Top 10 most expensive homes in the world
Top 10 most
expensive homes in the world
The
owners of the world's most luxurious homes are not always visible. We all
know who owns Buckingham Palace, but does anyone know the name of Tim
Blixet? Or do you know a billionaire from India who built a 27-story
building just for himself? We think not.
Well, it's time for the veil of secrecy to
fall! We've ranked the most expensive homes - modern castles in the full
sense of the word - and people lucky enough and wealthy enough to own them.
We present you the most
expensive houses in the world.
10.
Upper Phillimore Gardens, 7
9.
Mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens
5.
Kensington Palace Gardens, 18-19
4.
Fairfield Pond, possession 4
10-Upper
Phillimore Gardens, 7
Location: London
Cost: $
128 million
Description: This ten-bedroom cottage looks more like a private high school
with an underground pool, sauna, movie theater and even a dread room. And
this is all in addition to the general interior, decorated with marble, gold
and priceless works of art. The house is considered one of the most
expensive in England.
Owner: Elena
Pinchuk is the daughter of the second president of Ukraine, Leonid
Kuchma. She is known for being the head of the AIDS Foundation she founded
and is a friend of Elton John.
9. Mansion in Kensington
Palace Gardens
Location: London
Cost: $
140 million
Description: Located on the Billionaires' Alley, this palace will soon acquire
an underground extension with a tennis court, a health center and a car
museum. In terms of value, it ranks second in our ranking of the most
expensive homes in the world.
Owner: Roman
Abramovich is a Russian billionaire and owner of the private investment company
Millhouse. He is known throughout the Western world as the owner of the
English football club Chelsea.
8. Rock Number 7
Location: resort
area Big Sky, Montana
Cost: $
155 million
Description: The largest property in the Yellowstone Club and one of the most
expensive in the world - a private golf and ski area designed for the
mega-rich; the house has underfloor heating, many swimming pools, a gym, a
wine cellar and even its own funicular.
Owners: Edra
and Tim Blixet - real estate businessman and forest baron Tim Blixet co-founded
the Yellowstone Club, but the club's bankruptcy, divorce proceedings and other
misfortunes have dealt a serious blow to Blixet's wealth in recent years.
7-Castle
Hirst
Location: San
Simeon, California
Cost: 191
ml dollars
Description: The
castle with 27 bedrooms, used in the filming of the movie "The
Godfather", hosted John and Jackie Kennedy, Clark Gable, Winston Churchill
and other famous figures.
Owners: Trustees
of William Randolph Hirst - The castle, built by the first US newspaper tycoon,
is now a heritage and tourist attraction, part of the California park system,
and one of the most expensive homes in America.
6. Ellison's mansion
Location: Woodside,
California
Cost: $
200 million
Description: Rather, not a house, but a massive development of 10 buildings,
located on an area of over 9 hectares, with an artificial
lake, a pond with Chinese carp, a tea house and a bathing house.
Owner :
Larry Ellison - co-founder of Oracle, ranked third in 2013 in
the Forbes list of the richest people in the world , is the owner of this house, one of the most expensive in the
world.
5. Kensington Palace
Gardens, 18-19
Location: London
Cost: $ 222 million
Description: Another Billionaire Alley
property, 18-19 is located side by side with Prince William and Kate
Middleton. This residence itself has 12 bedrooms, is equipped with a
Turkish hammam, indoor pool and parking for 20 spaces. Quite deservedly,
it ranks fifth on our list of the most expensive homes on the planet.
Owner: Lakshmi Mittal is the head of
Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel producer, and, according to Forbes,
one of the 100 richest people in India.
4. Fairfield Pond,
possession 4
Location: Sagaponak,
Hamptons, NY
Cost: $
248.5 million
Description: This 29-bedroom home covers an area of over
25 hectares and has its own power plant adjacent to it. Inside there are
39 bathrooms, a basketball court, a bowling alley, squash and tennis courts, 3
swimming pools and a dining room over 100 meters long.
Owner: Ira
Rennert is the owner of the Renco group of companies, a holding company
specializing in investment in the production of cars and smelting of ore. He
also owns holdings in metallurgy and mining.
3. Villa Leopolda
Location: Cote d'Azur, France
Cost: $
750 million
Description: Unlocks the top three most expensive homes today, Villa Leopolda. This
20-hectare estate, according to Variety's description, includes "an
industrial-sized greenhouse, pool and pool house, outdoor kitchen, helipad and
a guest house larger than most millionaire mansions." The house is
famous for its appearance in 1955 in the frames of Alfred Hitchcock's painting
"To Catch a Thief".
Owner: Lily
Safra is a Brazilian philanthropist and widow of Lebanese banker William
Safra. Her husband died in another house of the couple after a fire,
apparently caused by arson.
2. Antilia
Location: Mumbai,
India
Cost: $
1 billion
Description: Antilia is not even a house in the traditional sense. This is
a 27-storey building with a total area of 36,000
sq.m. is equipped with an underground six-level garage, three helipads,
and its maintenance requires 600 people.
Owner: Mukesh
Ambani is India's richest man and runs a $ 23.6 billion business chain,
according to Forbes. Ambani made his fortune running energy and raw
materials company Reliance Industries.
1. Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace rightfully ranks first in our
ranking of the most expensive privately owned homes
in the world .
Location: London
Cost: $
1.55 billion
Description: Technically still a residential building, but certainly not for
sale, the residence of the Queen of England was estimated by the Housing
Society of Britain in 2012 at about 1.5 billion dollars. This property has
775 rooms (including 19 rooms for government purposes), 52 bedrooms, 188 staff
rooms and 78 bathrooms.
Owner: Currently
Queen Elizabeth II, who ascended the throne on February 6, 1952.
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