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$1 Billion Antilia (Mumbai) – The Worlds Most Expensive House Completed!

by Overseas Property Mall on Monday, October 18th, 2010 in Billionaire Homes

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Update: World’s Most Expensive House – Antilia (Mumbai) Lays Empty! (click here to read more)

The world’s most expensive home is complete. The $1 billion (£630 million), 27 storey tower block in Mumbai is the home of Mukesh Ambani — the richest man in India, fourth richest man in the world –, his wife and their 3 children. It is difficult to know what to call it. It is far too big and grand to call it a house, the fact that it has more floor space than the palace of Versailles and 600 staff would ordinarily make it a castle, or Mansion, but can you call a sky scraper a mansion?

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Whatever you call it, the building is a physical representation of emerging markets taking over the world in terms of money and power, which is also what it screams (money and power) from the top of its 173 meter high walls: an asymmetric stack of glass, steel and tiles with a four-storey hanging garden and solid gold chandeliers hanging from the ball room ceiling.

“Antilia is marvellous, I remember a Picasso painting [there], it was one of its kind – stunning,” one local businessman who visited the building gushed to the Times of India newspaper.

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As well as having a health club with a gym and dance studio, at least one swimming pool, a ballroom, guestrooms, 9 elevators, a variety of lounges and a 50-seater cinema, the tower also has 3 helipads on the roof, and a parking garage with capacity for 160 cars in the lower floors.

The family quarters are understandably on the top floors, where they enjoy an incredible view across Mumbai and the Arabian Sea. Experts say there is no other private property of comparable size and prominence in the world.

Photos of the Interior

Ambani, owner of Reliance Industries is worth £18bn according to Forbes magazine. He is not your typical wealthy businessman; in fact he has distanced himself from the Indian business elite.

Known as a deeply private man, there is widespread surprise that Ambani has made such a lavish statement of his wealth. However, the property is thought to have cost an estimated £44m to build, and because of Mumbai’s massive land and property prices, is worth at least £630m, it is a very good investment, perhaps too good to miss — will we now see similar extravagant buildings in the world’s other great emerging cities?

On the other hand: “Perhaps he has been stung by his portrayal in the media as an introvert. Maybe he is making the point that he is a tycoon in his own right,” said Hamish McDonald, author of Ambani and Sons, a history of the business – India’s biggest privately owned company.

Whatever the reason behind it, Antilia is currently the biggest and most impressive family home in the world.

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Antilia is located on Altamount Road, Cumballa Hill South Mumbai – a popular high brow area in Mumbia, where land prices start from US$10,000 per square meter.
Antilia sits on a 48,780 sq ft (4,532 square metres) plot of land.

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Under Construction Back in January 2009

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Photo Credits: Jay Hariani, 16.09.0B, Mark Fitch, Ajay Viswanathan [All via Flickr]

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  • Anonymous

    Wow – so its finally completed.

  • http://www.RivieraHunt.com Renaud Pierre

    I’m sorry to say that I find it as ugly as it is impressive!

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  • 9xzulug

    i’m not impressed,i’m quite depressed,how does this one family feel seeing all the poverty surrouding them.admittedly there is no shame been rich but there must be shame if you do not redistribute that wealth to help others,otherwise whats the point.WILL THERE BE A NEW FILM OUT SOON CALLED SLUMDOG BILLIONAIRES?

  • Morethanjustcable

    Is this what you do with 1 billion dollars…..what an ugly waste of money. It must be nice to waste that kind of money!!

  • Cuteone03103

    Wow this is world Ugliest building, how can somebody waste their money in a shitbox like this? It look like some abandoned building.

  • aadi

    wastage of money nothing else?????????
    damm it……………..

  • ohai

    You clearly just read the title and scrolled through the pictures like a kindergartener. If you had bothered reading what was written for you to read, you would have caught the section where it said “the property is thought to have cost an estimated £44m to build, and because of Mumbai’s massive land and property prices, is worth at least £630m, it is a very good investment, perhaps too good to miss “

  • QureshiFreak

    According to me its nice but Mr Mukesh ambani should spend this much of money in london or in lower manhatten rather then spending in MUMBAI

  • Casonfs

    9xzulug. This IS redistributing the money. He just isn’t giving it away is all.

  • Reiya

    there are so many people who are suffering from hunger instead of wasting money for this he could have fed them……

  • Michaelgomes72

    What is the worth of having homes that is so expensive, Think of the Beggars

  • guest

    Looks like New Jack City with a nightclub on the rooftop!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Abdul-Basit-Ghani/100001269225737 Abdul Basit Ghani

    Actually I am grieved to see such a house in Mumbai as in this very country and city, a majority is living below the poverty line but rich people have no sympathies for them. Rich are building most expensive buildings and poor are dying out of hunger.

  • Chennapragada Subba Rap

    Ambanis have grown rich by sheer dint of hard work and they have every right to live in opulance.He is also a Philanthropist. One could ridicule him only if he were to be a miser and living in luxury with illegally gotten wealth amidst poverty.

  • Anoop_jose89

    no wonder why the most richest are the most dummest in the world…………….
    is this what you call business ……..business means profit and not merely spendin hard earned money…we know you hav a lot n if you wanna spent it then why not for a charitable cause…………

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  • Vmahodge

    Really?

  • Jam5796

    ugly from the outside, but very grand from the inside!
    Exterior: 3/10
    Interior: 10/10

  • Mohzaman

    absolutely amazing

  • Mohzaman

    get a reality check, its his money, he can do what he likes with it you dodo

  • Raltr0n

    imagine how many people got jobs, witch fed people?

  • Jbroadway55

    i hope he has a elevator

  • Skumar442

    Its really going to remain the costliest house in the world forever. Congratulations to Mr Ambani

  • Someone

    Most expensive and the Ugliest house ever

  • prince kumar

    Its such a waste of money there’s nothig like 1$ billion in this house .

  • prince kumar

    Its such a waste of money there’s nothig like 1$ billion in this house .

  • Shivali

    not bad

  • schmidt

    my number 1 is still Rockefellar

  • earthangel

    i beliavethat he should have built an extra on just as big but not as fancy for the less fortunate people of india as well as it should have been more eco friendly xoxo

  • Welsh_giant69

    so what your trying to say is that let people that are in poverty with no job take money off the rich who have worked there ass’s off for years to get a free ride…..and if the rich were the “dummest” as you put it how could they of earnt all this money ???? let me guess by scratching there ass all day ? lol
    im not rich but when a person has billions of money then whats wrong with building a 1 billion pound house better than giving it to you free loaders !!!

  • Mike234

    you would have to PAY me 1 billion dollars to live in Mumbai. The stench is unbearable.

    Why do people assume wealth brings with it intelligence or a moral conscience? This mans legacy will be a 27 story office block. Congratulations.

  • Fiji_kid70

    what a waste of money…why not help the poor and charity s in India.

  • Mdadadad

    one ugly house waste of money not only by him but many other rich retards like him i wonder how the cost of tnt needed to destroy 1 billion dollars my guess 100$……at critical point at base.boom

  • Get real!

    I wonder if it smells, like it looks!!Any sacred cows in there?!!!!!!

  • Jai Dor36

    Are you his brown nosing spokesman?Obviously you hide from reality,your time will come,when you will be begging to selfish zealots like this.

  • Jai Dor36

    Are you his brown nosing spokesman?Obviously you hide from reality,your time will come,when you will be begging to selfish zealots like this.

  • Srisanj4

    It may be lavish inside. But it is far from appealing from outside. There is a mention in the article about its worth and that it is a good investment. But, it is hard to imagine whether the house will be sold at all if Ambani’s were to sell it. Hence it may not be a good investment. Of course, it is a private property with personal choice; in my opinion, Mr and Mrs Ambani’s have poor taste – not that they care. I just wanted to say – if I had that kind of money, I would have built a better home :)

    There are other comments about how people are suffering from hunger etc… it is hardly relevant. We are not talking about government building here. And Ambani is not a king. He is as hard working gentleman as you and I are. He sure has found a way to pay less tax and increase his wage substantially higher in the same 24 hours of time in a day. That’s what differentiate poor from rich besides some being born with silver spoon.

  • wiigamer136

    Maybe he wanted to prove that not every Indian is poor. Maybe he likes Mumbai more than London or Manhattan.

  • theroyal

    m gonna buy it aft a decade

  • Lucius

    Can I just say, everyone who keeps mentioning how this man didn’t give his hard earned money to people living in poverty is not always a bad thing. If you researched more about him you would soon notice the charities and foundations he donates too. Just because he likes to spend a little doesn’t mean he doesn’t give anything. And anyways, I bet if one of you guys had that much money laying around you would definitely build yourself your dream house. I know I have, even though I only donate a little to charities does not mean I am selfish. I have worked nearly all my life to build up what now is a huge corporation, and I am proud of it. I don’t want to start giving all my money away to people who just sit on their asses and mope about how poor they are, its their choice, they could try and do something with their lives, even if its only a small paying job. I pity you guys who question his actions. Its his hard earned money and he can do what he wants with it. Practice what you preach, you guys who keep saying he should have fed the poor with the money he spent on the house, I bet you don’t donate? Honestly i think its pathetic, you guys complaining all the time, I get it too much and i am getting sick of it, i would say Mukesh is too. If you want to make a difference, sell your house and possession’s and give all you own to the poor, because thats what your asking this man to do. I would like to see what you say then.

  • Kamal

    The mansion sure is not gud looking..its because the design is futuristic, n to go with the design matters its surroundings, d rest of the buildings are relatively old(normal looking) which makes it look odd.plus for such a building to look gud, ample clear space is required.The sky, the horizon should be distinct, but alas there is not enough land left in Mumbai..anyways the point is that Indians do have the money and d passion to go for whatever they like to do so….A great example being st..Thumbs Up..!!

  • Localguykamloops

    i think most of you are idiotic. saying why did they not help the poor and bla bla bla read it dumb asses they employ 600 people to run the place. how many do you employ? how many poor families a year do you buy food certificates for so they could have a nice meal. shake your idiotic heads of the people that are saying this most of you do nothing also when you could. such as a meal for a poor family in food certificates or something but you do not. atleast they are employing 600 plus people and read is land price that made it worth so huge actual build and buy price was not even close. typical usual complainers that do nothing themselves for anyone as per usual complain about nothing

  • Hali007

    I guess you fall in the dummest category, perhaps you can not read between the lines. Most of these riches asses stepped over these poor folks to get where they are. What world do you live in, most of us who work have seen the companies take so much from their employees and call it labour costs. You think you have a career, No you have a job!!!, see you on the begging lane.

  • Heal the World

    I don’t think most people get that it’s not the amount of money you have that helps charity, it what you do, say and think that does help it! I have £3.7 billion and am very succsesful in my area of work, but I don’t just give it all to charity! I don’t work any more, so I use my fame to apeeal to companies and groups of people to come to places in the world like etheopea, and try being with pople who can’t move because they are starved! Then the people who have “Nothing” in to people who have billions in England all DO something to help charities! It’s not that can change the world, it’s you!

  • Kumarsreecanir

    This is too much……….Mr.Ambani poor peoples are living in the street.Please try to help them also.

  • takai

    what a shit hole… fuck this building is ugly, typical third world design… indian’s can you not beautify your country like the way chinese do their’s… you bad at sports presentations-commonwealth- at least africa does it’s things with pride… truly what a shit hole…

  • keiran

    you have a laptop give them that money … no … didnt think so.

  • Deab Whantley

    It’s a shame that people are unable to read between the lines, or even the lines that have been written. As the story states the property cost approx £44m to build and is worth around £630m. Surely anyone that can add 1 and 1 together can see it’s a good investment. The sensationalist title is more of a “How can we get people to stop and look at this story”..As for the people on the poverty line – How do you know this man DOESN’T already give money away to the poor people of the city/country…..You don’t. That said, it is still damned ugly!

  • not a socialist

    again, it’s his money…

  • SMARTBUNTY

    I HAD VISITED THIS HOUSE SO MANY TIMES DURING FUNCTIONS,AMBANI FAMILY IS COOL AND POLITE ! BUT THEIR SERVANTS ARE WORST.

  • Alok

    I would say its just great, its a reply to wold who daresto think India a poor country.

  • Dusdle

    Deab Whantley – the building was built for £44m but with the land prices it’s sitting on it’s worth £586m. So no it’s not necessarily a good investment. Would you buy a home where less than 7% of its worth is building and 93% is land. Land prices (even in developing countries) have a way of being very unstable.

    But all that doesn’t matter. He wasn’t doing it as an investment. The man is 4th richest in the world. Do you really think someone would buy this home for anywhere close to the £630 he paid for it. People with money like this don’t live in Mumbai (except this guy).

  • Timbo_92

    Possibly the worst comment ever. You claim business means profit, not merely spending hard earned money, yet the article quite clearly states it was built for an estimated £44m and is now worth an estimated £630m, quite clearly profit. You then say why not spend it on a charitable cause when, although this is true, the labour that it has created will outweigh the benefits of him simply spreading the money between say the beggars of Mumbai and makes them earn for it, respecting the money more. Also, who are you to judge, unless you give a substantial portion of your income on charities, probably sponsor a child in Africa for £2 at best. He has probably given a lot more relative to his income and wealth than you, did your house cost less than your yearly wage? I doubt it whereas his did. He does no less for charity than you so where is your basis to judge him?

  • Reck973

    i’am sure u all have heard of the saying(do not judge the book by his cover). now, for those who are making their opinions hear, please stop being negatif. Ambani’s money belong to him n his family they can do whatever they want to do with it. to help others is a choice, a good choice but its not OBLIGATORY. i do not personaly know the guy but i think he might be helping those less fortunate than him some where. well done Mr Ambani and please forgive those who have a different understanding. peace.

  • Barterusa

    Could have gotten a better architect to have designed a much better exterior. To me this is an ugly exterior facade.

  • Daniel01

    sorry I don’t agree with your summary of the worlds most expensive house… its a bit racist…

  • Guest9854

    People like you are why things won’t get better. The man is a pig – plain and simple. You’re not an idiot just poorly misinformed. Sad

  • sukhvir

    I don’t know what to say? accept WOWWWWWWWWWWW1 This beyond my dream house. Very lucky to antilla family to have this house .

  • Darthur13

    The rich spending their money on garbage employs construction workers, maintenance workers, staff, ect… Do be such a critic when the rich spend their money. That money goes to other people who work for it. Common economic sense here.

  • Jo

    It’s about the ugliest thing I have ever seen. The inside is ok but I have seen better for a lot less money. Just proves some people have more money than brains.

  • Jo

    Right now $900. would keep me and my family warm. However I do agree that charity has to begin at home and I have a lot to give to those who have little in the form of love, advise (from a social worker’s standpoint) and just a general helping hand. I do believe that we have our priorities wrong when we spend thousands of dollars on entertainment and other materialistic things and there are children going hungry in our own neighborhoods. I also believe that you need to take care of those closest to home before you go further abroad.

  • Jo

    Not all persons who live below the poverty line are freeloaders. The economy is bad, in case you haven’t heard and a lot of people who work hard can’t make enough to make ends meet.

  • Jo

    What was he born with and where did it come from? Where does he make his money and are others hurt by his gain an methods of gain? it would be prudent to ask these questions before you answer them.

  • Jo

    I know some living in the US that are not poor. At least not comparatively speaking.

  • Knir6722

    Ugly it maybe, that’s for sure but what I can’t understand is the need to have so much to spend a billion on a house that seems crazy to me I would buy 10 or 20 houses around the world if I ever had that much money befor I would ever buy one house in one place that’s just crazy and if you have that much in the face of peope that don’t I would be worried about the greed and hate it would creat I would feel safe living there

  • Kasim_143

    it is his own money and he can spend it by any mean for his family. it is pretty good of him to make such a home to gift her wife… just go inside and see it then comment on what he did.. he is the child of great dhirubhai ambani cannot throw money in waste..

  • Chasplmr

    3.7 billion? holy hell what did you do for a living? i just quit my job and now im struggling with things… my boss kept asking me about my sexuality and i got fed up with it… now i have 2 broken down cars that dont even run anymore, no money to fix them either because my boss is the one who can afford all this new stuff while his employees struggles with everything in life.

  • Angelleee09

    LEAVE THEM ALONE. IT’S THEIR MONEY. DON’T JUST JUDGE THEM.

  • Kirby Rama

    u mean an elevator

  • Becca196248

    What a waste of money. With all of the people that are homeless and hungry, he should be ashamed of his self . It looks ridiculous, does not even look like a home. It looks more like a parking garage. If he wants to be remembered for somthing then put that money to good use by helping others.

  • Becca196248

    Yeah its his money and hes WASTING IT!!!. You can’t even tell it’s a home it does lokk like an abanded building that has not been kept up.

  • Becca196248

    Actually I do buy food carts for our families in our community here in Orlando, Fl where I live. I volunteer about 25 hrs a week, at The Out Reach Program, and The Red Cross. As well as other charities. And I don’t have alot of money but I do it because I do have more then most. Our bills get paid and we have food in the frig. That’s all we need. Oh and your very RUDE!!! Oh and one more thing read the story on how Mr. money bags OVER WORKED AND UNDER PAID THOSE 600 WORKERS. Get your story strat before you start running your mouth on something you don’t have all the details on.

  • someone

    gawd!! ever thought abt the poor ppl? who are dying and would greatly appreciate a bit of money and btw..i bet he doesn’t even go to half the house..i thinks its sad, hes practically busy showing off, i get hes rich but i would use my money wisely and help out poor people….anyway, thats what all rich people do..there never satisfied :(

  • Joisking

    most expensive =most ugly i dont get it

  • rebel

    give the guy a break…it’s his damn money that he worked hard all his years that he’s using.the house itself provides job for the people from construction workers to running the place.he’s only using a part of his own sweat and tears to pamper himself.it’s no different than an ordinary office guy wanting his own ferrari….besides, how the hell do you know that he isn’t doing anything to help the poor?..must he called the media and press everytime he wants to make a donation?must he smiled for the camera and shake the poor’s hands so you know that he’s doing his part?…such things are only necessary cause of certain circumstances…but if you simply imply that if a guy is rich and bought expensive things, to be heartless jerks who step on the poor and laughing at the top, than i have to say that you’ve been watching too much television….indeed, there are some whose like that, but they’re some who does a lot more for humanities, natures, and environment purposes that you could imagine to do in your lifetime…

  • Rush20112

    who’s the Architectures and Eng’rs of this 1 Billion Dollar waste? the most sickest house I’ve ever seen. If I have 1 Bullion dollars I will make a Palace in the middle of the Ocean lmao!

  • tony

    no one can tell anybody what to do wit their own money no matter how much they have……even thou i do believe he should at least help the starving children in his city. its his choice if he wants to help others and god will judge him on that but on the other hand i like it but some parts of it is tacky

  • http://www.huahinpropertyagent.com/ Rob Tyson

    Very ugly wastage of money ………….

  • B Ris

    You are absolutely correct! I totally agree with you! Lucius for ‘President’!
    I’m only 20 years old, I come from a comfortable back ground, I work 6 days a week in a hotel. I want to be a performer, one day I will be a performer – and extremely wealthy! I have dreams!
    So I can totally see Lucius’s point, if your not happy being poor, then do something about it, work hard, if that doesnt work, work god damn harder. And when I finally make my millions, they’re mine!!!

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/IYASCBAVJQ2GOPDRB7DFCZATPY Chris

    Funny Isn’t it – One of the top richest man in the world Warren E. Buffett. Still lives in a house he had built years ago when he was not even a millionaire and has promised to donate 99% (yes ninety nine percent) to charity. Now that’s food for thought. You really don’t have to show off – give back to those who has given you.

  • Sara Shah

    Its easy to talk but difficult to achieve and people who have achieved should be an inspiration to others. You are right its the people (the common masses) who can make a “Difference” not individual bussinessmen. I Belong to a political family, but i am living a student life in UK, and i have realized how difficult it is to make money, i remember spending all my money on air tickets, going to random places, now em left with nothing, cant ask my dad, he had given me 5 times what was required, dont even have money to pay for my accommodation and that is because i am not successful like others, so instead of appreciating them i cant blame them for my own faults.. They provide people with jobs and that is the best thing they can offer, i dont have a job, i can value it..

  • Jamespm85

    Why are so many people bashing this guy? I am poor too, but its not his fault, its mine. I am the only one that can change that and that goes for everyone else too. If you don’t like your life don’t take it out on someone that is doing better than you. Just fix your own problems rather than blame someone else. So what he has done very well for himself, you could too if you get off your butt and do something about it.

  • Ash the Man

    FIRSTLY I DONT BELIEVE HE SHOULD GIVE HIS MONEY TO POOR. HE TOO WAS POOR ONCE UPON A TIME AND MADE IT BIG BY WORKING. SECONDLY HE DOES HAVE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE MENTALLY CHALLENGED AND PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED. THIRDLY ITS HIS MONEY I AM SURE HE HAS GOOD KARMA FROM ANOTHER LIFE LET HIM ENJOY.

  • Azz

    A property is only worth what one will pay and the current proprietor has paid £44m. Moreover, this article reeks of patriotic undertones that desperately attempt to validate a populous that naively thrive on inequality. What use is a towering mansion and a Bentley if you are surrounded by slums and broken road?

    For the sake of the West, please wake up India…

  • kenny.roger

    it just a waste of money……jus look at india many people a living below poverty line…..i think some rich people only think of themselves……..we cant say much its their money…….>>>>>>0.0<<<<<<

  • kenny.roger

    it just a waste of money……jus look at india many people a living below poverty line…..i think some rich people only think of themselves……..we cant say much its their money…….>>>>>>0.0<<<<<<

  • monklaern

    He could have built a castle…

  • Kishorruparelia

    I like it and wish the family well…am proud to be an Indian

  • Dorji

    Well, it looks ugly but there is no wide space available in Mumbai for one to build a house like Oprah.

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  • Sarah

    i can’t belive about your thinking, if you really need to know India then you must go there.. Don’t just sit here and talk about it.  Do you have money to make just make a building better than that?  I am sure you don’t so stop talking about it.  If you don’t have money then stop being jeolous.

  • Seth

    I am from the future…and this ‘house’ is still ugly as all getout.

  • Luminateconcepts

    You can have all the money in the world but you can’t buy good taste! 

    The outside of the building is UGLY!

    C’mon Mukesh show some taste man and at least re-model the outside to be a better fit to the inside, you’re not doing you’re incredible home true justice.

  • Peter Moore

    Giving people jobs? What ……at 2 rupees a year!! Get real….this is just gross. It represents all that’s bad in a capitalist society. The guy should be ashamed of himself….it’s an abomination!!!!!!!

  • clintonj

    love the fact that there is a vodafone on the sidewalk sign

  • bobb

    he has the money

  • Pico_leon

    what have u done lately to uplift your neighbors difficulty?