MPH Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 This is just for him, his wife and 3 kids. All the rest of the larger family have to live in a 14-story home, poor buggers.... Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has hosted a lavish house-warming for his new 27-storey residence, believed to be the world's most expensive home.About 80 people attended the party in Mumbai on Friday, reported the Times of India. One guest described the house as "the Taj Mahal of the 21st Century". Mr Ambani, said to be India's richest man, moved into the house last month with his wife and three children. Reports suggest the residence is worth more than $1bn (£630m). The skyscraper in Mumbai (Bombay), which overlooks sprawling slums, is said to have a cinema, swimming pools and a helicopter pad, and is named "Antilia" after a mythical Atlantic island. Local newspapers said the house would require 600 members of staff to maintain it, and according to the Times of India, the first electricity bill, for September, is costing Mr Ambani 7m rupees (£98,000). The house has sparked some controversy, with anti-poverty campaigners underlining the contrast between the luxury of the house and the plight of those who live in Mumbai's slums, which house about half of the city's 18 million people. 'Versailles rival' Guests at the house-warming included Indian novelist Shobhaa De, Bollywood stars Preity Zinta and Aamir Khan, and billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla. Ms De said the 174m (570ft) building was the "Taj Mahal of the 21st Century". She described "what has got to be the biggest, glitziest ballroom in India - the Palace of Versailles is a poor cousin". "There is a lot of marble, there is a lot of mother of pearl. There are areas and gardens and lotus pools and an absolutely beautiful Krishna temple. There is art, there's sculpture, there is a huge bar, there is a swimming pool," she said. "The Taj Mahal was considered one of the wonders of the world, this is...I'm sure it's going to be one of the wonders of modern India," she told the BBC. She said the house was built to the personal taste of Mr Ambani, and that people should not "grudge him his indulgencies". "He generates a great amount of employment for those very poor and contributes to the economy," she added. The house, which has a temple on the ground floor and a library on the top, was designed according to Vaastu principles, an Indian tradition similar to Chinese feng shui. According to Forbes magazine, Mr Ambani, 53, has amassed a $27bn (£17bn) fortune. He is chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, one of the largest conglomerates in the world, and also owns the Indian Premier League team, the Mumbai Indians. Mr Ambani's brother, Anil, held a "parallel party" at the 14-storey residence which houses the rest of the family. Relations between the brothers became strained during a dispute over the division of the conglomerate left by their father, Dhirubhai, who died in 2002 without a will. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-south-asia-11854177
Collier Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 Bet one of the architects slipped a sly penis into the design. Always the way.
MPH Posted 28 November 2010 Author Posted 28 November 2010 http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/30/home-india-billion-forbeslife-cx_mw_0430realestate_slide.html?thisSpeed=undefined a few photos of the inside if anyone has time to kill....
ajthefox Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 Over the top Nahh I disagree, looks a bit clostrophobic for me.
Guest Bilo Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 £630m? The architect and builders must have been pissing themselves all the way to the bank.
breadandcheese Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 Ugly as hell on the outside. Absolutely. The owner has spent all that money on what is a drab, unappealing building from the outside. It cannot be compared to any of the great buildings of the world. If that was what the owner intended, he's failed dismally and rather expensively.
Thracian Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 Could be a vertically extended NCP car park!
Finnegan Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 Could be a vertically extended NCP car park! It sort of is. The first SIX floors are parking!
MPH Posted 28 November 2010 Author Posted 28 November 2010 Absolutely. The owner has spent all that money on what is a drab, unappealing building from the outside. It cannot be compared to any of the great buildings of the world. If that was what the owner intended, he's failed dismally and rather expensively. Did i remember reading somewhere that they took an existing building and converted it? its apparently built to some indian standards that are equivalent to the chinese Feng Shui.. no two floors can be the same..
Zingari Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 The skyscraper in Mumbai (Bombay), which overlooks sprawling slums yeah nice !!
FoxyPV Posted 28 November 2010 Posted 28 November 2010 The skyscraper in Mumbai (Bombay), which overlooks sprawling slums yeah nice !! After you go the toilet it shoots its contents over the slums.
Zingari Posted 29 November 2010 Posted 29 November 2010 After you go the toilet it shoots its contents over the slums. i can't help feeling that the slum dogs have got the better deal here !!! they get a nice view of his beautiful palace and that poor sod has to look at squalor that's injustice in my book !!
Jackirius Posted 29 November 2010 Posted 29 November 2010 i can't help feeling that the slum dogs have got the better deal here !!! they get a nice view of his beautiful palace and that poor sod has to look at squalor that's injustice in my book !! Karl Pilkinton? Top quote from an idiot abroad, 'Id rather live in a shit hole and look out on a mansion than live in a mansion and look out on a shit hole.'
Jon the Hat Posted 29 November 2010 Posted 29 November 2010 Selfish basturd Eh? Making others look at his building?
Zingari Posted 29 November 2010 Posted 29 November 2010 Karl Pilkinton? Top quote from an idiot abroad, 'Id rather live in a shit hole and look out on a mansion than live in a mansion and look out on a shit hole.' he was beaten to that quote ( or words to that effect ) by "Bradley Hardacre" , in the tv series "Brass" from the early 80s brilliant series in it's time
coale39 Posted 29 November 2010 Posted 29 November 2010 Eh? Making others look at his building? Just seems an excesive amount to spend when all around him is extreme poverty. Could have built something good for half as much, not make it look like shit, and spend the other half on the community around it.
Dr The Singh Posted 29 November 2010 Posted 29 November 2010 Just seems an excesive amount to spend when all around him is extreme poverty. Could have built something good for half as much, not make it look like shit, and spend the other half on the community around it. Typical Indian mentality, the rich and affluent or numb to the distress of the poor!!
Webbo Posted 30 November 2010 Posted 30 November 2010 Just seems an excesive amount to spend when all around him is extreme poverty. Local newspapers said the house would require 600 members of staff to maintain it,
Finnegan Posted 30 November 2010 Posted 30 November 2010 You aren't trying to justify that by pointing out he's creating jobs are you? That's cringeworthy, if so.
Webbo Posted 30 November 2010 Posted 30 November 2010 You aren't trying to justify that by pointing out he's creating jobs are you? That's cringeworthy, if so. 600 jobs cringeworthy?
James. Posted 30 November 2010 Posted 30 November 2010 Fucking disgusting. The right wingers can justify it all they want. Come out here and see Mumbai for yourselves and then we'll see if you stand by your point of view.
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