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Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1869 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Jan. 22 2003, 14:56 Homes & Property (Evening Standard, Wednesday 22 January 2002): Musician Mike Oldfield has sold his Wind in the Willows-style cottage by the Thames for £1 million, through Hamptons.  The four-bedroom property near Marlow discreetly houses an indoor swimming pool and games room.  "Mike wasn't spending much time there as he owns another house in the same area," the agent explains.  Oldfield, who composed the mega-selling Seventies album Tubular Bells, bought the property 18 months ago as a Muse.  "I was working on a chill-out album and the river was perfect inspiration," he says. (Thanks, Pendleburn) Back to top

Ludor Tudor Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: Mar. 2001 Posted: Jan. 22 2003, 15:11 Oh... If only i knew earlier... That house would fit me just fine. And the prize was not to bad either   -------------- Kjell at oldfield.no Why don't you have a try to win at the competition? Back to top

ian Group: Members Posts: 473 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Jan. 22 2003, 15:54 I need some inspiration for my next music project...mmmmmmm I think I'll buy another house right out in the sticks overlooking some hills....DREAM ON!!!!!!!!!!!!! Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1869 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Jan. 22 2003, 16:09 Mikehousejoke #3: no wonder I can't compose any decent music... My house is not enough expensive... So either I find money and buy a nice house, or I find a Richard Branson to host me. BTW, Mike is supposed to make a second chill-out album. (Unless it's already done?) Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Jan. 22 2003, 18:54 4 bedrooms for a million quid? You were robbed there mate, come to Scotland a million bucks would buy about 40 bedrooms and you're very own river all to yourself. Shit weather though. Back to top

timshen Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: Mar. 2001 Posted: Jan. 23 2003, 00:48 Oh! To be able to just buy a million quid house for a bit of inspiration then sell it off again! Chill out album inspiration - overlooking a river. Rock album inspiration- overlooking ragged rocks! Pastoral Album inspiration- overlooking lush fields. Amarok - overlooking Richard Branson! .....and so on. -------------- Expect Great Things. Attempt Great Things. Back to top

Giuliano Unregistered Posted: Jan. 23 2003, 10:10 Is a coincidence that the John Cleese's movie (GB/ USA 1996) has the same Mike's cottage style name ("The Wind in the Willows")??? ------------------------------ Giuliano Mike Oldfield's Italian Fans Club Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Jan. 23 2003, 14:04 Whoa! That's a funny trivia! -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

maria Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: July 2002 Posted: Jan. 23 2003, 16:52 thinking... guessing... wishing... recently he's returned to the origin in more than one way... (tubular bells... life near his roots...) so maybe the inspiration he's receiving nowadays is that again, the recall of his origins, BUT (and here comes the wish) with tubular world vr under his arm... as he sold the house which helped him to get the mood of working about chill out albums, it could mean it is already written... ... or could also mean he has stored for a while the idea of extending mvr? i do hope to be wrong about this second possibillity... -------------- ...morning and evening i'm flying, i'm dreaming... Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Jan. 23 2003, 18:47 ..just guessing here if that house was the one that he bought in the end of 2001 'cause of his(now)wife,since she didn´t enjoy the Croft... BTW,the english media does care about Mike's private stuff,not HIS MUSIC...that makes me sick ...very "interesting" thing to know when you´re dying to see more info about the new Tubular Bells and Tubular World MVR.... -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

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