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Top 10 Most Expensive Homes In The United States



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$135 million home tops         room, an exercise room,           
the list of the most            cross-country ski trails and a    
expensive homes for sale in     fishing pond.                     
America. Forbes.com compiled a                                          
list of the world's most valuable     2. Fleur de Lys - Beverly Hills,  
homes on the market for the year      California, $125 million: Modeled 
2007. The following are the top       after the palace of Louis XIV at  
ten of America's priciest             Versailles, this                  
mansions pulled out from the          45,000-square-foot Beverly Hills  
Forbes list. Interestingly six of     mansion is priced at $125 million 
the top ten of the world's most       making it the second most         
expensive homes in 2007 are           expensive home in the U.S. It had 
American.                             taken five years to complete this 
                                      palatial home.                    
The top 10 most expensive homes                                         
for sale in the United States in      3. Maison de L'Amitie - Palm      
2007 are:                             Beach, Florida, $125 million:     
                                      Previously owned by former health 
1. Hala Ranch - Aspen, Colorado,      care magnet Abe Gosman, the home  
$135 million: This 95-acre ranch      was purchased by New York         
estate consists of an expansive       billionaire Donald Trump in 2004  
56,000-square-foot mansion, with      at a bankruptcy auction for       
15 bedrooms and 16 bathrooms.         $41.25 million. Now refurbished,  
America's priciest mansion, owned     the mansion, featuring a          
by Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin       ballroom, conservatory, a         
Abdul Aziz, former Saudi Arabian      100-foot swimming pool and 475    
ambassador to the United States,      feet of ocean-front, is on the    
also boasts several smaller           market for sale for $125 million. 
buildings, stables, a tennis                                            
court, an indoor pool, a steam        4. Tranquility - Lake Tahoe,      



Nevada, $100 million: This            6. The Portabello Estate - Corona 
expensive mansion sitting on a        del Mar, California, $75 million: 
sprawling 210 acres is located on     This modern estate home built in  
the tax-free Nevada side of Lake      2002 is located on a triple       
Tahoe. The property is owned by       oceanfront lot along the Pacific  
Joel Horowitz, the co-founder of      Ocean. The 30,000-square-foot     
Tommy Hilfiger. The                   home features eight bedrooms and  
20,000-square-foot main house is      10 full baths.                    
modeled after a northern European                                       
mountain home. The Lake Tahoe         7. Malibu, California, $75        
house boasts of several luxuries      million: This is a beach home     
such as a 3,500-bottle wine           with a difference. Located on a   
cellar, a giant indoor swimming       flat seven-acre lot the beach     
pool and atrium, and a 19-seat        house is surrounded by            
movie theater.                        picturesque ocean views. It       
                                      features seven bedrooms, two      
5. Three Ponds - Bridgehampton,       riding stables, a riding ring,    
New York, $75 million: This home,     swimming pool, tennis court, and  
designed by architect Allan           private access to the beach.      
Greenberg, is located amidst                                            
three lakes on 60 acres of            8. The Pierre Penthouse - New     
Hamptons farmland. It features        York City, $70 million: The eight 
its own USGA-rated Rees Jones         most expensive home in the U.S.   
golf course, 14 gardens, a            is a penthouse with balconies and 
75-foot-long swimming pool, golf      windows that offer 360-degree     
pro shop, grass tennis court, and     views of Manhattan, Central Park, 
a guest house. The main house has     the East River, and the Hudson    
a great room with a domed             River. Consisting of the top      
ceiling, 28 foot high.                three floors of one of the        
                                      grandest hotels in New York, the  



Pierre is located overlooking                                           
Central Park. The penthouse           10. San Francisco, $65 million:   
features a grand salon that has a     This limestone palace is on the   
23-foot high ceiling.                 market for $65 million. It was    
                                      sold for $32 million two years    
9. Belvedere, California, $65         ago. It is significant that the   
million: This 10,000-square-foot      limestone that the Gold Coast     
home California home features         palace is clad in comes from a    
six-bedrooms, herringbone floors,     single quarry in France. Among    
marble baths and front gates          the elite billionaires’ row       
designed by Hearst Castle             neighbors are the Getty family.   
architect Julia Morgan. The home      The mansion features European     
offers the combined beauty of the     windows and the guest house has a 
scenic San Francisco Bay, Angel       19th-century Italian tile roof.   
Island and the Golden Gate            

                              
Bridge.                               




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