This $4.2 million 3,140 square foot luxury oceanfront property is on Fisher Island Drive in a beach front community near Miami Beach. The home features 4 bedrooms – 3 with en-suite marble bathrooms – 3.5 bathrooms, fireplace, wet bar, security system, Carrara marble floors, granite kitchen counters, wrap-around terrace with direct ocean views, Master Suite with private balcony and overlooks the beach with wrap-around terrace, Carrara Marble floors, designer kitchen, oceanfront swimming pool and hot tub and private beach.
A 6-story garage, hanging gardens from top to bottom, a full fledged cinema, four floors of indoor/outdoor gardens and a top floor with indoor/outdoor entertaining and views of the Arabian Sea. These are just a few highlights of Antilla, the 27-story skyscraper home being built in downtown Mumbai for Mukesh and Nita Ambani. Mukesh Ambani, listed by Forbes as the fifth richest man in the world with a net worth of $43 billion is owner of Reliance Industries, India’s largest firm by market capitalization.
Antilla’s shape is based on Vaastu, an Indian design style similar to Feng Shui. The design is intended to keep a feeling of consistency, without repetition by making sure no two floors are alike. The plans are varied and the same materials are not used on different floors. The rooms are further varied from traditional designs with heavy Indian cultural influences to modern designs with more subtle influences from a variety of cultures.
The home features a health level with the expected spas, plus a lap pool in an indoor/outdoor combination with views of the Mumbai skyline and Arabian Sea. More unusual are yoga and dance studios, gyms and a solarium with a juice bar and an ice room in the center space featuring man-made snow flurries on hot summer days.
There is a four-story open garden and hanging hydroponic plants shading several levels, helping moderate temperatures in summer and winter.
Entertainment aside from the cinema includes a huge ballroom with beautiful crystal chandeliers.
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Probably the lowest price you’ll find on a private island. 75 acres in Lake Shastina at the base of Mt. Shasta complete with 10,000 square foot mansion connected with the mainland by a private causeway for year round motor access. Complete with miles of scenic views in all directions. Offered at $2,800,000.
The three story mansion’s 9000 square feet of living space includes 6 bedrooms, each with an attached bath, two half baths and house-keeper’s appartment. and a four-car garage. The master bedroom with a view of Mt. Shasta features a large cultured marble jacuzzi. Other amenities include a sauna, over 1000 sqft of decks and porch and a 20-foot high artificial cascading waterfall flowing into a swimming pool.
Nearby amenities include the 27 hole Lake Shastina Golf Resort, The Mt. Shasta Ski and Board park 25 miles away and Weed airport is 10 miles away. If those seem a bit far, remember that distance is relative and the nearest neighbor is more than a mile away.
The 75 acre island includes the mansion, two chalets, a hilltop room (can be used as an office) and a workshop.
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Forbes brings us the “Most Expensive Home in the World” as part of its Most Expensive Things 2005 list. At a whopping $122.2 million, the 58 acre, 103 room Updown Court palace in Windlesham, England is 50 percent above the asking price on the most expensive home in the US, Three Ponds at Bridgehampton, New York at $75 million.
Updown Court is not an ancient castle – it’s a new palace and features five swimming pools, a bowling alley, 50-seat screening room, heated marble driveway and 24-carat-gold leafing on the floor of the study. Neighbors include England’s royals at Windsor Castle and Elton John.
The Sails is a new five-star beachfront resort condominium in Pattaya, Thailand. The 1 to 3 bedroom units are limited to 4 units per floor to maximize privacy and exclusivity and only 150 units are available. Ceilings are 3-meters (9.8 feet). The North Sail includes a five-star international hotel with all the accompanying amenities. Facilities include a luxury main lobby, fitness center, sauna & steam, lounge and swimming pool.
Prices start at Baht 5.7 Million (Approximate $138,000).
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