.

[anthonyandrew]

They haven’t deserted Belgravia, they have multiple houses around the world and those houses remain empty for the majority of the time. It has been this way for decades.

[welshieworldwide]

They definitely HAVEN’T disappeared..!!!

I work in 5 separate houses around there as security and the owners have multiple houses around the world.
They literally fly into London, stop off in their houses for a night or two to break up the long flight, then head off to their destination in sunnier climes

[JohnHoganN]

Hannah, there are a number of presenters on TV that you could replace in an INSTANT! We love the videos thank you! 🙏🏻

[dr.strangelove]

All of these expensive properties aren't owned by the people who live in them. They are leased, and you have to pay a lease payment every month. The company that owns most of the property in Belgravia is the Grosvenor Group, a family property company owned by the Duke of Westminster, also known as the Grosvenor Estate. You have to sign a 99 year lease on a flat. At the end of the lease term, the property, and any improvements you have made to it, revert back to the freeholder (the Grosvenor Group).

[TheRageddavid]

Been going that way for many years, I used to work around that area in peoples houses. Some days you’d barely see anyone, empty houses. It money laundering on a massive scale. Investing in a big house with money you shouldn’t have for 10 years and it’s gone up in value by 20 percent

[tonytutone]

Back in the 80’s when I was a teenager my dad was the Priest at St Augustines on Queens gate. I also had a job working at the fancy butchers behind South Ken tube station. We constantly had Landrovers with bird hanging racks in the back show up with quail, ducks etc for me to dress. Watching this takes me back to the times I used to go wandering. Back then a few of those parks didn’t have locks and I used to sit in them, feed the birds and read the paper! I live in Western Australia now so your channel is a great way for me to see my old stomping ground.

[jamesgillis]

You're London's best tour guide Hannah!

[dhdavidholloway]

This week I was trying to decide on my top 5 Youtube channels and this video has helped me decide that 'Hannah Ricketts" is my favourite channel. Good presentation, a good variety of topics, good filming and editing and about the right length . Congratulations. No gold medal but how many other people agree with me? . It is hard to decide with all the different topics covered.

[RedPowerStation]

Left London over 5 years ago, it's fun to see my old stomping grounds. Thank you for this. Now in New York City which is quite different!

[easternblot]

My orchestra sometimes performs in the church that's next to the Berkeley hotel and the neighbourhood always feels so strange. There is no local community centre (other than the church) where we can promote the concert like in other neighbourhoods, and if we want a quick bite to eat before performing we have a choice between a fancy sit-down restaurant (with too slow service), a sandwich from Waitrose, or a bit of a jog all the way to that stretch of less fancy restaurants near Harrods.

[DarcyDigs]

Oh Han, this was glorious! Some dismiss it as boring but Belgravia is beyond any convention. Tranquil, magical, the streets adorned with historic townhouses that take your breath away. The shops, cafes and historic pubs are exquisite. The fact that it doesn't have a nightlife is a recommendation, not a deterrent. There are plenty of places to go in London for an edgy vibe and entertainment. Belgravia is on another level.

[suemills]

I for one love Belgravia, it is beautiful. Fun little experience - I am a dancer and had arranged a dance photo shoot in the area (Eaton Square to be precise) The photographer and I spotted some gorgeous entrances/doors with fresh flower basket so decided to try and take some images and as soon as I started posing in my pointe shoes and tutu a security man started walking towards us… we were sure to be kicked off.. when to our surprise he smiled and said that the houses on the other side look exactly the same but actually have the sun on them right now so we might want to use the light and change over! He even pointed out the house that had similar flowers… we were bowled over by his friendly and kind manner. Then we had a situation where I had to change into a new outfit and didn’t know where to go, so asked in Peggy Porschen and not only did they welcome me in to use the ladies to get changed, they allowed us to take images in their entrance and at their outside tables! No snobbery at all in Belgravia - we only experienced lovely and kind people everywhere :)

[craigedwards]

We're gardeners in Belgravia so it was very interesting you walking around this neighbourhood Hannah, like you pointed out its very quiet although weekends I think you filmed on a Saturday its almost deserted, most people seem to go away for the weekend and August they all leave on holiday, thanks for this great show

[markusunkhoff]

They haven't left Belgravia, it's just summertime and they're sitting in their villas on the Cote d'Azur and Marbella or Ibiza.

[SemperPugnare]

Beautiful homes but it's so eerie not to have anyone on the streets! 😶 I'm glad I live among the plebians. Empty streets would be lonely