Competing for the crown of most luxurious property in Bel Air is this mega-mansion, also known as Sarbonne. With nine stunning bedrooms, the property extends to 25,000 square feet and offers an additional 20,000 square feet of outdoor space, including sundecks and manicured gardens.

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As well as 15 luxury bathrooms, many offering panoramic views across Los Angeles, there is also a private at-home spa, complete with treatment rooms and a sauna. If you have £67 million ($88m) in your bank account, then this spectacular home, currently on the market with Williams & Williams, could be yours.

Described as South Africa's most expensive house, the property was built in 2014 and recently hit the real estate market for £27 million ($35m). The property offers 33,723 square feet of living space, eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, each lined with white Carrara marble flooring. The ocean-view master suite even boasts an enormous spa bath carved from marble.

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The home’s fully-stocked champagne and wine cellars are ideal for the adults, while the wall of candy in the games room is every kid’s fantasy realised. If you fancy a change of scenery, there's a helicopter parked on the rooftop deck for a quick weekend getaway.

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Talk about a billionaire bathroom! The luxurious ensuite also boasts a central rainfall shower and two hand basins carved from marble and 24-carat gold. Elsewhere, sliding double doors adorned with Swarovski crystals dazzle in each room, while the Italian-designed kitchen features no less than five Gaggenau fridges, worth thousands of dollars a piece.

It's no secret that your average dictator tends to lean towards lavish interiors with no expense spared, and Ceausescu is said to have personally picked out all of the property's chandeliers and mosaics. The home's main entertaining room makes a dramatic first impression, featuring gilded furniture, marble detailing and opulent silk wallpaper.

Over in the gold-gilded champagne vault, you'll find 170 pristine bottles of Cristal Champagne, just waiting for a special occasion. There are also seven bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a spa, beauty salon and a 15-person cinema. The main living rooms feature Roberto Cavalli flooring and Longhi doors in suede and embossed leather, meanwhile, in the kitchen you'll find an iPod-controlled coffee machine – what could be more bling than that?

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In some of the villas, the lucky owner can also take a soak in a bathtub carved from rock crystal. The colossal tub weighs in at 10 tonnes and was sourced from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. The opulent bath comes with an equally lavish price tag, with a single tub costing anywhere up to £767,000 ($1m). 

As with all ultra-luxe LA pads, there's no shortage of space to store supercars. The basement level is dedicated to showcasing some of the finest motor vehicles in the world, with rotating platforms and a car lift. If this wasn't enough, the house also offers a dazzling infinity pool, a temperature-controlled glass wine cellar and a giant candy wall for the ultimate sugar fix.

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There’s also a 1,300-gallon aquarium, a 20-car garage and a temperature-controlled wine cellar that can accommodate 3,000 bottles of the finest vino. Plus, with the world's first residential IMAX 3D theatre on its lower level, this house is perhaps the most extravagant we've seen.

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