…and you thought Bay Area homes were expensive!

13 05 2008

$2,000,000,000 homeRecently reported on Forbes.com: the world’s first billion-dollar home.

Yes, “billion.” With a “B.”

While that figure may sound impossibly high, consider this: the new 27-story tower home of Indian petrochemical tycoon Mukesh Ambani and his family will not simply break the billion-dollar barrier — it will shatter it by an order of two.

That’s right — he’s building a $2,000,000,000 home. What does two billion buy you these days?

  • 400,000 square feet of interior space
  • 6 stories of parking lots
  • 9 elevators
  • 4-story outdoor garden
  • 2-story ballroom

…and much, much more. Read the full story and see pictures of unbelievable opulence here. I can almost hear Robin Leach knocking now…

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