Auderghem castle up for sale for reported €10 million

If you want to live in a piece of Brussels history, the Château de La Solitude in Auderghem, an imposing neoclassical landmark, listed as a historic monument since 2000, is on the market.

Built by Brussels architect François Malfait (1872-1955) and completed in 1912, the château later became the residence of Countess Marie Ludmille Rose de Croÿ, Princess of Arenberg. After her death in 1953, the Belgian state bought the grand estate on Avenue Charles Schaller. Ixelles-based Anixton Real Estate is now managing the property.

The site covers 2,500m² of office space, comes with 80 parking places, and sits in nearly two hectares of parkland. It has an impressive energy rating of C, 133 solar panels and charging points for electric cars already installed.

Anixton said the building had “plenty of potential”, with options ranging from conferencing and coworking spaces to a private school or even an embassy.

Former managers RedFoxEvents publicised the imposing stately residence as “a unique three-story castle, equipped with five large neoclassical suites and two conference rooms, with a marble terrace and grass courtyard, well-suited for mixing and mingling network events, a garden exhibition, or perhaps an evening event under the stars”.

No price is yet attached to this historical treasure. Anixton said that the price "is available on request", while La Dernière Heure reports it could be worth as much as €10 million.