Los Gatos Home Built by Steve Wozniak in 1986 Hits Market for $4.5 Million

[stacecom]

Because they knew you would complain and wanted to provoke a reaction, duh.

It couldn't be that some of us might find this interesting

This is supposed to be a tech news blog, not a cult.

 

[JHankwitz]

To him, $4.5 mil is nothing!

I'm sure Woz paid nowhere near $4.5M when he built it.

 

[iGrip]

The house looks very, very nice.

Indeed, it is MUCH more tasteful that that piece of crap yacht that the widow Jobs tools around in.

 

[ChrisA]

6.5 bath? What use is half a bath??

In real estate speak a 1/2 bath is a room with a toilet and sink. No shower or tub. Typically these might ajoin a "public" area and are used by house or dinner guests who would no need the shower.

 

[JHankwitz]

This is supposed to be a tech news blog, not a cult.

I find it far more interesting than much of the "analyst" crap posted.

 

[ChrisA]

I'm sure Woz paid nowhere near $4.5M when he built it.

Prices have come down. 4.5M is not a lot for a house like that. If it were located here (southern California beach city) it would be well over $15M. Yes I'm serious. I'm in the construction biz and work in that area. I know of more then one house under construction right now where the owner bought a 10M house and tore it down and what is going back up is not as nice, not even close to as nice. But then you know the saying, there are only three important things about real estate Location, location and location. But then Los Gatos is a nice area if you've been up there. I really don't understand the low price.

This is a "natural adobe". Those are expensive to builld as all the blocks are made on-site and here in CA the building code makes it a little complex to build so you need some specialists.

 

[coolspot18]

6.5 bath? What use is half a bath??

The half is for a powder room, rest room, WC.

 

[myrtlebee]

One of the most beautiful homes I've ever seen. The atmosphere is incredible. Now, if I cold just find that extra 5 mill - it's here somewhere. Must be stuck between the couch cushions.

 

[tirk]

In real estate speak...

Ah, exaggeration, I see!

(Thanks to all, they use different distortions of English over here!)

 

[Tiger8]

How would you measure a house with 5 full bathrooms and 3 "half" bathrooms, it seems a confusing thing to try to boil into a single figure.

That said, if it is truly 6 full bathrooms and one half-bathroom, then… why? I can understand a luxury home having en-suite facilities and maybe the two or three biggest rooms having a full en-suite bathroom, but why six baths? What has the Woz been up to that requires everyone to be able to take a bath simultaneously?!

It is becoming more and more common for newer houses to have an all-bedrooms-are-master-bedrooms-with-bath structure, or close to it.

I wouldn't be surprised if each bedroom had its own full bath, with a powder room (or 1/2 bath) for the entertaining area.

Beautiful modern house, btw. The renovation looks great.

 

[aliensporebomb]

Ah!

Ah but you should see the place Woz lives in now. It has 37 and 3/8ths bathrooms!

 

[CJM]

To spare my fellow Brits.. Half a bath is a toilet.

 

[lifeinhd]

How would you measure a house with 5 full bathrooms and 3 "half" bathrooms, it seems a confusing thing to try to boil into a single figure.

That would be 5 and 3 half baths. Mathematicians around the world cringe.

This is supposed to be a tech news blog, not a cult.

I thought it was for anything to do with Apple, something Woz has... a little bit to do with.

 

[lapeno]

Nice kitchen

 

[TMar]

How would you measure a house with 5 full bathrooms and 3 "half" bathrooms, it seems a confusing thing to try to boil into a single figure.

That said, if it is truly 6 full bathrooms and one half-bathroom, then… why? I can understand a luxury home having en-suite facilities and maybe the two or three biggest rooms having a full en-suite bathroom, but why six baths? What has the Woz been up to that requires everyone to be able to take a bath simultaneously?!

In the case of multiple half baths then it is listed as such. The .5 can only be used on houses with one half bath. Anything more would have to be spelled out "3 full bath, 2 half bath". Not a hard concept to understand..

 

[iPusch]

6.5 bath? What use is half a bath??

A half bath is a toilet only I think.
Okk,I guess people already answered dat^^

 

[Nunyabinez]

The only things more irritating than the "is Safari snappier" posts are the "why is this on Macrumors/front page etc." posts. If you don't like what is posted then why don't you PM the moderators and not subject the rest of us to your personal opinions. The stories that don't interest me I skip over, and the ones that do, I engage in a discussion. You can do what you want, but all you are doing is pissing people off with your waste of a post, but then maybe you were trying to troll the thread in which case I fell into your fiendish trap.

 

[SirHaakon]

A half bath is a toilet only I think.
Okk,I guess people already answered dat^^

And because no one bothers to read anything, my guess is 18 more will after this...

 

[HenryDJP]

Why is this on the front page?

Oh yeah, far be if for MR to put anything like this on the front page, especially since this is suppose to be a non-Apple realted news site. I guess MR should only be showing current and past non-Apple executive's homes.

 

[Eduardo1971]

Nice kitchen

Yes indeed. The kitchen looks very spacious, airy, and inviting.

Very nice home (although the colour trim on the exterior could use a bit of work).

 

[scoobydoo99]

How would you measure a house with 5 full bathrooms and 3 "half" bathrooms, it seems a confusing thing to try to boil into a single figure.

That said, if it is truly 6 full bathrooms and one half-bathroom, then… why? I can understand a luxury home having en-suite facilities and maybe the two or three biggest rooms having a full en-suite bathroom, but why six baths? What has the Woz been up to that requires everyone to be able to take a bath simultaneously?!

It is common in higher-end real estate to have a bathroom for every bedroom, plus a half bath. Pretty simple to understand. Why would you NOT want a bathroom for every bedroom?

 

[violaboy]

But

But the real question is: "Is wi-fi included?"

 

[scoobydoo99]

Prices have come down. 4.5M is not a lot for a house like that. If it were located here (southern California beach city) it would be well over $15M. Yes I'm serious. I'm in the construction biz and work in that area. I know of more then one house under construction right now where the owner bought a 10M house and tore it down and what is going back up is not as nice, not even close to as nice. But then you know the saying, there are only three important things about real estate Location, location and location. But then Los Gatos is a nice area if you've been up there. I really don't understand the low price.

This is a "natural adobe". Those are expensive to builld as all the blocks are made on-site and here in CA the building code makes it a little complex to build so you need some specialists.

SoCal prices have come down just as much, or more so than Bay area. OF COURSE it would be worth more on the beach, what house wouldn't?!? Whether 4.5M is a lot for that house really depends on whether you want to live in a remote area or not. Personally, I'd never live there, I'd spend the same money for a place 1/3 the size at the beach. But there's something for everyone.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

The only things more irritating than the "is Safari snappier" posts are the "why is this on Macrumors/front page etc." posts. If you don't like what is posted then why don't you PM the moderators and not subject the rest of us to your personal opinions. The stories that don't interest me I skip over, and the ones that do, I engage in a discussion. You can do what you want, but all you are doing is pissing people off with your waste of a post, but then maybe you were trying to troll the thread in which case I fell into your fiendish trap.

Could someone shoot this guy a "Powerbook G5 on Tuesday"?

 

[Nunyabinez]

Could someone shoot this guy a "Powerbook G5 on Tuesday"?

Well played sir.