World's most expensive house lies abandoned

[Serpo]

... because billionaire owners believe it would be bad luck to move in




27-storey block dominates Mumbai skyline
Property boasts three helipads, six car parks and floating gardens
But family won't stay overnight because of lack of windows facing east

By Wil Longbottom (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Wil+Longbottom)

Last updated at 6:00 PM on 25th October 2011


The world's most expensive home is lying unused and abandoned because its billionaire owners believe moving in will bring them bad luck.
The 27-storey, billion-dollar tower in Mumbai, called Antilia, is said to have fallen foul of vastu shastra - an obscure Hindu version of feng shui.
Built for India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani - ranked by Forbes as the ninth wealthiest person in the world with a fortune of $27billion - Antilia has dominated the Mumbai skyline since being completed last year.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053231-0E8641EB00000578-275_634x908.jpg Abandoned: The 27-storey Antilla, built by Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai, India, is still uninhabitated reportedly because it its billionaire owner believes it would be bad luck if he moved in

But speculation has grown as to why Mr Ambani, his wife Nita and their two children have not moved into their extravagant new home.
Certainly the property - which has three helipads, six floors of parking and a series of floating gardens - is comfortable enough.
According to reports, the Ambani family is concerned the building fails to conform with the ancient Indian architectural principles of vastu shastra, and has refused to move in for fear the home will curse them with bad luck.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053231-0E86424500000578-231_634x802.jpg Expensive: The ancient Hindu tradition of vastu shastra emphasises the importance of facing the rising sun, but Antilla is said to not have enough windows on its eastern side



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053231-0E8642D300000578-872_634x367.jpg Opulent: Antilla cost $1billion to build and features three helipads, six floors of car parking and rising gardens, as well as a theatre and ballroom


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053231-0E86550900000578-960_634x405.jpg Rival: Construction work at J.K. House in Breach Candy, Mumbai. The skyscraper is being built by the Singhania family, and is strikingly similar to Antilla

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/25/article-2053231-01E6CFBF0000044D-239_306x423.jpg Bad luck? Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, has a fortune of $27billion, but has not moved into his dream house a year after it was finished

Film screenings have been staged in its state-of-the-art theatre and dinners held in its grand ballroom, served by staff trained by the luxury Oberoi hotel chain.
But its owners return at the end of each party to their former ancestral home, never staying the night.
Vastu, a philosophy that guides Hindu temple architecture, emphasises the importance of facing the rising sun - and despite the staggering sum spent on Antilia the building's eastern side does not have enough windows or other openings to let residents receive sufficient morning light.
Instead of moving into their dream home, the Ambanis continue to stay in the more modest, 14-storey apartment tower at the south end of the city that they share, on different floors, with the rest of their extended family.
Tushar Pania, a spokesman for Mr Ambani's company Reliance Industries, dismissed questions about whether the family was reluctant to live at Antilia as idle gossip.
Last year, as it was nearing completion, many Mumbai residents criticised the building as an ostentatious display of wealth in a country where most people live on less than $2 a day.
Half a mile from Mr Ambani's 27-storey tower, a competing skyscraper is making its way into Mumbai's skyline.

The building is being constructed by the Singhania family, which controls Indian suit maker the Raymond Group.

Seen at a distance, the two buildings are strikingly similar, with soaring columns, large sea-facing windows and a nearly identical jigsaw puzzle facade.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/15/article-1320426-0B9FB7AD000005DC-310_306x243.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/15/article-1320426-0B9FB7A1000005DC-255_306x243.jpg

Each floor of the tower is made from different materials to give an individual look. Numerous powder rooms and reception areas lead off the lobby which has nine elevators

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/15/article-1320426-0B9FB6AF000005DC-243_634x435.jpg
Glitz and glamour: Crystal chandeliers take up most of the ceiling in the ballroom. There is also a stage for entertainers and a kitchen which can serve hundreds of guests

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/15/article-1320426-0B9FB794000005DC-387_634x423.jpg Fine rugs, chandeliers and mirrors feature heavily in the numerous sitting areas lthroughout the building


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[ximmy]

what a shame... ::)

[Serpo]

Superstitious nonsense basically.............

[sunnyandseventy]

So the man spends a billion to have a house built but didn't think about eastern facing windows? Why not spend several hundred thousand to have some put in?

[Serpo]

This guy is worth 27 billion and hes worried about bad luck.....;D

[joboo]

Ugly house, gaudy looking inside as well.

Probably had team of architects on quick dial, yet somehow never discussed window exposure or natural lighting?

Billion dollars on a house with no windows so he travels back and forth worried about being cursed instead of just putting in some windows.

The is guy must have stepped into daddy's business because he's one serious fucking idiot.

[Uncle Salty]

Fuktards. But at least they put a bunch of people to work for a while.

[ximmy]

It goes to show money can't cure dumbass...

[Serpo]

It goes to show money can't cure dumbass...


but it sure helps....hahaha

[gunDriller]

It goes to show money can't cure dumbass...

nope.

but it can buy a case of Maker's Mark ;)

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

If it's such a big deal then why didn't he put that in the details before building? Why doesn't he just add more windows now?

This guy is damn stupid.

[Twisted Titan]

Proof positive that as your bank account increases it dose not translate into intellegence increases


as a matter of fact they are inversely proportional

[Book]

https://files.pbworks.com/download/6OttBRXD8a/indiatugofwar2009/39738225/poverty-in-india-1.jpg

His neighbors constantly complain that the Billionaire's House is an eyesore that lowers the value of their own nearby property.

::)

[willie pete]

gosh....ya think you could find a rat in there ↑ ↑ somewhere? >:D

[Libertytree]

Occupy Mukesh Ambani's House!! O0

[vacuum]

You've got to hand it to the Indians....a group of people concerned more with the non-physical than the physical.

[keehah]

The 27-storey, billion-dollar tower in Mumbai, called Antilia, is said to have fallen foul of vastu shastra - an obscure Hindu version of feng shui.
What this article obscures is that having one's temple or castle have a window to let in the east facing sun is pretty much the practice of every stone arching religion in the world throughout history. O0

Although I'll bet the truth is more like that place is one of the worlds largest 99% vs 1% targets and he bought a new place up in the mountains with not just a few helipads, but an airfield and a lake.

http://stevequayle.com/Giants/Ancient.Civ_Technol/040405.tombs.face.Sun.html

The Neolithic period, or the Late Stone Age, dates back between 5,000-10,000 years ago when humans began to take up agriculture, settling down from a more nomadic hunter-gatherer existence. Communal tombs from that era vary in construction, some using large rocks while others small, still others containing deep passages. But all, by necessity, have an entrance through which additional bodies can be deposited inside.

Hoskin spent 12 years personally cataloging the positions of 2,000 Neolithic tombs, and researching documented descriptions of some 1,000 others, across France, Portugal, Spain and North Africa. The entrances of nearly all, he said, appeared to have built to face the rising or climbing sun at some point during the year.

In the Alenterejo region of central Portugal, for example, every one of the 177 tombs measured by Hoskin faced sunrise, usually during autumn and early winter, with a sharp cutoff at the winter solstice.

"All the evidence is consistent with their having aligned their tombs with sunrise on the day when building started, which is exactly what we know happened commonly with Christian churches," Hoskin said. "The churches face the rising sun as a symbol of Christ rising from the dead..no doubt the Neolithic people saw the rising sun as a symbol of hope of afterlife."

The only exception were some tombs around the small French town of Fontvieille, where the monuments were built facing sunset, unlike any others found, Hoskin added.

[Serpo]

The only problem about this Indian feng shui is that by leaving the house uninhabited it turns the building into something else again which is worse feng shui. ie an eyesore.....

The billionaire Indian guy is worried about what way his windows face while they starve below......

[General of Darkness]

Damn, someone should OCCUPY that shit.