World’s Top Three Expensive Houses
by Onflames on Aug 25, 2007 with 68 Comments
We see houses everyday. But very rarely do we get to see a house that might have an area of 60,000 square feet, or have a garage big enough to park eight limousines. But the world’s three most expensive houses have these features and more…
Updown Court Windlesham
- Location: Surrey, England
- Current Price: US $ 138 million
- Living area: 60,000 square feet
Released in the market in 2005, the Updown Court Windlesham is the most expensive house in the world. This amazing 103-room home has 58 acres of garden and woodlands, all set up in the very ideal English countryside, making it a fantasy for anyone able to afford it. Brimming with grand hallways and ballrooms, this house has one panic room, an indoor squash court, a bowling alley, helipads, a 50-seat cinema, a garage giving space for eight limousines and then there’s a heated marble driveway to add to the splendid glamour. Out of the 103 rooms, 22 are bedrooms, each with its own marbled bathroom.
Starwood/Hala Ranch
- Location: Aspen, Colorado, USA
- Current Price: US $ 135 million
- Living Area: 56,000 square feet
Named after the Arabic word “Ahalan” (meaning “welcome”), the Hala ranch (or Starwood Ranch, as it is also known as), is the largest house in the western US and the second largest in the whole world. Its name is basically Arabic because it is currently owned by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi Arabian ambassador in the US. But it is now on sale because the prince has accepted his new position as National Security Councilor in his home country, Saudi Arabia.
The marvelous center piece lodge of this house is actually larger than the white house itself! This house has 15 bedrooms, each with its own patio, and there are 16 bathrooms in all. There is an interior elevator that’ll take you around the gigantic house, whose decorations are mainly of mahogany wood and bronze hardware, with stained glass for the windows. The guest rooms in this house open up commonly onto a courtyard with a swimming pool and a waterfall.
And of course, safety is a priority, so there’s a highly sophisticated security system that keeps the watch, while you enjoy the marvels of the second most expensive house in the world.
Maison de L’Amitie
- Location: Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Current Price: US $ 125 million
- Living Area: 43,000 square feet
The world’s third currently third most expensive house, the Maison de L’Amitie was bought by Donald Trump in 2004, for approximately US $ 41 million, at a bankruptcy auction from, former health care executive, Abe Gosman. The magnificent house includes a ballroom, conservatory and an amazing 100 foot-long swimming pool, with 475 feet of oceanfront. Trump has now put the house on sale for US $ 125 million as he aims for the record of “The most expensive house ever sold in the United States” ( the current record is held by Ron Perelman’s estate, which was also located in the Palm Beach, Florida, sold for US $ 70 million in 2004 )
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Darlene McFarlane | Aug 25, 2007 | Reply
These are unbelievable and I can’t imagine anyone owning something like this to live in! I used to get lost in the house I am living in now when we first moved in 6 months ago. I am sure I would never enter many of the rooms in these places.
I love the Starwood hala ranch though.
Good research and very interesting. Keep them coming.
Beatrice Adams | Aug 25, 2007 | Reply
I must have been a wife for too long. The first thing I thought about when I saw these houses were: How do they clean such high ceilings??
Illogical, I know. Beautiful houses, by the way
and now, I’m curious about Darlene’s house too! LOL
Onflame | Aug 25, 2007 | Reply
Ruby Hawk | Aug 26, 2007 | Reply
Great article!
lizzie2uk | Aug 26, 2007 | Reply
Updown Court is the one for me but I wouldn’t fancy cleaning it, or decorating it. There again, if I could afford that house I could hire someone to do the work!
JohnJenin | Aug 27, 2007 | Reply
What a wonderfull houses!
dude from the moon | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
cool houses. wish i owned one of them.
lanne | Aug 29, 2007 | Reply
I used to clean for a living and on one occasion I DID get lost in someones home. But that house looked like a doll house compared to these!! Nice article.
Anonymous | Sep 27, 2007 | Reply
dang bow expensive shacks
sally jenkins | Jan 13, 2008 | Reply
if i had the money the best by far is updown court but i wont say no to any of them
Sagar Mehra | Jan 24, 2008 | Reply
Updown Court Windlesham
I really cant believe this,if ever i get money i will buy it for my faily
jessica | Mar 1, 2008 | Reply
those house are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautful well to bad i own a better one tat has 103 bedrooms with 10 pools a cinema and more
kyera | Mar 24, 2008 | Reply
yo I would looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove to live in this house I would be the happiest person in the universe
bempong solomon | Apr 30, 2008 | Reply
yes indeed nature is beautiful but these houses are sooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful. wonders shall never end
benovshe | May 28, 2008 | Reply
if l had the many l realy want this house.who can buy it for meee
Vengom | Jun 3, 2008 | Reply
I want buy the 1st house…
DEAL mehhhhhhhhhh!!
softmoon | Jun 10, 2008 | Reply
in these houses my animals live ,in the 1st house my dog doddy lives there but doddy said to me that this house is not comfortable and he wants to live in the white house >>> to be continued
Nick | Jun 20, 2008 | Reply
Theres no practical reason to have a house so big. Its just for rich blowhards to show off. You dont see Mr. Buffet living in a house like that and he’s way more successful than Mr. Chump
karla | Jun 23, 2008 | Reply
great houses and jessica i doubt u have a nicer house
jorian | Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
i own the 1 st house and i like my house
imagirrl | Aug 29, 2008 | Reply
adorible cute little things those houses!! i am a wife but i’m with darlene on this!! crazy cleaning and getting lost would be a challenge!! but on the contrary goregous houses!!
Sunkisses101 | Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
WOW All these HUGE MANSIONS ARE WONDERFULLY, MAGNIFICENTly, HUGE. The Uptown Court Windlesham looks Hauntingly Hug trust me, i dont see myself sleeping in it for one night.
Th Strarwood Hala Ranch would be my choice if i had one or two.
angel ocol | Sep 9, 2008 | Reply
i want the star ranch house..i rily like it but its expensive..hehe..
billy bob | Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
dude this house is sweet nastey. ill never own it because its too expenive. WOW
bill johnson | Sep 25, 2008 | Reply
this is crazy. rock on . i love ny. ELE whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo are uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu who who who who whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo are uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu who who who who ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Lion Wild | Oct 14, 2008 | Reply
These houses will be nothing compared to the ones am going to either build or buy in the near future. Mark my words!
jillian | Oct 20, 2008 | Reply
very cool……………i like it a lot. i think that i will get all of them
anymous | Oct 20, 2008 | Reply
hey why dont u give it to me im very poor.i did this comment in a computer sore.thank u 4 listening 2 me
shay | Nov 1, 2008 | Reply
hi i would love to have those houses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i would be the happest girl evr!!! hey y dnt u gve me 1 and ill pay you 2 dollars!!! lol
misser's | Nov 5, 2008 | Reply
one fine day my house will be on this list very soon ……
anna | Nov 15, 2008 | Reply
i can afford to buy all those houses, but my house is gonna be bigger than them cuz its on construction =]
Curious | Nov 23, 2008 | Reply
I see every commenting on how they wish they owned one like these is anyone stopping to think that this is one of the reasons we/people are suffering so today. Health care executives living like kings when poor people cannot even afford the high cost, some people cannot even pay for the doctor’s visit, too expensive. These are not homes; these are the visualization of one’s greed. No one can comfortable live in something like that especially if they are conscious about people loosing there homed because of bad judgments from these rich idiots, think about it.
burkay | Nov 26, 2008 | Reply
every one have his fantazy .
people must ask his self , if i have so expensive house and so big house , i am more hapy than naw ?
a little house with warm familie inside is more importend , houses like that .
house like that if you have in 1-2 years you have see the house every day , you will have another after another after…
its like if you have 2 mountines gold , you wand the 3. one ..
be happy what you have in induviduel !!!
your familie your frends your atmosphere and and ..
not change your life like it is naw you will be not more happy than naw .
mony is much things but not everything ..
best regards ..
Azucena | Nov 26, 2008 | Reply
Im glad the 2nd largest and most expencive home is in Aspen wow I couldnt belive when I heard that!!! I live in Colorado and I have seen big houses but those are just wonderful!!!
Joe Jonas | Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
i love those houses to bad i already have one!
Nikkidoodle_Oslo | Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
Well, Actually those three houses are already occupied by my Aupairs.. If you want to apply just send resume and I will buy another one like the castle….
tintinay_sampalukan | Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
I like to buy the ranch house but I already have $134 million is it ok if the one million dollars is installment?…
karen_ginapo | Jan 1, 2009 | Reply
I already have $135 million in cash. I can buy the ranch anytime. Just buy me plane tickets coz my money is just enough for the ranch….
hi | Jan 28, 2009 | Reply
if the agent is reading this i have $135.00000 now how do i get in contact wiv you i jus 1 da lottery soo can u post ur details
OMG | Feb 3, 2009 | Reply
That is the biggest house ive ever seen!!
11 year old kid/girl not animal.miley cyrus is. | Feb 5, 2009 | Reply
these houses make me slobber.i just wish i could live there,i mean look at them.there worth 1,000,000,000,000 and believe me its worth it!!!!!!by the way,i’m a 11 year old.i hope they build bigger houses in the future.maybe they can float in the air.who knows?oh my god!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi | Feb 5, 2009 | Reply
love em whatev.all you peeps are lame except 11 year old kid/girl not animal.miley cyrus is.you rock!!!woo hoo!!!!!!!
Hardik Rughani | Feb 6, 2009 | Reply
These r most awesome houses I ever seen!!
timothy | Feb 18, 2009 | Reply
i hope some of these luxuries are not owned by Nigeria politicians presenting fake names cos it is only in nigeria that people have appetite for such things whenever they are appointed as trustees against public money..i hop not
timothy | Feb 18, 2009 | Reply
besides these ar’nt the best .come to nigeria and see houses while ibb house not in the top 3?
kc | Mar 10, 2009 | Reply
naa wa o, this na too big but if u get the money , una go do pass that/. l beg make na shut up , those houses na wicked, l beg l wish myself one wee go beter pass those ones. look out for my own in the nearest future
Crissy | Apr 20, 2009 | Reply
Let me spend one week of my life living the life of the privileged. How do I know if there are too many rooms? I have not visited each room. Yet. Are there too many bathrooms? I bet you’d be glad one was nearby if the stomach was upset. Way too much of a house? Let me get lost in it. I can’t describe the feeling I had when I looked at these houses.
Obviously, someone has worked very hard, to obtain the wealth,to be able to buy any of these homes. Some people are living their dream. Are you?
synah cute:) | May 17, 2009 | Reply
c00l!!oh my gosh that houses is amazing!!wonderful!!hope they’ll give it to me!!(hahhahahha):)im so jealous!!
perfectly wonderful..
but i suggest it would be more better if the color of the houses is pinka and black!!:)
PINK=girl power!!
BLACK=rockin house!!
layne | Jun 10, 2009 | Reply
I wish I could have one of these. But the thing is that we should just be thankful for what we already have. Some people who live in Africa dont have anything at all. We need to think about others. We all want these houses but we need be happy with what have.
!GO GREEN!
omar | Jun 20, 2009 | Reply
what on earth is Donal Trump thinking? He must be out of this world to think he can sell a house for 125 mil when he only baught it for 40 mil.
juh-lee | Aug 8, 2009 | Reply
jessica–
what you said is so fake. anyways u prabaly live in an apartment. or something. so stop that freaking lying.
Philip | Aug 11, 2009 | Reply
They are amazingly beautiful houses…BUT…let’s be real here. you don’t live forever so why should you want to live like you won’t die? besides God said – DO NOT LOVE THE THINGS Of THIS WORLD BECAUSE IF YOU DO, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN YOU! … GOD has prepared golden mansions in the CITY OF GOD where the streets are pure transparet gold, and and the walls, gates and foundations are made of precious stones. Most importantly you get to live with GOD forever …. you won’t get sick, you will have no pain and sorrows…it’s all joy and happiness as GOD intended it to be…go to http://www.bibleuniverse.com and learn about it…
darn | Aug 13, 2009 | Reply
ommmmmmmgggggggg these look awsome… i would never be able to afford 1
Lynn | Aug 18, 2009 | Reply
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I’d feel lonely in those houses…
poemas | Sep 1, 2009 | Reply
Thouse houses are to big for me
I think a house where a family of 5 have enough space is fine, those houses look like malls lol
shovan | Sep 23, 2009 | Reply
its the most outstandingly elegant ouse but could have been made much livelier!!
henry | Sep 24, 2009 | Reply
Can you give me the price ranges of houses?
What is the top 30 Houses?
marina murray | Oct 5, 2009 | Reply
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to me if someone give me a house for my family don’t have to be big just enough room for my family to me thats the most expensive house in the world because like me i cannot afford to buy one not even a studio.
mahalo!
sexgodess | Oct 13, 2009 | Reply
OMGGGGG!! HOW DID SOMEONE GET A PICTURE OF MY HOUSE?!??! thats creepy. its alot bigger in person… feel free to drop by anytime, i love a good party
raperboy6969 | Oct 16, 2009 | Reply
oh my god sexgoddess.. we should totally hangout sometime! ;]
sexgodess | Oct 20, 2009 | Reply
you are super stupid houses is the only thing that matter not sill god
heyabbey | Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
those houses are more expensive than Nigeria billionaire peoples they can never buy it
ram | Oct 31, 2009 | Reply
it looks like my watchman`s home
parastoo | Nov 1, 2009 | Reply
i love house that has 365 room but here i can find me if you have one tell me please!
these are not enough for me
Sagheer jan | Nov 5, 2009 | Reply
i m nt intrested in these houses. because i m happy with my small house. HAHAHA
Sunny | Nov 6, 2009 | Reply
One day i will own this. that for sure.
SHER AFZAL | Nov 7, 2009 | Reply
I HAVE NO SO MANY SO I CAN ONLY SEE SUCH HOUSES
tyara | Nov 15, 2009 | Reply
nice……….expensive house ever