Artificial hill to build a mansion on.?

Question

Have you ever seen those vampire castles on a very high hill with spiral road that reaches to the castle in the movies?

Suppose you've got hundreds of millions of dollars, and you want to build a castle/mansion on a hill with the spiral road.

Is it possible to artificially make the hill somehow, or would you be adapting to the already present landscape? which would mean you'd be buying a mountain and shaping it?

Answer 1

Foundations have to be placed on undisturbed or compacted soil or bedrock. It'd be cheaper to buy the mountain than build it.

Answer 2

IF YOU HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, then yes...I would build an artificial hill, if I can't find a plot of huge land that already has a hill.

If I can find and buy a hill, which is hardly the case in this age...I would go for the second option!

So I prefer buying a hill rather than build one myself!

Answer 3

Buy the mountain. It would look a lot more natural.

Answer 4

Buy the mountain.