Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, said his main home is now a three-bedroom property he bought for $45,000, primarily for the location near his SpaceX facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
“It’s going to cost $45,000 or something,” Musk said. send full podcast, which aired late Thursday night. “It is too short.”
Musk said the home is within walking distance of the facility where SpaceX is working on building “a giant rocket.” He noted that he also has a boxy tiny house in Boca Chica, which he uses as a guest house for visiting friends.
Musk, which is worth a guess $268 billionhave long attracted attention for their unusual lifestyle, such as a recent report that they had twins with one of their top executives Last year, or roughly around the time the musician had her second child with Grimes.
“My friends come over and they can’t believe I’m living in this house,” Musk said in the podcast. When asked if he liked being there, Musk replied, “If I’m alone there, that’s fine.”
The home was originally a two-bedroom property, but Musk said he converted the garage into a third bedroom. He said he was trying to change the name of the street from Weams Street to Mayme Street.
According to Realtor.com, the $45,000 price tag for a US home is extremely low, with the average listing price reaching $450,000 in June. Musk did not mention when the home was purchased, which could have preceded the rapid rise in home prices during the pandemic.
A property currently for sale on Weems Street, a 1,000-square-foot home listed as “Fixer Upper” for “SpaceX Enthusiasts” listed for $375,000.
Musk didn’t always live in a modest house. The billionaire reportedly held a real estate portfolio of $100 million at one time, although in 2020 he announced on Twitter that he was selling his assets and vowed to be “without a home”.
In December, it was reported that Musk was actually living in an Austin mansion owned by Ken Howery. wall street journal, Howry, who co-founded PayPal with Musk and others, bought the 8,000-square-foot home for $12 million in 2018, when it was the most expensive property in Austin, According to Forbes.
