|
Rank
|
House Name
|
Current Value
|
|
1
|
Gold
house
|
$
12.2 Billion
|
|
2
|
Antilla
|
$
1.00 Billion
|
|
3
|
Villa
Leopolda
|
$
736 Million
|
|
4
|
The
Penthouse
|
$
225 Million
|
|
5
|
Henley
Mansion
|
$
218 Million
|
|
6
|
Fairfield
Pond
|
$
198 Million
|
|
7
|
Hearst
Mansion
|
$
165 Million
|
|
8
|
Franchuk
Villa
|
$
161 Million
|
|
9
|
The
Pinnacle
|
$
155 Million
|
|
10
|
The
Manor
|
$
150 Million
|
10. The Manor
9. The Pinnacle
The biggest house in the exclusive “Yellowstone Club” ski and golf
community in Montana, this structure has 10 bedrooms, fireplaces in
every bathroom and a unique chair lift directly from back door to the
nearby ski-resort. Owned by Tim Blixseth this place is currently priced
at $ 155 Million, it is rather a ski-resort than a house.
8. Franchuk Villa
The five storey Victorian Villa complete with marble panelling and
basement swimming pools, this structure boasts 21,000 square feet of
living space with 20 foot high ceilings, a sauna, gym, movie theatre,
and news room. Another standard feature it includes is a panic room that
is present in almost every multi-million dollar mansion. Located in
Kensigton, London, England it was bought by Ukrainian businesswoman
Elena Franchuk and considered the world’s most expensive single
residential dwelling at $161 Million.
7. Hearst Mansion
Built by newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, this massive creation
was also featured in the movie “The Godfather”. Residing in Beverly
Hills, Californai, it includes 6 residences,29 bedrooms, 3 pools, a
nightclub and tow giant towers modeled after the church of Santa Maria
Mayor of Spain. This is where the 35th President of United States John
F. Kennedy spent his hhoneymoon and is currently priced at $165 Million.
6. Ira Rennert (Fairfield Pond)
Currently the most valuable home in United States, built on over 110,000
square feet with 66,000 square-foot main house with 29 bedrooms and 39
bathrooms, this is the fourth most expensive house on our list. This
palace is completed with a basketball court, bowling alley, two tennis
courts, two squash courts and a $150,000 hot tub managed to have a
property tax of $397,559 in 2007 and is currently valued at $198 Million.
5. Henley Mansion
This extravagant mansion covers almost 3000 square metres of livin space
complete with state-of-the-art security system, helipad,spa complex,
home cinema and two golf courses. Now owned by a Russian billionaire for
$218 Million, this structure is 300-years old now with numerous stories
of haunting and a dark past to back all up.
4. The Penthouse at One Hyde Park
Third on the list is the $225 Million flat in London’s richest quarter. Neighbouring 82 other apartments in the building costing more than $9000 per square foot, the building features bulletproof windows, iris scanners and “panic room” for security purposes with British SAS watching over the building. Reports of the pending penthouse also include floor-to-ceiling refrigerators and a 24-hour room service
3. Villa Leopolda
Built by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1902, is a 27 stories summer home
with 19 bedrooms and 50 full-time gardeners. This spectacular home in
French Reviera of 29,00 square foot has one of the best beachfront views
in the south of France. Formerly owned by the richest person in the
world Bill Gates, this masterpiece stands at the staggering price of
around $736 Million in the market today.
2. Antilla
It had set the record for the most expensive house in the world was set
in 2009 when Indian miltibillionaire Mukesh Ambani moved to their new
home “Antilla” in Mumbai, India. Built in accordance with Vaastu
Shastra, this modern day palace is 570 feet tall, 27-storey with six
floors of parking, a health level with jacuzzi, gym and “ice room”, a
ballroom level, four story garden and floors with bedrooms and bathrooms
along with a staff of around 600. Each floor is unique in its design
looking like a different house with every next level. The current price
for this house stands at $ 1.00 Billion.
1. Gold house
Currently rumored to be the most expensive house ever built costing over $ 12.2 Billion by "King of Bling", Stuart Hughes, is the house located in a
secret location in Switzerland. Known as the world’s first
“Gold-house”, with 200.000 kilograms of solid gold and platinum fixtures
and fittings and the specially designed flooring made from meteoric
stone with shavings of original 65 million year old T-Rex Dinosaur bones embedded in each tile. Sitting on 2,442 square meters, it has living
space of 752 square meters with 338 square meters of terrace, wine
cellar of 25 square meters, 8 rooms and a 4 car garage. It might be a
little over-exaggerated according to the sources.
