10 the most expensive houses in the world and their owners
The owners of the most luxurious houses in the world are not always in sight. Everyone knows who owns Buckingham Palace, but not everyone has heard about the billionaire from India, who built an 27-storey building just for himself.
We present you a selection of 10 of the most expensive houses in the world, collected by the publication Time.
10. Gardens of Upper Phillimore, house 7
Location: London, UK
Cost: $ 128 million
Description: This 10 bedroom mansion is more like a private high school with an underground pool, sauna, cinema and even a room of fear. And this is all in addition to the overall 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, the wife of Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk. She is known for leading the Foundation to Fight AIDS, which 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 annex with a tennis court, a wellness center and a car museum.
Owner: Roman Abramovich is a Russian billionaire and the owner of a private investment company Millhouse. He is also known as the owner of the English football club Chelsea.
8. Scala Room 7
Location: resort area of Big Sky, Montana, USA
Cost: $ 155 million
Description: the house has heated floors, many pools, a gym, a wine cellar and even its own funicular.
Owners: Edra and Tim Blikset. The businessman in real estate and the “forest baron” Tim Bliksett became the co-founder of the Yellowstone Club, but the bankruptcy of the club, the divorce process and other misfortunes have dealt a serious blow to Blikset’s welfare in recent years.
7. Hurst Castle
Location: San Simeon, California
Cost: $ 191 million
Description: The 27 Castle, used during the filming of The Godfather, hosted John and Jackie Kennedy, Clark Gable, Winston Churchill, and other famous figures.
Owners: William Randolph Hirst Trustees. The castle, built by the first newspaper tycoon of the United States, is now a heritage site and tourist attraction included in part of the California park system.
6. Ellison Mansion
Location: Woodside, CA
Cost: $ 200 million
Description: Rather, not a house, but a massive building of 10 buildings located on an area in 9 with a small hectare, with an artificial lake, a pond with Chinese carp, a tea house and a bathing house.
Owner: Larry Ellison - co-founder of Oracle.
5. Kensington Palace Gardens, home of 18-19
Location: London
Cost: $ 222 million
Description: Another property on the Billionaire Alley - the 18-19 home is located side by side with the house of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Directly this residence has 12 bedrooms, equipped with Turkish hammam, indoor pool and parking for 20 places.
Owner: Lakshmi Mittal is the head of Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel producer, and, according to Forbes, one of 100 richest people in India.
4. Fairfield Pond, 4 Ownership
Location: Sagaponak, Hamptons, NY
Cost: $ 248,5 million
Description: This house with 29 bedrooms covers an area of more than 25 hectares and has its own power station adjacent to it. Inside there are 39 bathrooms, a basketball court, a bowling alley, squash and tennis courts, an 3 pool and a canteen longer than 100 meters.
Owner: Ira Rennert, owner of the Renco group of companies - a holding company specializing in car manufacturing and ore smelting.
3. Villa Leopold
Location: Cote d'Azur, France
Cost: $ 750 million
Description: This estate of 20 acres includes a greenhouse of industrial size, a swimming pool and a pool house, an outdoor kitchen, a helipad and a guest house that is larger than the mansions of most millionaires. 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.
2. Antilles
Location: Mumbai, India
Cost: $ 1 billion
Description: Antilla is not even a house in the traditional sense. This building is on 27 floors with a total area of 36 000 square. It is equipped with an underground 6-level garage, 3 helicopter pads, and its maintenance requires 600 maintenance personnel.
Owner: Mukesh Ambani is the richest man in India, managing a network of enterprises with an income of $ 23,6 billion. Ambani made a fortune by managing Reliance Industries, a company working in the field of energy and raw materials.
1. Buckingham Palace
Location: London
Cost: $ 1,55 billion
Description: Technically still being a residential building, but, of course, not subject to sale, the residence of the Queen of England was estimated by the Housing Society of Britain in 2012 for about $ 1,5 billion. This property has 775 rooms for government purposes. ), 19 bedrooms, 52 rooms for attendants and 188 bathrooms.
Owner: Currently Queen Elizabeth II, who ascended to the British throne 6 February 1952.
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