Living the millionaire life : Check out what the super rich call home

[caption id=“attachment_80805” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Take a look at the world’s five most luxurious high rise apartment blocks for ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals, according to research organisation Wealth-X. And guess what! Mukesh Ambani’s pincode does not feature on this list.
One57 is situated right off New York’s Central Park, making it a highly desired address. The building is apparently the sixth tallest in New York, and will soon be home to the Park Hyatt New York, in addition to 90 condos and 65 apartments. The going rate per square foot is about $6,000 with the penthouse being sold for over $90 million in 2012, according to Wealth-X. Image: One57 website[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_80804” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  The One Hyde Park development in London’s swanky Knightbridge neighbourhood made history when its penthouse was sold for a staggering 136 million (approx $226 mn), the most expensive flat ever sold in Britain, according to The Guardian. Media reports suggest that the average price per square foot here is $12,000. And just to make sure the building’s HNI residents are safe, all the windows are made of bullet-proof glass. Image: Reuters[/caption]

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[caption id=“attachment_80806” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Opus Hong Kong is world-renowned architect Frank Gehry’s first residential project in Asia. The 12-storey building has one unit per floor, with flats ranging between 6,000-6,900 square feet. Rent for the smaller 6,000 sq.ft apartment can run up to $69,000, the NYT reports. Bloomberg reported that the tower cost $3,477 per sq.foot just to construct! Image: Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_80900” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  The Tour Odeon is the tallest building in the principality of Monaco. The $970 million development, according to WSJ, houses 24 apartments of which 18 have already been sold for over $25 million each. No worries, there is still a 4,600-square foot unit listed at a cool $36.7 million. Forbes estimates that the five-floor penthouse could cost up to $387 million. Image: Tour Odeon website[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_80901” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  One Thousand Museum is the new kid on the block in downtown Miami. In fact, many say it’s also the most luxurious project in the neighbourhood. With prices starting at $4.9 million and going all the way up to $45 million for the 15,000 sq.ft penthouse, according to its website. The tower will house 83 units and has a high security vault for storing artwork, antiques and jewellery. Image: One Thousand Museum website[/caption]