The world’s most costly residences will blow your mind
With nine-figure price tags guaranteed to make your jaw drop, the world’s most costly residential properties are the ultimate billionaire playgrounds – millionaires need not apply. These extravagant estates on the market right now offer every high-end amenity imaginable and then some. Click or scroll through and get set for a luxury overload and feast your eyes on the nine most expensive homes that money can buy.
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Regal mansion, London, UK: $96 million (£75m)
Listed with JamesEdition for $96 million (£75m), this palatial pad is reputed to be one of London’s most exceptional (and expensive) private residences. Situated behind private gates on a tree-lined avenue in northwest London, the stately residence spans 25,000 square feet and has been executed with meticulous precision.
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Regal mansion, London, UK: $96 million (£75m)
The jaw-dropping mansion provides 10 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, as well as a grand double-height entrance hall at the centre of the house, complete with a beautiful stone staircase, an elevator and a large, cascading chandelier. Every room is eclectically styled with timeless pieces and unique contemporary touches, while period architectural features add to the home’s character and appeal.
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Regal mansion, London, UK: $96 million (£75m)
There’s a vast formal drawing and dining room, complete with French doors leading out onto a landscaped garden and a sunken courtyard – the perfect place for entertaining. There’s also an office, a cloakroom and a family kitchen with high-end Gaggenau appliances. Your housekeeper and butler can also live on-site thanks to the home’s self-contained staff quarters, which come with three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
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Regal mansion, London, UK: $96 million (£75m)
The prominent property also has an indoor swimming pool and spa, complete with a Jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath and treatment rooms. After a massage, you can take a seat at the bar and enjoy a cocktail, or head to the home’s games room or 12-seat cinema for a movie marathon. There are also two climate-controlled wine cellars and a secure underground garage with a hydraulic car lift. What more could you need?
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Le Palais Venitien, Alpes-Maritimes, France: $140 million (£109m)
Positioned on a magnificent panoramic plot in Cannes, France, Le Palais Venitien comes with more than six acres of land and a $140 million (£109m) price tag. Offering views of the Mediterranean Sea as far as the eye can see, this luxurious turnkey palace was constructed in 1990 but benefits from all the splendour and drama of classic Venetian-inspired design.
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Le Palais Venitien, Alpes-Maritimes, France: $140 million (£109m)
Spanning over 32,000 square feet, the residence has a wealth of luxurious additions, both inside and out. Notable features include a lake, a tennis court, secluded woodlands, and an expansive outdoor pool. Inside, you’ll find expansive rooms decorated with regal columns, fine chandeliers, luxe marble and exquisite mouldings. Yet this $100 million home is also incredibly high-tech, thanks to a state-of-the-art automation system that controls the lights, music and air-conditioning.
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Le Palais Venitien, Alpes-Maritimes, France: $140 million (£109m)
As well as refined interior design, the palace has a wealth of unusual luxurious amenities that only the deepest pockets can buy, including a gym, a spa, and a wine cellar with plenty of priceless bottles already in situ. There’s even a private on-site nightclub, with everything from a bar to a dance floor and DJ booth, should you decide that venturing out is just too much hassle.
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Le Palais Venitien, Alpes-Maritimes, France: $140 million (£109m)
The property offers nine bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, as well as elevator access to each floor, European-inspired landscaped gardens and uninterrupted views across the Côte d’Azur from almost every room. Currently for sale with Sotheby’s International Realty, this majestic mansion epitomises the glamour and opulence of one of France’s most prestigious destinations.
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Oceanfront estate, New York, USA: $145 million (£113m)
Dating back to 1957, this enormous Southampton estate is the most coveted trophy property in the Hamptons, the summer playground of New York’s richest residents. Listed with Sotheby’s International Realty for an eye-watering $145 million (£113m), the 42-acre compound wows with one of the largest ocean frontages in the exclusive enclave.
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Oceanfront estate, New York, USA: $145 million (£113m)
The 20,000-square-foot main house has a total of 12 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, along with a 60-foot pool and outdoor hot tub. While recently refurbished, the property has retained many of its original features, including Italian marble fireplaces, French parquet floors and antique fixtures transplanted from a European château.
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Oceanfront estate, New York, USA: $145 million (£113m)
In contrast to the unbridled splendour of the formal rooms, the house has a number of casual spaces where residents can relax and unwind when the hot summer sun gets a little too much. Elegant but homely, these laidback rooms range from sun-drenched family and games rooms to a supersized playroom.
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Oceanfront estate, New York, USA: $145 million (£113m)
Other selling points of the breathtaking beach estate include the gourmet family kitchen, separate guesthouse, tennis and basketball courts, dock and a vast six-car garage. The cherry on the cake is the estate’s manicured garden, which contains a waterfall and a tranquil pond filled with prized koi carp.
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Waterside townhouse, Hong Kong, China: $155 million (£120m)
Space in Hong Kong is at an extreme premium and real estate prices here are among the most expensive globally. Detached villas and townhouses are exceedingly scarce and those that do come on the market sell for ridiculous sums of money. Cue this palatial property with a hefty price tag near Deep Water Bay…
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Waterside townhouse, Hong Kong, China: $155 million (£120m)
Listed with Landscope, this exquisite four-bedroom, five-and-a-half bathroom townhouse is located in a gated community that overlooks the water. The property spans a total of 8,300 square feet – a mammoth size for a residential property in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
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Waterside townhouse, Hong Kong, China: $155 million (£120m)
As well as several elegant high-ceilinged reception rooms, the fine townhouse features other billionaire-worthy essentials such as dressing rooms and walk-in wardrobes, with plenty of space for couture clothing and shoes. There’s also on-site staff quarters, as well as a covered garage for the owner’s fleet of supercars.
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Waterside townhouse, Hong Kong, China: $155 million (£120m)
However, the property’s most amazing feature has to be its rooftop garden and terrace. Offering breathtaking 360-degree views of Deep Water Bay and the hills and mountains of Hong Kong, the capacious outside space includes stylish seating areas and a designer plunge pool.
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Villa Firenze, California, USA: $160 million (£125m)
This achingly beautiful Italianate palazzo is one of the finest homes in Beverly Hills, as well as being the most expensive listing in the neighbourhood, which is quite a feat given the area’s multitude of pricey properties. Set over nine acres, the 20,000-square-foot Villa Firenze is so exclusive that it even has its very own private street.
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Villa Firenze, California, USA: $160 million (£125m)
The 20-bedroom, 23-bathroom property, which is on the market with Hilton & Hyland for an enormous $160 million (£125m), has undergone the mother of all refurbs. An impressive seven years in the making, the renovation is nothing short of breathtaking. Think copious Italian marble, exquisitely crafted cornices and columns and intricately carved built-in cabinetry.
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Villa Firenze, California, USA: $160 million (£125m)
As you can see from one of the home’s opulent reception rooms, no expense was spared when it came to updating the beguiling main mansion, which also houses a library, home cinema and gym, amongst other luxury amenities. Just look at that coffered ceiling!
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Villa Firenze, California, USA: $160 million (£125m)
According to the agent, the property is “an authentic Italian village”, a description it certainly lives up to and then some. Aside from the principal house, the estate encompasses a resort-style pool and pool house, two guesthouses, pavilions, tennis courts, a grotto, picturesque gardens and an orchard – talk about a billionaire backyard!
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Mesa Vista Ranch, Texas, USA: $220 million (£171m)
They say everything is bigger in Texas and Mesa Vista Ranch in Pampa definitely doesn’t disappoint. Built for T Boone Pickens, a prominent oil executive and financier who passed away in September 2019, the colossal ranch, which is up for sale with Chas S. Middleton and Son, covers more than 100 square miles.
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Mesa Vista Ranch, Texas, USA: $220 million (£171m)
Initially listed for $250 million (£195m), the property has since been slashed in price to $220 million (£171m). At the core of the ranch is a 35,000-square-foot residence called The Lodge, which features living rooms, a library, 30-seat home cinema, conference centre and a whole lot more besides.
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Mesa Vista Ranch, Texas, USA: $220 million (£171m)
A picturesque chapel graces the property, as well as two additional homes for hosting friends and family. The ranch also offers some of the best quail hunting in the world and the seller is prepared to throw in Boone’s pack of 40 bird dogs as part of the deal. The animals, which have been expertly trained to retrieve shot quails, live in what must be one of the planet’s largest and most well-appointed kennels.
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Mesa Vista Ranch, Texas, USA: $220 million (£171m)
If all this isn’t enough to entice a mega-wealthy buyer, the amazing American estate even has a bona fide FAA-approved airport consisting of a 6,000-foot runway and 25,000-square-foot hangar. There’s a dedicated gun room on-site and a two-storey pub, too. What more could a billionaire with a yearning for the great outdoors ask for?
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West Creek Ranch, Colorado, USA: $279 million (£217m)
Extending over almost 7,000 acres, West Creek Ranch in southwest Colorado, which includes the Gateway Canyons Resort, has pretty much everything a billionaire could desire. Created by Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks, the idyllic rural property is as impressive as they come.
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West Creek Ranch, Colorado, USA: $279 million (£217m)
The estate’s grand main residence encompasses 22,000 square feet of plush accommodation. The four-storey mansion has eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms, a vast great room, chef’s kitchen, dining room, breakfast room, library and study, along with staff quarters, a home cinema, games room and gym, plus a supersized pool and even a helipad.
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West Creek Ranch, Colorado, USA: $279 million (£217m)
Ideal for star-studded soireés, the property also includes an award-winning private resort and spa, a rustic guesthouse and a summer cabin. The resort benefits from an airstrip and runway – ideal for private jets – and a sizeable hangar, as well as an additional helipad, equestrian facilities and an observatory for stargazing.
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West Creek Ranch, Colorado, USA: $279 million (£217m)
When it comes to amenities, Hendricks really did think of everything while he was expanding the ranch resort, including a few surprising extras. The TV executive even went as far as to construct his own car museum, the Gateway Colorado Auto Museum, and is including 55 classic cars from his own collection in the sale. What more could you want?
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Palais Bulles, Côte d’Azur, France: $390 million (£304m)
Sprawling and curvaceous, the unique Palais Bulles or Bubble Palace was designed by experimental Hungarian architect Antti Lovag in 1975. It was constructed over a period of 14 years and snapped up by Italian-French fashion designer Pierre Cardin. A complex of terracotta domes, the 12,900-square-foot property is truly one-of-a-kind.
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Palais Bulles, Côte d’Azur, France: $390 million (£304m)
On the market with Christie’s International Real Estate since 2017, the Palais Bulles is a veritable landmark of the French Riviera. It has hosted a Dior fashion show, as well as stars like Pierce Brosnan and Marion Cotillard, and was used as a location for Absolutely Fabulous The Movie.
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Palais Bulles, Côte d’Azur, France: $390 million (£304m)
Reportedly listed for $390 million (£304m), the incredible bubble home features 10 pod-like bedrooms, which have been decorated by top contemporary artists, 11 circular bathrooms, a gigantic reception room, a panoramic lounge and a circular kitchen, as well as three round swimming pools and multiple patios and terraced gardens.
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Palais Bulles, Côte d’Azur, France: $390 million (£304m)
One for culture-loving billionaires, the wonderfully futuristic pad even has its own 500-seat amphitheatre overlooking the Mediterranean Sea – for several years now, Cardin has put on a celebration of theatre and music here during the annual Cannes Film Festival.
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The ONE, California, USA: $500 million (£390m)
Poised to be the largest and most expensive home in America when it’s completed, The ONE in Los Angeles’ Bel Air neighbourhood is going to take extravagance to a whole new level. The brainchild of Hollywood producer turned high-end property developer Nile Niami, the estate, which sits on four acres of land, will stretch over a colossal 100,000 square feet.
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The ONE, California, USA: $500 million (£390m)
Putting the other properties in our round-up in their place, the sensational 20-bedroom, 30-bathroom gigamansion, which is already being marketed for an eye-watering $500 million (£390m), will be bestowed with the most jaw-dropping home features money can buy.
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The ONE, California, USA: $500 million (£390m)
Set to be the ultimate entertaining pad, The ONE will offer an 85-foot infinity pool, a 40-seat movie theatre, six-lane bowling alley and coolest of all, a huge indoor-outdoor nightclub with an array of bars that will no doubt host the most glittering A-list house parties LA has ever seen.
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The ONE, California, USA: $500 million (£390m)
One of the property’s most unusual features will be the jellyfish chillout room with its glass walls and ceiling – a tranquil otherworldly space to kick back and relax. The gigamansion is also going to house a 30-car auto museum library, cigar room, gym, spa and wine cellar. I think we just found the ultimate billionaire estate!
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