MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES EVER BUILT

CENTRAL PARK WEST, NEW YORK (PRICE: $88 MILLION)

In 2012, the penthouse apartment on Central Park West in Manhattan

 was bought through a trust under the name of Ekatarina Rybolovleva,

the daughter of the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. The

4-bedroom apartment has a wraparound terrace, windowed chef’s

kitchen and a roof garden. It’s approximately 6,744 square feet

with 4 1/2 baths and an oval-shaped master bedroom.

MAISON DE L'AMITIE, FLORIDA (PRICE: $95 MILLION)

In 2008, Rybolovlev purchased a luxury estate known as

“Maison de L’Amitie” from property mogul Donald Trump for

$95 million. Located in Palm Beach, Florida, the oceanfront 6.26

acre estate includes 18 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, large gardens,

diamond and gold fixtures and a nearly 50 car garage. Yet, soon

after Rybolovlev bought the estate, he said he would level it as

the house was mould-infested.

9A KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS, U.K.

(PRICE: $99 MILLION)

In 2008, Lakshmi Mittal, an Indian steel magnate, bought the building

Near 9a in the Kensington Palace Gardens for $99 million for his

daughter Vanisha. Kensington Palace Gardens is a street in west 

central London with some of the most expensive and luxurious

properties in the world. Before the purchase, the building

used to be the Embassy of the Philippines.

SILICON VALLEY MANSION, CALIFORNIA

(PRICE: $100 MILLION)

Another Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, investor in Facebook,

Groupon and Zynga, purchased a lavish 25,500 square-foot

mansion in Los Altos Hills, Silicon Valley, California, for

$100 million in 2011. The mansion features a ballroom, games room,

maid’s room, library, two dining rooms, an indoor pool, sauna

and spa, two three-car garages, a carwash, tennis courts

and 14 bathrooms.

VERSAILLES HOUSE, FLORIDA (PRICE: OVER $100 MILLION)

Both named and modelled after the Palace of Versailles in France,

The Versailles House is a 90,000 square-foot house in Windermere,

Florida, belonging to Westgate Resorts founder David Siegel and

his wife Jackie Siegel. Currently, the estate is under construction

but when the project is finished, it is expected to appraise at over

$100 million. The residence will include 11 kitchens, 13 bedrooms,

30 bathrooms, a 30-car garage, bowling alley, indoor roller rink,

several pools, video arcade, two-story movie theatre

and much more.

FURTHER LANE DE MENIL, NEW YORK

(PRICE: $103 MILLION)

In 2007, Ronald Stephen Baron (also known as Ron Baron), an

American mutual fund manager and investor, paid $103 million for

a house in East Hampton, New York—the most ever paid for a

residential property at that time—from Adelaide de Menil, heiress

to the Schlumberger fortune. On the property, the billionaire is

now building a new 28,000 square foot house.

UPPER PHILLIMORE GARDENS, U.K.

(PRICE: $112 MILLION)

In 2008, Elena Franchuk, Ukrainian businesswoman and philanthropist,

the daughter of a former Ukrainian president and a friend of

Sir Elton John, bought a large five-storey Victorian villa in Upper

Phillimore Gardens in London for about $117.5 million. The villa is

known to have at least 10 bedrooms, an underground

swimming pool, gym, sauna and cinema.

WOODSIDE HOUSE, CALIFORNIA (PRICE: $117.5 MILLION)

In November 2012, a lavish villa in Woodside, California was sold

for a staggering price of $117.5 million dollars to an unknown buyer.

The mansion is roughly 9,000 square feet, and was designed by

Virginia-based architect Allan Greenberg. It has a pool, a tennis court,

nine-acres of property, and is surrounded by 360-degree views

of the Woodside Mountains.

XANADU 2.0, WASHINGTON (PRICE: $120.5 MILLION)

Owned by Bill Gates, the market value of this property was listed at

astonishing $120.5 million in 2012. Located in Seattle, Washington,

the home has a pool with an underwater music system, a

2,500-square-foot gym and a large library. The house was named

after the fictional home of Charles Foster Kane in the 1941 classic

film, “Citizen Kane.” The house is earth-sheltered, which means

it uses surrounding vegetation to more efficiently

regulate temperature.