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Так выглядит дом Билла Гейтса. Фото15 interesting facts about the mansion of bill gates.

The state of Microsoft founder bill gates is more than $ 87 billion. Bill and his wife Melinda took 7 years and $ 67 million to rebuild the mansion Xanadu 2.0, which they acquired for $ 2 million Here about this “house” and will be discussed in this review.

1. $ 1 million a year

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Так выглядит дом Билла Гейтса. Фото

Mr. gates pays annually about $ 1 million in the form of property tax. For a moment – he pays the state a million dollars every year for the right to keep their property, which he already owns.

2. “Pacific Lodge”

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The house of Mr. gates is in Washington, overlooking lake Washington. It is built in the style of “Pacific Lodge”, and the project was designed by the architectural firms Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and James Cutler Architects.

The house is partially underground in the hill on which it is built. It helps to regulate temperature and much more cost effective (and much cleaner) than many modern methods of heating and cooling.

3. 24 bathrooms

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In the estate a total of 24 bathrooms with 10 active and 14 sedentary baths. If bill gates wanted to, he could almost every day during the month to bathe in the new bathtub.

4. Interactive pictures

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One of the many technological features, which is literally crammed with the house is that across the estate there are high resolution screens displaying famous paintings (and, by a simple press of a button you can change one picture to another). One such monitor is worth $ 150 000.

5. Cave of concrete and steel

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In the mansion there are several garages, where there are 23 car. One of the garages, which can accommodate 10 cars, is an underground cavern of concrete and steel.

6. 18-metre pool

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In one of the buildings with an area of 370 square metres, 18-metre pool with underwater sound system and locker room. Also near the building there is a pond with running water, with salmon and trout. Interestingly, the pond has not only a decorative function, but was built to handle the drainage issues of the estate.

7. Individual approach to guests

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The house was made “smart”. Each person receives a special microchip in the badge, which “warns” the control sensors temperature and light that passes underneath the guest. Each guest can customize your preferred temperature and lighting. Also the floors in every part of the residence is sensitive to pressure. Therefore, the security service always knows who and where he is in the house.

8. The cinema area of 140 square meters

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Of course, the house has a cinema. It is hardly possible to expect that bill gates and his guest would watch movies in the living room on a regular TV. The cinema area of 140 square meters made in the style of art Deco, it features a convenient oversized chairs for 20 guests.

9. Caribbean sandy beach

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As mentioned above, the house faces lake Washington. Naturally, designers have taken care of personal sandy beach. What it unusual is the fact that the sand on the beach imported from St Lucia in the Caribbean sea on a special barge.

10. Leicester Codex of da Vinci

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Perhaps one of the coolest things that are in the house of the gates, it’s Leicester Codex of da Vinci, which the billionaire purchased for $ 30 million in 1994. The Code is stored in the impressive library with an area of 200 square meters on the ceiling where you can see a quote from “the Great Gatsby”: “He had a long way to go, and his dream was so close it seemed to reach out and touch it”.

11. Reception room at 215 square feet

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In “Xanadu 2.0 is” has a reception hall with an area of 215 square meters, which can accommodate 150 guests. He also has a 7-foot television display and a large fireplace made of limestone.

12. Six kitchens

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Those who owns a house with an area of 6130 square meters (for a second, it’s more than a football field), may have problems to get to the kitchen in order to eat. Gates elegantly solved this problem by making the house has six kitchens.

13. 7 bedrooms

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With all these amazing things (multiple garages, six kitchens, 24 bathrooms) in “Xanadu 2.0 is” there are only 7 bedrooms. Nevertheless, these bedrooms are larger than most apartments.

14. Favorite maple

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On the territory of “Xanadu 2.0 is” growing maple. This tree is so loved by bill, he equipped it with a system clock of an electronic control, to ensure that maple will never dry up. If necessary, turn on the automatic irrigation system.

15. Extravagant prank

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Those who begin to think that it would be better such a lot of money was spent to help the needy, not large and extravagant house, you should know one fact. Bill gates spends each year on global health more money than the world health organization.

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