Home Dream Home

Might be news to some of you non-Mumbaiker friends, but the world's most expensive home is being built in Mumbai.* Mukesh Ambani, the 4th richest man in the world, is building a "single-family home" of 27 stories for ~$2 Billion (yes, USD). For some context, the world's most expensive home in 2004 was Laxmi Mittal's in London Kensington Garden for about $125 Million. Below is the schematic of the home (click for high res):

Some interesting facts about the residents and amenities of the house (beyond those on the annotated pic):

• 6 residents (Ambani, his wife, mother and 3 children) and 600 servants
• More living square-footage (~40,000) than the Palace of Versailles
• 6 floors of parking for ~170 cars
• Extra tall ceilings (27 fl building would be 60 fl at normal ceilings)
• 9 elevators (need them access 3 floors of terrace gardens, 2 floors of gym facilities, etc)
  

As expected, in lovely Bombay, the world's most expensive and least expensive homes less than a mile apart. What do you guys think? Is Ambani underpaying?


* Full disclosure, this house is on my block and I can see it from my window. I'm glad it's almost done; less construction traffic on the street.