TotallyOz Posted June 2, 2012 Posted June 2, 2012 Well, not exactly, but the home did cost 1 billion USD to build. It is 27 stories high and has 800 staff. It is located in Mumbai, India. INSANE!!! I drove by it today. Here is the pic! Quote
Members MsGuy Posted June 2, 2012 Members Posted June 2, 2012 What?! Mumbai??? What brought this on? You've already run through all the boys in Thailand? Quote
TotallyOz Posted June 2, 2012 Author Posted June 2, 2012 hehe No, the BF and I are on a working holiday. We are meeting up with programmers to talk about the redesign of this website! Exciting things to come. But, Mumbai is a very interesting city. I had a 5 year old girl follow me for 20 minutes tonight begging. I had to say no at least 10 times. She keep walking with us talking and begging. I made a mistake earlier in the day and gave it to a lady and a baby. About 20 others swarmed our car. So, I am just saying no from now on. The home above is true. Check out some of the news stories. It is sad that there is so much to see in this city and I asked our driver for the day to take us there first. Naturally, I could fill the place! But, what the fuck were the owners thinking? Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted June 2, 2012 Posted June 2, 2012 Oh my Oz you are out sourcing jobs to in India... hehe No, the BF and I are on a working holiday. We are meeting up with programmers to talk about the redesign of this website! Exciting things to come. But, Mumbai is a very interesting city. I had a 5 year old girl follow me for 20 minutes tonight begging. I had to say no at least 10 times. She keep walking with us talking and begging. I made a mistake earlier in the day and gave it to a lady and a baby. About 20 others swarmed our car. So, I am just saying no from now on. The home above is true. Check out some of the news stories. It is sad that there is so much to see in this city and I asked our driver for the day to take us there first. Naturally, I could fill the place! But, what the fuck were the owners thinking? Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted June 2, 2012 Posted June 2, 2012 I also saw this house while it was under construction. There was a cloud of mystery at the time on what it was because they feared people might damage it if they knew it was for a single family. I traveled to Mumbai frequently for my job since we had a manufacturing plant in Mumbai. This is an example of the complete dichotomy of their economy between the massively rich and the rest of the population who are very poor. Quote
Members marcanthony Posted June 2, 2012 Members Posted June 2, 2012 This is an example of the complete dichotomy of their economy between the massively rich and the rest of the population who are very poor. And the massively rich have NO TASTE!!! #wouldspendabilliondollarsdifferently Quote
TotallyOz Posted June 2, 2012 Author Posted June 2, 2012 Yes, and from what the locals tell me, it is bullet proof and the most secure building in Mumbai. That says a lot! I checked into my hotel and went through a car scan, all the luggage was scanned, I was scanned and I was thinking next would be a body search. The dichotomy of the classes is amazing. It is abundantly clear to anyone when they walk out their door. I'd love to say, "why do the Indians put up with it." But, then I'd have to ask how are the Americans putting up with it happening in the USA. Quote
Members JKane Posted June 2, 2012 Members Posted June 2, 2012 Cool looking design, but building that in one of the more impoverished cities in the world seems pretty crass. Quote
Members MsGuy Posted June 2, 2012 Members Posted June 2, 2012 Apparently it is actually closer in height to a forty story building as many of its floors are double height. Feels so much more spacious that way, you know. With only 400,000 square feet and three kids, double height ceilings are practically a necessity if one doesn't want to get to feeling claustrophobic. Don't laugh. After one subtracts for enclosed garage space for 168 cars and a 3 chopper helipad, it ain't as much as one would think. Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted June 3, 2012 Members Posted June 3, 2012 ... and in such a posch neighborhood too. What were they thinking??? If I'm going to build a one billion dollar home in India then it is going to be upwind of the Taj Mahal. Of course I could name a hundred countries more to my taste so do not expect me to cause the Taj's property value to decline any time soon.. Quote
Members axiom2001 Posted June 3, 2012 Members Posted June 3, 2012 I find the architecture U G LY and the whole thing quite baffling in terms of cost and number of employees/workers who are probably being paid a small, barely existable wage. Quote
