By now, we've all heard tech mogul Elon Musk is ditching California for Texas and is moving his business empire to Austin.
Although he has vowed to "own no house" ever again, at the end of the day, we all need a roof over our heads, so we've gone ahead and curated a list of Austin homes that we think he would like. Considering he's been selling all of his California homes (totaling over $70 million), we would imagine he has the dough to buy all six homes below which range from just over $4 million to close to $13 million.
Mr. Musk - if you're reading this, we got you (and, uh... follow us back on Twitter).
Price: $4,250,000
Feast your eyes on this unique, modern wood home in historic Clarksville. We've never seen anything quite like it.
Highlights: Open floor plan kitchen, living, and dining area, vaulted ceilings in the great room, local graffiti wall, elevated deck off the main living area, a walk-in wet room in the master, and a fully-equipped walk-out basement with a second kitchen designed as a second outdoor dining and entertainment space.
The five-bedroom and 4.5-bathroom home has an additional one bed, one bad detached guest home.
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Price: $12,900,000
2401 Portofino Ridge Drive is more reminiscent of a castle in the European countryside than a home in Austin, Texas.
Highlights: The 16,722 square foot, seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom Provincial masterpiece sits on 4.04 acres of lush land and manicured grounds. With a sparkling infinity pool, spa, stone pool house, a private well, organic garden, and a parking buildings with parking for up to 15 cars. Other features include solid copper domes, an elevator, custom Zeluck lancet windows, a 75+ year Ludowici tile roof, 24' thick stone walls, Venetian plaster walls, European white oak hardwood floors, one-of-a-kind European light fixtures, a dramatic stone tower, 1,500+ bottle wine cellar, full bar, La Cornue range kitchen, and much more. Good enough for Mr Musk, good enough for a real king and queen. Check out our full article on this home here.
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Price: $5,550,000
This Driftwood estate is your very own private resort on 25 fully fenced acres.
Highlights: Just 30 minutes from downtown Austin, this castle-like home features hundreds of live oak trees, a five-horse barn and professional grade arena, two mega homes plus a small guest house, two heated and cooled garages to fill with Teslas, and some unfinished areas that Mr Musk can put his own touch on.
Both homes have wine rooms, roughed in elevator shafts, private well water supply, Anderson Windows, brand new septic systems, and countless other upgrades that create a true compound.
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Price: $7,925,000
A one-of-a-kind, modern masterpiece backing onto Barton Creek Preserve with stunning views of hill country emphasizing the natural beauty of this exceptional home - so good it could've been custom-built for Elon Musk himself.
Highlights: This one has it all - five acres, high ceilings, an infinity pool and spa that cascade down to second pool (!!!), multiple covered terraces, a walk-in pantry, an indoor/outdoor bar, a temperature controlled 120 bottle wine wall set in marble, and a guest house.
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Price: $6,100,000
Beautiful contemporary home awaits in Westlake on 1.2+ stunning, park-like acres plus over seven acres of conservation land surrounding the property.
Highlights: Privately gated for peace and security, the grounds are designed with outdoor living in mind - pool, spa, shady cabana, summer kitchen, dining patio, raised sun terrace, formal fenced garden, and sprawling lawn. Inside there's an airy gourmet kitchen with porcelain countertops, chef's appliances, and butler's pantry, a large family room with a fireplace, a bookcase-lined office space, a huge laundry room and a storage closet, plus a three-car garage for Tesla storage.
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Price: $5,900,000
This home redefines opulence with panoramic views of the Fazio Foothills Golf Course and Barton Creek Resort.
Highlights: Magnificent design features throughout include art niches, domes, barrel vaulting, sculptured stair railings on marble stairs and Mariner Chandeliers not to mention the private courtyard and fountains. Your very own Versailles.
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Get lost in more beautiful Austin homes here.
To ensure that the buyer (and lender) is paying a fair amount for the home, buyers insert an appraisal contingency, which allows the buyer the ability to walk away from the purchase without penalty if the appraisal returns a value lower than a set value (usually the purchase price). Aside from walking away, the buyer can renegotiate for a lower price with the seller, request that their lender make an exception, and approve their loan as if the property had appraised to match the purchase price or make up the difference between the purchase price and appraised value via their own funds. In most cases, if the buyer makes use of the appraisal contingency to walk away, they are likely to receive a complete refund of their earnest money. However, buyers must be cautious and include this in the contract to avoid problems at a later stage.
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