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This palatial mansion home, which boasts six waterfalls and more than a million pounds worth of gold leaf, could be the most expensive house ever sold in America.

Due to be completed in 2016, the Chateau de Versailles in Florida's Hillsboro Mile is on the market at an incredible $159million (£105m).

Named after the famous château built by Louis XIV, it has all the splendour of the French original.

It features six waterfalls, one of which is 25 feet tall, 11 bedrooms, a $2million (£1.3m) marble staircase, $3million (£1.9) worth of gold leaf, a go-cart track, an ice skating rink, a 26ft fountain and even the world's first in-house IMAX cinema.

It also boasts a 30-car subterranean garage, a wine cellar with room for over 3,000 bottles, and a 1,300-gallon built-in aquarium.

The Le Chateau de Versailles spans 4.4 acres set on the beach between the sea and Florida's Intracoastal Waterway.

It initially went on the market last year for $139 million, but was delisted about a year later, listing agent Mayi de la Vega of One Sotheby’s International Realty told the Wall Street Journal.

She told The Guardian: “The owner had a vision and wanted to build something spectacular.

“No corner was cut, nothing was too expensive. They wanted the very best of everything and really thought it through. You feel the quality when you walk through the property, the craftsmanship and attention, it’s all there."

Joseph Leone, the project manager who has overseen the property's construction, said that the owner decided to take the main house off the market until it was closer to completion.

The current owner is Robert Pereira, the founder of Middlesex Corporation - a Massachusetts-based construction company that also has offices in Florida.

He initially planned to live in the house himself with his wife and young daughter but decided to sell it instead. Mr De la Vega told Mr Pereria had changed his mind because "They're just travelling a lot."

Mr. Leone said he’s spent about seven years designing and building the house with the goal of creating “something completely different than what’s been done in America.”

Outside the house, a 4,500-square-foot infinity pool has a swim-up bar and a water slide. Suspended above the pool is a glass-bottomed hot tub.

The grounds also include a putting green, an outdoor kitchen with a pizza oven, and two boat docks on the Intracoastal.

Sources: Daily Mirror