Bill Gates\u2019 Washington home is everything you\u2019d expect it to be and more.<\/p>\n
The 66,000-square-feet estate, named Xanadu 2.0, was build on a large plot of land in Medina, Washington.<\/p>\n
Gates bought the Lake Washington plot in 1988 for just $2 million.<\/p>\n
The name comes from the homes\u2019 inspiration: Charles Foster Kane\u2019s home in Citizen Kane<\/em>. <\/p>\n READ MORE! The first American billionaire could also be one of the richest people to have ever lived<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Bill Gates lost his number one spot on Forbes\u2019 list a while back and never regained it.<\/p>\n It gets crazier: his former assistant and trainee is on the verge of becoming even wealthier.<\/a><\/p>\n Even so, Gates is still wildly rich.<\/p>\n Per Forbes<\/a>, Bill Gates\u2019 current net worth is $120.3 billion \u2013 and he made number seven on 2024\u2019s rich list<\/a>.<\/p>\n And there\u2019s one character trait you might not expect <\/a>that psychologists believe spurred Bill Gates\u2019 success.<\/p>\n Of course, Gates spared no expense in building his own futuristic home.<\/p>\n <\/a>jeffwilcox \/ Flickr<\/p>\n According to reports, when you enter Bill Gates\u2019 home you receive a pinlike key.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s less about coming and going when you please and a lot about knowing where you\u2019ve gotten to. <\/p>\n As well as the security measure of tracking inhabitants\u2019 location, the key also stores your preferences for room temperature, lighting and music.<\/p>\n But we\u2019re not entirely sure what happens when a Swiftie<\/a> sits down to dinner with a Drake<\/a> fan.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re crossing the floor with no key detected sensors embedded in the floor will trigger an alarm system. <\/p>\n <\/a>Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n In the US today, 22.3% of households use smart tech<\/a> \u2013 from basic programmable thermostats to Alexa products.<\/p>\n However, the impressive tech-forward mansion boasted these futuristic touches long before the smart home of today.<\/p>\n Wha\u2019s more, Gates paid $14 million to buy the properties surrounding the estate to ensure his privacy.<\/p>\n Construction under architects, James Cutler and Peter Bohlin, involved 300 laborers and took seven years to complete. <\/p>\n The Pacific lodge-themed house was constructed from 500 Douglas fir trees and seven types of stone.<\/p>\n <\/a>Bing Maps<\/p>\n Valued at over $127 million today, it cost $63 million to build \u2013 largely due to its impressive integrated technology.<\/p>\n Melinda Gates is said to have appointed architect and designer, Thierry Despont, to design the interior.<\/p>\n At one stage of the construction process, Melinda is said to have told workers to down tools due to the amount of state-of-the-art software and high-tech displays.<\/p>\n Anyone can make the $80,000 worth\u00a0screens display their favorite paintings or photographs, which are stored on devices worth $150,000.<\/p>\n Before the pair separated, Melinda said she longed for a simpler, cozier home in the future.<\/p>\n <\/a>Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n Unfortunately the seven-bedroom and 24-bathroom home was said to make inhabitants feel like they were living inside a video game.<\/p>\n In addition to the tech for humans, the flora isn\u2019t left behind. <\/p>\n Gates\u2019 favorite 40-year-old maple tree is also constant surveillance.<\/p>\n While they\u2019re not too worried about it setting off the floor sensors, water is pumped into it automatically when it\u2019s too dry.<\/p>\n Xanadu 2.0 also features a trampoline room with a 20-foot ceiling, six kitchens, steam room, sauna, and a 25,000-square-foot gym.<\/p>\n <\/a>bgC3<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, an artificial stream along the lake is filled with sand delivered from St. Lucia by barge annually.<\/p>\n The pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance, however, is the mansion\u2019s 2,100-square-foot library.<\/p>\n In addition to book-filled shelves, it boasts two secret bookcases, a hidden bar and a quote from The Great Gatsby <\/em>on the ceiling.<\/p>\n The library contains the Codex Leicester<\/em>, a 16th-century Leonardo da Vinci manuscript that Gates bought for $30.8 million. <\/p>\n In 2009, a tour of Xanadu 2.0 was auctioned off for $35,000 for charity.<\/p>\n The post The mind-blowing futuristic tech inside Bill Gates\u2019 $130 million home<\/a> appeared first on Supercar Blondie<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n