Bay Area Billionaires (and Their Mansions)
With our tech, real estate, and film industries, it’s no surprise that we have more billionaires in California than in any other state. Almost half of them (47, according to the Chronicle) live in the Bay Area, so that answers my constant, slightly whiney question: who can afford to live here? Ah, and what they can afford! While I would be happy with something larger than a coffin that did not come attached to a landlord whose rules included no dogs and and no music after 10pm (come on! Are you an automaton?), the billionaire club can shop from listings like these. (Note: do not look directly at the photos without protective glasses. High sheen/sparkle/gloss alert.)
610 El Camino Del Mar, San Francisco: A Seacliff Mediterranean beauty with requisite seductive ocean view and Spanish tiles aplenty. At 4 beds, 5 baths, it’s not exactly palacial, but surely the glass-enclosed indoor pool is fit for royalty. The price? If you have to ask… well, you know how the saying goes. But I’ll tell you anyway: $6,200,000.
2090 Vallejo St., San Francisco: Pac Heights is famous for its well heeled residents, but that heel has to be pure gold to afford this 4 story, 6 bedroom, 7 bath Georgian mansion. Complete with billiard room and butlers pantry, this imposing home will cost you $14,950,000.
2901 Broadway St., San Francisco: The person who buys this home can also buy and sell the person who owns the last two homes mentioned- combined. Though its one and only photo (um? Hello, agent?) makes the mansion look a little like an insane asylum, the listing promises dramatic views, stunning interiors, and tennis courts. I should hope so, at a sticker price of $48,000,000.
75 Mountain Spring Ave., San Francisco: Almost 6,000 square feet of pure bliss, this is a 5 bed, 4.5 bath palace in Clarendon Heights. Offers views that only this area can (and I’ve written of my love affair with it before), as well as a gym, the world’s sexiest master bathroom, and the kind of kitchen from which even boxed macaroni and cheese would taste good. Not that you’d need to do you own cooking if you can afford $5,495,000.
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Photo credit: Memphis Museums.org
