
The World's Most Expensive Homes
THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES
PROPERTIES OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
VALUE 4 BILLION POUNDS
FACILITIES Built 1705
775 rooms
19 State rooms
188 Staff bedrooms
92 Offices
78 Bathrooms
52 Royal and guest bedrooms
Has its own Chapel, Post office, Pool, Cafeteria, Cinema
108 metres long across the front
The total floor area of the Palace, from basement to roof, covers over 77,000square metres.
120 metres deep including the quadrangle
Buckingham Palace covers 40 acres
VALUE
Reported to be work 5 Billion pounds. According to real estate firms in Savills, residential sales have been set in excess of 7,000 pounds per square foot in prime central London. However, nothing of the Palace's caliber in terms of period features, listing, history, etc has even been marketed, therefore it says the property is probably "priceless."
According to the basic valuation formula provided by the Savills and quoted by Forbes, Buckingham Palace is worth 538 million pounds on the ground space alone.
WINDSOR CASTLE
The castle contains about 1,000 rooms and occupies 13 acres of land, making it one of the largest inhabited residences in the world.
VALUE 166 MILLION POUNDS
The average house price in Windsor is 431,298 pounds
FACILITIES
The Castle contains the world famous St. George's Chapel, As well as a throne room and 55.5 meter long banqueting hall.
Built: 11th Century
The average house price in England and Wales is 249,000 pounds
WINDSOR CASTLE FIRE
Windsor Castle Friday 20 November 1992 catches fire, leading to over 36 million pounds of damage.
The Castle is part of the Crown Estate and therefore owned by the United Kingdom, rather than Queen Elizabeth personally, It was uninsured and therefore the cost of repairs had to be met from alternate resources.
BALMORAL CASTLE
50,000 acres of land.
VALUE 160 MILLION POUNDS
270 rooms
Built 1852
INTERNATIONAL PROPERTIES
VILLA LEOPOLDA
FRANCE
Owner: Roman Abramovich
VALUE 460 MILLION POUNDS
Built 1931
Features 80,000 square feet footprint, 27 stories high
ANTILLA HOUSE
INDIA Owner Mukesh Ambani
VALUE 1.3 BILLION POUNDS
Built 2013
Features: 400,000 square feet of floor space/27 stories
Cinema, tennis courts, multi-story car park, swimming pool.
PLAYBOY MANSION
USA
Owner Hugh Hefner
Built 1927
Features 21,987 squarefoot
The mansion has 22 rooms including: wine cellar, game room, tennis courts, zoo, patio and barbeque area, waterfall and a swimming pool
VALUE 35 MILLION POUNDS
SPELLING MANOR
USA
Built: 1988
Owner Petra Ecclestone
Features: 56,000 square feet of space. Includes a screening room, gym, bowling alley, garages, tennis court and a pool, 123 rooms.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Owner: The United States of America
Built: 1801
VALUE 190 MILLION POUNDS
Features 132 rooms, 35 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms, The Oval Office THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES SKPROPERTIES OF AKQUEEN ELIZABETH I BUCKINGHAM PALACE ALUE ES BILLION FACILITIES 775 roomS Built: 1705 24 metres high 19 188 92 State rooms Staff bedrooms Offices 108 metres long across the front 52 78 The total floor area of the Palace, from basement Royal and guest bedrooms Bathrooms to roof, covers over 77,000 square metres. Has its own 120 metres deep (including the quadrangle) Buckingham Palace garden covers 40 acres. Chapel Post office Pool Cafeteria Cinema VALUE Reported to be worth According £5 Billion £ £ °£ to the basic valuation formula provided by Savills and quoted by Forbes, Buckingham Palace is worth According to real estate firms Savills, residential sales have been set in excess of £7,000 per square London. However, nothing foot in prime centi of the Palace's caliber in terms of period features, listing, history etc has ever been marketed, therefore it says the property is probably "priceless." £539 million on ground space alone WINDSOR CASTLE The Castle 1,000 contains about rooms VALUE 0000 n000000n000000 and occupies 13 acres of land, MILLION making it one of the largest inhabited residences in the world. The average house price in Windsor is £431,298 FACILITIES The average house price in England and Wales is £249,000 The Castle As well as a contains the throne room Built: 11th world and 55.5 famous Saint meter long Century George's Chapel. banqueting hall. WINDSOR CASTLE FIRE Windsor Castle catches fire, The Castle is Queen Elizabeth leading to part of the personally. It was 00 over Crown Estate uninsured and and therefore therefore the cost £36 of repairs had to owned by the Friday 20 United be met from November million of Kingdom, alternate 1992 damage. rather than resources. BALMORAL CASTLE 50,000 270 VALUE acres of land. rooms 00000 000000 £160 ILLION Built: 1852 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTIES VILLA LEOPOLDA VALUE Owner: Roman FRANCE Abramovich Features: 80,000 £460 Built: square feet footprint, 27 storeys high. 1931 MILLION ANTILLA HOUSE Owner: INDIA Mukesh VALUE Ambani Built: 2013 Cinema, tennis £1.3 Features: courts, private multi-storey 400,000 square feet of floor BILLION car park, swimming pool. space / 27 stories. PLAYBOY MANSION The mansion has 22 rooms including: Owner: USA Hugh NALUE Hefner wine cellar game room tennis courts £35 patio and barbecue NTILLION Features: 21,987 Built: 1927 waterfall and a squarefoot area swimming pool SPELLING MANOR Features: Built: 1988 56,000 square nn0n00n. feet of space. nn00 USA VALUE Includes a n000 screening room, gym, bowling nnn0 alley, garages, tennis court, and Owner: ES5.25 Petra Ecclestone ILLION pool. 123 rooms THE WHITE HOUSE Features: Owner: NALUE 132 rooms The United States of America Ann00000nn0n nnonn0000000 A0000000nnnn 00000000o00 nnnnnnnn0000 35 bedrooms £190 Built: 1801 00000000o000 0000000n00. 00000000o0. 16 bathrooms The Oval Office TILLION SOURCES: www.royal.gov.uk/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/20%20most%20asked%20questions.aspx www.royal.gov.uk/latestnewsanddiary/factfiles/40factsaboutbuckinghampalace.aspx www.forbes.com/sites/luisakrollI/2012/06/07/queenelizabethliveslikeabillionaire butisherselfnotquiteasrich news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/html/bk.stm www.fiscallysound.com/2012/09/5mostexpensivehomestoinsureintheworld/ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article2264526/HowpaytoWhiteHousePresidentshomeval ued300million.html#axzz2KKHkDYFS) answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100605171459AA69BNO news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/html/me.stm news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/uk_house_prices/html/houses.stm www.which.co.uk/news/2012/10/homeinsurancepremiumsontherise299924/ www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/BalmoralCastle/Today.aspx www.businessinsider.com/costofinsuringwhitehouse versaillebuckinghampalace2011-12 www.scotlandvacations.com/balmoral.htm www.bloomberg.com/news/20110211/playboymansion valuedat54millioninshareholderlawsuit.html www.royal.gov.uk/latestnewsanddiary/factfiles/40factsabout buckinghampalace.aspx www.manversusworld.com/windsor-castle/ www.royal.gov.uk/theroyalresidences/balmoralcastle/history.aspx uk.ask.com/beauty/Villa-Leopolda www.bornrich.com/entry/top-10-most-expensive-homes-from- around-the-world/ www.vipexclusives.com/Playboy-Mansion-History www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2011/06/14/billionaire- heiress-petra-ecclestone-to-buy-150-million-spelling-manor/ www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2012/11/ 20/64500-twenty-years-on-from-the-windsor-castle-fire/ MoneySupermarket com £166
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