Maria Tobacco. London mansions of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian businesswoman Elena Franchuk was among the top ten most expensive houses in the world.
According to the list prepared by specialists of the online resource, spetsializiruyuschihsya on the assessment and comparison of the different items and services, the most expensive private house on the planet is Buckingham Palace - Metropolitan residence of Queen Elizabeth the Second. The Palace with 775 rooms, from the very beginning built as a House for the family of the Duke of Buckingham, is defined in 1, 55 billion dollars.
Of the ten most expensive homes four, including the Royal residence, located in London. The remaining six seats are divided among the farmhouses in France, USA and India.
House of the Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal on Kensington Street Gardens, the street, popular as " street billionaires ", placed by 5-th place. Mansion, finished with the same marble as the Taj Mahal, with 12 bedrooms, Turkish baths, an indoor pool and a garage for 20 cars is determined at 222 million dollars. Mittal bought a House, now called the " Taj Mittal ", in 2004, the chief promoter of the Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone.
The house on the same street, estimated at 140 million dollars and got on the ninth place in the list belongs to the former Governor of Chukotka, the owner of the football club " Chelsea " Roman Abramovich. Russian businessman plans to increase the area of the house due to the new underground facilities. In his desire is to build a tennis court, medical centre and Museum cars, so soon, maybe Mansion equal in price to the house Mittal, and even surpass it.
closes the top ten most expensive houses in the world, the Mansion Ukrainian businesswoman, founder of the ANTIAIDS Foundation and friend Elton John Elena Franchuk. The house on the Upper Phillimore Gardens in South West London is defined in $ 128 million. In a Victorian mansion, which were located above the primary educational institution for girls, there are ten bedrooms, an underground pool, a cinema and a bunker.
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