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10 Most Insanely Expensive Homes Around The World

There's a house with 3 helipads and 600 maintenance staff!

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16 January 2017

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What do you do when you're rolling in dough - left, right and centre? You build a house with three helipads, buy a castle to live like a king and construct an auto museum right inside the garage - at least that's what the richest of the world do.

From century old castles with private heath centres, magnificent ballrooms to skyscrapers with luxurious interiors and dozens of amenities worth hundreds of millions of dollars - we've got a rundown of the world's 10 most expensive homes and the people rich enough to own them.

1. Buckingham Palace

Location: London
Value: $1.55 billion
Owner: The British Sovereign—Currently Queen Elizabeth II
What's Inside: 19 state rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.

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2. Antilia

Location: Mumbai, India
Value: $1 billion
Owner: Mukesh Ambani - India's richest person and business magnate.
What's Inside: 6 underground parking floors, 3 helicopter pads and a 600-person maintenance staff.

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3. Villa la leopolda

Location: Cote D'Azure, France
Value: $750 million
Owner: Lily Safra
What's Inside: a commercial sized greenhouse, a swimming pool and pool house, an outdoor kitchen, helipad and a guest house larger than most mansions.

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4. Fairfield Pond

Location: Sagaponack, New York
Value: $248.5 million
Owner: Ira Rennert - American investor and businessman.
What's Inside: 29-bedrooms, separate power plant inside the house, 39 bathrooms, a basketball court, bowling alley, squash courts, tennis courts, 3 swimming pools and a 91-foot long dining room.

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5. 18-19 Kenningston Palace Gardens

Location: London
Value: $222 million
Owner: Lakshmi Mittal - Indian steel magnate, CEO of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company
What's Inside: 12 bedrooms, Turkish baths, an indoor pool and parking for 20 cars.

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6. Ellison Estate

Location: Woodside, California
Value: $200 million
Owner: Larry Ellison - American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is the co-founder of Oracle Corporation.
What's Inside: 23-acre property is home to 10 buildings, a man-made lake, koi pond, a tea house, and a bath house.

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7. Hearst Castle

Location: San Simeon, California
Value: $191 million
Owners: William Randolph Hearst - America's first newspaper magnate.
What's Inside: 27-bedroom castle, used in the movie The Godfather, has hosted John and Jackie Kennedy, Clark Gable, Winston Churchill and other famous figures.

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8. Seven the Pinnacle

Location: Big Sky, Montana
Value: $155 million
Owner: Tim Blixseth - American real estate developer, record producer, songwriter and timber baron
What's Inside: A private ski and golf community for the mega-rich, heated floors, multiple pools, a gym, a wine cellar, and even its own ski lift.

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9. Kenningston Palace Gardens

Location: London
Value: $140 million
Owner: Roman Abramovich - Russian billionaire businessman, investor, and politician.
What's Inside: Located on London's Billionaires Row, the previous Russian Embassy was to undergo a £28M revampalready inclduing a new simming pool, a tennis court, health centre, and an auto museum.

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10. 17 Upper Phililmore Gardens

Location: London
Value: $128 million
Owner: Olena Pinchuk - the daughter of Ukrainian second president Leonid Kuchma, founder of ANTIAIDS Foundation, and Head of the Supervisory Board of the biggest Ukrainian media group,
What's Inside: 10-bedrooms, underground swimming pool, a sauna, gym, cinema, and even a panic room. Plus an interior covered in marble, gold, and priceless artworks.

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