People’s living standards depend on how wealthy they are. The more they keep earning the more they keep upgrading gradually from houses to mansions with superb features. The mansions are usually fit for about 100 people to live in comfortably and are designed by great architects with an amazing interior. Apart from that, the luxuries features are simply mind-boggling. We can only think of seeing them in movies but never in real life.
10. 360 Mountain Home Road
Situated in Westside, California, it belongs to Masayoshi Son, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Softbank. The estate consists of a neoclassical mansion and has a 1.117 square feet pool house, tennis court, a library, and a retreat house. The estate is currently valued at $117.5 million.
9. Xanadu 2.0
Situated in Seattle, Washington, it belongs to Bill Gates, the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft. This 66,000 square feet mansion, designed in Pacific lodge style, consists of a vast private library, huge dining room, a swimming pool with an underwater music system, etc. The mansion is currently valued at $120.5 million.
8. Blossom Estate
Situated in Palm Beach, Florida, the estate belongs to Kenneth Griffin, Founder and CEO of Citadel LLC. The 8 acres estate includes four separate property connected into one large compound where three of the four mansions are beachfront. This ocean view luxurious private estate is valued at $130 million.
7. Ellison Estate
Situated in Woodside, California, this estate belongs to the third wealthiest man in America, Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle Corporation. The estate of 23 acres consists of 10 buildings, a koi pond, a man-made lake, a tea house, and a bath house all designed in traditional Japanese style with modern implementation. The estate is valued at $200 million.
. One Hyde Park
Situated in London, this 25000 square foot penthouse belongs to Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhtemov. One Hyde Park is a major residential plus retail complex in the United Kingdom, with 24-hour concierge service. The penthouse complex is currently valued at $213 million.
5. 18-19 Kensington Palace Gardens
Situated in London, this house is owned by Lakshmi Mittal, an Indian steel industrialist. The house consists of 12 bedrooms, Turkish bathrooms, and 20 car parking spaces. During the time of purchase, it was one of the highest purchase of the world. The marbles used in the house were supplied by the same quarry that supplied the Taj Mahal. It was previously owned by Berne Ecclestone, head of Formula One racing series. It is currently valued at $222 million.
4. Four Fairfield Pond
Located in Sagaponack, NY, this estate belongs to Ira Rennert, an American investor and businessman. This beachfront estate consists of 29 bedrooms, 39 bathrooms, and 3 swimming pools with a power plant for the estate. Other features consist of basketball court, bowling alley, squash court, and a 91 feet formal dining room. It is valued at $248.5 million.
3. Villa Leopolda
Situated in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, this palatial series of villas and gardens is spread over an area of 18 acres and used to be the residence of King Leopold II of Belgium and currently owned by Brazilian philanthropist Lily Safra who inherited it after her husband Edmond Safra’s death. The palace is currently valued at $750 million.
. Antillia
Known as the One Billion Dollar home, this 400,000 square foot home is situated in Mumbai, India and owned by Mukesh Ambani, an Indian billionaire industrialist. It has 27 stories, with 6 of them being underground and used as parking space, and it also has 3 helipads inside the complex. It requires 600 staffs to maintain the residence. As mentioned already the home is valued at $1 billion currently.
1. Buckingham Palace
The palace belonging to the British monarch family is currently valued at $1.55 billion and consists of valuable and priceless art and furniture. The luxurious palace has 775 rooms in total. It is open for tour for general public for a few hundred dollars.
Even if you are super rich there are homes that would stretch your budget. It all depends on how much you are willing to spend on the luxuries that come with the house itself.
