Most Expensive House In The World
UPDATE: 20/08/2008: This is old news. There’s a new player in town, and it’s smashed this record to pieces. Find out more over at Most Expensive House 2008
I was curious to find out what is currently the most expensive house in the world. Turns out, you would only need to buy a house for more than 70million pounds to be the owner of the most expensive house in the world. That’s not too bad, aye? Pocket change as far as I’m concerned. However, i’ve checked through various sources and apparently 2 houses in the UK sold for a rumoured 70million pounds, so I guess there are 2 houses that can be considered the most expensive house in the world.
PROPERTY 1
Here’s the first one, Updown Court. You’ll need a spare 1million pounds a year just to run this damn thing.
It’s located 25 miles outside of London. Among the estate’s neighbours are the Duchess of York, Elton John, and, at nearby Windsor Castle, the Queen. So, what exactly would you get for your money? Well, you know, just the basic:
- 103 rooms
- five swimming pools
- 50-seat screening room
- 24-carat-gold leafing flooring
- squash court
- bowling alley
- all-weather, floodlit tennis courts
- 58-acre estate
- 22 bedroom and bathroom suites
- Gate lodge
- estate manager’s office
- Private cinema
- Stables
- Heated marble driveway
- Underground garaging for eight limousines
- a shooting gallery
- 30 self-contained luxury apartments
IS THAT ALL?
Don’t be silly. The master bedroom has its own swimming pool accessed by a private glass lift. The roof has an infinity pool and hot tub encased by a glass barrier that allowed sky and water to meet. The reception hall occupies a footprint larger than most five-bedroom houses. It is dominated by marble columns and a sweeping double staircase modelled on one owned by fashion designer Versace.
So, who owns this little shack?
Apparently the proud owner of Updown Court is multi-billionaire crown prince of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The racehorse owner, who already owns a property in Chertsey in Surrey, is expected to entertain official guests at the mansion.
PROPERTY 2
Again, apparently rumoured to be the most expensive house in the world. It’s located in Kensington Palace Gardens in West London, which has been bought by one of the richest tycoons living in Britain. For some reason, there’s really not that much information available about this property, especially compared to Updown Court. It formerly belonged to Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One racing boss, who bought the home for £50 million as a surprise gift for his wife. The Kensington Palace gardens houses are dubbed ‘billionaires’ row. Nearby are Kensington Palace and the London home of the Sultan of Brunei. It consists of the former Egyptian embassy and a one-time annex to Russia’s embassy knocked together.
What do you get for your money?
To be honest, I don’t really know. Like I said, information is limited. However, I do know you only get 12 bedrooms. Pffft. For 70 million I want at least 20 bedrooms, so who knows why it cost so damn much? There are literally no pictures of this property available, so you’ll have to settle for this ONE (I’m sorry guys)…
- 12 bedrooms
- garage space for 20 cars
- turkish baths
- a ballroom
- an oak-paneled picture gallery
- ornate basement pool
- Jewelled pool
- controlled by 65 state-of-the-art CCTV cameras
- more than 9,000 sq ft of the same marble used in the Taj Mahal is incorporated in the design.
So, who owns this dump?
Steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal, that’s who. He is the richest asian man currently living in the UK. He made his fortune through his steel company- LNM Group, one of the world’s biggest steelmaking companies,. He purchased it in 2004, so again, like Updown Court, there’s no telling how much it is worth now.
NOTE: If anyone knows any further, relevant information about either of these properties, please let me know. I’ll add it to the content. Thanks 
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omg i want to buy!
if i save up for a year i can buy this house
Not even if I work all my life and never spend it on any thing ever and allways save my money in a bank I will never be able to own a house like this ones. The owners of this houses are way to fucking rich
Too cheap to buy…..
thats a nice little place
damn that house is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that house is so tiny my 2 year old brother could not live in it. If I were to live in a house such as that I think I would puke. It needs more jewels like in a window pane with gold trim. It would also need to have a jeweled driveway that has a golden gate at the beginning. So when you kind a house like that then you can say it is a nice house.
THE GARAGE IS 5 TIMES BIGGER THAN MY HOUSE!!!
heyyy i absolutely love your house its amazinnng
ill giv you £ 20 for it 
haha byee xxxx
wwwwwwooooow!!!!
OMG! i want to be an archetict when i grow up and i wanna design really kewl houses like this one..LOVE IT!
if ihave amoney like this first i thanks the god and i open many houses for apoor people specialy child and women and i will concenterate my importance for children and i will try built amosque ad school for educated islm because the of the solution of the word is islam
Is it just me who thinks the Surrey house is vulgar? The house in Kensington Palace Gardens is far more beautiful! England has some of the finest buildings in the world and we should be proud of our arcitectural heritage. Updown court is clearly built for a sheikh and would look great in Dubai, even LA..but Surrey??? Englands Garden?? Vulgar, crass and OTT!!! Have we lost all sense of class??
i want to be the one who designs these mansions. love them to death!!!!!!!!
does it matter to you were it is its mine and i love it as it is and for musa yes i do help the poor and the needy however i do still keep some money for myself is that a problem?? NO.
Its my home and yes it is the finest England has and England is far better than almost every country on the planet
LOVE OWNER.xxx.
i would love to live in a house like that, im just a normal mum, only 25 and trying to work very hard!!! i would love to have the high life, so if by any chance a totally million aire, is reading this then ill be your maid!!!! lol, i would love my son to grow up with the life i didnt, so if u need a maid/servant then uve found me!!!!!!! xx
WOW I Live in a Mobile and there bathroom is like the size of my house and wow my dream!
I have to admit here we are all poor folk trying to make an honest livung.These guys go out but these kind of homes.people like that make me sick.I think we need to worry about our country,quit sending ad that way.Let them money hogs help with ther own country,if they care that much to live there
Musa don’t ruin this blog and bore everybody by preaching.
Yes Musa,
nice ideas for the little children but don’t you ever think that a religion like the islam is a solution..
At this moment it gives more trouble than it can solve.
Read something else,
a nice book or something(non-fiction)
i dont get the meaning of these houses, they are way to big – they must be the size of a small village, plus you would need a map just to get to your bedroom
ps who would put a swimming pool in their bedroom
OMG!! these houses are amaazing, they are evn beeter then the one in my dream lol. i wish that when i grow up i can afford to buy a house just like that and me and my family would live there my parents would be so proud of me. these houses are just damn gorgeous, only lucky people can get them,n i wish to be one of them
These are cool houses and when you go to freakin hell Ellis, I will be laughing at you racist.
bigger is not always better… the bathrooms are all ugly
B-E-A-U-tiful
I will buy that house …. it is my dream house
Do any of you have a wife?!!!!
hehe
its toooooooooooooooooooooooo good i want 2 buy it so plz help me……….who ever read this comment
ellis and the one that posted after you- you know, the one with the same brain span as you–the religion of Islam asks people to do what Musa has said that he would like to do, and I applaud him for his ability to think beyond his own personal gain and for the help of others less fortuante who would never be able to even dream of haing homes like these.
And on the contrary, Islam gives more solutions then problems. I ask you to sapare us all of the little knowlege of Islam you have and look at the picture as a whole. As well, when the Crusades did as the did, were these comments displayed about Christanity?
so in the end, pea brain ellis and dumber then ellis, please acutally think about what you are saying before devistating the human race with your considerable lack of knowledge on the subject and tiny comprehension ability.
This is just sick… So many people could survive, with this money.. These owners should live in the desert or so for a month or so and see how it is. !!! i have a greeting room it’s called a doorway!!!! Just think about it for what do you need such a big house, you don’t even see and know everything in it. Oh my gosh. By the way i hate snobs!!
i think i would probably get lost in their wardrobe let alone their house!!!!!!!!! I am surprised all these people aren’t hugely obese, you wouldn’t need to go anywhere!!! You have a bowline ally for gods sake !!!
Still nice though !! :p x o x
I think the comments on this house and the illiteracy of the posters sums it all up. It’s a piece of glitzy crap which would only appeal to plebs.
wow this house is amasing i wish i could live their soooooooo wish i could live there.
OMG ur house is wicked!!!!
that was as small as bantay’s house..my stupid dog…
What a wicked house, some people live other peoples life plus their own. I am struggling to pay my bills for my flat. This world is not fair! Certainly it’s not
wow!!!!
how rich are they!!!????
:O
the first one is a son of bitch for sure
and the secont one is………( who knows)
Today i got answer to my question after watching this house as
‘why poor people remains poor’
I love them both. Unfortunately, I don’t happen to have a few billion pounds knocking around. Anyone?
this house is way bigger than our whole town!!!!! our town…..3,959 people!!!!!
hell house
the houses are great but some ppl who are commenting are being completely raisis…islam is a very good religion and it would be better if some ppl actually tried to obey some of the rules islam has made like sharing ur money with other ppl and thanking god as well…..but ill NEVER have enough money to buy any of these houses!
wooooooooooooow what a wonderful house. i congracts to the owner of the Updown Court Mr.Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum u r the so lucky man that u had taken such a beautiful house. now my dream is to that house. have a good luck mr rashid
i dig it! a house like these one should inspire us to work hard and strive to reach our dreams…this guy didn’t wake up and build the house.if i were to take a wild guess i would say a hell lot of planning was done there for thumbs up job well done!
wowwwwwwwwwww i wont buy this house
who really has enough money to pay for that house. If I had a mansion like that I would want a slush puppy machine in my room that would be absolutly awesome
I live in a bigger house in Ireland but I am a humble man an I wont show it to anybody
why would you buy this house who needs over 100 roms and 5 swimming pools
it’s not even like my bathroom,will you buy my bathroom? it costs 80billion pounds