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The most expensive house in the world
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He could have bought 50 awesome houses. What an ass! Clearly he doesn't know how to spend his own money.
The inside is also dreadful. It's cold, and not the interior of a place I could call 'home'.
Such a rich and important family have many important guests attend and events to host. Tell me you wouldn't like your guests to wallow in that kind of luxury.
Taste is a pointless, subjective concern over whether you'd like to be seen dead in such a place. Luxury is being comfortable. I'd say that's far more important. In these particular photos there was nothing garish; no eyesores. Sure, it looked more like a hotel but I'd trade my box anytime, regardless of whether it conforms to what I've put in my 'Good taste' pigeonhole.
That's certainly clear from the interior photographs!
That's exactly what it looks like!
I couldn't live there.
Oh yeah
It wasn't too far away from me.
Made the old grannies' false teeth fall out, and gave the roof tiles a bit of a wobble.
I hardly think it was enough to make a building fall down
I have a feeling Mr.Rich will be safe.
I actually quite like the building, both interior and exterior. Then again, I love hotels and odd skyscrapers. I think the exterior is quite unique and cool, and the interior looks pretty amazing.
I would have less garage space though. How many times, if at all, are you going to have 168 cars?
Is there no yard?
I would have less garage space though. How many times, if at all, are you going to have 168 cars?
Is there no yard?
Oh yeah
It wasn't too far away from me.
Made the old grannies' false teeth fall out, and gave the roof tiles a bit of a wobble.
I hardly think it was enough to make a building fall down
I have a feeling Mr.Rich will be safe.
yer i know but i was only pointing out the fact that they can & do happen in countries you least expect them ( see below )
Mumbai isn't in an active Earthquake zone. The chances of a quake there are roughly the same as in Belgium
I think the bloke who designed it must have tripping at the time myself
Good God. That's just wrong.
I personally can't wait until one of this guy's kids gets into an elevator and can't find their way back to their living quarters. They'd have to stage an all-out search and rescue just to find the kid in it's own house!
I personally can't wait until one of this guy's kids gets into an elevator and can't find their way back to their living quarters. They'd have to stage an all-out search and rescue just to find the kid in it's own house!
I understand what you are saying, but why shouldn't he spend money he's earned on himself? When governments are wasting billions of pounds every year, why should it fall to private individuals to right the wrongs of the world?
Perhaps a translation issue??
It could be a "safe room", but in this case an entire floor, for the occupants to go in case of civil unrest/criminal activity/etc.
I note that this floor is below all those, to me, scary stilts.
Even prosperous crime-free suburban neighbourhoods occasionally have a house burn down.ok...so the house/building isn't the most attractive, but what scares me is 'the emergency floor' for evacuations?
scary part of the world to live there it must be...
Why would you want to be stuck on the 9th floor if your house was burning down?
I always thought that the emergency room is in the basement, so that when there are hurricanes or earthquakes and floods and whatnots you'll be safe underground.
At a guess I would say that the 9th floor is the height that can be reached by the Mumbai Fire Brigade's ladders, whilst still being high enough that the inhabitants of the building do not have to overexert themselves to reach.
I get what he's doing. It doesn't matter how plush everyone else's homes may be in the Mumbai of the future, he's the only one that won't have this monstrosity marring his view. Therefore he's always officially got the nicest home in the city
Good point.
I'm sure that other cities with expensive homes such as London, New York, Geneva and Moscow are all considerably more expensive.
Taste is how the rich judge themselves against each other, its one of the few things money can't buy.
Wow -- this has to be one of the ugliest $1m+ houses in the world.
What an atrocity. Both the outside and the inside look dated even now, and it is just too obvious that this building is not in any way, shape or form built for comfort and tranquility, but solely for bragging rights. And even for bragging rights it is done badly and in pretty much the ugliest, least inspired and least tasteful way possible. He could have hired the world's best architects and done something amazing, gorgeous, beautiful. But this abhorrent monstrosity? I find the interior even worse if that's possible -- how much more gaudy and outdated could you possibly get? What a shame, and a waste of opportunity.
What an atrocity. Both the outside and the inside look dated even now, and it is just too obvious that this building is not in any way, shape or form built for comfort and tranquility, but solely for bragging rights. And even for bragging rights it is done badly and in pretty much the ugliest, least inspired and least tasteful way possible. He could have hired the world's best architects and done something amazing, gorgeous, beautiful. But this abhorrent monstrosity? I find the interior even worse if that's possible -- how much more gaudy and outdated could you possibly get? What a shame, and a waste of opportunity.
Thanks for sharing.
Personally, I like it.
Agreed about being exteme. But as you say, it's his money.
So true.
Myself as well.I like my home better, thank you very much.
One thing that is a complete turnoff for me is that he must have a huge staff to maintain that place. No privacy. Of course for someone like him, that is the least of his worries.
I do like his extended private parking for family and friends.
It's his money and there is nothing wrong with him using it this way if he so chooses.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.