An opulent London home that was to be given an extravagant makeover by Italian designer Gianni Versace , who was murdered before he was able to move in , has been put up for sale for £15million . Versace decided on the 18th century four-bedroom home in Charles Street in Mayfair while looking for a London base as he considered floating his fashion empire on the stock exchange in the 1990s . He ordered an overhaul of the inside of the expensive Grade II listed townhouse , which included plans to install a giant diamond patterned marble slab entrance hall and 30-foot high double doors - believed to be the largest of their type in a private home in London . Gianni Versace ordered a radical makeover of a Mayfair mansion he planned to buy , but never got to complete the sale because he was murdered before he could move in . The opulent four bedroom grade II listed property has now gone on the market for £15million . The house ( blue door ) was to be a London base for Versace who was considering floating his company on the stock market . But the designer never got to live in the palatial home because he was shot dead outside his Miami beach mansion in 1997 by Andrew Cunanan , a serial killer he had met in San Francisco whilst designing costumes for the opera . The purchase of the house was never completed . Following his death the ambitious conversion plans for the property were scaled down and it was quietly sold to a businessman later that year . However the house , which was owned by various members of the aristocracy and wealthy merchants before being converted into offices after World War Two , has retained some of its extravagant elements . A designer kitchen takes up almost the entire lower ground floor and leads into an atrium . While the second floor is dominated by a master bedroom suite which features a large double bedroom opening onto a private balcony , a walk-in dressing room and a large master bathroom with oversize oval bathtub . A kitchen and dining room covers almost an entire floor of the London townhouse , and has been extensively modernised . Wetherell estate agents , who are handling the sale , said the glass back of the mansion makes it particularly unique for prospective buyers . There are three further bedrooms and lifts to all floors , including extensive storage vaults on the lower ground floor . The first floor boasts a reception room with gold leaf ceiling coving along with a marble fireplace and a separate study . The Versace home that never was has now been put on the market with Wetherell estate agents for £15 million and also boasts a 34ft garden . It covers 5,756 sq ft. Peter Wetherell , chief executive of Wetherell , said : 'The Charles Street mansion is a striking fusion of highly traditional and contemporary , with a brick front and a glass back , and inside classic rooms and modern open plan spaces . The 18th century property has four bedrooms and includes lifts to all its floors and was to be extensively redecorated by Versace . The house has a grand sweeping spiral staircase , which links the lower floors to the four bedrooms above including the master suite . The Grade II listed property was owned by various members of the aristocracy and the wealthy and was to be extensively redeveloped . An oval oversize bath tub sits in the bathroom adjoining the master suite of the property , which covers almost an entire floor . Versace ( left ) was killed in 1997 and never got to live in the house , where oversized glass doors lead to a 34ft garden at the back ( right ) 'The patio garden flows into the glass conservatory , the largest of its kind in a private home in London 's West End . 'It will appeal to a buyer who wants a statement home with space to entertain on a large scale . Versace , who died at the age of 50 , owned property in Miami , Manhattan and Milan . Last year the Ocean Drive mansion where he was shot dead was reopened as a luxury boutique hotel . The mansion boasts a number of elements that may have been seen in the London home had he had the chance - including a 54-foot 'thousand mosaic ' swimming pool lined in 24-carat gold . Cunanan , a 27-year-old ‘ high-class ’ gay prostitute , was said to be responsible for Versace 's murder . After an international manhunt he was was found to have committed suicide in the upstairs bedroom of the Miami houseboat where he had been hiding out .
Gianni Versace chose opulent Mayfair home as his Miami base as he prepared to float business on stock market . He ordered a number of renovations including the installation of a giant diamond patterned marble entrance hall . But Versace was shot dead in 1997 outside his London mansion and never got to live in property or complete the sale . Conversion plans were scaled down and the four bedroom grade II listed property was sold to a businessman . It has now been put on the market for £15million and boasts a master bedroom which takes up an entire floor .