The first line in this list rightfully belongs to the estate of Antilia in the city of Mumbai, India. It was built in 2006 on the instructions of the local nouvorish. Its area is over 37 000 sq.m., there are 995 rooms and 117 bathrooms.
Another impressive building, a twenty-seven-story private skyscraper in the same city, is owned by Mukesh Ambani. Its price is approaching 2.4 billion, and it is the most expensive private residential building in the world.
In this brief material, we will review the residences owned by private individuals and deliberately refrain from studying property owned by the state: after all, in this case, the palm would be taken by the palace of the chairman of the Communist Party of China in Beijing - at a cost of about 40 billion, its area exceeds 3.5 million square meters, which is comparable to the exposition territory of all the pavilions of the Moscow VDNKh.
Antilia - Mumbai, India
It belongs to one of the Indian oligarchs, densely engaged in oil and gas production, communications and high technology. All this allowed our hero to earn 65 billion – and continue in the same spirit.
The project was made in the bureau of Perkins and Will, but the construction was carried out by the Australians. Conceptually, everything was completed in 2011: a 190-meter building installed on a stylobate with a six-story parking lot is crowned with a helipad with a hangar complex for 3 winged cars. In addition, a whole floor is allocated for technical premises and a refueling complex for helicopters.
The building is adapted to the harshest conditions and will stand even if it is directly hit by a large projectile from a cannon, a bomb weighing 100 kilograms or a small aircraft, not to mention earthquakes with a capacity of up to 7 points on the Richter scale.
At the same time, it cannot be said that this is an ugly and harsh fortress - all floors have a unique layout, various materials are used in construction and decoration. The building is riddled with 108 stairs and 9 elevator shafts. In addition, the owner offers a dance hall, several terrace-winter gardens, a temple and an entertainment complex with baths, hydromassage pools and a spa area. The building is serviced by 651 people, not counting the guards.
Biltmore Estate — Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Built in the style of the Renaissance of France by order of the railway king of North America Cornelius George Vanderbilt. The area of the estate exceeds 3 thousand hectares, which makes it the largest in North America.
The house is more modest than the Indian one - only 17.5 thousand square meters. meters. 250 rooms, 35 bedrooms and 44 bathrooms, a dozen kitchen rooms, a huge library of two floors with a reading room, a smoking salon, almost 80 fireplaces and a colossal pool under the roof are able to satisfy the most demanding public.
For those who prefer social life to privacy in the bedroom or living room with a glass of whiskey, nothing will prevent them from going out into the garden, where among the vineyards, orchards and stables you can often meet tourists who wish to explore the estate still belonging to the clan of the railway magnate - the benefit of which is open for inspection.
Whitanhurst — London, United Kingdom
Comparable in territory to the palace of Elizabeth II and Buckingham, this one was built by the brilliant British architect of the early XX century George Hubbard. The construction took 12 years, finishing - another 4.
Made in the Georgian style, the area exceeds 8.5 thousand squares. It has 6 dozen rooms, 27 bedrooms with bathrooms and fireplaces, several living rooms and dining rooms, a billiard room, a hammam and a sauna, as well as a smoking and oriental rooms. Covered parking is designed for 60 places.
In 2008, the previous owner wished to part with his property and sold it to an anonymous person. Soon shrewd journalists found out that the mystery shopper was a domestic billionaire with a British passport Andrei Guriev.
King Leopold's Villa - French Riviera, France
The building on the Mediterranean coast was created by order of the King of Belgium and the barbaric exploiter of the Congo, who carried out the first genocide in the world history of our time, Leopold II, for his mistress. The author of the project was Ogden Codman Jr.
Despite the overcrowding of the coast, the plot of the estate occupies 62 hectares. the House itself is equipped with 20 bedrooms, appropriate technical and office premises, a private theater for almost 800 seats with two stages with a high degree of mechanization. Complement all this two dozen swimming pools, terraces with gardens and a helipad. And, of course, one and a half battalion of servants. In 2008, Fiat director Giani Agneli sold it to Edmond Safra, one of Switzerland's leading bankers. Now he is dead, everything is run by his wife.
Fairfield — Sagaponak, New York, USA
The Hampton house of investor Ira Renneert in Longydende was built in spite of all the troubles and bad weather - from financial interruptions to numerous difficulties with the approval of construction, courts and corruption scandals with entry into the lower house of the US Congress.
The construction flew into 112 million (not counting bribes). Since its opening, the building has doubled in price, which more than recoiled the investment. Six thousand squares of the main building and almost a hectare of secondary, a small private theater for 200 seats, a couple of swimming pools and a private power plant allow you to feel at your best in any conditions.
Taohuayuan — Suzhou, China
Translated from Mandarin, this word means utopia,and it is the most luxurious Chinese residential building, surrounded by English, Chinese and Japanese gardens and equipped with thirty bedrooms (each with a private bathroom and a personal living room).
All this is located on a private island with a single entrance. You might think that the functionality of the building includes issues of defense and security.
Fairiwater — Sydney, Australia
The old property of the Fairfax family is located in Points Piper. It was built in 1884 by John Hornbury Hunt on the order of a millionaire who kept half of the state of Queensland in tenacious pens.
Several times changed owners, until in 2018 did not fall into the clutches of technocrat Michael Cannon-Brooks, the founder of "Atlasian". The transaction amount was $ 100 million. It is the largest private property in Sydney. There is its own pier and slipway for a yacht of impressive size. The residential building is decorated with sandstone and marble, tiled and stained glass, inside - doors made of valuable wood and amazing interiors. Architectural monument of national importance.
