Top 10 Most Luxurious and Expensive Houses in the world

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Done by:

Ranjeet Ramaswamy Iyer

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Info as on 2010


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1. Antilla, Mumbai the first billion dollarhouse


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y O wned by India s Mukesh Ambani.y Has 27 floors!y It is 173 meters tall!y

Cost is $ 1 bn = Rs. 4,500 crores (approx.)y First six floors dedicated to family parking- enough topark 168 cars!!!

y Each level has a lush garden.y The building has 9 elevators.y For entertainment, the house has a movie theater

which can house 50 people.y Has an interior space of 400,000 square feet.


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2 . Villa Leopolda, Cote D Azur FranceUS$ 52 5 mn


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y B uilt in 1902 by King Leopold II of B elgium as apresent for his mistress.

y It is an 80,000 square foot Chateuau.y The estate is so big, it requires 50 full time gardeners.y The grounds cover 20 acres of garden and visitors can

stroll amongst 1,200 olive, orange, lemon and cypresstrees.

y It is rumored to be purchased for a much higher rate,but there aren t any evidence.

y It also has 11 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms.


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y The property is valued at US $ 506 mn currently whichis equal to Rs. 2277 crores!


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3 . One Hyde Park- The Penthouse, LondonUS$ 200 mn


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y It is a luxurious modern residential development inthe heart of Knightsbridge, Central London.

y It has got 86 apartments.y The Penthouse is the most expensive and biggest of all

the luxury flats.y It has been provided with SAS guard, bullet proof

windows, iris scanners, panic rooms and a secrettunnel to the nearby Mandarin Hotel.

y The cost is estimated to be 6000/sq ft. i.e. Rs.417,300/sq ft.


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y This apartment also has 6 bedrooms!y New owners will also enjoy 24- hour room service from

the Mandarin O riental hotel along with SAS-trainedsecurity guards to protect their interests.

y Price is estimated to be around US$ 200 mn.


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4 . Fairfield Pond-The HamptonsUS$ 170 mn


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y It is the home of Ira Rennert.y It has 63 acres area and become the largest residential

compound in the US.y

The house has 29 bedrooms, 39 bathrooms, 5 tenniscourts, bowling alley, large dining room (91 feet long).y O ne can find $150,000 hot tub as well.


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5.Hearst Mansion, Beverly Hills.US$ 165 mn


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y The property was briefly listed at $165 million in 2007,and the 2010 price was $95 million!

y The massive drop in its price is because of drop inmedian home prices in Southern California.

y It is an H-shaped estate.y The buyer will have the chance to live right next door

to Tom Cruise and David B eckham.y

This is a 50,000-plus-square-foot mansion.y John and Jacqueline Kennedy spent part of their

honeymoon there.


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y It has three pools, 29 bedrooms, a state-of-the-artmovie theater and even a disco.

y The compound has six residences -- four houses, anapartment and a cottage for the security staff.

y There are three swimming pools and a movie theater.y This house was featured in the film The Godfather.


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6. Franchuk Villa, KensingtonUS$ 161 mn


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y Located at London.y B uilders have for the last 18 months been installing an

underground swimming pool, gym, sauna and cinema.y The house has at least 10 bedrooms and a secure panic

room".y Also known as Victorian Villa.y After receiving a 10 million overhaul, it was purchased

by Ukrainian AIDS philanthropist, Elena Franchuk,and renamed as the Franchuk Villa.


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y B efore this, it was a girls' preparatory school.y The work is said to have upset neighbours, who

include the Mayor of Moscow and his wife.


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7. The Pinnacle , MontanaUS$ 155 mn


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y This is the home of Time and Edra B lixseth.y It will be the largest and grandest property on the

resort, but is still small in comparison to some of thoseon this list, with only 10 bedrooms.

y Has impressive features such as every inch of floorbeing heated, a heated driveway and fireplaces in allbathrooms.


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8 . The Manor , Los AngelesUS$ 150 mn


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The home of Aaron Spelling, dubbed The Manor by wife Cindy, has 123 rooms.y It has an indoor skating rink, multiple pools, three

kitchens, sports courts, private orchard, and a bowling

alley.y It also has a room used exclusively for wrapping

presents and an entire floor dedicated to closet space.y The house was designed by architects James

Langenheim & Associates and built in 1988 at a cost of $12 million.


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y The parking lot accommodates 100 vehicles, and thereare also 16 carports.


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9 . Updown Court, Surrey, EnglandUS$ 150 mn


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y Located 25 kms. outside London.y B uilt in 1924 and was severely ruptured in the Great

Storm of 1987.y Leslie Allen-Varco of Surrey purchased the burn-out

shell of the property at US$ 38.4 mn in 2001/02.y He invested additional US$ 60 mn for reconstruction.y Construction began in 2002 and completed in 2007.


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y 58 acres of landscaped gardens and private woodlands.y Constructed using some of the rarest materials on

earth- notably marble from Italy.y Patio for squash, bowling alley, movie theater, heated

marble parking and helipad.y The cost of this today is estimated to be around US$

150 mn i.e. approx. Rs. 675 crores!y O ut of the 103 rooms, 24 are bed rooms!


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y It also features an underground garage, with graniteflooring, that has enough room for eight luxury cars orlimousines.

y Neighbors include Elton John, Sarah, Duchess of York,Queen guitarist B rian May and even Elizabeth II onceresided locally.

y As of November 2010, the estate has not been sold andis still on the market at the original price.


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10 . Dracula s Castle, RomaniaUS$ 13 5 mn


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y Also known as the B ran Castle.y The castle is now a museum open to tourists,

displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie.y The B ran Castle was supposed to be constructed in

1212 and is said to have been involved in many historical events.

y The first documented mentioning of B ran Castle is theact issued by Louis I of Hungary on November 19, 1377.

y From 1920 the castle became a royal residence withinthe Kingdom of Romania.


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y In 2006, the Romanian government awardedownership to Archduke Dominic.

y In 2007, Archduke Dominic put the castle up for salefor a price of 40 million ($78 million).

y O n January 26, 2009, it was revealed that the family had decided not to sell the castle, but instead turn itinto a museum.


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Bibliography

y http://www.overseaspropertymall.comy http://wikipedia.orgy Images from Google Images


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