Since this is probably London, they probably had to pay stamp duty tax and property taxes. On a 10 million pound property, that'd be around 1.2 million pounds.

Since this is probably London, they probably had to pay stamp duty tax and property taxes. On a 10 million pound property, that'd be around 1.2 million pounds. On top of that, there's annual property taxes for London. I don't know if there's any discount for primary residences, but they wouldn't be getting it for a property just for their dogs.