The owner of what was the Netherlands’ most expensive house has cut €4.5m off the price tag after it has been on the market for over a year, the AD reports on Monday.

The 12-room Laren mansion, complete with swimming pool and thatched roof, had been up for sale for €13.5m, without any takers but is now listed with a price of €8.95m.
The price cut means it now shares the honour of being the country’s most expensive home with the 17-room De Ransuil country house in Aerdenhout.