The Top 13 World's Most Expensive Houses 2024 (+ Pictures & In America)

The most expensive houses in the world in 2024 and their pictures are owned by insanely rich people. We should expect that anyway. 

Houses are important because it provides shelter, privacy, security, belongings and it can serve as a place that unites the family.

These houses are more than that, they are luxury homes. You may have wondered, what is the most expensive home in the world? 

Here are the Pictures and details of the Top 13 world’s most expensive houses 2024 (+pictures & in America), they are,

• Antilia-world's most expensive house
• Villa Leopolda
• Fair Field
• Kensington Palace Gardens
• One Hyde Park
• Ellison Estate
• Blossom Estate
• Xanadu 2.0
• Mountain Home Road
• Further Lane de Menil
• Silicon Valley Mansion
• Broken O Ranch
• Fifteen Central Park West
• +Buckingham Palace

you will get to know the houses worth with the owners, pictures, and videos. Keep reading!

13. Fifteen Central Park West        

Image credit: Thomas Craven/Wikimedia Commons

Value: about $70 million

Daniel Loeb, a rich man owns Central park west in Manhattan, New York, N.Y. It is a penthouse that spread through an area of 677-square foot. 

From the massive building, you can have a 360 view of Manhattan. The building has 10 bathrooms, 8 bedrooms, and 14-foot ceilings. It is certainly one of the most expensive houses in the world in 2024.

 

12. Broken O Ranch                    

Image credit: bateslandco.com

Value: less than $100 million

Broken O Ranch estate is situated at Augusta Mountain. It is owned by the billionaire, Stanley Kroenke. The main house of the estate covers a land area of 10,000 square feet. The land of the estate is vast that most part of the area can be used for agricultural purposes.

11. Silicon Valley Mansion          

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Value: around $100 million

Silicon Valley Mansion is situated in Los Altos Hills, Califonia in the United State. It is owned by Yuri Milner who is a rich man, being the head of Digital Sky Technologies. 

The mansion is the most expensive single-family home in the world even in 2024 that  was sold in the US. The mansion occupies an area of 25,500 square feet. The mansion has a tennis court and pavilion, a theater, a library, swimming pools, a wine cellar, and a game room.

 10. Further Lane de Menil         

Image credit: worldlifestyle via historygarage

Value: $103 million

Further Lane de Menil is situated in East Hampton, United State. It is one of the most expensive and luxurious houses in the world in 2024. 

Ron Baron, the CEO of Baron Funds Investment company bought the home in 2007. The enormous property includes a pool house, garage for not less than 8 cars, space for tennis sport, driveways, lush landscaping, a studio, and a guest house.

 9. Mountain Home Road              

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Value: $117.5 million

The expensive home is in Woodside, California. It is owned by the billionaire, Masayoshi Son, the Softbank founder. The estate is the most costly house ever sold in California. The home covers an area of nine-acre. 

In 1941, the house was built, by James Clair Flood, a rich silver ore miner. In addition to the primary building,  3 story mansion was built. The mansion has a 4 car garage, a pool house, a swimming pool, 5 bathrooms, and 4 bedrooms. 

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8. Xanadu 2.0                         

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Value: $120.5 million

Xanadu 2.0 is situated in Medina, Washington, the USA. The property is owned by the philanthropist, Bill Gates. Apart from the fact that the house is massive, it is also high in a technological system. This technology helps in controlling rooms’ temperature and if lightning strikes. 

The house can reduce heat loss from its environment by relating to its natural environment. With this temperatures are regulated perfectly. It is the 8th among the most expensive houses in the world in 2024. 

The paintings and the artworks on the wall can change by pressing a button. The brown house is 3,900-square-foot. In front of the building are a swimming pool and a glass wall that help people come to the outside terrace. 

There is also, a reception hall that is 2,300-square-foot and is capable of holding 200 people for a dinner party. There are 24 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, and a library that can hold the manuscript that Gates paid for $30 million. Also, for the beach, Gate orders the sand of the beach from the Caribbean.

 
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7. Blossom Estate                     

Image credit: Brian Lee/Woolly Mammoth Photography via Bloomberg 

Value: Almost $130 million

Blossom estate Palm Beach, Fla is a massive beachfront house that covers a 50,000 square feet area. The property is located in the south of Mar-a-Lagos, USA. 

It is own by the billionaire, Ken Griffin. He is the hedge-fund manager.  The four properties as a whole have been using as a single estate before Ken brought the property in 2012.

6. Ellison Estate                       

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Value: $200 million

Larry Ellison is the 6th richest man on earth. His worth is estimated to be $60 billion according to Forbes. He is the founder of the software, oracle. The Ellison estate is a 23-acre estate located in Woodside, California. The estate is just like the ancient Japanese imperial palace. 

In 1995, he bought the estate for $12 million. For nine years, he renovated and designs the estate which cost him $200 million. 8 years ago, he completed this house as one of the most expensive houses in the world in 2024.

 

5. One Hyde Park  

Image credit: Rob Deutscher/Wikipedia 

Value: Around $222 million

One Hyde Park is one of the most costly, secretive apartment buildings in the world in 2024. A square foot cost $11,000 that is a multiple of three to the normal price of luxury real estate in London. The apartment covers an area of 25,000 square feet. 

Among the apartment are just 17 that are primary residence. The house glasses are made of bulletproof fibers. But there is little information about the people who own the apartment, but one report shows that it is owned by Ukraine's richest man.

4. Kensington Palace Gardens   

Image credit: Samuel Taylor Geer/Wikimedia Commons

Value: more than $222 million

Kensington Palace Gardens is located in London, UK. In the 1990s, David Khalili bought the garden and merges the two separate lands into one palatial home. 

He included more floors and pillars to it, this cost him £20 million then. The house was sold to Bernie Ecclestone in 2001 for £50 million. The 55,000 square foot mansion is presently owned by Lakshmi Mittal.

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3. Fair Field                              

Image credit: Cfijames at English Wikipedia

Value: roughly $248 million

The third world's most expensive house shown in the above picture is owned by Ira Renner. In 2004, he moved to an expensive house. The mansion has 2 courtyards, a synagogue, 3 swimming pools, 39 bathrooms, 29 bedrooms, a home theater for 164 people. 

The building covers an area of land of 62,000 square feet. The garage of the house can accommodate 100 cars, according to reports. 

There is no doubt that the house is among the most expensive in 2024 because each amenities use costs around US$110 million. Renner himself is a rich man whose net worth is estimated to be US$5.9 billion, so building such a house is easily affordable for him.

 

2. Villa Leopolda                             

Image credit: Miniwark/Wikimedia Commons

Value: around $750 million

The second most costly house is situated in the French Riviera, France.  The house is so large that it covers an area of 8 hectares (equals to 8 football field areas). The construction of the house started around 1902 after just 1 franc was paid for the land that the house occupied by King Leopold II of Belgium. 

Presently, the house is own by Mikhail Prokhorov. In 2008, he bought the house for 300 million euros. The house has terraces, 19 deluxe rooms, 12 pools, 14 bathrooms, and traditional furniture.  The house also has sports spaces and a film theater.

1. Antilia- Most Expensive House in the World  

Value: $1-2 billion

Antilia, Mumbai, India is the world’s most expensive and the biggest house. It the second most expensive property in 2024 after the British palace, which is mention below.  If you are talking about houses and not palaces, Antilia is the first on the list of most expensive houses. 

It is owned by the Indian’s rich man, Mr. Mukesh Ambani.  The house is located in Altamount Road, South Mumbai. The construction of the house was completed in 2010 which began in 2008. The house has 27 floors. 

The six floors are for a car pack that can comfortably accommodate 168 vehicles.  There are nine high-speed elevators in the house for various floors. In fact, the house has snow rooms to keep warm during the winter.

+  Buckingham Palace                    

Image credit: SAC Matthew 'Gerry' Gerrard RAF/© MoD Crown Copyright 2016

Value: $4.9 billion

Buckingham Palace is a famous palace known around the world. It is located in the borough of Westminster, London. From 1952, her royal majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and her family have been living there, the British royals. 

When it is time for royal and national celebrations, it is always held in the palace.  Even though it is a Palace, it is undeniably one of the most expensive houses in the world 2024.

It is the administrative focus of the royal family of Britain. Queen Victoria was the first queen to live in the palace that was in the year 1837. 

The palace is very expensive, even its renovation in 1761 cost £73,000. The palace has 92 offices, 52 royal, and guest bedrooms, 19 staterooms, 188 staff bedrooms, and 78 bathrooms, with a total number of 775 rooms.

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