After years of complaints from his neighbors about his plans to build a huge family estate, Mark Zuckerberg’s $37 million “five-house compound” in Silicon Valley is shown for the first time.

The 37-year-old founder and CEO of Facebook has turned his original $7million Palo Alto home, which he bought in 2011, into a huge estate by buying the four properties around it for a total of $30million, which are much more expensive than they used to be.

Zuckerberg bought the other homes when he heard that a neighbor was going to sell them to a developer who wanted to build a bigger house and market the property to potential buyers by saying that they would be living next door to the owner of Facebook.

But the tech entrepreneur hit a snag in 2016 when the City of Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board denied his request to tear down the four houses and start over. They were afraid he would build one big house in an area where there aren’t many single-family homes.

Aerial photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com show the massive five-home compound Mark Zuckerberg has built in Palo Alto since buying his main family home (center) in 2011 for $7million

Pictured above is a nearby house that he bought in 2013 and is the only one that is not interconnected. There is now a pending permit application to tear it down, however, the scene at the home suggests work may have already commenced

The Facebook CEO and founder is pictured here with his wife Priscilla Chan and their two children. In 2016, residents were worried that his demolition request meant he was planning to build a luxury compound for himself and his family in an area where there are only single-family homes. During an interview with CBS This Morning in 2019, the couple gave viewers a rare look inside their Palo Alto home.

During a public board meeting five years ago, however, his architect Kathy Walker of Walker-Warner Architects denied that he wanted to build a luxury compound just for his family, which includes his wife Priscilla Chan, 36, and their children Maxima, 6, and August, 4.

Walker said at the time, “They bought the original house and these other properties in the neighborhood because they love the neighborhood’s character, its big trees, and the very residential scale and variety of homes, and that’s what we’re trying to keep.”

Instead, Zuckerberg watered down his plans by renovating two and tearing down two to build one-story homes in their place. This way, he avoided any problems with permits because one-story homes don’t need council approval.

But these exclusive photos from DailyMail.com seem to show that Zuckerberg is building a huge home for his family.

This is the first time a picture of all five properties has been taken from above. Three of the four new properties are now connected to the main Zuckerberg family home, which has the biggest roof and a playground for kids in the backyard.

Zuckerberg first bought this Palo Alto home in 2011 before snapping up the surrounding four properties for hugely inflated prices totaling $30million

The Facebook founder scooped up the other homes after a neighbor planned to sell them to a developer, who wanted to build a bigger house and market the property to potential homebuyers as living next door to the Facebook owner

This is the first time the five properties have been pictured aerially and three of the four acquired properties are now connected to the main Zuckerberg family home, which is the one with the largest roof (pictured)

Aerial photos show that Zuckerberg has made four properties into a rectangle with a garden in the middle. A path connects the four properties and leads to the front door of his original home.

He has made four properties into a rectangle with a garden in the middle. A path connects the four properties and leads to the front door of his original house.

When the board made its decision, the president of the Crescent Park Neighborhood Association, Norm Beamer, said that Zuckerberg shouldn’t be able to build one glam palace.

He told the local newspaper, “Zuckerberg shouldn’t be able to take homes off the market.” There aren’t enough places to live. And he’s tearing down perfectly good homes and wasting resources.’

When asked for more information, the group didn’t answer.

There is one house that is still separate from the main property. It is north-east of the main property. Zuckerberg now wants to tear down that house as well.

If Zuckerberg’s new plans to “deconstruct” the current home and build “a new two-story single family home with a single story, 3,554 sq ft, attached garage, 789 sq ft, basement, 1625 sq ft, and detached accessory unit in rear yard, 691 sq ft” are approved, he could make things worse with the local community.

The main family home has a children’s jungle gym in the backyard. After his bid for demolition of the surrounding homes was denied, Zuckerberg instead watered down his plans by renovating two and demolishing two, replacing them with one-story homes, thereby sidestepping any permit issues since one-floor houses don’t need council approval

Pictured above is one of the houses he bought for $10M in 2013 and then demolished to turn into a new one-story home

One of the other four properties that Zuckerberg bought in December 2012 for $4.7 million is shown above. The house was eventually torn down and a new one-story house was built in its place.

The work is expected to cost $1,56,000,000.

Even though the city’s building department rejected his demolition plans as “incomplete” and the other two building permits are “in plan check,” which means they are being reviewed, these photos show that there is already construction equipment on the site and work may have already begun.

But Zuckerberg has been accused of making changes too soon before they were ready.

People who lived near his $10 million city pad in San Francisco’s Mission District complained that his renovations, which started soon after he bought it in 2013 and lasted almost three years, took over the street.

He got renovation permits for the kitchen and bathrooms ($65,000), a rear and side wing ($750,000), and an office, media room, mudroom, laundry room, wine room, and wet bar ($720,000).

The San Francisco city council made a public record of the property’s complaints. One local objected, saying that construction had already started without a permit and that a “east side of the external wall had already been taken down.”

Zuckerberg faced similar issues with $10M city pad (pictured) in San Francisco’s Mission District after residents complained about his renovations taking over the street

Renovations started soon after Zuckerberg bought the home in 2013, and lasted nearly three years

Locals can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that our latest aerial photos show Zuckerberg’s four-story home for the first time since it was finished. However, his next-door neighbors are getting their own back with a series of major renovations.

The next year, another neighbor said that the cost of building had been “underestimated” and that work had been done that was “outside the scope of the permit.”

Another person who had a problem said, “There’s a lot of dust, and it’s not contained well.” The son of the complainant has asthma.

“After lunch, construction workers leave a lot of trash behind, park on the sidewalks, and sometimes even double park.” Lots of noise from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and sometimes later.

In 2015, when the renovations were in their third year, neighbors complained that electrical work was being done without a permit and that Zuckerberg’s builders were leaving a lot of construction debris on the job site and on neighboring properties.

When the renovations were finally done, some neighbors were annoyed that his security team was taking all the best parking spots. They wrote a letter that was passed around the neighborhood.

They said that they had to deal with “very long construction, noise, and trash.” Now that the circus is over, there are two silver SUVs that are always parked in good spots.

 

The Facebook CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is pictured with his wife Priscilla Chan and their two children. In 2016, residents were worried that his demolition bid meant he was planning to build a luxury compound for himself and his family in an area where there aren’t many single-family homes.

Permits for home improvements had been given to Zuckerberg (sidewalk view). The kitchen and bathrooms would cost $65,000, a rear and side wing would cost $750,000, and an office, media room, mudroom, laundry room, wine room, and wet bar would cost $720,000.

Locals can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that our latest aerial photos show Zuckerberg’s four-story home for the first time since it was finished. However, his next-door neighbors are getting their own back with a series of major renovations.

Since June 2019, the owner has been given 12 building permits to completely redo the house, including the doors and windows, and “dig for a fully below-grade basement.”

In January, a building permit was needed to “underpin the property line wall due to foundation work” between Zuckerberg’s property and that of a neighbor, which took about 28 feet.

This is usually done to protect the foundations of the building, but sometimes it’s done because the ground is sinking.

When Moroso Construction was asked for a comment, they didn’t give one.

Unknown person also made a complaint about his neighbor’s work, saying, “Very loud generator running all the time.” Even with the windows closed in a building down the street, it is louder than what we are saying.’