But one of Elon Musk’s homes — a historic mansion south of San Francisco the Tesla and SpaceX CEO refers to as a “special place” — did not sell when Musk off-loaded the rest of his $100 million real estate portfolio (although it was listed on Zillow for a while.)
In the early hours of Monday morning Musk announced on Twitter (via a reply to an earlier tweet of his) that he has now in fact “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 “special” Bay Area home in question is likely this historic 100-year-old mansion in Hillsborough on the San Francisco Peninsula.
The 16,000-square-foot mansion sits on 47-acres of land with lawns, gardens and private hiking trails.
There are 10 bedrooms and nine and a half bathrooms inside, in addition to a ballroom, a grand formal banquet room, a flower-arranging room and a library. Outside, there’s a detached 3-car garage, an 8-car carport and motor court parking.
In May 2020 we reported that Musk listed the property on Zillow, though records show the listing was removed in November 2020. The property was re-listed yesterday for $37.5 million, per Zillow, coinciding with Musk’s tweet. (The previous listing price was $2.5 million short of that, at $35 million. Records show the home was purchased in 2017 for $23.4 million.)
One of the homes sold by Musk last year was a Los Angeles mansion previously owned by legendary comic actor Gene Wilder, to which Musk made a special request when selling. “Just one stipulation on sale: I own Gene Wilder’s old house. It cannot be torn down or lose any of its soul,” Musk tweeted in May 2020. That home eventually sold to Wilder’s nephew for $7 million.
worth around $154 billion.
SFGATE Local Editor Tessa McLean contributed to this story.