For a mere US$138 million, you can own a cozy 103-room English country home, with a panic room, marble driveways and helipads. Updown Court (left pic) in Windlesham, Surrey, has 23.5 hectares of gardens and woodlands, five pools, 22 marble bathrooms and more than 50,000 square feet of living space that comes with a bowling alley too.
2nd place: The Hala Ranch ('welcome' in Arabic), a 38.4-hectare property in Aspen, Colorado, owned by Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the former Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States - a job that must pay well as the asking price is US$135 million. The 56,000-square-foot mansion has 15 bedrooms and 16 baths.3rd place: Donald Trump's Maison de L'Amitie is up for sale at an asking price of US$125 million. He bought the estate, previously owned by health care executive Abe Gosman, in 2004 for US$41.25 million at a bankruptcy auction. The Palm Beach, Florida abode is adorned with 144.8 metres of ocean front.
Joint 4th place: At US$100 million each are Tranquility, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, an 85-hectare estate owned by Tommy Hilfiger cofounder Joel Horowitz; and 
Waterfront Estate (left pic) in Istanbul, Turkey, which has a nearly 61-metre-long quay. (source: Forbes)
Waterfront Estate (left pic) in Istanbul, Turkey, which has a nearly 61-metre-long quay. (source: Forbes)
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