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“So it would be unlikely. Are there buyers out here that can afford it? There are. There's a lot of local money and a lot of money outside of this market,” she said. But “it’s hard for me to imagine it would ever be sold.”
“I have a nice house,” the Microsoft boss, who’s worth an estimated $124 billion, said on Reddit in 2019. “It includes a trampoline room which seems kind of over the top but my kids love using it to work off their excess energy. I am not sure how guilty I should feel about being in a great house.”
A trampoline room, an estimated $130 million market value and a size rivaling that of the White House are some of the unique features of the fortress-like Washington compound of the soon-to-be-divorced Bill and Melinda Gates.
And secondly, if the sprawling estate were ever going to change hands, it’s unlikely to be exchanged on the open market.
“If the family wanted to sell, it would be marketed in a quiet way. They know all the people that could write the checks,” Ms. Foster said.
A custom home built much larger and more lavishly than any property in the area can lead to difficulties when selling, Mansion Global previously reported.
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EPA/TED S. WARREN EPA/TED S. WARREN January 2000: Bill Gates’s house in the Medina Area of Seattle. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)
With news that Bill and Melinda Gates would be filing divorce after nearly three decades of marriage, it left many people wondering what would become of their landmark estate on Lake Washington. The private residence is in the Bellevue area of Washington State and built into the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington. Nicknamed Xanadu 2.0, the 66,000 square foot residence was designed and built by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Cutler Anderson Architects over a span of 7 years. It’s rumoured to have cost $63 million to build, and in 2009 the total assessed value was $147.5 million, bringing the taxes that year to $1.063 million. The architect’s website notes that it integrates environmental sensitivity with an elaborate program and advanced computer technology.
The estate offers a variety of one-of-a-kind spaces including a sun-drenched 60-foot indoor swimming pool, a 2,500 square foot gym, 1,000 square foot dining room, and heated flooring & driveways. Puget Sound Business Journal reported that each year Microsoft holds a charity auction with goods and services donated by Microsoft employees. Gates’ offered a tour of this private home w hich went for $35,000. Bill Gates net worth in 2012 was $61 billion. Nine years later, that sum has skyrocketed to $130.4 billion.
After years of planning and changes that boosted the price from $10 million to more than $40 million, soon-to-be-completed dream home of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, shown in this Nov. 14, 1996 aerial photo, is nearing completion on the east shore of Lake Washington in Medina, Wash. (AP Photo/Seattle Times, Greg Gilbert) more
Los Angeles is typically known for its sprawling, multi-million-dollar mansions, but it's not the only city that has them.
The peninsula community also neighbors Medina, a wealthy Seattle suburb that's home to billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.
In Washington state, an ultra-modern waterfront mansion is selling for $45 million, making it the most expensive home currently for sale in the Seattle area. It sits on the shores of Lake Washington in Hunts Point, a small town about a 20-minute drive from downtown Seattle.
The house belonged to Barney A. Ebsworth, a travel entrepreneur and legendary art collector who kept pieces by Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and more in the Hunts Point house. The collection was auctioned off after Ebsworth's death in April 2018 for more than $317 million. more
This massive aquarium with a living-room style is tailored for this purpose. A stunning view into the world of rare marine animals is offered. From sharks, dolphins to whales, Gates really has to make sure that the inhabitants of his little tank would not do harm to one another.
Now take a look at another sight of the kitchen. When it's sunday, rays of golden sunbeam pour down from the outside, isn't it beautiful?
Built with half a million board-feet of lumber, the house was undeniably in harmony with nature.
When modern elements meet natural elegance, every piece of furniture screams LUXURY in Gates home. more
On Wednesday, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted that he and his wife, MacKenzie, will get divorced.
The Bezos family, which is the richest in the world, lives in the tiny waterfront city of Medina, Washington, located just outside of Seattle.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is perhaps the most famous fellow resident, although the town's inhabitants include numerous other Microsoft bigwigs, tech entrepreneurs, and telecom magnates. [links]