- Antilla – Mumbai India
This house in Mumbai has broken the world record of being the most expensive home in the world. It is a 27-storey mansion and is considered as the modern Taj Mahal.
The net worth of the house is $1 billion. It belongs to the fifth richest man of the world named as Mukesh Ambani the head of Reliance Industries. It is a 40,000 square feet house and has every luxury in it.
Antilia was designed by Chicago-based architects Perkins and Will, with the Australian-based construction company Leighton Holdings taking charge of its construction The home was also designed to survive an 8-Richter scale earthquake
- Villa Leopolda – French Riviera
Built from 1929 to 1931 and designed by an American architect, Ogden Codman, Jr., on an estate once owned by King Leopold II of Belgium. At Codman’s death in 1951 the estate was sold to Izaak Walton Killam whose wife inherited the place after his death. Villa Leopolda was used during the WWI as a military hospital.It offers many facilities such as a swimming pool, 11 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms garden, swimming pool, private beach front, sporting courts and a bowling alley.
The villa was used as the location of Lermontov's villa in 1948 film The Red Shoes.It is a 80,000 square feet estate that is situated on the French Riveria is divided on two guest houses on the 20 acres ground. The best part about this villa that it has a private beach front and it is the best beach front in the southern part of France.
- Updown Court, England
Updown Court is a Californian style residence situated in the village of Windlesham in Surrey, England. The 103-room mansion has 58 acres of landscaped gardens and private woodland. Stately home: The house has 103 rooms, five swimming pools, two penthouse apartments and a helipad
Visitors approach the mansion, which is 30 miles from Central London, along a heated marble driveway.
The mansion has a 50-seat cinema, a two-lane bowling alley, a gymnasium, a squash court, a flood-lit tennis court, a lake, a wine cellar for 3,000 bottles and a 'panic room'.The original Updown Court had been left as a shell after it had been damaged by fire in the Great Storm of 1987 - when a tree apparently fell and ruptured the gas main.
- Fairfield Pond – New York, USA
This is one of the world’s most expensive homes called Fairfield Pond. It is named by billionaire owner Ira Rennert and is reportedly worth $250 million dollars in 2012. The mega mansion dream home has 29 bedrooms with an amazing 39 bathrooms.
Fairfield Pond in the Hamptons also has 3 swimming pools, 2 tennis courts and a bowling alley. The home of an American investor and businessman Ira Rennert, dubbed Fairfield. Rennert named his home after the adjoining body of water, Fairfield Pond. The house is famous for its separate bowling alley and a hot tub of worth $150,000.
- Hearst Mansion, Beverly Hill, California, USA
Hearst Castle is a National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark mansion located on the Central Coast of California, United States. It was designed by architect Julia Morgan, between 1919 and 1947
The former home of US newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst has 29 bedrooms, three swimming pools, tennis courts, its own cinema and a nightclub. This house is spread on the 6 hectares of land in the Beverly Hills. The Beverly House was featured in the movies “The Godfather” and “The Bodyguard.”
- Franchuk Villa – London, UK
Franchuk Villa is situated in Kensington, London. The building was bought by the founder of the charity fund "Anti-AIDS" and one of the most influential personalities of Ukraine, Elena Franchuk The builders worked 18 months, installing an underground swimming pool, a gym, a sauna and a cinema.
There were a lot of complains concerning the noise and disturbance from the cranes and lorries which drove over the pavements, cracking flagstones and damaging public areas. Ms Franchuk, the daughter of a former Ukrainian president and married to oligarch industrialist Viktor Pinchuk, has long been involved in charitable activities in her home country.
This is a 5-storey- house. It has 10 bedrooms, a subterranean indoor swimming pool, movie theater, several saunas, a gym and a bomb shelter. This 5-storey house is fully self-equipped. This is an unforgettable place, a real royal place. It is also amongst the most expensive house in the market now. It is constructed in the Victoria style and has 6 floors.
- Acqua Liana, Florida
Frank McKinney may be the very embodiment of Eluxe Magazine’s prime focus, which of course is the concept of sustainable luxury.The uber-luxurious yet green-certified Acqua Liana, a $23 million oceanfront estate, is America’s largest green-certified home Frank McKinney, known as the real estate “artist,” has built a 15,000-square-foot “eco-mansion.”
the three-story, 15,000-square-foot, 7-bedroom, 11-bath mansion features floating sun terraces, a waterfall spa with a fire feature in the water and an arched aquarium wet bar. A water system that collects enough run-off water to fill the average swimming pool every 14 days and environmentally conscious lighting reduces electricity consumption by 70 per cent.
- The Manor, Los Angeles
The Manor, also known as Spelling Manor, is a mansion located in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, it is the largest home in Los Angeles County. It is currently owned by British heiress Petra Stunt, daughter of Formula One racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone.
It is a privately owned mansion and was constructed in the year 1991 keeping in mind the French Chateau Style. It is spread on the 4.6 hectares land and has 123 rooms.
- The Manalapan Residence
The Manalapan Residence triumphantly blends Old World elegance and classicism with 21st century facilities.A world-class botanic garden, with over 1,500 species of tropical trees and plantsIt encompasses a 12-bedroom main residence, seven-bedroom guest house (maybe the wildest thing ever typed), north and south ocean cottages, manager's house, and manager's office.
- Dracula’s Castle – Romania
Bran Castle, situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Brasov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on DN73.it is the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
The castle is now a museum open to tourists, displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie. Tourists can see the interior individually or by a guided tour. It is a beautiful house that has 57 rooms and around 17 bedrooms with antique furniture.
