Inside Antilla - World’s First $2 Billion House

The Ambani home, called Antilla, now available on Google Earth is being valued at $2 Billion and when completed, the residence will reach 550 feet into the sky and offer 400,000 square feet of living space. Normally that is the equivalent of a 60 storeyed tower, but in this case each floor is more than twice the height of a normal floor, with the result that the building will only have 27 floors when completed. Given the prevailing state of skyscrapers in Mumbai, this building will be more than twice as tall as the earlier tallest buiilding. The view from the top will be breathtaking, no doubt. Ambani's net worth was at $43 billion in March 2008.

Kind of makes Bill Gates’ $125 million home look like some sort of slum. Some other absurd facts about Antilla.

1. 3 helipads on top. Mumbai corporation has not given permission for making this operational yet.
2. Hanging gardens within the structure
3. Swimming pool within the structure
4. A two storey Health centre
5. Parking space for 168 cars (6 floors). I initially thought that meant there will be a mini office in the building but apparently that is not the case. All these cars will belong to Mukesh Ambani! Just in case you are interested, he drives a $1.2 million Maybach now.
6. A floor exclusively for servicing these automobiles within the building.
7. A floor for Home theatre – sitting capacity of 50
8. The house will have a staff of 600 (sic) to do the maintenance activities.