SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES EVER BUILT

FLEUR DE LYS, CALIFORNIA

(PRICE: £96 MILLION)

Located in the Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, the Fleur de

Lys is a 45,000-square-foot private residence that was built

in 2002. Featuring 12 bedrooms, 15 baths, a fifty-seat theatre,

a ballroom, a gym, a pool house, a running track, a tennis court etc.,

the estate was listed at £96 million in 2007. The house was

reportedly sold to a French billionaire for £78.6 million

(paid in cash) in 2014.

BLOSSOM ESTATE, FLORIDA

(PRICE: £100 MILLION)

In 2013, the Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin bought four

properties in Palm Beach, Florida, for a total of nearly £100 million. 

Located in the Blossom Estate subdivision, near Palm Beach’s

Bath and Tennis Club, the four properties range in size from

1.64 acres to 2.21 acres. Three of the properties are adjacent

along the ocean, with the fourth landlocked property behind

the southernmost oceanfront property.

The parcels total nearly 8 acres.

BROKEN O RANCH, MONTANA

(PRICE: £101.9 MILLION)

One of the most expensive ranch properties to ever hit the

market, the Broken O Ranch touching three counties in Montana,

was listed at £101.9 million in 2011. Sold by William and

Desiree Moore, founders of the Kelley-Moore Paint Company,

the ranch included 4,500 cows and 20 miles of a river.

A year later, Stanley Kroenke, an American real estate mogul,

bought the property for an undisclosed price.

MANAPALAN RESIDENCE, FLORIDA

(PRICE: £103.9 MILLION)

Located in the heart of Florida’s Gold Coast, the Mapalan Residence

was listed at £103.9 million by Frank McKinney real estate. This

3-story home include 14 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, 18 car garage,

dual water walls, aquarium ceilings and walls, movie theatre, casino,

oceanfront gourmet family kitchen, catering kitchen, outdoor

summer kitchen, offices, 10 wet bars, 2 wine rooms, gym with

beauty salon, swimming pools, shark tank, sport courts,

butterfly gardens and more.

HEARST HOME, CALIFORNIA

(PRICE: £103.9 MILLION)

Once owned by publisher William Randolph Hearst, the Beverly Hills

house now known as the Hearts Home was on the market for

£103.9 million in 2014. The property has 28 bedrooms, 36 baths,

an art-deco nightclub, an outdoor terrace with sit-down dining

space for 400 people, two screening rooms, an eight-car garage

etc. The house was also featured in the movies

“The Godfather” and “The Bodyguard.”

16 KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS, U.K.

(PRICE: £107.7 MILLION)

In August 2011, Roman Abramovich, a Russian businessman,

investor and politician, purchased the building in the Kensington

Palace Gardens in London from the hedge-fund manager 

Pierre Lagrange. After the purchase, Abramovich built an

extraordinary subterranean extension to the house that

included a tennis court, health centre and a private

museum for his six vintage Ferraris.

UPDOWN COURT, U.K.

(PRICE: £115.4 MILLION)

Situated in the village of Windlesham in Surrey, the Updown Court

is a Californian style private residence. The lavish 103-room

mansion has 58 acres of landscaped gardens and private

woodland. In 2005, it was the most expensive private home

on the market anywhere in the world, having been listed at

£106.2 million. With neighbours including Elton John and the 

Queen guitarist Brian May, the estate is now estimated to

be worth about £115.4 million.

THE MANOR, CALIFORNIA

(PRICE: £115.4 MILLION)

Also known as the Spelling Manor, the Manor is a large mansion

 located in the Holmby Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles,

California. Currently owned by British heiress Petra Stunt, the

daughter of Formula One racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone, the

property was on the market in 2009 with an asking price of

£115.4 million. The Manor is a French chateau-style mansion with

123 rooms, 56,000 square feet of space and a parking lot

with a capacity of 100 vehicles.