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Elon Musk’s best-documented homes include a sprawling Bel-Air mansion, several Bel-Air properties sold in 2020, and actor Gene Wilder’s former house, which Musk said should be preserved. Later reporting points to Texas residences, but Musk has disputed claims about an Austin compound. This is a tour through reported property history—not a verified account of where he lives today.
Bel-Air: the 20,248-square-foot mansion
In 2012, the Los Angeles Times reported that Musk had bought a Bel-Air mansion for $17 million. Built in 1990 and remodeled with entertaining in mind, the home was described as spanning 20,248 square feet on 1.7 acres.
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The newspaper’s account listed seven bedrooms and ten bathrooms, along with a two-story library, theater, study, wine cellar, gym, tennis court, swimming pool and expansive motor court. Those details convey the scale and amenity mix described in the report; they are not an independently verified interior inspection.
Bel-Air: four homes sold in 2020
In December 2020, four Bel-Air properties associated with Musk sold to developer Ardie Tavangarian for a reported combined $62 million, according to the Los Angeles Times. Three homes were arranged around a cul-de-sac, with the fourth downhill.
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The largest home in the group
The largest was reported as a 9,309-square-foot modern mansion on 1.5 acres, with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, decks, patios and a swimming pool. The other homes included a smaller Colonial-style house and a single-story residence. The $62 million figure is the reported total for all four sales, not the price of the largest mansion alone.
In May 2020, Musk posted, “I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house.” Early listings prompted questions about whether he had personally put the homes on the market; the later December report documented the completed sales. The listing uncertainty and the subsequent transactions are separate parts of the timeline.
Gene Wilder’s former home—and its preservation condition
Musk bought the former Bel-Air home of actor Gene Wilder in 2013 for a reported $6.75 million, the Los Angeles Times reported in May 2020, when the property was listed for sale. Musk said it could be sold only on the condition that “It cannot be torn down or lose any its soul.”
The home sold in 2020 for a reported $7 million to a limited liability company tied to Wilder’s nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman and his wife, according to the Times’ December report. Architectural Digest later reported that a trust linked to Musk bought the property back in January 2025 for $7.6 million, citing The Wall Street Journal. That later account is attributed to Architectural Digest; the reporting cited here does not supply primary property records.
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Texas: what later residence reports establish—and what they do not
Later accounts describe a shift toward Texas, but statements about where Musk lived or owned property vary by date and claim. Architectural Digest recounts a report that he moved into a West Lake Hills mansion in 2022, and says The New York Times described Austin-area properties and a possible family compound in 2024. Musk disputed the compound account in a statement to Page Six, reproduced by Architectural Digest: “I don’t own nor am I building a compound in Austin.” He also said, “No grand family home has been built or is expected to be built.”
In a June 9, 2021 post reproduced by Homes & Gardens, Musk said: “My primary home is literally a ~$50k house in Boca Chica / Starbase that I rent from SpaceX. It’s kinda awesome though.Only house I own is the events house in the Bay Area. If I sold it, the house would see less use, unless bought by a big family, which might happen some day.” This is a dated statement about a rented home and an owned events house, not confirmation of his current residence. Homes & Gardens also quotes a Full Send interview in which Musk said he did not actually stay in the Boxabl Casita and described it as a place where a friend could stay.
How to read this property history
- Documented transactions: The 2012 Bel-Air purchase and the 2020 Bel-Air sales are described in contemporaneous Los Angeles Times reporting.
- Preservation and later repurchase: The Wilder-home condition and 2020 sale were reported by the Times; the January 2025 repurchase is a later claim attributed to Architectural Digest.
- Residence claims: The Boca Chica, Boxabl and Austin accounts are statements or reports tied to particular dates. They do not amount to a definitive, current record of where Musk lives.
The properties discussed here are private residences. The cited reporting does not establish public visitor access, so this virtual tour is a look at reported architecture and ownership history, not an invitation to visit.
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