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Elon Musk's $50K TX house is a humble prefab home that can be towed by a Model X
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has mentioned that he now lives in a ~$50K house at Starbase, Texas, where his private space company, SpaceX, is manufacturing its Starships. Based on images of the home, it appears that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO is indeed living modestly in a prefabricated housing unit that's only about 400 square feet.
Teslarati recently received a tip noting that Elon Musk's housing unit in Starbase, Texas is a Boxabl Casita, a foldable, prefabricated home designed for quick installations and maximum affordability. A 20×20 unit such as the one that Elon Musk reportedly owns is priced at only $50,000, less than the cost of a Model Y Long Range Dual Motor AWD. The Boxabl Casita is durable, too, being made of concrete panels and steel. It could be installed very quickly and transported easily, as well, with the home being light enough to be pulled by a vehicle like a Model X.
[...] The Boxabl Casita is designed to be customizable with different finishes and configurations. Yet a look at Elon Musk's apparent housing unit in Starbase shows that the CEO only opted for a base unit. Musk did mention that he has installed improvements to the home that would probably make it worth about $69,000 today, but even such an amount is less than the cost of a base Tesla Model S. The Casita is classic Elon Musk in the way that it's different and practical, though the idea that the 20×20 unit may be home to the world's third-richest person is very compelling. People with a net worth of $172 billion, after all, typically live in lavish properties.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 24 2021, @07:17AM (3 children)
According to takyon's link above Musk sold that house and a couple of others. The prefab in Boca Chica is because he needs somewhere to sleep while he's directing operations. It doesn't need to be fancy because he needs it for work not entertaining guests.
(Score: 3, Informative) by SunTzuWarmaster on Thursday June 24 2021, @12:01PM (1 child)
Honestly - this. He's somewhat famous for sleeping at the Tesla factory during crunchtime. Living in an onsite-400ftft-tinyHome is basically "sleeping at the office". He knew crunchtime was coming, sold his other homes, and is inbetween houses right now.
"$70K, unfoldable origami house, can be onsite tomorrow, option to tow to a new location" seems like a legitimate and sensible option when compared to "sleep at office" or "obtain a work trailer". May as well get the upgrades.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 24 2021, @02:06PM
Pretty much, he seems to be the kind of guy that likes to be at the current project he cares about. It's not that he can't afford better but he just likes to be where it is at at the moment.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 24 2021, @03:56PM
What do you think Elon Musk actually does? His entire existence is canoodling government for money and bullshitting starry eyed investors. That takes some serious shiny.