article_snippet.sent: Mr Doyle said: 'Development opportunities are becoming scarcer on Sandbanks and so prices for older houses are going up. '
article_snippet.sent: Over the last two decades Sandbanks has become a millionaire's playground with dozens of luxury beachfront mansions being built and sold for up to £12 million . '
article_snippet.sent: Last year, two properties called Tom and Jerry went on the market in Sandbanks after being built on one plot,
article_snippet.sent: Over the last two decades Sandbanks has become a millionaire's playground with dozens of luxury beachfront mansions being built and sold for up to £12 million.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, two properties called Tom and Jerry Jerry went on the market in Sandbanks after being built on the same plot, just 10inches apart (pictured)
article_snippet.sent: The two homes were built on a one acre site once occupied by a single bungalow (pictured) Sandbanks is said to be the fourth most expensive place in the world - behind London, Manhattan and Tokyo - to buy property.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, one property on Sandbanks sold for the equivalent of £1,725  per square foot, which is a record for the area.
article_snippet.sent: Located on a small peninsula stretching across the mouth of Poole Harbour in Dorset, Sandbanks is known for both Sandbanks picturesque beach and the high value of property.
article_snippet.sent: By area Sandbanks and surrounding Lilliput, Branksome Park and Canford Cliffs, nicknamed 'Britain's Palm Beach', boasts the fourth highest land value in the world and the UK's largest concentration of expensive properties outside London.
article_snippet.sent: Sandbanks' popularity is attributed to Sandbanks' seclusion, and every home in the community is within just a few minutes' walk of 'Britain's Palm Beach', with most of them enjoying stunning views over the harbour or out to the English Channel.
article_snippet.sent: Houses were first built on Sandbanks in the late 19th century, but it was not until the 1960s when a property boom saw