Inside Laxmi Mittal's Luxury Homes

(Top: Taj Mittal, the billionaire's abode; Left: No. 9 Palace Greens; Right: No. 6 Palace Greens)
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Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, recently announced his plans to build a �30 million (approx Rs. 220 crore) eco-friendly mansion in Surrey, on the outskirts of London. The modern home is touted to be so �green� that the entire 340-acre estate will be carbon negative, as reported by Hindustan Times.

It will cost Mittal - Europe�s richest man - millions to make the 10-bedroom mansion, with indoor/outdoor swimming pools, a basement art gallery and croquet lawn an environmentally sound home that will be heated by giant biomass fuel boilers and solar panels.

But this is not the only Mittal home that�s made news. His real estate portfolio consists of several note-worthy properties:

Scotland�s Most Expensive Home

In January, this year, we told you Mittal was building a luxury home in Scotland. Mittal has knocked down a �4 million property to build his new home, valued at around �15 million (approx Rs. 109 crore), making it Scotland�s most expensive home. The Mittal mansion is coming up in one of the most elite neighbourhoods, right near the Gleneagles golf course in Perthshire County. This luxury villa has six bedrooms and two kitchens. The wallpaper and furniture are from Ralph Lauren�s home collection. The wooden flooring and tiles have been flown in from Germany and a super luxe bathroom is estimated to be worth �80,000 (approx Rs. 58 lakh).

Billionaire Home

Mittal bought his first super luxury house on Billionaire�s Row, aka Kensington Palace Gardens, for �57million (approx Rs.400 crore) in 2004 from Formula One tycoon Bernie Ecclestone. Known as the Taj Mittal, it is said to be the world�s most expensive private home today, with a valuation of �250 million. The mansion is made using marble imported from the quarry that supplied to the Taj Mahal. It has 12 bedrooms, a Turkish bath, a massive ballroom, a rare bejewelled swimming pool, an oak-panelled picture gallery, and parking for 20 cars.

Britain�s Most Expensive Home

In 2008, Mittal went and bought a lavishly furnished property, No 6 Palace Greens, which also had a significant art collection, for �117million (approx Rs. 800 crore), making it the most expensive property purchase in Britain at the time. This four-storey house has five bedroom suites and an extensive servants� quarter. It was built from red brick and Portland stone in the early 1900s, and measures 13,000 sqft � which he gifted to his son Aditya Mittal.


Property No 3 on Billionaire Row

Few months after buying Britain�s most expensive home, Mittal spent another �70 million (approx Rs. 500 crore) on No 9 Palace Greens, which was formerly the Filipino embassy, for his daughter Vanisha Mittal.


A Mansion in Delhi

In 2005, Mittal bought a colonial bungalow, No 22, Aurangzeb Road, for $7.5 million (approx Rs. 31 crore) in one of New Delhi�s most exclusive neighbourhoods, that is also home to other millionaires likes the Birlas, as well as embassies.

The billionaire also reportedly has homes in Indonesia and Trinidad, bringing the total count to eight

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Spelling Manor: Most Expensive House in U.S. Finally Sells

by HOOKEDONHOUSES on JUNE 14, 2011


Candy Spelling�widow of TV titan Aaron Spelling and mother of Tori�has been trying to sell her famous 57,000 square-foot mansion in Los Angeles, known as �The Manor,� for years (I first wrote about it in early 2009 when the listing became public).

She refused to budge on her asking price of $150 million, which seemed a little crazy when house prices were falling all around her, but her persistence has apparently paid off. The 22-year old U.K. heiress Petra Ecclestone has reportedly decided to buy the Manor with its (in)famous gift-wrapping room and doll museum.



The whole place is just so freakin� big, I can�t imagine living in it. Candy admitted in one interview that even she wasn�t sure how many bathrooms it has�23? Maybe 26? Something like that.

In this video tour, Candy admits that the house got so big because she didn�t understand the scale of blueprints and thought the original room sizes looked �too small� on paper. She says that Aaron put his foot down and nixed the plans for another huge wing that was going to be built on, or this place would�ve been even bigger.

I think what surprises me most about this is that I can�t imagine a young woman living in this mansion. It looks like an older person�s house to me. Can you picture 22-year old Petra�

�hanging out in this living room?

I can�t. I predict a lot of redecorating in this home�s future. She getting married in August and will be splitting her time between L.A. and London.

Here�s a shot of the famous doll room (taken from this video tour):

And Candy Spelling showing a reporter the breakfast room with the wallpaper and matching upholstery that makes me dizzy:



The house also comes with 3 kitchens, 2 swimming pools, a bowling alley, beauty salon, and parking for 100 cars. The garages should come in handy considering Petra�s dad is British billionaire and Formula One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone.

Candy and her daughter Tori had a falling out after Aaron�s death but have reportedly repaired their relationship. Did you know Tori has a new website with a section devoted to her love of decorating? It�s called EdiTORIal.

Tori is trying to sell some real estate of her own. The house she shares with hubby Dean McDermott and their kids in Encino is on the market.

It�s a much more modest abode than Candy�s, with an asking price of $3.1 million. You can see photos of Tori�s family-friendly home here.