Elon Musk’s $60m ‘special place’ he can’t get rid of
It’s the $60m ‘special place’ that Elon Musk just can’t seem to shake.
It’s the $60m Elon Musk home that no one wants.
A stunning San Francisco home that the world famous billionaire just can’t get rid of.
Maybe it’s that San Francisco ‘doom loop’ the X owner and Telsa CEO has been banging on about.
Although Musk has sold almost all of his $US100 million of real estate in an effort to divert his full attention to colonising Mars, it seems it is this one particular home here on Earth is one he can’t let go.
The New York Post reports, the SpaceX boss listed his final property in Hillsborough, California — in the San Francisco Bay area — for a colossal $US37.5m ($A58,84) in June, but the estate is now off the market.
The move came less than a week before Musk, 50, successfully launched Inspiration4 — the first civilian space flight mission by SpaceX — currently in orbit.
And it comes a few weeks before Musk also revealed that he was now “semi-separated” from his longtime partner of three years, Grimes, after the two were leading two different lives.
“We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms,” Musk explained.
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“It’s mostly that my work at SpaceX and Tesla requires me to be primarily in Texas or travelling overseas and her work is primarily in LA.”
Musk took the home off the market September 11, records show.
The entrepreneur and business magnate, who is worth an estimated $US193 billion from his many ventures, purchased the historic estate in 2017 for a whopping $US23.4 million.
Situated on 47 acres, Musk described the home as “a special place,” and requested that whoever would come to own it would have to have a big family.
“Decided to sell my last remaining house. Just needs to go to a large family who will live there. It’s a special place,” the Tesla CEO wrote on Twitter June 14.
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Five days earlier, he admitted to holding on to the place to use for events.
“Yeah, sold my houses, except for 1 in Bay Area that’s rented out for events,” he said. “Working on sustainable energy for Earth with Tesla & protecting future of consciousness by making life multiplanetary with SpaceX. Also, AI risk mitigation with Neuralink & fixing traffic with Boring.”
When the home was initially listed in June, Musk revealed that he would not be going through any brokers, and instead, any potential buyers would have to get in direct touch with him.
Made up of nine bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, the home spans 16,000 square feet.
The listing previously stated: “Over 100-year-old mansion with unobstructed Bay views, pool, hiking trails, canyons & reservoir. Ballroom, banquet dining room and preserved but completely updated professional kitchen. Detached 3-car garage, 8-car carport, and tremendous motor court parking.”
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In May 2020, Musk promised that he would sell almost all his assets.
“I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house,” Musk tweeted.
Musk had 12 other homes he offloaded, including Gene Wilder’s estate — which he sold to Wilder’s nephew last October.
It was rumoured that Musk was living in a 375-square-foot prefab house on the SpaceX launch site in Texas after he tweeted in June: “My primary home is literally a ~$50k house in Boca Chica / Starbase that I rent from SpaceX. It’s kinda awesome though.”
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Parts of this originally appeared in the New York Post and are republished here with permission.
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