World's 5 Most Expensive Houses

The world’s 5 most expensive houses are luxury dreamscapes that will melt you into a fantasy frenzy. Living large can be defined by owning lavish estates with manicured lawns, a plethora of swimming pools, tennis courts and a staff to keep it all up. It’s a dream; let’s dream together.

1. Antilla, India, $1 billion. This 27-story gargantuan glass tower is 40 thousand square feet. Holy smokes! This expensive home holds a posh health club, nine elevators, lounges, a ballroom with eighty percent of the ceiling covered in crystal chandeliers, a swimming pool plus a yoga studio. Wait, there’s more: a four-story open garden, an indoor/outdoor bar, powder rooms, an entourage room, a movie theater and a wine room. Did we forget to mention the six-stories for a 150 car garage and a staff of 600 servants? This dream home hits the stratosphere of homes.
2. The Villa La Leopolda in Nice, France, $750 million. Originally built by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1902, this expensive house expands to 66,395 square feet. It includes ten acres of lush landscaping with fifty gardeners to keep the orchards and landscape manicured, but don’t worry, they have their own on-grounds living quarters. The house boasts nineteen luxurious bedrooms with huge bathrooms, sports courts, a bowling alley, multiple kitchens, walk-out terraces, a movie theater and rare marble and antique furnishings with period artwork pieces. Situated on the French Rivera, if this isn’t heaven, it comes close.
3. Ira Rennert Mansion, New York, $180 million. Stated as the largest residential property in the U.S., this expensive home is located near the Hamptons. It has a sprawling 63 acres of lush landscape, 29 bedrooms, 39 bathrooms, a 90-foot long dining room, a restaurant size kitchen, two tennis courts, a squash court, a basketball court, a bowling alley and a 164-seat private cinema, oh my! The main house is approximately 72 thousand square, not to mention a 200 car garage. Does this waterfront mansion fulfill your fantasy?
4. Updown Court, UK, $140 million. This expensive home is designed with 103 rooms, five heated swimming pools and a heated marble driveway. One of the few mansions with a penthouse which holds four bedrooms unto itself, not to mention the first floor holds eight bedrooms, 22 bedrooms with 27 baths in all. The house is about 40 thousand square feet from the east wing to the west wing, with a conference room, library, banquet hall, beauty salon (yes, you read that right), sauna, restaurant style kitchen, billiards room, gym, squash court, private theater and wine cellar. This is grandeur to the max!
5. Donald Trump Palace, Florida, $125 million. An eighteen-bedroom waterfront palace of about 80 thousand square feet. Humongous! This expensive home has a ballroom, a conservatory, fifteen bedrooms with fifteen full baths plus an additional eight half-baths, a guest cottage and tennis house. We said tennis “house,” not tennis court. Nothing’s too good for the Donald.

Owning one of the world's top 5 most expensive houses is luxury living to the maximum. If you don’t have the wherewithal to own one, you can always visit one of these grand estates, take pictures and dream.