Top 10 most expensive houses in the World 2012

❿The Manor
Is a posh sprawling property built in 1991 by Aaron Spelling and modeled after a French chateau, it covers 58,000 square feet and has 123 rooms, numerous kitchens, bowling alley, skating rink, a gym, pools, sports courts, private orchard, movie theater, and an entire wing for Spelling’s wife’s wardrobe. Situated in Los Angeles, California. Price tag of $150 million.
❾The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle in Montana, though comparatively small, is located in picturesque surroundings with the entire house, starting from the driveway, being heated and fireplaces in all its bathrooms.

The structure has 10 bedrooms, fireplaces in every bathroom and a unique chair lift directly from back door to the nearby ski-resort. Owned by Tim Blixseth this place is currently priced at $155 million.
❽Franchuk Villa
The Franchuk Villa named after its occupant, Elena Franchuk is a luxurious home which has been restored and its Victorian design brought to the fore along with beautiful interiors.

The five-storey Victorian Villa complete with marble paneling and basement swimming pools, this structure boasts 21,000 square feet of living space with 20 foot high ceilings, a sauna, gym, movie theatre, panic room and news room.

Located in Kensigton, London, England it was bought by Ukrainian businesswoman Elena Franchuk and considered the world’s most expensive single residential dwelling at $161 million.
❼Hearst Mansion
The Hearst Mansion in Beverly Hills, California includes 6 residences, 29 bedrooms, 3 pools, nightclub and tow giant towers modeled after the church of Santa Maria Mayor of Spain. It has played host to some of the most famous names such as the 35th President of United States John F. Kennedy spent his honeymoon there and has been used as a shooting location in Hollywood. Its currently priced at $165 million.
❻Ira Rennert (Fairfield Pond)
Fairfield pond, New York is deemed to be the largest residence in America with a 63 acre area. This 29 bedroom home of Ira Rennert has a basketball court, bowling alley, two tennis courts, two squash courts, an exclusive hot tub, pools and much more
❺The Penthouse
This is $212 million flat which is located at Number 1 Hyde Park- the most exclusive address in London, has bullet proof glass windows, iris scanners, panic rooms for security purposes with British SAS watching over the building, 24 hour room service and an underground tunnel leading to the Mandarin Hotel. The main building itself is exclusive and boasts of spas, wine tasting rooms, squash courts, etc.
❹Henley Mansion
This extravagant mansion covers almost 3000 square metres of livin space complete with state-of-the-art security system, helipad,spa complex, home cinema and two golf courses. Now owned by a Russian billionaire for $218 million, this structure is 300-years old now with numerous stories of haunting and a dark past to back all up.
❸Villa Leopolda
Built by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1902, is 80,000 square feet chateau with 19 bedrooms and 50 full-time gardeners. This spectacular home in South of France includes extensive gardens, sports courts, a movie theatre, a bowling alley, 19 bedrooms and several kitchens is home to French banker Edmund Safira.

Formerly owned by the richest person in the world Bill Gates, this masterpiece stands at the staggering price of around $460 million in the market today.
❷Antilla
Antilla, in Mumbai, India, is the home of Mr. Mukesh Ambani, head honcho of the Reliance petro-chemical Group is the most expensive abode in the world at $1 billion. This 27 storey,27-storey with six floors of parking, a health level with jacuzzi, gym and “ice room”, a ballroom level, four story garden and floors with bedrooms and bathrooms along with a staff of around 600. 570 foot tall building not only looks magnificent but has plush interiors done up with exclusive décor and modern fittings.

It had set the record for the most expensive house in the world was set in 2009
❶Gold house
A house made of gold and dinosaur bones rumored to be the most expensive house ever built costing over $12.2 billion by king of bling Stuart Hughes. The house located in a secret location in Switzerland. Known as the world’s first “Gold-house”, with 200.000 kilograms of solid gold and platinum fixtures and fittings and the specially designed flooring made from meteoric stone with shavings of original 65 million year old T-Rex Dinosaur bones embeded in each tile. Sitting on 2,442 square meters, it has living space of 752 square meters with 338 square meters of terrace, wine cellar of 25 square meters, 8 rooms and a 4 car garage. It might be a little over-exageratted according to the sources.

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  3. Your photos of #7, Hearst Mansion, are actually of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA. Equally spectacular pad, but wrong estate.

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  4. Your photos of #7, Hearst Mansion, are actually of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA. Equally spectacular pad, but wrong estate.

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  5. Your photos of #7, Hearst Mansion, are actually of Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA. Equally spectacular pad, but wrong estate.

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  7. Nice but a bit pompouse houses. But look at this:
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