In this post, we have compiled a list of the Most Expensive Houses in the World that can surely amaze you. The world’s most costly property is in London, and it is, predictably, owned by the Queen of England! A larger-than-life mansion, in this case, a palace, can cost up to $1 billion. Consider it ironic or weirder than fiction, but the second most expensive house in the world belongs to Mukesh Ambani, whose 27-story Antilia in Mumbai’s Cumballa Hill was completed in 2010 at an estimated cost of $1-2 billion.
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Here are the Most Expensive Houses in the World-
1. Buckingham Palace | London, United Kingdom.
Buckingham Palace is the monarch of the United Kingdom’s London residence and administrative headquarters. The palace, which is located in the City of Westminster, is frequently used for state ceremonies and royal hospitality.
Buckingham Palace is formally a Crown property and has 775 rooms, 188 staff rooms, including 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms, and 19 staterooms, making it not just the most expensive residence in the world but also the most ‘roomy’.
2. Antilia – Mumbai, India.
The 400,000-square-foot Antilia in Mumbai’s Cumballa Hills is owned by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, and is located on one of the world’s most expensive addresses—Altamount Road. The building, designed by Chicago-based architects Perkins and Will and built by the Australian-based construction company Leighton Holdings, has 27 stories and extra-high ceilings.
Every floor is equivalent to the floor of a typical two-story building. In fact, Antilia can withstand an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale. The most expensive residence in India also has six storeys dedicated to automobiles, including Ambani’s INR 5 crore Mercedes Maybach.
3. Leopolda Villa – Cote d’Azur, France.
Gianni and Marella Agnelli, Izaak and Dorothy J. Killam, and, since 1987, Lily Safra, who inherited the villa after her husband’s death, are among the estate’s prominent owners. Her 50-acre estate features a big greenhouse, a swimming pool and pool house, an outdoor kitchen, a helipad, and a guest house.
She is a Brazilian philanthropist and the widow of Lebanese banker William Safra. The house was even utilised as a backdrop in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic To Catch a Thief.
4. Les Cèdres Villa – French Riviera.
The $410 million Villa Les Cèdres on the French Riviera is fit for a king, possibly because it was erected for the King of Belgium in 1830. The 18,000-square-foot mansion features 14 bedrooms, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a wood-panelled library with 3,000 books on flora and naturalism (including a 1640 edition of a botanical codex), a man-made pond with Amazonian lily pads, a bronze statue of Athena, a chandelier-lit ballroom, a stable large enough for 30 horses, grand sitting rooms, and 19th-century portraits in ornate frames.
The owner, the Italian distiller Davide Campari-Milano SpA, is wagering that the house’s combination of history, elegance, and a prime location will be enough to make it the most expensive residential sale in history, with an asking price of €350 million ($410 million).
5. Fair Field Mansion – Sagaponack
Fair Field is a huge private mansion in the Hamptons, Long Island, New York State, United States, that was built in 2003. The main house is 64,000 square feet, with a total floor space of 110,000 square feet. For tax reasons, it is worth between $267 and $500 million.
This 63-acre estate is owned by Ira Renner, head of the Renco Group, a holding business with investments in auto manufacturing and smelting. It has 29 bedrooms and its own power plant. There are also 39 baths, a basketball court, a bowling alley, squash courts, tennis courts, three swimming pools, and a gigantic 91-foot dining room in the estate.
6. The Ellison Estate – Woodside, California.
Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, owns this 23-acre property. The compound consists of ten buildings, as well as a man-made lake, koi pond, tea house, and bath house.
Despite the fact that his purchase of the Hawaiian island of Lanai in 2012 was by far his largest overall investment, Ellison has made a number of blockbuster purchases during the last two decades.
7. Palazzo di Amore – Beverly Hills, California
This 53,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style home was owned by Jeff Greene, a real estate entrepreneur and American politician. In 2017, the property was re-listed for sale at a price of $129 million.
This gigantic house not only has 12 bedrooms, 23 bathrooms, tennis courts, swimming pools, a theatre, waterfalls, reflecting pools, and a garage that can handle 27 automobiles, but it is also a party pad with a revolving dance floor and ballroom.
8. Seven – The Pinnacle
Seven At Yellowstone Club in Montana, The Pinnacle is the world’s largest property with private golf and ski community. It has entered the list of the world’s most expensive mansions, with a price tag of 155 million dollars. Tim and Edra Blixseth, owners of Yellowstone Club, timber barons, and real-estate developers, erected the estate on a 57,000-square-foot plot of land.
The property is owned by Edra and lumber baron Tim Blixseth and is part of the huge Yellowstone Club, a private ski and golf enclave for the mega-rich. The property includes heated flooring, various pools, a gym, a wine cellar, and its own ski lift.
9. Xanadu 2.0. – Medina, Washington
You’d think that one of the world’s wealthiest men would be on the list of those who own the most costly homes in the world. Not unexpectedly, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ and Melinda Gates’ home, Xanadu 2.0 in Medina, Washington, is tenth on our list of the world’s most costly mansions. Gates spent seven years and $63 million to develop the 66,000-square-foot mansion. Xanadu 2.0 is an ‘earth-sheltered’ house, which implies it is built into the ground to better regulate temperature.
A separate 3,900-square-foot building houses the 60-foot pool. Aside from that, the home boasts a 2,100-square-foot library with a dome roof and two secret bookcases, one of which uncovers a hidden bar. And there’s more. With the press of a button, the artwork on the walls can be changed. That’s how you do high-tech things.
10. 18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens – London.
It was planned by Philip Hardwick for Sutherland Hall Sutherland, and the first tenant was civil engineer James Meadows Rendel, who probably moved in early 1852 and died there in 1856. Jordan’s Princess Haya lives at Kensington Palace Gardens. The house has 12 bedrooms, Turkish baths, an indoor pool, and parking for 20 vehicles.
The de Rothschild family (early 1900s); The Free Poles (1939–45); David Khalili, art dealer (1995–2001); and Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One president (2001–2004), as well as Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, have all previously owned this most expensive mansion in the world.
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