Now that the famous billionaire couple has filed for divorce, if this mansion is put on the real estate market, they will surely have many difficulties to find a buyer. With an area of ​​​​more than 6,100 square meters – the same size as the White House – with a large room just for children to play on a trampoline, and a price of about 130 million USD, many real estate brokers find it difficult to sell this mansion. Billionaire Bill Gates and his wife divorced after 27 years of marriage “We are all very impressed with this home,” says Ernie Carswell of Douglas Elliman, a Los Angeles-based brokerage with more than 25 years selling some of the city’s most extravagant and most expensive properties. Its owners are too rich, and they are all respected people in the world.” “They have a great house,” he said. But now if it is for sale, it is a difficult problem for brokers.” This mansion is named Xanadu 2.0, although in the records it is referred to more simply as the Gates Mansion. This is the main residence of Bill Gates and his wife. Located on the shores of Lake Washington near Seattle, Xanadu 2.0 is the crown jewel of Bill Gates and his wife’s huge real estate collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The Microsoft founder once confided on Reddit in 2019: “I have a beautiful house. It has a room to play trampoline, for my children to release energy.” Details about this fortress-like house were revealed only gradually over time, a little bit at a time. A Microsoft intern who visited this place in 2007 recorded: “The driveway to Mr. Bill’s house is like the entrance to a Jurassic park, long, windy, deep and luxuriant with trees.” Xanadu 2.0 is the most precious gem in the huge real estate collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars of Bill Gates and his wife. Of course, this mansion serves all the needs of enjoyment, rest and living of the owner: spa room, swimming pool, gym paved with stone taken from the mountain top in the Pacific Northwest, a stream. stream for salmon and other fish. The swimming pool is located in a private building over 360 m2, has a unique design that allows swimming under the glass wall to move to the outside corridor. Every device in the house is equipped with high technology, from the sensor system to the lighting… The massive area of ​​Xanadu 2.0 currently exceeds all properties available on the market in Washington state. According to Mansion Global, a house built according to the owner’s design, the largest and most luxurious in the area, can be very difficult to sell. The Chicago mansion of former NBA star Michael Jordan is a prime example. At more than 5,200 square metres, Jordan’s home is three times the size of the largest homes in the area and has been specially designed to suit the owner’s taste and lifestyle. So there’s a standard basketball court, an infinity pool. The basketball legend was originally listed for sale for $29 million in 2012 and to this day this mansion is still on the list for sale for a much lower price: $14.8 million. In the case of Bill Gates’ house, Mr. Carswell said: “The house will only appeal to a very small number of customers who are served by a maid. You must be able to afford to maintain an area of ​​more than 6,000 square meters. Who’s going to sweep and clean the dust?” Last year, Bill Gates paid $1.13 million in property taxes for Xanadu 2.0. And finally, real estate experts say, if Bill Gates or Mrs. Melinda want to sell it, it is unlikely that they will put it up for sale publicly, but will only offer it in a narrow range. Because they know who can afford to buy.

The area of ​​​​the villa is more than 6,100 square meters, almost the size of a football field, located on the shores of Lake Washington. According to The New York Times, the villa includes a spa room, an 18-meter swimming pool, a gym that is paved with stones from the Pacific Northwest mountains, a trout stream and other fish species. The mansion is commonly known as Xanadu 2.0. In particular, Xanadu is the name of a large, lavish property belonging to the tycoon in the movie Citizen Kane. The suffix 2.0 refers to the technology initiatives of Bill Gates. Details of Mr. Gates’ mansion remain confidential. Photo: Wikipedia According to TechCrunch, details about the mansion are kept secret by the Gates family. A tour of the area was auctioned for $35,000 in 2009. A Microsoft Corporation intern is allowed to write about the visit to the mansion on the company blog. According to him, it was built with “orange wood” and sand imported from Hawaii. “Walking down Bill’s driveway was like going to Jurassic Park. The view was overwhelming,” the person described. The villa, designed by architects James Cutler and Peter Bohlin, is divided into terraced areas into “a hill” 50 meters long. Melinda Gates, Bill Gates’ ex-wife, once said that the mansion caused her “crisis” and was “a nightmare for a bride”. It has “all kinds of software and high-tech screens to make it feel like living in a video game”. Mr. Gates built his dream home before marrying Ms. Melinda in 1994. But construction was halted when she visited. Gates once mentioned the idea of ​​a smart home, where guests would be given a badge to be able to communicate with sensors around the mansion. As they walk through the rooms, the lights will dim or light up, music will play, the temperature will automatically adjust to their preferences, and the walls will become displays of digitized artwork. It is not clear if these ideas were included in Xanadu 2.0. According to Forbes, Gates and Melinda are worth an estimated $124 billion. They announced their separation in a joint statement posted on their personal social networking site on May 3. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2 are co-chairs), said that the organizational structure will not change. Meanwhile, the fate of the Xanadu 2.0 villa is still open.

Posts posted above New York Times In 1995, said the house was more than 6,100 square meters, including a spa room, an 18-meter swimming pool, a gym paved with stone from the top of the mountain in the northwest Pacific, a ragged canvas and a fish pond. The nickname of the Gates mansion is Xanadu 2.0. In it, Xanadu is the name of the large, lavish mansion of journalist Kane in the film Citizen Kane , while 2.0 refers to the technology Bill is in the house. BIll Gates and Melinda’s $ 124 million mansion, photographed in 2001. Photo: Getty Images. “The entrance to the house is like Jurassic Park” According to the TechCrunch , the details of the villa were kept so secret by Bill Gates and Melinda that a house entrance ticket auctioned at $ 35,000 in 2009. Records show that the Gates house also owns the surrounding land, so walk across to Looking at the house is impossible. However, a Microsoft trainee visited the house in 2007 and then shared it on the company’s blog. According to this person, the house was built of “orange wood”, sand imported from Hawaii. “The driveway into Bill’s house was like going to Jurassic Park … The landscape was overwhelming,” he wrote. Some rare details about the villa include the fact that it is stratified in the form of a hill about 51 meters high. The house was designed by architects James Cutler and Peter Bohlin. Bohlin’s BCJ is also the unit that designs the famous cube-shaped Apple Store at Fifth Avenue, New York (USA). Melinda French Gates once shared the house that caused her “to have a mild crisis”. It was built by Bill before marrying Melinda in 1994, and construction was halted when the Microsoft co-founder was just married. “This place is the dream of single people, and a nightmare of a bride,” the article above Fortune 2008 revealed that the house is “filled with software and high-tech screens, making Melinda feel like living in a game”. The details in the Gates mansion were kept confidential by the Gates. Photo: Reuters. Bill Gates’ smart home vision After six months thinking about whether to demolish the house or not, Melinda decided to continue building, but will add a few things of interest to make it a home for the family, not just technology. According to the New York Times She contacted the famous interior designer Thierry Despont for advice. Even so, the Microsoft co-founder still wants this home to contain more technology. In the book The Road Ahead Published in 1995, Bill shared his vision of a smart home where visitors would hold badges to communicate with sensors around the house. When moving around the room, the lights come on or go dark, the music is on, and the temperature is adjusted to taste. It is not clear whether those wishes will be fulfilled in the villa or not. While the sensors turned on and off the lights, the music spontaneous speakers were quite popular in this day and age, Bill at the time also shared his desire to turn the wall into an art display screen. When the house was being built, Bill contacted to buy the electronic rights to famous works at museums such as the National Gallery in London (UK). Bill Gates and Melinda announced their divorce on May 3. Photo: Yahoo News. Microsoft co-founder thinks that in the future, more people will decorate their homes with murals as he wants to do. However, that did not come true. Interactive Home Systems, the company Bill contacted buying paintings from museums became Corbis online photo archives, selling licensing, and distributing photos to a Chinese enterprise. In an interview in 2019, Melinda once implied that she did not want to live in that mansion anymore. “We will not own that house for life. I am looking forward to the day I and Bill move to a house of about 140 square meters,” she said. The reason Bill Gates saved Apple To become the first trillion-dollar company in the world, Apple had to go through many turbulence even thanks to Microsoft to avoid bankruptcy.

Of course, no one could answer that question but the insiders. In the short term, Mr. Bill Gates and Mrs. Melina will continue to accompany each other as co-chairmen of the Bill – Melinda Gates charity. Villa Xanadu 2.0 is built in a unique dome on the shores of Lake Washington (USA). This villa is about 6,000 square meters wide, located on a hill overlooking Lake Washington in the Seattle area (USA). It is estimated that this property is worth more than $ 130 million. The villa on a hill overlooking Lake Washington is worth $ 130 million The couple has hidden information about the mansion, but some visitors and media accounts have posted pictures of this expensive villa. It is known that the Xanadu 2.0 parking lot can accommodate 20 units. Both indoors and outdoors have swimming pools with an underwater music system. In particular, the villa has a gym of over 200 square meters. It is not surprising that this mansion is equipped with a cinema or the fact that each room is integrated with intelligent technology that can monitor the air, light and temperature in the room. An aerial photo taken in 1996 when the Gates family home was under construction. The special thing is that this house has only 7 bedrooms but has 24 bathrooms. In a report by a Microsoft intern who had visited Bill Gates’ home earlier, it was written: “The whole house is built from beautiful orange wood. Words cannot describe the beauty of the surrounding landscape ”. Bill Gates started building this mansion before the couple met. It is known that Mrs. Melinda has hired a new architect to redesign to her liking. Villa with 7 bedrooms and 24 bathrooms It is known that because this mansion is too large, Mrs. Melinda once expressed her desire to live with her family in a house of nearly 140 square meters, small but cozy. Mr. Gate’s spokesman did not answer any questions regarding who will own the house after their divorce, but perhaps Melinda will not dispute any properties. .

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.

On May 3, billionaire Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage. According to Forbes, Bill Gates is currently the fourth richest person in the world, with a net worth of $ 130.5 billion. He is also one of eight people who own 100 billion dollars in the world, and the Microsoft co-founder also owns a series of expensive real estate. In which, the most prominent is the Xanadu 2.0 house in Medina, Washington (USA). (Photo: Fancy Pants Homes) Billionaire Bill Gates bought this $ 2 million land in 1988. After that, he took 7 years and spent about $ 63 million to build the house. (Photo: Business Insider) The villa is designed in the style of “in harmony with the land”, half hidden at the foot of the hill and the other half facing the vast green lake. As a result, the temperature of the house is always stable in the range of 17-25 degrees Celsius, whether it is hot outside or a snowstorm. (Photo: Business Insider) In mid-2020, Bill Gates and his wife bought a villa close to the beach in the wealthy town of Del Mar near the city of San Diego, California, for $ 43 million. (Photo: The Guiltinan Group) The villa is about 540 m2, including 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, an outdoor swimming pool and a large terrace overlooking the sea. (Photo: The Guiltinan Group) In addition to modern amenities such as hot tub, fire pit … outside the villa also owns 37m of coastline. (Photo: The Guiltinan Group) Not only that, for many years, billionaire Bill Gates quietly bought 242,000 acres of agricultural land across the United States. In terms of the amount of agricultural land owned, Bill Gates is the owner of the largest agricultural land in the United States. (Photo: Business Insider) According to The Land Report, this billionaire has built a huge portfolio of agricultural land spanning 18 states in the United States. (Photo: Prime Times) In 2013, Bill Gates bought a horse farm in Wellington for $ 8.7 million. Previously, he rented the farm to keep his daughter in a horse race in Florida. (Photo: Business Insider) In October 2014, he bought a 92.2 hectare land plot called Rancho Paseana for $ 18 million. The estate includes a racecourse, guesthouse, office, pet area, orchard and 5 stables. (Photo: Business Insider) In the state of Wyoming, Bill Gates has another larger farm, nearly 200 hectares, purchased for $ 8.9 million in 2009. (Photo: Business Insider) In addition, Bill Gates also has many real estate investments through his personal company called Cascade. He owns a large stake in the Charles Hotel (Cambridge, Massachusetts). He also owns nearly half a stake in Four Season Holding’s hotel chain. (Image: Reuters) In 2013, Gates and a few people bought the Ritz-Carlton hotel in San Francisco for $ 161 million. In 2014, this property was valued at $ 200 million. (Image: Reuters)

According to Forbes magazine, the co-founder of Microsoft Corp has a fortune of up to $ 130 billion. This huge fortune includes the charitable foundation jointly named and the largest in the world by the billionaire and Bill Gates, a large-scale private investment firm and a series of expensive real estate. in U.S.A. The Xanadu 2.0 mansion of the billionaire and billionaire Bill Gates is currently worth more than $ 130 million. (Photo: TNS) In addition to the 98,000-hectare ranch, the once-happy couple owning homes across the United States have been acquired for nearly 30 years including in Washington, California, Montana and Florida. One of the most expensive real estate properties of the billionaire Bill Gates is in Medina, a suburb of Seattle. It is famous for being home to billionaire Bill Gates and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The mansion worth more than $ 130 million is also known as Xanadu 2.0 with an area of ​​more than 6,100 square meters located in Medina. The house has an indoor swimming pool up to 18 m long. In addition, the mansion also has an artificial stream to raise salmon. The villa has 7 bedrooms and 18 bathrooms, an indoor cinema with 20 seats and a dining room of 92 m2 with 24 seats. 195 m2 library in Xanadu 2.0 mansion includes 2 secretly rotating bookcases. Depending on the divorce resolution process, Xanadu 2.0 mansion can be sold to divide the Bill Gates and his wife’s divorce property. According to the divorce document that Bill’s family sent to the court and was announced by TMZ, the couple asked the court to divide the property based on separate contracts and did not mention the prenuptial contract. The divorce petition of the couple was filed with the King County court in Washington and this is also one of the 9 states that have communal property laws of the couple, According to Colleen Sparks, the leading lawyer dealing with family affairs at Talkov Law, in states with communist property laws, divorced couples are required to divide all assets in the period. live together fairly. Since billionaire Bill Gates bought the Xanadu 2.0 mansion after he got married in 1994, this means that the world’s fourth-largest billionaire is not the complete owner of this $ 130 million estate. . According to Mr. Sparks, if Bill Gates and his wife do not reach an agreement to buy a mansion in Medina, the court may be forced to sell expensive real estate. But according to Ellen Griffith, an expert in charge of the division of real estate upon divorce, because the Bill Gates and his wife’s house was bought after they got married, it is likely that this fortune will be divided equally by 50 / 50. But according to Ms. Griffith, “They can make an absolute effort to have real estate. It will be a great fight ”. In addition to the large mansion in Medina, Bill Gates and his wife also own 3 homes in California. In 1999, the couple spent $ 12.5 million to buy 1,263 square meters of land in the resort city of Indian Wells. In 2014, the couple continued to withdraw a $ 18 million purse to buy a 92-hectare horse farm owned by weight loss expert Jenny Craig. Bill Gates and his wife are the most expensive deal in California in 2020 when they spend $ 43 million to buy a house overlooking the sea in Del Mar. This house is just 36 meters from the beach. This is the 2nd most expensive real estate deal in history in the city of San Diego.