Most Expensive Homes in the World

The most expensive homes in the world start at $70 million.

Most Expensive Homes in the World

If you had unlimited wealth, where would you live?

Would it be in a towering villa in Monaco — where you can watch the Grand Prix from the balcony — or a mansion in the Hamptons, where Henry Ford once lived? Or perhaps a 570-foot house in Mumbai, where one room showers its occupants with man-made snowflakes during those hot summer days?

We searched high and low for the most expensive homes in the world. Some still are waiting for a buyer, some already have been sold. You might not be able to afford them, but they’re still incredible to see.

51. The Bar Ranch $69.6 million

Value: $69.5 million

Location: Jackson, Wyoming

Square footage: 7,984

Number of bedrooms: 4

Number of bathrooms: 4

Unique features: Double solid oak entrance doors, white oak flooring, floor-to-ceiling windows, 540-bottle wine room.

A Closer Look at the Bar Ranch

This estate resides right by Snake River and includes numerous ponds and streams on 278 acres of land.

It’s pretty much an outdoorsman’s dream, but you’ll need a boatload of cash to hook this house.

50. Le Penthouse

Value: $76 million

Location: New York, New York

Square footage: 19,815

Number of bedrooms: 11

Number of bathrooms: 14

Unique features: 18-and 23-foot ceilings, roof deck with pool and Jacuzzi, 4,500 feet of outdoor space.

A Closer Look at Le Penthouse

Known as Le Penthouse, this was New York City’s priciest listing for several months when it went on the market for $98 million in October 2019.

After no takers, the sellers slashed the price by $22 million. Now at $76 million, the monthly mortgage is only about $410,365, according to Zillow.

49. Castle Creek Retreat

Value: $78 million

Location: Edwards, Colorado

Square footage: 32,000

Number of bedrooms: 8

Number of bathrooms: 16

Unique features: Cowboy-themed circle bar, circular bathroom, movie theater, indoor pool (that flows outside) huge gym, spa, restaurant-style hibachi bar, indoor sports court, rock climbing wall, poker room with jail cell (yep, you read that right).

A Closer Look at Castle Creek Retreat

This 439-acre remote estate is perched high in the mountains of Colorado and is a mix of modern and rustic features.

The craziest thing about it? You can only reach this property via a $1 million bridge. And there's a game room with a jail.

48. Wallingford Estate

Value: $85 million

Location: Beverly Hills, California

Square footage: 38,000

Number of bedrooms: 12

Number of bathrooms: 24

Unique features: Indoor sports complex with boxing ring and basketball court, sports lounge and bar, 10-car garage, 80-car motor court, caretaker house, guardhouse, zero-edge infinity pool.

A Closer Look at Wallingford Estate

This mansion in Beverly Hills is massive and opulent. It has a huge indoor sports court with viewing room, gym, massage parlor and beauty lounge.

47. Seven Levels of Opulence

Value: $87 million

Location: Paris, France

Square footage: 13,314 square feet

Number of bedrooms: 6

Number of bathrooms: 6

Unique features: Barber room, wine cellar, vault, theater, night club, wine cellar, boudoir, staff apartment, gym, steam room, massage parlor.

A Closer Look at Seven Levels of Opulence

This seven-level house in France, located in the 16th district, is a newly renovated, light-filled palace. It has a 53-foot indoor pool that the listing calls "the only one of its kind in Paris."

The movie theater is equipped with a 4K projector and surround sound, and there are three floors devoted to "recreational activities."

46. Fleur de Lys Mansion

Value: $88.3 million

Location: Los Angeles, California

Square footage: 45,000

Number of bedrooms: 12

Number of bathrooms: 15

Unique features: 3,000-square-foot wine cellar, two-story library, ballroom, pool, spa, tennis court, 200-yard driveway, running track, guest house, 50-seat theater.

A Closer look at Fleur de Lys Mansion

Modeled after the Palace of Versailles, this house sold in 2014 in an all-cash deal to a Norwegian billionaire.

It’s one of the largest homes in the United States and one of the most expensive homes in the world.

Some reports say this house actually sold for $102 million in an all-cash deal in 2014, although records say it was sold for $88.3 million.

45. 924 Bel Air

Value: $94 million

Location: Bel-Air, California

Square footage: 38,000

Number of bedrooms: 12

Number of bathrooms: 21

Unique features: Helicopter pad, infinity pool with 20-foot 4K TV, downtown Los Angeles views, three kitchens, full-fledged bar (with a stupid roped-off area), gym, massage parlor, massive wine cellar.

A Closer Look at 924 Bel Air

What was once the most expensive home in the entire country ended up selling for just a fraction of what its builders were hoping for.

A spec home to sell to the ultra-rich, 924 Bel-Air initially had a $250 million price tag that included a fleet of expensive cars and personal servants.

But the home languished on the market, dropping to $150 million, and then, finally, sold for just $94 million — 38 percent of its original price.

44. Pumpkin Key

Value: $95 million

Location: Key Largo, Florida

Square footage: Not listed

Number of bedrooms: 10

Number of bathrooms: 11

Unique features: This house comes with an island. Or is it that this island comes with a house?

A Closer Look at Pumpkin Key

If you’re going to spend big, you may as well go big.

This $95 million island is 10 minutes (by helicopter) from South Beach and comes with an airstrip for private jets.

Naturally, the dock can hold a mega yacht.

43. Avenue Road

Value: $97.5 million

Location: London, England

Square footage: 25,000

Number of bedrooms: 10

Number of bathrooms: 10

Unique features: Stone staircase, indoor swimming pool, sauna, dressing rooms, bar area, garden, sunken courtyard, underground garage, 12-seat cinema bar.

A Closer Look at Avenue Road

A sweeping spiral staircase with a floor-to-ceiling chandelier makes up the heart of this home.

There’s a 46-foot indoor swimming pool (with features) and a "state-of-the-art biometric security technology room," according to the listing.

The home is owned by Greek property developer George Dragoumanos, who built the house from the ground up. It’s also available to rent for $51,500 a week.

42. Théoule Villa

Value: $97.9 million

Location: Theoule Sur Mer, France

Square footage: 97,994

Number of bedrooms: 17

Number of bathrooms: Not listed

Unique features: Four independent houses, a 165-foot-long swimming pool, sauna, gym, massage, multi-level security.

A Closer Look at Théoule Villa

Perched in the hilltops, this ultra-modern estate in France has an absolutely massive pool.

There’s also an extraordinary amount of living space — the 98,000 square feet are spaced across four independent houses measuring around 820 to 950 square feet each, as well as two apartments.

41. 60 Blossom Way

Value: $99.1 million

Location: Palm Beach, Florida

Square footage: 18,452

Number of bedrooms: 8

Number of bathrooms: 10

Unique features: Massive Mediterranean with a pool, ocean frontage and no neighbors because one person owns almost the entire street.

A Closer Look at 60 Blossom Way

Billionaire Ken Griffin bought this property on billionaire’s row, which sits next to several of his other properties.

In total, Griffin has spent over $250 million on South Ocean Boulevard, with a total of 17 acres and nearly a quarter-mile of ocean frontage, according to the New York Post.

39. WhatsApp Mansion (Tied)

Value: $100 million

Location: Malibu, California

Square footage: 13,693

Number of bedrooms: 6

Number of bathrooms: 7

Unique features: Floating staircase, home theater, two-story library, art gallery, floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, pool.

A Closer Look at the WhatsApp Mansion

This modern slice of Malibu life was purchased by WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum for $100 million in September 2019.

Koum was able to finagle $25 million off the original asking price of $125 million.

39. The Playboy Mansion (Tied)

Value: $100 million

Location: Los Angeles, California

Square footage: 21,987

Number of bedrooms: 12

Number of bathrooms: 21

Unique features: Prohibition-style wine cellar, theater with a built-in pipe organ, tennis court, sauna, koi pond, citrus orchard, huge master suite, four-bedroom guesthouse.

A Closer Look at the Playboy Mansion

The late Hugh Hefner bought this house for just $1.1 million in 1971 and turned it into an infamous palace of debauchery for the world’s elite.

The gothic Tudor house is easily one of the most famous residences in the world, and it’s definitely one of the most expensive.

American billionaire Dean Metropoulos, the owner of Pabst Brewing Company, bought the mansion in 2016, a year before Hefner died.

38. La Follia

Value: $105 million

Location: Palm Beach, Florida

Square footage: 37,516

Number of bedrooms: 13

Number of bathrooms: 16

Unique features: Three wine cellars, theater, electric windows, dressing rooms, 25-foot ceilings, marble flooring, fitness center, game room, lawn sculptures and pool.

A Closer Look at La Follia

This Florida oceanfront was the most expensive home ever sold in Florida when it sold in mid-2019 — although it would hold onto that record for only a few months (more on that in a bit).

The home was built by Irwin Kramer, a former Broadway producer, and his wife in the 1990s. They bought the lot for just $4 million in 1993. Both have since passed away.

36 The Hard Rock House (Tied)

Value: $110 million

Location: Malibu, California

Square footage: 8,000

Number of bedrooms: 7

Number of bathrooms: 9

Unique features: Pool, courtyard and coastal living in one of Malibu’s most exclusive neighborhoods, Billionaire’s Beach.

A Closer Look at the Hard Rock House

This is a pretty small property compared to the other homes on this list, but it does include two houses — a main house and a guest house (22310 and 22258 in the photo).

Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Peter Morgan sold this home for $110 million in 2018, briefly setting Malibu real estate records.

36. El Rancho Tajiguas (Tied)

Value: $110 million

Location: Goleta, California

Square footage: 22,300

Number of bedrooms: 10

Number of bathrooms: 21

Unique features: Sprawling ranch with 3,500 acres, a working farm that produces avocados and persimmons, cattle grazing lands with a herd of 120 cows and two — that’s right, two — mansions.

A Closer Look at El Rancho Tajiguas

This massive property is owned by billionaire Mansour Ojjeh, the CEO of TAG, a Luxembourg-based private holding company.

Aside from the 3,500 acres, this estate has two mansions, each with its own address. Both are Spanish villas, each one has a pool, guest house, theater, wine cellar and bar.

If that sounds excessive, then you’re just not rich enough.

35. La Reverie

Value: $111 million

Location: Palm Beach, Florida

Square footage: 84,626

Number of bedrooms: 11

Number of bathrooms: 22

Unique features: Bowling alley, spa, ice cream stand, candy parlor, salon.

A Closer Look at La Reverie

Hedge fund billionaire Steven Schonfeld bought this mega-mansion in 2019, making it the most expensive home ever sold in Florida.

Matrix Essentials beauty magnate Sydell Miller built the house on an oceanfront sprawl in 2001 after four years of construction.

It's located on South Ocean Boulevard, which bears the nickname "billionaires row."

32. Mar de Amor (Tied)

Value: $115 million

Location: Malibu, California

Square footage: 10,646

Number of bedrooms: 12

Number of bathrooms: 14

Unique features: Dramatic entry with 18-foot chandelier, walls of glass, winding glass-lined staircase, infinity pool, bar, copper soaking tub, catering kitchen, movie theater, gym.

A Closer Look at Mar de Amor

Mar de Amor — which means sea of love — is a resort-style slice of modern heaven in Malibu.

The designer has clearly spared no expense. A staircase with nautical-themed glass panels curves around an 18-foot floor-to-ceiling crystal chandelier in the foyer, and the entire house is washed in sunlight thanks to the rear, all-glass wall.

32. Owlwood (Tied)

Value: $115 million

Location: Los Angeles, California

Square footage: 12,201

Number of bedrooms: 9

Number of bathrooms: 10

Unique features: 10-acre estate with a sunroom, library, formal dining room, two-story stair hall, tennis court, Olympic-sized pool with pool house.

A Closer Look at Owlwood

This 1936-built Italian revival estate used to belong to Tony Curtis and Sonny and Cher.

The mansion has long been one of Los Angeles' most expensive homes and has quite an interesting history.

Owlwood originally went up for sale at $180 million, but has since hooted on down to a $115 million price tag.

32. Gemini (Tied)

Value: $115

Location: Manalapan, Florida

Square footage: 62,200

Number of bedrooms: 33

Number of bathrooms: 38

Unique features: Libraries, offices, terraces, media room, wine cellar, two elevators, swimming pool, golfing area, tennis court, half basketball court, fitness center, spa, beachfront.

A Closer Look at Gemini

This compound in Manalapan is a 15-acre estate called Gemini, which has several houses.

That includes a 12-bedroom main residence, two four-bedroom cottages, a seven-bedroom "mango house" and a guest house with four apartments, according to the listing.

It originally went up for sale at $195 million in 2016 but has since dropped in price. Now it’s a bargain at just $115 million.

31. The Beverly House

Value: $119 million

Location: Beverly Hills, California

Square footage: 50,000

Number of bedrooms: 19-21 (two rooms can convert to a single)

Number of bathrooms: 29

Unique features: Two-story library with hand-carved paneling, eight fireplaces, living room/ballroom with 22-foot high ceilings, two theaters, billiard room, 82-foot-long hallway —and that’s just in the main house.

A Closer Look at the Beverly House

The Beverly House is the former estate of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and his longtime partner, actress Marion Davies.

The 1926 estate has been featured in "The Godfather," "The Bodyguard" and "a 2017 Adam Sandler movie," according to the home’s website.

Are Sandler’s movies so bad that realtors won’t even use them as a selling point?

30. Spelling Manor

Value: $120 million

Location: Holmby Hills, California

Square footage: 56,500

Number of bedrooms: 14

Number of bathrooms: 27

Unique features: 123 rooms, Bowling alley, hair salon, flower-cutting room, doll collection room, nightclub and fish tanks.

A Closer Look at Spelling Manor

Thirty-year-old Formula One racing heiress Petra Ecclestone sold this mansion in 2019 for $120 million, $40 million less than its original listing price.

Ecclestone bought the property when she was 23 years old from Candy Spelling (the wife of the late film and television producer Aaron Spelling), who originally had a flower-cutting room, gift-wrapping room and a room devoted to her collection of dolls.

The house is pretty incredible. For an in-depth look at it, check out our story.

29. Carolton Gardens No. 3

Value: $122 million

Location: London, England

Square footage: 16,000

Number of bedrooms: Not listed

Number of bathrooms: Not listed

Unique features: Indoor pool, staff quarters, overlooks Buckingham Palace.

A Closer Look at Carolton Gardens No. 3

Ken Griffin, that hedge fund billionaire with just way too much money to spend, picked $122 million out of his wallet — a fraction of his $13 billion net worth — to buy this mansion in 2019.

27. Palazzate (Tied

Value: $125 million

Location: Barbados

Square footage: 75,000

Number of bedrooms: 20

Number of bathrooms: 20

Unique features: Four infinity pools, marble bathrooms, 1,650 square-foot pool, 2,500 square-foot luxury spa and gym, and four 12,000 square-foot mansions.

A Closer Look at Palazzate

The Palazzate estate offers up four six-story mansions with 2,300-square-foot roof terraces that include a kitchen, sundeck and bar.

Each of the home’s master bedrooms clocks in at 1,200 square feet and features a private balcony.

This estate really is something else, and that something is over-the-top.

27. Villa l’Echauguette (Tied)

Value: $125 million

Location: Monaco

Square footage: 8,200

Number of bedrooms: 7

Number of bathrooms: 5

Unique features: Landscaped terraces, Jacuzzi, sauna, 66-foot-long pool, reception room, library, fresco ceilings, and just downright incredible views.

A Closer Look at Villa I'Echauguette

This home was built during the late 1800s, or early 1900s, and was initially owned by a German casino magnate, according to Mansion Global.

The house has undergone some serious renovations since then. It’s six floors high and has views of Port Hercule, the prince of Monaco’s palace and the Monaco Grand Prix racetrack.

26. Hong Kong Chalet

Value: $125.8 million

Location: Fei Ngo Shan, Hong Kong

Square footage: 9,103

Number of bedrooms: 5

Number of bathrooms: 4

Unique features: Karaoke room, pet room, wine cellar, awesome pool.

A Closer Look at Hong Kong Chalet

Extremely expensive offerings in Hong Kong might not be rare, but this one is unique.

It’s a European-style chalet with floor-to-ceiling windows and downtown views of Hong Kong, which can be easily seen from the rooftop deck.

25. Palazzo di Amore

Value: $129 million

Location: Beverly Hills, California

Square footage: 53,000

Number of bedrooms: 12

Number of bathrooms: 23

Unique features: 50-seat theater, 24-car garage, huge infinity pool, car court with space for 150 cars, guardhouse, wine cellar and its own private vineyard.

A Closer Look at Palazzo di Amore

If you want to learn more about Palazzo di Amore, we wrote an entire article about it.

The house is currently off the market, but we’re sure the buyer is still taking offers. Or you can rent it for $250,000.

22. Le Palais Venitien (Tied)

Value: $130 million

Location: Cannes, France

Square footage: 32,291

Number of bedrooms: 9

Number of bathrooms: 12

Unique features: Your own lake, a tennis court, huge pool, terraced grounds, reception rooms, wine cellar, night club, gym, sauna, elevator and tennis court.

A Closer Look at Le Palais Venitien

This mansion has Byzantium and Venetian influences and is located right by the Mediterranean Sea.

The indoor pool has a mirrored ceiling, and there’s a full-fledged night club in the basement.

22. Willow Creek Estancia (Tied)

Value: $130 million

Location: Rancho Santa Fe, California

Square footage: 15,000

Number of bedrooms: 4

Number of bathrooms: 7

Unique features: Bougainvillea-draped verandas, wrought iron fixtures, wine cellar with tasting room, cowboy-style billiards room, library and a master retreat that takes up the entire second floor.

A Closer Look at Willow Creek Estancia

This equestrian estate has over 77 acres of land with a 27-stall barn, three sand arenas, a grand prix field and riding trails.

There’s also a six-unit apartment building and two detached guest houses for living.

And a two-lane bowling alley, 25-foot lap pool and private tennis court for playing.

22. Sloane House (Tied)

Value: $130 million (estimated)

Location: London, England

Square footage: 25,717

Number of bedrooms: 8

Number of bathrooms: 8

Unique features: Underground parking, garden, detached period house, pool.

A Closer Look at Sloane House

The Sloane House is up for sale at an undisclosed price, although media reports indicate the asking price is around $130 million.

Little about the property has been publicly revealed except that it has been remodeled in recent years and belongs to Petra Ecclestone.

21. Xanadu 2.0

Value: $131.3 million, going by property records

Location: Medina, Washington

Square footage: 66,000-plus

Number of bedrooms: 7

Number of bathrooms: 10 full, 14 half-baths

Unique features: Six kitchens, a 60-foot pool, elevator, rooms that change lighting and music according to user preference.

A Closer Look at Xanadu 2.0

This is Bill Gates’ house. He named it Xandu 2.0 in honor of the massive estate in "Citizen Kane," which in turn was based on William Hearst’s estate.

The house reportedly has a 1,000-square-foot dining room and 2,300-square-foot reception hall.

No word yet on how many windows this Windows-built home has.

20. The Southampton Ford Estate 145

Value: $145 million

Location: Southampton, New York

Square footage: 20,000

Number of bedrooms: 12

Number of bathrooms: 12

Unique features: Italian marble fireplaces, imported French parquet floors, antique hardware imported from a European chateau, your own pond for kayaking, koi pond with waterfall, tennis court, garden, and private beach access.

A Closer Look at the Southampton Ford Estate

Henry Ford had this home custom-built for him, although it appears to have been heavily renovated.

The listing says the estate has some original details "preserved" from the Ford family, like the fireplaces, floors and "distinctive ceilings."

It was first put up for sale at $175 million, but the owner chopped the price by $30 million after it sat on the market for two years.

19. The Beverly Hillbillies Mansion

Value: $150 million

Location: Los Angeles

Square footage: 21,523

Number of bedrooms: 10

Number of bathrooms: 12

Unique features: A secret underground tunnel, 75-foot pool, 40-car underground garage.

A Closer Look at the Beverly Hillbillies Mansion

Rupert Murdoch’s son, Lachlan Murdoch, snapped up Chartwell for $150 million in late 2019.

The mansion is an iconic property in the Los Angeles area, but it had to sit on the market for over two years, having first been listed for $350 million in 2017. To keep the mystique, the listing never revealed any current photos of the mansions' interior.

It's also known as the Beverly Hillbillies Mansion because the exterior shot of the home was used for the mansion in "The Beverly Hillbillies."

Someone uploaded movie or television screenshots to the home's listing on Zillow.

17. The Green Gables (Tied)

Value: $160 million (estimated)

Location: Woodside, California

Square footage: Not listed

Number of bedrooms: 32

Number of bathrooms: Not listed

Unique features: Game room outfitted with handcrafted furniture, faux Roman stone arcade, incredible and expansive gardens with giant redwoods, riding and jogging trails, and vegetable gardens.

A Closer Look at the Green Gables

Green Gables house in Woodside, California

Built by business magnate Mortimer Fleishhacker in 1911, the Green Gables estate includes "seven houses, three swimming pools and an 18,000-square-foot reflecting pool surrounded by a faux roman Stone arcade," according to Almanac News.

The estate's listing doesn’t mention a price — talking about money is so pedestrian — but Almanac News says the mansion is looking for a buyer with about $160 million to spare.

17. Villa Firenze (Tied)

Value: $160 million

Location: Beverly Hills, California

Square footage: 20,000

Number of bedrooms: 20

Number of bathrooms: 23

Unique features: Four-acre backyard, pool with pool house, two-story guest house, tennis court, jogging trails, 30-car courtyard.

A Closer Look at Villa Firenze

This massive mansion in Beverly Hills looks like it was imported straight from Italy, but it was built in 1994.

The house is reportedly owned by Steven F. Udvar-Házy, the billionaire founder of Air Lease Corporation.

It has been on the market since mid-2017, with no price reductions.

16. The Jack Warner Estate

Value: $165 million

Location: Beverly Hills, California

Square footage: 13,612 (although it may have been expanded)

Number of bedrooms: Not listed

Number of bathrooms: Not listed

Unique features: Tennis court, pool, nine-hole golf course, entry hall with multi-wood parquet flooring, huge library, screening room, sunroom, dining hall with early 19th-century wallpaper panels.

A Closer Look at the Jack Warner Estate

The Jack Warner Estate was developed by Jack L. Warner — one of the four founding Warner Brothers — in 1937.

It changed hands to David Geffen, who sold it to Jeff Bezos in February 2020 for $165 million, making it the most expensive home ever sold in Los Angeles. It might be known as "Jeff Bezos' house" from now on.

The home was never formally listed, so the interior remains a mystery. Architectural Digest profiled the Georgian-style mansion in 1992 and noted that the motor court had "its own service garage and gas pumps" and a "library that could seat several dozen as comfortably as a private screening room."

15. Messa Vista Ranch 220

Value: $220 million

Location: Amarillo, Texas

Square footage: Over 50,000 square feet total

Number of bedrooms: 5-plus

Number of bathrooms: 5-plus

Unique features: 65,000 acres, golf course, freestanding children’s playhouse, a single-story gun room, a two-story pub, gatehouse, lake house, 11,000-square-foot dog kennel, airport hangar.

A Closer Look at Messa Vista Ranch

This is oil magnate T. Boone Pickens’ former home — he died in 2019 — and it is just massive.

There are multiple structures on the property, including the 25,000-square-foot main house and a 6,000-square-foot "family house," according to the listing. Also on the property is a freestanding "pub," which comes with a game room and workout area.

There’s a 400-square-foot structure devoted just for guns and a dog kennel with 40 chain-link dog pens.

This could be the home of the next great American conservationist or a supervillain.

14. Casa Encantada 225

Value: $225 million

Location: Bel-Air, California

Square footage: 40,000

Number of bedrooms: Not listed

Number of bathrooms: Not listed

Unique features: 1937-built Georgian with history, 60 rooms, 18-foot ceilings, walnut-paneled library, reception hall, pool, pool house with a professional screening room and formal bar.

A Closer Look at Casa Encantada

The price isn’t formally listed for Casa Encantada, but it was listed for sale at $225 million in October 2019 (now the price is available upon request).

This mansion has a history tracing back to the 1930s and has been owned by some heavy hitters, including Conrad Hilton and David Murdock, the former CEO of Dole Foods.

When the Hilton family sold the home to Murdock in 1979 for $12.4 million, it was the highest-priced home in America at the time. Good thing we balanced out the wage gap since then.

13. One Hyde Park 237

Value: $237 million

Location: London, England

Square footage: 16,000

Number of bedrooms: Not listed

Number of bathrooms: Not listed

Unique features: Pedicure room, 24-hour security from special-forces trained guards, bulletproof glass, panic rooms, private elevator.

A Closer Look at One Hyde Park

The most expensive home ever sold in the United Kingdom is a luxury penthouse located at the super exclusive One Hyde Park in London.

The $237 million sale took place in 2014, making the 16,000-square-foot apartment worth a staggering $11,813 per square foot.

One Hyde Park is a magnet for oligarchs, many of whom buy these expensive properties but don’t even live there.

12. The Griffin Penthouse 238

Value: $238 million

Location: New York, New York

Square footage: 23,000

Number of bedrooms: Not listed

Number of bathrooms: Not listed

Unique features: Takes up four entire floors

A Closer Look at the Griffin Penthouse

Hedge fund magnate Ken Griffin broke records when he bought a quadruplex penthouse at 220 Central Park South in 2019.

This property is the most expensive residential real estate transaction in the U.S.

You'll have to use your imagination about what it looks like on the inside. There are no pictures of the interior.

11. Hariri Mansion 262

Value: $262 million

Location: London, England

Square footage: 62,000

Number of bedrooms: 20 bedrooms

Number of bathrooms: Unknown

Unique features: Grand staterooms, a wing of staff rooms, elevators, spa, gym, underground parking, pool.

A Closer Look at Hariri Mansion

The Hariri estate was owned by Lebanon’s late prime minister, Rafiq Hariri, until he was assassinated in 2005. The estate was then gifted to Sultan bin Abdulaziz, a former crown prince of Saudi Arabia, who died in 2011.

After the prince’s death, the property hit the market for £300 million ($384.6 million) and sat on the market for nine years.

It wasn’t until February 2020 that a Chinese billionaire decided to snap the 45-room mansion up for approximately $262 million.

10. Caesarea Palace

Value: $265.14 million

Location: Caesarea, Israel

Square footage: 69,000

Number of bedrooms: 4

Number of bathrooms: 5

Unique features: It looks like a palace.

A Closer Look at Caesarea

This gigantic mansion is designed with Baroque and Rococo architectural features and just an insane amount of lavishness.

There's a private spa, fitness rooms, Roman sculptures, 14K gold moldings, silk carpet, 4K theater and more chandeliers than a chandelier store. Well, almost.

9. Chateau Louis XIV 301

Value: $301 million

Location: Louveciennes, France

Square footage: 53,800

Number of bedrooms: Unlisted

Number of bathrooms: Unlisted

Unique features: Aquarium, squash court, nightclub, wine cellar, gold-leafed fountain, statues, multiple types of imported marble, gardens, hand-painted ceilings, a clock fashioned after the one found on the Palace of Versailles.

A Closer Look at Chateau Louis XIV

Only someone with extraordinary wealth could buy a home like this. And who else has money like the princes of Saudi Arabia?

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman purchased this palace in 2015. The house includes a slew of opulent features, like over a dozen different types of imported marble and a huge statue of Louis XIV.

8. The Bubble Palace

Value: $387 million

Location: Theoule sur Mer, France

Square footage: 13,000

Number of bedrooms: 10

Number of bathrooms: 11

Unique features: Unique bubble-like architecture, 500-seat outdoor auditorium, swimming pool, reception room, bayside view of Cannes.

A Closer Look at the Bubble Palace

This really freaking strange house is the work of architect Antti Lovag. It looks more like a spore people village than a house, with "bubble cluster" architecture, according to the listing.

It’s owned by a 97-year-old fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who bought it from a French industrialist at auction in the 1990s.

According to the Daily Mail, Cardin tried to sell it in 2015 for the same $387 million price, but it had no takers.

6. Dudley House (Tied)

Value: $400 million

Location: London, England

Square footage: 44,000

Number of bedrooms: 17

Number of bathrooms: Unknown

Unique features: 50-foot gilded ballroom, 81-foot picture gallery stuffed with priceless paintings.

A Closer Look at Dudley House

Dudley House is owned by Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thania, a member of Qatar’s royal family in his late thirties.

It’s the only surviving aristocratic residence that is used as a residential home in London — the townhouse has roots back to the mid-1700s.

Al-Thania acquired the house in 2006 for $48 million and poured millions of dollars in renovations into it since then. Vanity Fair says the house is valued somewhere around $400 million today.

6. The Sky Penthouse (Tied)

Value: $400 million

Location: Monaco

Square footage: 38,000

Number of bedrooms: Three plus

Number of bathrooms: At least 2

Unique features: 24-hour concierge service, a chauffeur, caterer five kitchens, infinity pool, dance floor.

A Closer Look a the Sky Penthouse

This five-level penthouse suite sits on the tippy-top floor of Odeon Tower, a double-skyscraper that is the second-tallest building on Europe’s Mediterranean coast.

The penthouse reportedly has a slide that stretches down from the dance floor to the infinity pool.

The obscene price tag is meant to attract super-wealthy individuals to Monaco, where they can hide their taxes with Gollum-like glee.

5. Witanhurst

Value: $450 million (estimated)

Location: London, England

Square footage: Unknown, but the basement alone is over 40,000 square feet

Number of bedrooms: 25

Number of bathrooms: Unknown

Unique features: 65 rooms, a 70-foot long swimming pool, massage rooms, gym, sauna.

A Closer Look at Witanhurst

They call this the most secret house in London for a reason. The house has a complicated history of ownership, with suspicions that it belonged to Russia’s richest woman, Yelena Baturina, the former mayor of Moscow. She denied it — and in 2011, sued the Sunday Times for saying she lived there.

Here’s how The New Yorker described the home in 2015, when it was under construction and had changed hands to a new unknown owner:

"Guards protect the property, and cameras monitor the grounds. A woman who knows the owners advised me to 'choose another story.' Stephen Lindsay, one of the real-estate agents who sold the house, spoke to me only after I agreed to leave my phone and bag in another room. He then put the family’s lawyer on speakerphone and announced that he would take the secret of Witanhurst’s ownership 'to the grave.'"

With more digging, the article's author, Ed Caesar, revealed the owner to be Audrey Guryev, a Russian billionaire.

4. The One

Value: $500 million

Location: Bel-Air, California

Square footage: 100,000

Number of bedrooms: 20

Number of bathrooms: 30

Unique features: A nightclub, 30-car gallery, IMAX theater, jellyfish room, moats, champagne cellar stocked with $250,000 of Cristal, bowling alley.

A Closer Look at the One

"The One" is a spec home built by Nile Niama, a movie producer turned real estate developer who creates mansions for the ultra-rich.

In fact, the house isn’t even on the market yet. The house has been in development for several years and was scheduled to hit the market in the summer of 2019, but it’s still not ready.

Chances are it won’t sell for the asking price, but you never know.

3. Villa Leopolda

Value: $530 million (in 2008)

Location: Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

Square footage: 29,000

Number of bedrooms: 11

Number of bathrooms: 14

Unique features: Several cottages, greenhouses, cypress trees, lemon trees, waterfront views, botanic gardens.

A Closer Look at Villa Leopolda

A Russian nickel tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov almost bought this property in 2008 for $530 million, but he pulled out of the deal when the Great Recession imploded the economy. See? Even rich people had to make cutbacks.

Prokhorov lost a $53 million deposit on the botched deal (10 percent of the purchase price). He tried to fight it in court but lost.

2. Antilia

Value: $1 billion to $2 billion

Location: Mumbai, India

Square footage: 400,000

Number of bedrooms: Unknown

Number of bathrooms: Unknown

Unique features: A gigantic temple, salon, ice cream parlor, 50-seat movie theater, 168-car garage, nine elevators, three helicopter pads, can survive an 8.0 earthquake.

A Closer Look at Antilia

This 27-story ode to the ultra-rich towers above the city of Mumbai. And that 27-story number is misleading. Each of the home’s floors is twice as high as an average two-storied building, and it stands at 570 feet.

Mukesh Ambani, a billionaire business magnate, owns the skyscraper mansion. He fashioned it with a host of ridiculously rich furnishings, like a snow room, where a snow machine cools off any slightly uncomfortable billionaires with man-made snowflakes during the summer.

Air conditioning is for peasants.

1. Buckingham Palace

Value: $2 billion to $5 billion

Location: London, England

Square footage: 828,820

Number of bedrooms: 240, including 52 royal and guest bedrooms and 188 staff bedrooms

Number of bathrooms: 78

Unique features: Post office, theater, 40-acre garden, jeweler’s workshop, chapel, doctor’s office and more security than you could imagine.

A Closer Look at Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is one of the world’s most iconic properties. Home to the royal family, this mansion is just incredible.

The palace uses over 40,000 light bulbs, has 1,514 doors, 760 windows, over 350 clocks and watches (it employs two horological conservators to wind them up) and is visited by at least 50,000 people every year. Far and Wide has some more fun facts about Buckingham Palace.

The property is owned by the Crown Estate, so it’s not like Queen Elizabeth can slap a "for sale" sign outside of it tomorrow. But if the crown ever decides to sell it, they can definitely make a whole bunch of cash.