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Inside Bill Gates' House

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By Harmony Cornwell


Photo Credit goehner.com
Photo Credit goehner.com

Bill Gates really doesn't need an introduction; the founder of Microsoft is a household name. The home he built in 1994 has a reputation of its own too. Five acres is not impressive on its own (although it is more land than the typical home owner has today), it is what you do with those 5 acres that sets it apart from the rest.

Among the many technical marvels that are integrated into the home for the latest in modern conveniences are revolving works of art - if you really don't want to look at Manet today with a touch of a button it can be rotated to the Van Gogh painting. And the floors are pressure sensitive, at any given time Gates or security can know who is in the house by the weight of their footsteps. I wonder if that means you have to update your employer if you lose or gain weight?

A few of the noteworthy rooms or areas of the home include:

  • Pool Building
  • Exercise Facilities
  • Library
  • Grand Staircase
  • Theater
  • Formal Dining Room
  • Offices Reception Hall
  • Multi-Purpose Room
  • Guest House
  • Underground Garage
  • Gatehouse
  • Boathouse
  • Activities Building
  • Estuary

All the Numbers

With a lack of photographs available of the interior of the Gates' house, the general public has to be satisfied with the numbers and our imagination. Here is a tour of the house, by the numbers:

  • Assessed value of house - $53,392,200 USD
  • Over 66,000 square feet (includes all buildings)
  • 7 bedrooms
  • 24 bathrooms (10 of those are full baths)
  • 6 kitchens
  • 6 fireplaces
  • Situated on 5 acres
  • Gates' family private quarters - 11,500 square feet
  • 2100 square foot library
  • The Grand Staircase is 92 feet long and 63 feet high with 84 steps
  • 3 garages, the largest is 6300 square feet and can fit 10 cars
  • Theater seats 20 people
  • Reception Hall has a capacity of 150 people for a sit down dinner or 200 people for a cocktail party

The custom forest that Gates had transplanted around the perimeter of his home ensures the privacy of his family is not compromised.

If you go to this website by Paper Toys, you can print out a scale paper model that can be assembled of the house. It includes the Grand Staircase, exercise facilities, boathouse and more. Almost as good as a tour of the house in person.

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Isabella Snow profile image

Isabella Snow  says:
2 years ago

Wow, the weight thing could be annoying, lol!

dranjesh profile image

dranjesh  says:
2 years ago

Hope you will be pleased to know intresting facts about Bill Gates :)

MrMarmalade profile image

MrMarmalade  says:
2 years ago

Things I did not know. Am I anybetter off now i do?

Great hub

aseem  says:
2 years ago

it is absulutely amazing it is tooooooooooooooooo toooooooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

sexy boy  says:
2 years ago

it is mindblowing

md hussain  says:
2 years ago

hope i get the half of it

arsenio 19  says:
2 years ago

Thats what im talkin about big money, ill be there in a few decades! lol

bizhat  says:
2 years ago

Want to see a bigger picture. Anyone in the world have one ?

inferno  says:
2 years ago

lmfao!!!

khiyiiy  says:
2 years ago

thanks alot i wil be like him in few years looooooooooooooooooooooool

faiz  says:
17 months ago

take me...work with you

ragavan  says:
15 months ago

my aim is become bill gates 4

.....  says:
15 months ago

FREAKING RICH!!!! dude, i am sure it'll take me a week to finish my tour around his house!

chico  says:
10 months ago

your house is amazing i wish i lived there you are my hero you have the nicest house i have ever seen.

borislw profile image

borislw  says:
9 months ago

Awesome, you been there before?

fariha  says:
9 months ago

i wish i could go there.i wanna be a computer engineer and make a house like him

aneena  says:
7 months ago

hes got an aquarium in his house filled with killer whales dolphins and sharks in the living room i guess

safwandi  says:
4 months ago

I wanna be like you mr.bill

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