Bill Gates' house is a large earth-sheltered mansion in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The house is noted for its design and the technology it incorporates. It is nicknamed Xanadu 2.0.
In 2009, property taxes on the home were reported to be US $1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.
The house is a modern design in the Pacific lodge style, with classic features such as a large private li...
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Bill Gates' house is a large earth-sheltered mansion in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The house is noted for its design and the technology it incorporates. It is nicknamed Xanadu 2.0.
In 2009, property taxes on the home were reported to be US $1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.
The house is a modern design in the Pacific lodge style, with classic features such as a large private library with a dome shaped roof and oculus (light well). The house also features an estate-wide server system running Windows, and heated floors and driveways. Guests wear pins that upon entrance of a room automatically adjust temperature, music, and lighting based on the guest's preferences.
Gates and his wife Melinda are very fond of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, and they have inscribed in the library a sentence from the last page of the novel:
"He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he...
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