Others find themselves unable to afford the big residence in which they currently live.
In the early 1730s, Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli was commissioned by Empress Anna to design a bigger residence, and it was finished in 1735.
When completed, Siegel boasted, it would become the biggest private residence ever built in America.
Morgan's first impression of the royal residence at Kensington was: "Bloody great big house, mansion, palace... you could almost smell the money".
The compound was eight times bigger than neighbouring residences and the walls were between three and six metres high, topped with barbed wire.
The first phase is this: three towers with offices and residences and big retail.
WITH glistening office towers rising between broad beaches and forested mountains, big parks and waterfront residences, Vancouver often comes at the top of lists of the world's best cities in which to live.
In fact, innovative installations can be found on residences to big box businesses to industrial brownfields throughout our area.
Not all university heads are convinced that big new halls of residence are the great panacea.
Picture his reaction to the news that Cinecittà, the great film studio where he shot "La Dolce Vita," is now the official residence of "Big Brother".
