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The World's Largest House



By Yasmin Oplado
19 January 2009 @ 06:42 pm ET

Taken from the Arabic name, means Palace of the Faith Light; is the largest residential palace in the world and the world's largest residence of any type.



The World`s Largest House of Istana Nurul Iman palace. (Photo: Flickr)
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This is the home of Sultan of Brunei's istana nurul iman.

It contains 1,788 rooms, 257 bathrooms, and a floor area of 2,152,782 square feet (200,000 m²). Amenities include 5 swimming pools, and an air conditioned stable for the Sultan's 200 polo ponies, a 110-car garage, a banquet hall that can be expanded to accommodate up to 4,000 guests, and a mosque accommodating 1,500 people.

The palace was built in 1984 at a cost of around $1.4 billion USD and has 564 chandeliers, 51,000 light bulbs, 44 stairwells, and 18 elevators. It is also a home to a car collection that includes custom-made Ferraris and Bentleys as well as 165 Rolls-Royces.

It was designed by the National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture, Leandro V. Locsin and built by the Filipino firm, Ayala International.

The Sultan's palace is only open three days a year for the Islamic festival of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, marking the end of Ramadan. However, in 2009, Indian multi-billionaire Mukesh Ambani is scheduled to complete construction on the world's largest house.

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1.
Jun 10, 2009 4:41pm

WOW
2.
Jun 12, 2009 11:25pm

oHHHHHHHHHH that's great
3.
Jun 14, 2009 5:03pm

dahhhaammm!!!
4.
Jun 14, 2009 11:44pm

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. What else is new.
5.
Jun 16, 2009 5:12pm

Can he golf though? If not, who gives a shit what he has.
6.
Jun 16, 2009 6:38pm

who cares what he has if he isnt happy or has a normal life i rather live in a two room house knowing whats going on with my family or whatever than have everybody knowing my business
7.
Jun 20, 2009 11:23am

woooooooooooooooooooooooo................ its such so beautiful
8.
Jun 20, 2009 4:42pm

it eats a dick
9.
Jun 20, 2009 7:21pm

Where are the pictures???
10.
Jun 24, 2009 7:33pm

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11.
Jun 25, 2009 3:32pm

wow
12.
Jun 25, 2009 10:15pm

why are you all hating on him cuz he aint' american? he aint white he's middle eastern and is richer than all americans!
13.
Jun 28, 2009 12:13pm

Wow!! Man I wish I could see pictures..cool!
14.
Jun 30, 2009 4:25pm

any photos?!
15.
Jun 30, 2009 5:10pm

The house looks like our rest house... Kidding!
16.
Jul 1, 2009 12:56pm

Brunei is not in the middle east it borders malaysia in fact
17.
Jul 6, 2009 7:15am

I do'nt think the Sultan will ever enter most of the rooms. Shear waste. Ultimately such buildings become museums.
18.
Jul 8, 2009 5:16pm

Damnnnnnnnn i wish dat shit wuz mine
19.
Jul 9, 2009 5:54am

THIS HOUSE IS LIKE THE ONE IN MY VILLAGE IN GHANA
20.
Jul 9, 2009 9:54pm

Why is there only one photo????? i want to see the inside
21.
Jul 10, 2009 4:34am

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22.
Jul 12, 2009 8:38pm

damn..... i thhought my 17,649 sq. ft. home was big........ guess not........ good fer him.....
23.
Jul 12, 2009 8:40pm

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24.
Jul 12, 2009 8:41pm

bobbert is the coolest name evaa!!!!!!!! this house is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUGE!!!!!!
25.
Jul 14, 2009 3:21am

The house is too small for my Dogs. It looks like a bathroom for me. hehehe Kidding!
26.
Jul 19, 2009 1:41am

It looks like the architect took some bad acid one night and this is the result. "Yep" - loved your comment about golf.
27.
Jul 20, 2009 1:04pm

ugh! it sickens me to think that the government keeps giving the rich more and more money while they take away jobs from deserving people who are working their butts off just to afford food.
28.
Jul 20, 2009 5:16pm

wow...im proud this palace was design by Filipino architect.....Proud to be pinoy....wew...but i dont have this kind of dream house...men this is big the river is included....but it has boundaries...
29.
Jul 25, 2009 9:11pm

it was built in 1984 so they probably have VCRs on the tvs and watch Miami Vice and Dallas re-runs.
30.
Jul 27, 2009 11:17am

well, you don't know brunei quite well. we who lived in brunei live very quite well we are free from taxes and the medicine that's given are free, and the palace is hidden ( to make it more private) and citizens are allowed to go to the palace during hari raya the first three day ( if you don't know what's hari raya just google it) how do i know? cause i live here :) PEACE!
31.
Jul 29, 2009 2:22am

any additional picture? will wait for hari raya. Thanks for the piece of info -Fiona-
32.
Jul 29, 2009 6:41pm

this house is huge but a waste of space and money. he should have donated some of the money towards the house and built a smaller house. he's just being a greedy rich man who only cares about what he owns.
33.
Aug 1, 2009 1:29am

too much!!!!!!!
34.
Aug 6, 2009 8:51pm

That isn't just a house, but it's his legacy not people can go to there grave knowing they had the world's largest residence in the world.
35.
Aug 6, 2009 11:49pm

I got a friend use to work there. He is one of the close guy to the palace. he just takes care of the garage, and he would drives the Sultan's car and test run up to 350 kmph.
36.
Aug 7, 2009 6:45am

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW THIS IS REALLY GREAT
37.
Aug 8, 2009 3:04pm

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38.
Aug 9, 2009 10:28pm

It's almost tragic that people in the world live in poverty and the resident of this house owns 165 Rolls-Royces. It's a sad display of greed.
39.
Aug 13, 2009 4:30pm

fuck man
40.
Aug 23, 2009 1:03pm

No offense to anyone but that is UGLY. I live in a 96.5 billion dollar palace who cares about such an ugly house. My fathers room is bigger then that house... then again my father is a King... Stil that is UGLY
41.
Aug 25, 2009 6:20pm

Awesome!
42.
Aug 27, 2009 2:17am

Hey that's 49 acres! do the use a scooter or segway to around? the sultan built the palace for his two wifes. How do you decide which room, which wife, which car or which pony to use???
43.
Aug 27, 2009 10:26pm

to all u ppl who say this house is small and u hav bigger houses...it clearly states at the top...THE WORLD'S LARGEST HOUSE...so yeah cant say i believe any of u...
44.
Aug 28, 2009 5:12pm

I think they use trains or subways inside the house...lol... PEACE!
45.
Sep 2, 2009 9:10am

danmmmmmm
46.
Sep 9, 2009 5:56am

micheal jacksons never land is the largest home in the world
47.
Sep 12, 2009 11:51am

an awesome piece of architecture!
48.
Sep 18, 2009 2:31pm

Awesome dude.... Wish to have this too...
49.
Sep 20, 2009 4:57pm

it is so huuuuuuugggeeeeeeeeee
50.
Sep 27, 2009 4:56pm

Uhmm... well i did some research about this article... and based on the data that i gather it says that there is an underground floor inside this house. the underground is consist of "10 floor".... This is awesome dude... im just wondering what is the purpose of the 10 underground floor.... uhm i smell soemthing fishy...
51.
Oct 1, 2009 8:39pm

It looks like an office building....do you want to live in an office building?? Frank Lloyd Wright would never do something like this....
52.
Oct 10, 2009 10:41am

Damnnn that house is bumping nigga keep on building men you gooooooood!
53.
Oct 13, 2009 2:38pm

Wow. For a house so big they give so little info on it. Maybe he's accomodataing for all his shortcomings
54.
Nov 2, 2009 8:16pm

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55.
Nov 4, 2009 2:56pm

that house is amazing
56.
Nov 6, 2009 10:19pm

That has to be one of THE dumbest things I have ever seen in my life. It's so unnecessary that's ridiculous. Even if I had 10 times more money then Bill Gates my house wouldn't cost more then 15 mil. The guy most likely gets lost in it everyday. What a waste of money. The car collection on the other hand is awesome. He should have built a racetrack instead of that big ass house lol.
57.
Nov 12, 2009 11:21am

that house is maybe bigger than the white house
58.
Nov 12, 2009 3:14pm

dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
59.
Nov 13, 2009 2:44am

People are so jealous.
60.
Nov 15, 2009 2:38pm

(post 59) So well put, I agree ! People are so jealous. And the ones that have tend not to MOAN about the little sh*ts that want to sit on there "BUTS" and do sweet F.A. Be happy for soneone, not just yourself!!!!!!
61.
Nov 19, 2009 11:57am

wowwwww does dat guy has a son like ma age cause i wanna marry him:D jk
62.
Nov 20, 2009 8:42pm

WOW

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