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18 “startling” facts about a hundred million dollar lakeside mansion that Bill Gates and his wife used to live together

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Saostar – It’s no coincidence that the Microsoft founder’s home is so impressive.
It took 7 years to build with an investment of 63 million USD, the “Xanadu 2.0” house of Bill Gates and Melinda Gates used to live together with many interesting highlights.

It has the lowest value of $ 127 million at the moment. Photo: BI According to some valuations, Bill Gates’ home villa is priced at about $ 127.48 million at the present time. Bill Gates bought the land in 1988 for $ 2 million. His house has 7 bedrooms. Nearly 1,200 cubic meters of wood were used to complete the project. Photo: BI Bill Gates’ house was built with the highlight of 500-year-old fir wood along with 300 construction workers participating in the project – 100 of them are electrical engineers. There is a modern sensor system that helps visitors to control the temperature and lighting in the room. Photo: BI When visitors come to the home, they are given a PIN number to interact with sensors located throughout the house. Guests can then enter the desired temperature and lighting levels so that these conditions automatically change as they move through the villa. The built-in wall speaker also allows the music to “move” with you. The whole villa area uses the surrounding natural landscape to reduce heat loss. Photo: BI Xanadu 2.0 is a “sheltered earth” building, which means it is built into the surrounding landscape to more efficiently regulate the temperature. You can change your wall murals with the touch of a button. Photo: BI Placed around the house is an amount of $ 800,000 worth of computer screens. Anyone can adjust these screens to show their favorite painting or photo. Pictures or photographs contained in these devices are priced at $ 150,000. The swimming pool has an underwater music playing system. Photo: BI The swimming pool area is also a highlight in Bill Gates’ home with an underwater music system. Even in the Bill Gates house there is a room to play spring cushions with the ceiling 6 meters high. Photo: BI In fact, this room is part of the Bill Gates sports facilities complex. In addition, he also has a massage room, a sauna and separate changing rooms for men and women. The reception hall can accommodate 200 guests. Photo: BI Covering an area of ​​more than 213 square meters, this lobby can accommodate dinner for 150 people or 200 people in a cocktail buffet. On one side of the wall in this room, one can see a stone-paneled fireplace measuring 1.8 meters wide, while on one side of the wall is a 6.7 meter wide screen. The villa has 24 toilets, 10 of which are fully equipped with a bathroom. Photo: BI It also has 6 kitchens. Photo: BI Of course, Bill Gates has a “huge” library in his house that holds a precious manuscript that he once spent $ 30 million to buy. Photo: BI With an area of ​​nearly 200 square meters and a ring-roof design, this library is the “home” of Codex Leicester, a handwritten manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci that Bill Gates once bought at an auction for $ 30.8 million. year 1994. The home cinema can accommodate 20 guests. Photo: BI It’s designed in an Art Deco style with comfortable armchairs, sofa and even a popcorn machine for guests to come home. The guest house is just as modern as the main building. Photo: BI According to US News, the official guest building is the first to be completed in the arena. It is fully equipped from bedrooms to bathrooms and is used for the purpose of testing new technologies before it is applied in the main building. Bill Gates used to write the book “The Road Ahead” (1995) in this guest house. The garage system has enough room for 23 cars. Photo: BI There are garages in the Bill Gates estate, but the most interesting one is probably an underground cave made of cement and stainless steel. This particular garage may contain 10 cars. Bill Gates has a tree he loves so much that it is controlled and monitored electronically 24 hours a day. Photo: BI Bill Gates loves a 40 year old maple tree in his house. It is monitored by a computer and if a spot dries up, the automatic watering system is activated. An artificial stream for fish farming. Photo: BI Sand on the lake of Bill Gates is imported from the Caribbean. Photo: BI You may be surprised to learn that bulk sand is added each year. Someone once paid $ 35,000 to walk around the Bill Gates estate. Photo: BI Microsoft holds an auction each year with the profits going to volunteer activities. In the past, Bill Gates used to “auction” the visits to his house. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, a Microsoft employee once paid for the visit $ 35,000.