While most luxury home buyers would be proud to have a water slide around in their private residence, there are some who have gone on further to splurge on properties located in prime destination with this facility. The $360 million penthouse in Monaco, known as one of the most expensive areas in the world for luxury real estate, boasts of not only a water slide connected giant size infinity swimming pool, but also a panoramic view of the Mediterranean Sea. This ultra-luxurious property is spread over a generous 5-floor space in the French Principality in the 49-storey building named Tour Odean. The price tag of this penthouse puts it in the league ahead of La Belle Epoque penthouse in the same city, sold for $308 million 2 years back. Besides, its a far cry from the NYC’s most expensive penthouse.

Tour Odean Penthouse in Monaco

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With the modern lifestyles changing, the demand for home designs have changed, from the fry cry luxurious settings as we saw in the most expensive homes, to the more modular ones like we noticed in Mercedes GP Petronas home on wheels, Charlie Lazor FlatPak home, the modular solar caravan, or even the 3rd space garden rooms. With this trend becoming popular, one such luxurious creation was always on the cards, such as this mansion from Frank Llyod Wright, which is pegged as the most expensive modular home in the world. This uniquely designed private residence, called ‘La Miniatura’ is on the market for a price of $4.49 million. This property is located in Pasadena, California and was originally built for book dealer Alice Millard, which is perhaps why it also called ‘Millard House’.

Millard House garden

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With the modern lifestyles changing, the demand for home designs have changed, from the fry cry luxurious settings as we saw in the most expensive homes, to the more modular ones like we noticed in Mercedes GP Petronas home on wheels, Charlie Lazor FlatPak home, the modular solar caravan, or even the 3rd space garden rooms. With this trend becoming popular, one such luxurious creation was always on the cards, such as this mansion from Frank Llyod Wright, which is pegged as the most expensive modular home in the world. This uniquely designed private residence, called ‘La Miniatura’ is on the market for a price of $4.49 million. This property is located in Pasadena, California and was originally built for book dealer Alice Millard, which is perhaps why it also called ‘Millard House’.

Millard House garden

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The city of London has reasons more than one can count, to be counted amongst the wealthiest cities in the world. Whether it comes to handling the billions of Sterling Pounds worth of funds, floating about in the finance industry, to the comprehensively large pool of billionaires residing in the city, there never seems to be any dearth of wealth. No wonder the real estate prices seem to be soaring all the time, like we noticed in the case of Health Hall $158 million sale, and the largely successful One Hyde Park project adjoining the Mandarin Oriental hotel. Another such prime real estate is the Cornwall Terrace, stated to the most expensive set row houses in world. Recently an apartment from the block has been sold for a record breaking $120 million.

One Cornwall Terrace estate block

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Back in May last year, we reported about the most expensive home for sale in New England, America’s richest county, that is the Swain’s Neck estate which was listed for whopping price tag of $59 million. That 75-acre luxury retreat sited on Nantucket, an island 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, which eventually went off the market in late autumn, has now again returned on the luxury real estate market after a price chop of almost $11.5 million. Now all of the world’s ultra-elites and avid-vacationers stand a chance to own one of the most coveted and one-of-a-kind luxury waterfront estate on Nantucket Island for just $47.5 million. However, the Swain’s Neck estate’s priciest listing tag for the vacation home had been grabbed by the Martha’s Vineyard property which went for sale in August 2012 at $92 million.

Impressively occupying a private peninsula, the sprawling Swain’s Neck compound is now being sold by the estate of Russel Dale Phelon, the late owner and president of R.E. Phelon Co., a South Carolina-based firm that manufactures ignition systems and engine electronics, who originally bought the vacation home back in 1977 for $7.15 million.

Swain’s Neck: Nantucket’s Most Expensive Estate Relisted for $47.5M after a Price Slash of $11.5M

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By acclamation, the greatest basketball player of all time who led the Bulls to six national championships and earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award five times, an Olympic athlete, business person and an actor, Michael Jordan now got a huge deal on his second home in the Charlotte, North Carolina, where the b-ball legend already owns a penthouse sited just next to the Bank of America. The Charlotte Bobcats owner who single-handedly redefined the NBA superstar actually purchased a $2.8 million Cornelius-based 12,310 sq. ft lakefront home, which is about 22 miles north of uptown Charlotte where the Bobcats play their home games. Reportedly, Jordan snagged the home at a significant deal. As this gated and private residence that offers stunning panoramic lake views from almost every room and has its very own private dock was originally listed for $3.99 million in year 2011, the bank foreclosed on the home in August 2012, and later it was re-listed for $3.49 million.

NBA Legend Michael Jordan’s new $2.8 Million House in North Carolina has a Personal Dock

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Sited atop a private knoll 3 blocks from Sunset Boulevard, the Beverly Hill’s legendary Beverly House built of terra-cotta stucco which impressively exhibits a perfect combination of Italian and Spanish style, which originally hit the luxury real estate market for eye-watering $165 million in 2007, got re-listed for $95 million a few years later, and now listed for $115 million, is now available for rental at a staggering price of $600,000 a month. At this price, this H-shaped residence with original landscaping by Paul Thiene easily becomes the costliest rental home in the whole of United States, beating our earlier seen most expensive rental homes including the Astor Suite at the Plaza in New York asking for $165,000 per month, Kate Winslet’s Chelsea apartment for rent at $30,000 a month, Frank Gehry’s New York penthouse at $60,000 per month, the apartment in the Waldrof Astoria tower on 50th East Street commanding $135,000 a month, and recently the Diet Coke’s new Creative Director Mark Jacobs’ 40 Mercer Street Condo which was made available for rental at $37,500. However, it’s not just the massive rental asking price that makes this residence much talked about, but the fact that it impressively hosted John and Jacqueline Kennedy during their honeymoon and also played character in two of the Hollywood’s iconic movies, including ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Bodyguard’.

Beverly Hills’ Beverly House on Rental

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Sited atop a private knoll 3 blocks from Sunset Boulevard, the Beverly Hill’s legendary Beverly House built of terra-cotta stucco which impressively exhibits a perfect combination of Italian and Spanish style, which originally hit the luxury real estate market for eye-watering $165 million in 2007, got re-listed for $95 million a few years later, and now listed for $115 million, is now available for rental at a staggering price of $600,000 a month. At this price, this H-shaped residence with original landscaping by Paul Thiene easily becomes the costliest rental home in the whole of United States, beating our earlier seen most expensive rental homes including the Astor Suite at the Plaza in New York asking for $165,000 per month, Kate Winslet’s Chelsea apartment for rent at $30,000 a month, Frank Gehry’s New York penthouse at $60,000 per month, the apartment in the Waldrof Astoria tower on 50th East Street commanding $135,000 a month, and recently the Diet Coke’s new Creative Director Mark Jacobs’ 40 Mercer Street Condo which was made available for rental at $37,500. However, it’s not just the massive rental asking price that makes this residence much talked about, but the fact that it impressively hosted John and Jacqueline Kennedy during their honeymoon and also played character in two of the Hollywood’s iconic movies, including ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Bodyguard’.

Beverly Hills’ Beverly House on Rental

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Flexo Arquitectura, the Barcelona-based architectural firm founded by ETSAB graduated architects named Tomeu Ramis Frontera, Aixa del Rey García and Bárbara Vich Arrom, has now created an innovative architecture that impressively accommodates the separation of winter and summer. Sited atop a breathtaking slope in the popular touristic seafront area of cala d’or, in Spanish island of Mallorca, this architectural masterpiece impressively opens to stunning garden patios and breathtaking beach views. And in keeping with the region’s unrivaled aesthetics, the architects at Flexo Arquitectura created a packed white volume which has been pierced by a total of 4 programmed terraces. Further, the voids in this newly created home offers optimal sun exposure and ample amount of cross ventilation, in addition to specific spaces for meticulously maintained playgrounds, greenery, breezeways, and comfortable lounging.

Flexo Arquitectura Designed Private House Cala d’Or in Mallorca opens to beach views and garden patios

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Widely renowned for rapid-fire delivery of jokes and one-liners and for his success in virtually all entertainment media, the British-born American entertainer and comic actor Bob Hope and his wife Dolores’ huge Palm Springs estate has now been listed for whopping $50 million. Designed back in year 1973 by the California-based noted Modernist architect John Lautner, this legendary ‘The Hope Residence’ is situated at the top of Southridge, overlooking the entire Coachella Valley with views to the Banning Pass to the North and Mount San Jacinto to the West. Described to be the largest private residence exclusively designed by John Lautner for the Hope Family, the 23,366 sq. ft home is truly an incredibly and impeccably designed concrete, steel and glass structure with a vast curving roof of copper that matches the mountains behind it. Interestingly, the roofline of the home likened to a giant mushroom, has been described as one of the most distinguished works of modernist architecture in the Coachella Valley. Speaking about the estates in Palm Springs, we have recently seen the sale offering of Merv Griffin’s 39-acre Palm Springs-area estate which comes complete with racetrack and horse stables.

Comedian Bob Hope’s ‘Mushroom’ Estate in Palm Springs designed by John Lautner is Up for Sale at $50M

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