World's most expensive home on sale for whopping £860MILLION

The world's most expensive house is on the market if you willing to table out whopping £860million equivalent to (N344,000,000,000) if you have it. The opulent former home of Belgian King Leopold II is on the market for a whopping one billion Euros.

It features 10 bedrooms, an Olympic sized swimming pool and luxuriates in enviable surroundings - billionaire’s playground of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, close to Nice.

The princely property has one of the most beautiful gardens in Europe, which includes 35 acres of manicured lawns, 15,000 plants, and some 20 greenhouses containing rare tropical vegetation.

Close neighbours include British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and US tech tycoon Paul Allen.

Les Cedres, or the Cedars in English, is currently owned by Suzanne Marnier-Lapostolle, part of the Grand Marnier liqueur dynasty.

She is said to be downsizing, and looking for a buyer who will care for a house that has been in the family since 1924.

Some fifteen professional gardeners are currently employed by her full time, and she hopes all will be kept on.

But there are fears that speculators will move in, and build new hugely expensive properties in the gardens.

"Everything needs to be done to prevent that," said an estate agent source in nearby Monaco, who has already received enquiries about the property.

He added: "We have not received instructions to sell. These kind of properties tend to be marketed very discreetly."

The mansion goes on the market comes as the country struggles during one of its worst recessions for years and the Socialist government tries to deal with a security crisis.

The estate agent said: "Despite France’s problems, there should be a buyer around.

"The billionaire market does not have much to do with countries – there will be international interest."

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, which currently has a population of just over 2,000, has attracted celebrities and royalty from all over the world throughout its history.

Those who used to holiday there regularly on belle epoque estates include Winston Churchill, who loved painting the gardens.

World's most expensive home on sale for whopping £860MILLION