1. Buckingham Palace – $2.9 Billion Buckingham Palace
The palace is owned by the British Royal family and is one of a number of lavish properties in their portfolio. It is located in the city of Westminster, London, and comprises of 775 rooms, 78 bathrooms, 92 offices and 19 staterooms. It’s been the official residence of the monarchy since 1873.In terms of size, the palace checks in at approximately 828,000 square feet and the garden alone is 40 acres.
However, despite its impressive size and taking the title of the most expensive house in the world, it’s still not the largest palace in the world.It’s estimated that if the palace were to be put up for sale; it would be somewhere in the region of $2.9 billion, but it’s highly unlikely it will ever happen.
2. Antilla – $1 Billion
Antilla, the second most expensive house in the world, is located in Mumbai, India and costs a whopping $1 Billion. It was designed and constructed by Chicago based architecture firm, Perkins & Will, and hospitality design firm, Hirsch Bender Associates.The property was built for Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman & Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, a Fortune Global 500 company, and India’s richest man.
The 400,000 square foot building is positioned in Mumbai’s Cumballa Hill neighbored and stands at an impressive 27 stories high.It’s also been built to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8 on the Richter scale.Inside the house, you find six floors that are purely devoted to car storage, a service station for the cars, a temple, a 50-seat movie theatre and nine elevators.It also has a health spa, three helipads, a salon, a ballroom and yoga studio, an ice-cream room and multiple cinemas.So, when all that’s said and done, Antilla reportedly requires a staff of at least 600 to keep things running smoothly.
3. Villa Leopolda – $750 Million
Villa Leopolda is the third most expensive house in the world.The villa is owned by the widow, Lily Safra, of Lebanese Brazillian Banker, Edmund Safra.It’s located in the Frances Alps-Maritime department of it’s Cote d’Azur Region and occupies approximately 50 acres. It has 11 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, a commercial greenhouse, helipad, outdoor kitchen and one of the nicest swimming pools you’ll ever see.
The property is famous in itself, as it was the setting for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film: To Catch a Thief.The houses name comes from its original owner; King Leopold II of Belgium and was redesigned in the 1920s by American architect, Ogden Codman Jr.
4. Villa Les Cèdres – $450 Million
Villa Les Cèdres Occupying the fourth spot on our is Villa Les Cèdres, located in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France. Estimated at $450 million, this home getting close to being worth almost half a billion dollars.It was first built in 1830 and purchased by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1904.It was previously considered to be the most expensive house on the market back in 2017 but has since been overtaken by the next three properties on the list.
The property is set on approximately 35 acres of gardens, and its name derives from the many cedar trees located throughout its grounds.The house itself is roughly 18,000 square feet and consists of 14 bedrooms. It also has an Olympic size swimming pool and a large stable, big enough for 30 horses.
5. Les Palais Bulles – $390 Million
Les Palais BullesAuthored the “Air pocket Royal residence”, Le Palais Bulle was planned by Hungarian Draftsman, Antti Lovag and was constructed some place in the area of 1975-1989.Its moniker comes from a progression of balance rooms that investigate the Mediterranean ocean. Lovag’s motivation for the plan of the property came from monitors earliest homes; notwithstanding, this residence has been genuinely overhauled with some truly decent common luxuries.
For instance, the property has three pools, various nurseries and a 500-seat amphitheater incorporated into the slope grounds.Bubble Castle is right now possessed by Pierre Cardin, an Italian-conceived French style fashioner.The property is essentially utilized as a vacation home for Pierre, close by being a tremendous setting for gatherings and occasions, for example, when Dior showed its voyage assortment there at an indoor/open air design show.