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Virtual Tour
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Many
never seen
before
pictures of Microsoft
founder Bill Gates House, Take a
virtual tour to the House.
View
from the Lake
Front
aerial view
Hall
way in the Gates House
Fire
Place in the Gates House
World's
richest man,
Bill Gates family
lives in the
exclusive suburb of Medina,Washington,
in a huge earth-sheltered house
in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington.
Bill Gates house encompasses more than 66,000 square feet which is
equal to
1.5
acres.The
major rooms include 7 bedrooms,
24 bathrooms,
six
kitchens,
and six
fireplaces.
The
address of the mansion is 1835
73rd Ave NE, Medina, WA 98039.
House is very
modern,
21st century house in
the
"Pacific lodge" style, with advanced electronic
systems everywhere
& great Interior
design. In
one respect though it is more like an 18th or 19th century mansion, It
has a large private library with a domed
reading room. While it does
have a classic flavour, It has many unique qualities.
Among
the
many genius marvels
that
are
integrated into the home for
the latest in modern conveniences are revolving works of art.
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Floors
are pressure sensitive, at
any given time family member or
security can know who is in the residence by the weight of their
footsteps in Bill Gates home.
Lights
would automatically come on
when you came in.
Speakers would
be hidden beneath the wallpaper to allow music to follow you from room
to room. Portable touch pads would control everything from the TV sets
to the temperature and the lights, which would brighten or dim to fit
the occasion or to match the outdoor light.
Visitors
to the Bill Gates House are
surveyed and given a
microchip
upon
entrance. This small chip sends signals throughout the home, and a
given room's temperature and other conditions will change according to
preset user preferences. 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.
Inside
this luxury Bill Gates
house
plan you will find
Swimming
pool
size 17 × 60 foot (5.1 × 18.2 metre),
The 17-by-60-foot swimming pool has an underwater music system and a
floor painted in a fossil motif. Swimmers can dive under a glass wall
and emerge outdoors by a terrace. Locker room off the pool has four
showers and two baths.
Grand
staircase size 92 feet
long and 63 feet
high with 84 steps,
Towering
Douglas fir beams
support the stainless-steel roof and are
surrounded by walls of glass, concrete, and stone. While much of the
residence is buried into the hillside, windows on the lakefront side
provide views of Seattle to the west. There are 84 steps down from the
entrance to the ground floor. The vertigo-inclined can take an elevator.
Theater with apx 20
seat,
Size: 1,500 ft.
The 20-seat art
deco theater is outfitted with plush chairs, couches,
and a popcorn machine. Screen is HDTV capable.
Library, Size: 2,100
sq. ft.
The ornate, paneled library has a domed reading room with oculus (light
well), fireplace, and two secret pivoting bookcases, one containing a
bar. It's the fitting home for Leonardo da Vinci's 16th-century
notebook, the Codex Leicester, which Bill Gates bought for $30.8
million.
Reception
hall capacity more than 150 people at a time in the house, Size: 2,300
sq. ft.
Partly below
ground, the reception hall can seat 150 people for a
sit-down dinner or hold 200 for a cocktail party. A 6-foot-wide
fireplace, faced in limestone, commands one wall. Another wall is
dominated by a 22-foot-wide video display made up of 24 rear-projection
television monitors, each with a 40-inch screen.
Exercise
room, Size: 2,500 sq. ft.
Includes
sauna, steam
room, separate men's and women's lockers, and a
trampoline room with a 20-foot ceiling. Conference
facilities, offices, Outdoor
sports, courts, and ofcourse
loads
of
technology.
According
to the
National
Association of
Home Builders, the median
American residence size is slightly more than 2,000
square feet.
Microsoft
founder Bill Gates house is more than
30
times
that
size.
Inside Garage,
you'll find a
1999
Porsche 911
Convertible and 1988 Porsche 959 Coupe. Steven Ballmer drives a 1998
Lincoln Continental. In fact, due to the 959’s questionable
emissions and unknown crash ratings, it took a federal law signed by
President Clinton to legally drive his 959 on
American
roads.
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