Top 5 Most Expensive Villas in The World
by: Shabuddin Syed

1 : Antilia, Mumbai, India ($1 billion)
Antilia, a 27-story skyscraper on
the pricey Altamount Road in
Mumbai, is the most expensive
home in the world, valued at
upwards of $1 billion. Mukesh
Ambani, an Indian business
tycoon and multibillionaire,
moved into the 400,000-square-
foot mansion in 2012 with his
wife and three children.

2 : Villa Leopolda, Villefranche-sur-mer,
France ($750 million)
When Russian billionaire
Mikhail Prokhorov attempted
to buyVilla Leopolda in 2008,
it was valued at a whopping
€500 million equal to about
$750 million at the time. It
was built in 1902 by Belgium's
King Leopold II, who gave it
as a gift to one of his
mistresses.

3 : Penthouse at the Tour Odéon, Monte
Carlo, Monaco ($400 million)
The opulent and shiny 49-story
Tour Odéon building hasn't
even opened its doors, and
already its penthouse has been
called the most expensive in
the world. Set to open in
spring 2015, the 35,500-
square-foot apartment is
expected to sell for almost
$400 million, according to
CNNMoney.

4: Fair Field, Sagaponack, New York ($249
million)
Fair Field, a 63-acre oceanfront
compound inThe Hamptons, is
valued at around $248.5 million.
It's owned by billionaire investor
Ira Rennert, who started building
the sprawling estate in 1999 but
couldn't move in with his family
until 2004 after plowing through
some nasty neighborly
controversy

5: Palazzo di Amore, Beverly Hills,
California ($195 million)
The Palazzo di Amore is a
Mediterranean-style villa that tops
53,000 square feet of space, though
15,000 of that is an entertainment
complex containing a ballroom with a
revolving dance floor. It has 12
bedrooms, 23 bathrooms, a bowling
alley, a theater, tennis courts,
swimming pools, reflecting pools,
waterfalls and a garage that can
comfortably fit 27 cars.