Villa Leopolda : the most expensive villa in the world !
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The Villa La Leopolda in Nice, France has some very high profile names attched to it. Tech magnate Bill Gates of Microsoft used to own it. Now, Russian football tzar Roman Abramovich has the keys to this prime piece of Mediterranean fronted property since 2008. Encompassing some 10 acres of lush high-end real estate, its price USD398,350,000 is enough to fund a small nation for a few years at least.
Roman Abramovich
These so called throphy properties will be directly related to the rest of the market, namely a lot cheaper. Director of Sotheby’s International Realty in Cap Ferrat, Peter Ilovsky was overheard saying: “Owning a property in Cap Ferrat is like having a Picasso. It’s certainly better than placing the money in a Swiss bank.”
The Villa La Leopolda in Nice, France has some very high profile names attched to it. Tech magnate Bill Gates of Microsoft used to own it. Now, Russian football tzar Roman Abramovich has the keys to this prime piece of Mediterranean fronted property since 2008. Encompassing some 10 acres of lush high-end real estate, its price USD398,350,000 is enough to fund a small nation for a few years at least.
Roman Abramovich
With grounds so grand that it takes a reputed 50 gardeners to tend them 
Antilla - The Billion Dollar House
Antilla Mukesh Ambani or Antilia Mukesh Ambani House Mumbai World’s first Billion Dollar home. Antilia is a twenty-seven floor (560 ft or 173 m) building completed in Mumbai for Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries. This Antilla House is Mumbai largest home in the world. The family will occupy about 400,000 square feet. The Melbourne-based construction company Leighton Holdings began constructing Antilla but Antilia has been finished by another company. The construction is inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Antilla is situated on a 4,532 square metres (48,780 sq ft) plot at Altamount Road on the famed Cumballa Hill South Mumbai, India, where land prices are upward of US$10,000 per square meter.
There will be 600 full-time members staff to maintain the Antilia building. Antilla is named after the mythical island in the Atlantic, Antillia. It is designed by Chicago architects, Perkins & Will. The Antilia Mukesh Ambani House building is equipped with amenities such as a health spa, and small theatre with a seating capacity for 50 on the eighth floor. Other features include multiple swimming pools, three floors of hanging gardens and a ballroom.
Included in the tower are six floors of parking – the seventh floor is for in-house vehicle maintenance. It has been reported in the media to have cost between US$1 billion and $2 billion, making Antilia the most expensive residential building in the world. Reliance, however, said it cost U$50-70 million.
There will be 600 full-time members staff to maintain the Antilia building. Antilla is named after the mythical island in the Atlantic, Antillia. It is designed by Chicago architects, Perkins & Will. The Antilia Mukesh Ambani House building is equipped with amenities such as a health spa, and small theatre with a seating capacity for 50 on the eighth floor. Other features include multiple swimming pools, three floors of hanging gardens and a ballroom.
Included in the tower are six floors of parking – the seventh floor is for in-house vehicle maintenance. It has been reported in the media to have cost between US$1 billion and $2 billion, making Antilia the most expensive residential building in the world. Reliance, however, said it cost U$50-70 million.
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