Forbes magazine has just published the 2007 list for the most expensive homes in the world ! Just in case you are not sure what to do with your extra cash this year ... to be honest it is not what I was expecting ...
North America The winner is this relatively correct size (25,000-square-foot) in New York's favorite high-end resort area. 75-foot-long swimming pool, grass tennis court and orangery. Location: Bridgehampton, N.Y. Price: $75 million. If you like green but are a city child, they have this triplex penthouse at the Pierre in Manhattan. It offer 360-degree views of New York City from windows and terraces. Price: $70 million.
South America Only $12 million for a property in Chubut, Argentina. Nearly 59,000 acres of land with hills, canyons and ravines, just for you ... isn't that fantastic !!!
Europe A little bit of royalty without having to stand by the window waving your hand to the crowd for $122.2 million in Windlesham, England. 103 rooms, five swimming pools and 24-carat-gold leafing on the study's mosaic floor, squash court, bowling alley, tennis court, 50-seat screening room, heated marble driveway and helipad and and Elton John as neighbor ... that is something that will finely impress your mother in law !!!
Africa $17.9 million for this South Africa's version of Napa in Cape Town. This estate totals nearly 500 acres and produces 400,000 bottles of wine each year.
Asia Location: Batam, Indonesia, Price: $27.5 million. Tropical private island, close to Singapore. Totaling 94 acres, the island is ringed with mangroves and small beaches.
Australia Oceania Location: Taupo, New Zealand. Price: $25 million for wild life lovers. 6,000 acres of land crisscrossed by 25 miles of creeks and has wildlife, a fishing lodge, clays range and seven guest cabins.
