Bill Gates' $97 million house
 

http://www.zpub.com/un/bill/

- Currently 300 workers including 104 electricians.
- No visible electrical outlets anywhere. Gates does not like "clutter".
- Construction likely complete in September 1997, 3 months behind owner's
schedule.
- 112 steps from the main floor to the main entry (or take the elevator).
- Wood columns from main floor to roof in entry area are over 70 feet long.
- Theme throughout main floor is high tech lodge. Primary structure is all
exposed similar to large logs in a lodge except the logs are PERFECTLY finished.
- All timbers used inside and out are finished the same --3 inches have been
removed from the exterior of the wood and then sanded to a satin finish.
- All timbers are nearly perfect in that there are almost no knots.
- All connectors are structural grade stainless steel.
- All bolts throughout the house are stainless steel and oriented the same 20
direction.
- All woodwork is flawless. Much of the woodwork is of various rare species
>From all over the world -- imported especially for the Gates'.
- Some of the interior passage doors wei=h over 800 lbs, but are balanced for
easy use.
- Accoustics are a concern throughout. Various woods and fabrics are being
used. Accoustic panels in the Ballroom move out of sight on their own.
- Roofing is stainless steel.
- Floor is heated everywhere including the driveway and walks.
- Ventilation system also conditions the air for health and comfort.
- Security system (automated and personnel) is redundant. Hidden cameras
everywhere including interior stone walls.
- Sensors in the floor can track a person to within 6 inches. System is
monitored at the Microsoft campus.
- Gates has a personal 4-car garage. House for the maintenance staff has its
own 3-car garage. Nanny parks in the 6-car carport across from the main entry.
An additional 10-cars can be parked in a subterranean arched concrete building
which through an electronic transformation becomes a basketball court.
- Nanny lives in plush quarters in the main residence near to the Gates'
bedroom.
- Existing cedar tree was determined by Gates to be in the wrong location and
moved 6 inches.
- Gates insisted on saving a 140 year old maple adjacent to the driveway. The
tree is monitored electronically 24 hours per day via computer. If it seems
dry, it gets just the right amount of water automatically delivered.
- There will be an 18 hole putting range.
- A salmon hatchery is being finished.
- If you wish, your music will follow you throughout the house -- even at the
bottom of the pool.
- Many doors are blended so well with the walls that it is hard to see them.
- Theatre (underground in a concrete shell) is the most state of the art theatre
in the world according to specialty contractor.
- Entry gate senses when your car approaches and opens fully by the time you
arrive.
- Very old antique cabinets from China have been brought in and built into the
walls with adjacent paneling built to match the cabinets exactly.
- 52 miles of communication cable in the building.
- Shower curtain next to the spa is a 4500 lb slab of granite.
- Melinda has 42 linear feet of clothes hanging space in her closet operated
like a dry cleaner's rack.
- Master bathtub can be filled to the right temperature and depth by Gates as
he drives home from work.
- There is a 28 foot high cantilever retaining wall.
- Reinforcing steel in all concrete is four times the code minimum. No. 18 steel
wrapped with no. 5 ties was common for simple columns.
- There is a loading bay within the building.
- All work is virtually flawless.
- An interior designer disagreed with the layout of a portion of the home. 20
Demolition resulted and 160 cubic yards of cured, cast-in-place concrete was
removed.
- All building officials were suffering "sensory overload" shortly after the
3-hour tour started.



Damn Bill gates mwah:

That 97 mil could have gone to save the starving children in Africa! But nooooo!

drives home from work? he doesn't take an x-wing? oOo:

hey, he earned it

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":8a0b2]hey, he earned it[/quote:8a0b2]

He stole some too,but who cares.

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":6333c]hey, he earned it[/quote:6333c]

NOT TRUE. I'd educate you but I'm lazy and haven't slept for about 30 hours
now: read up on Gates and you will see why people hate him so much.

It IS sad that so much money was wasted on a fukn' house but if I had the
money I sure as hell would get a nice house too, although @ about 5% the
price he payed for this one.

i wonder how much the moon costs, probably where his next house will be

Actually Gates has done alot for the librarys and schools in the Seattle area, So its not like he never gives to charity. I've seen his house from one of our floating bridges before, looks nice...but why would you build a house close into neighbors and a bridge, if you had the money to build anywhere?

Every mega-rich person has been hated by many, Hearst, Rockefeller, Trump, Turner etc... Dont get me wrong I'm not a huge Gates fan, but I really have no reason to hate him, he employs a large number of people in the area and I never hear of huge lay-offs from Microsoft.

jealousy has always been enough reason to hate

Gates donated over 16 billion to some country a few months back.

Imo he has earned it, people say he "stole" tech it from apple but apple basically stole it from xerox.

yeh, pirates of silicon valley was a great movie.
ffs, people are ignorant.

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":eaf7e]hey, he earned it[/quote:eaf7e]

my ass!
he ripped off that guys program for 50 grande and called it "his" DOS, it was even in the movie.

all i have to do is bang his daughter so i can inherit everything evil:

Next Me ! Next Me! biggrin:

[quote="CaP bUsTa":85f61]all i have to do is bang his daughter so i can inherit everything evil:[/quote:85f61]

actually you wouldnt inherit everything. his daughter would get her share you wont get any unless his daughter gave you some or you got on well with mr gates that he put you in his will however. i dont think mr gates would be too impressed that you just "banged" his daughter so instead would probably have you "removed" from the face of the earth anyway.

but it was a nice thought of yours im sure.

mad:
its just plain wrong, how the fuck can you spend $50-97 MILLION on a house, jesus christ. that money could've been spent in so many better ways.
thats the most expensive house ive heard of, whats wrong with spending about $10m on a place, it'd be f##king unreal, thats just taking the piss spending 97m for only 3 people.
i've always had a small amount of respect for Bill Gates but now that i've heard this if i saw him in on the street i'd fucking strangle him to death

[quote="mr.miyagi":028ca]
i've always had a small amount of respect for Bill Gates but now that i've heard this if i saw him in on the street i'd fucking strangle him to death[/quote:028ca]

1st, why would bill gates need to bother going on a street when he can pay someone to do it for him.

2nd, if you ever did see him on the streets, how would you get passed his security guards?

freak:

Donated 16 Billion ? Are you for fucking real ? Do you understand the stupidity
of what you're saying? It's as if I gave away about a fifth of my personal
fortune to someone I didn't know. Nothing is free, therefore he's somehow
going to make money off of it. Give to charities ? That's fukn' pocket change
for him: he needs to give a bit to not look like a total scrooge, which he is.
Employing people ? No fukn' shit: he's not the one who will continue the
perpetual upgrades on "his" windows operating systems lol...

boohoo does the american government spend money on starving children in africa? nope! no reason for gates to either!

Gates and his wife have some kind of foundation that donates money to charities. It was about 6 months ago they donated 16 billion to some country, it basically equalled every family in the country getting 1500$ or so.

And how in the hell is he gonna make money of giving money away? Giving 16 billion to a foreign coutry = him making money? umm no?


As for "dos" how exactly did he rip it off? They bought dos off that guy and it became microsofts. I see that as a business transaction and not any sort of "rip off".

Gates is a smart business man end of story and he's proffited from it immensly.

If someone gave me a billion dollars and said build a house with everything u want in it, i probably couldnt do it, what the fuck does he need a house for that much money?!! He can give everyone in the world 1 million dollars and still have money for himself!!!

[quote="Capt. John Miller":f0cec]If someone gave me a billion dollars and said build a house with everything u want in it, i probably couldnt do it, what the fuck does he need a house for that much money?!![/quote:f0cec]

Umm the house cost 97 million not a billion. happy:

I doubt very much even gates could get a house to cost almot 10x what the current one costs :)

omfg oops biggrin: well still if someone handed me 50 million said build a house with ALL of this, i wouldnt be able to do it

...I think it's money well spent, he probably has more than 1 toilet, plus things like a dishwasher and a jacuzzi.
Also, he more than likely has 2 phone outlets so he can take calls whilst on the net,
It all adds up, you know..... oOo:

bunny u always ruin everything cry:

Hey when you make that much money you can spend it...his income is just blown out of proportion compared to ours fire2:

I love Bill gates. He gave me microsoft windows and all this other shit. He donated tons of money to other countries. No reason to hate him. oOo:

[quote:ef796]thats the most expensive house ive heard of[/quote:ef796]

apparently youve never been to the town of palm springs. my uncle works at the docks of palm beach and his girlfriend works for some billionaire. the guy she works for spent a couple billion on his house...

Don't have to hate him becuase he's filthy rich, which he earned (That's what happens when you invent something everyone buys:). As Gerard said, I've heard of him donating money to different charities.

How in hell could he have donated 16 BILLION dollars with no intention of
getting anything in return? Are you fucking retarded?

[url:0959d]http://m1.mny.co.za/mnsbx.nsf/Current/C2256B190030A01742256B630034C1B6?OpenDocument[/url:0959d]

This should open your eyes.

Furthermore, can someone please give me a link to where they mention
Bill Gates (Microsoft) donating 16 billion dollars ? I will assume none of
you will provide that evidence so I'll say "thank you for proving me right"
now.

[quote:0959d]...I think it's money well spent, he probably has more than 1 toilet, plus things like a dishwasher and a jacuzzi[/quote:0959d]

A dishwasher... now there's something I need... but it's so darn expensive!
biggrin:

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I dont care what that man does with his money, I hope he is the most happiest person in the world. Highly unlikely but I really dont care, spend it all on a 50million dollar crapper if it makes u happy gates. hmmm I think ill go invent a software better than windows, maybe ill be rich then. Watch out windows, here comes "Doors".

Opps I should have said that, now someone might steal my idea like gates stole his friends. Damn it let me find out one of u aa.com people took my doors idea and il... eatthis: bigzooka: fire2: zooka: fire1:

oOo: Gates sir, all I need right now if 5,000 sir, thats all 5,000

[quote="Captain Bunny":4142c][quote="CaP bUsTa":4142c]all i have to do is bang his daughter so i can inherit everything evil:[/quote:4142c]

actually you wouldnt inherit everything. his daughter would get her share you wont get any unless his daughter gave you some or you got on well with mr gates that he put you in his will however. i dont think mr gates would be too impressed that you just "banged" his daughter so instead would probably have you "removed" from the face of the earth anyway.

but it was a nice thought of yours im sure.[/quote:4142c]

I don't think he could "remove" busta, I'll be covering his back.
and I would have 100 cheap rent-a-cops outnumbered 1 to 100, which is strictly unfair to the dumb rent-a-cops. M16:

nope, Lucas controls the rights to that and he's not selling,
Gates can't steal teh idea because that will probably get him shot (or Lucas will order someone at ILM to invent the lightsaber so to chop him like pastrami) swordfight:

Only thing I can say is....

WOOOOP PAAA DEEEE DO!
Who gives a rats POOH!
It not your money so here's my shoe!

Quit crying about what Bill Gates does with HIS money. So what if he makes smart business decisions and gives money or software to other countries or whatever causes he has in mind. Its his perogative, like it or not. So what are you suggesting, he keep all of it to himself, and not care about the future of his company? He is a SMART business man, and I see nothing wrong with him for what he has done.

Some people claim he stole this or that, but he bought it very cheap because they couldn't market it. He made himself into a business man, plain and simple.

Oh and here are a few links I found:

[url:48ae0]http://www.gatesfoundation.org/libraries/uslibraryprogram/announcements/announce-352.htm[/url:48ae0]
[url:48ae0]http://latelinenews.com/ll/english/1211510.shtml[/url:48ae0]
[url:48ae0]http://news.1chinastar.com/ll/english/1077753.shtml[/url:48ae0]
[url:48ae0]http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1020981678617&call_pag e=TS_World&call_pageid=968332188854&call_pagepath= News/World&col=968350060724[/url:48ae0]

There's some information for you SoLiDuS!

Sounds like a pretty cool house.

To the guys ripping Gates for spending 97 million of HIS OWN MONEY on HIS OWN HOUSE....you guys need a hobby, something constructive to direct all that petty negative energy on. You guys are real world n00bs. Who do you think got the money? Thats right, other hard working individuals/workers that had bills to pay. That is $97,000,000 (please note all the zeros) gates put right back into the economy - concrete, timber, glass, electronics, labor, etc. I'm sure there was sales tax on much of it and he pays his property taxes on $97 million each year. Not to mention the staff for a place like that. Who are you to say he isnt doing his part? And even if he wasnt, who are you to define how he should. Its all part of living in a free country, you can do what you want, but the down side is, Bill can too. Think you can live with that?

i pwn Gates at MOH oOo:

D00d, what if Bill Gates really played MOH? Like under the name snipeymagoo, or something?

Gates=Judas..... eek: