Comments on: Apple designer Jonathan Ive buys $17 million mansion in San Francisco

By: j.eric

j.eric — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:26:01 +0000

… and a front row seat for the earthquake and the tsunami….

By: j.eric

j.eric — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:22:08 +0000

i know in real estate it’s location, location, location. but $17,000,000.00 doesn’t buy what it used to.

By: Savage

Savage — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:45:32 +0000

Agree. Fish is out of the water. Go back in you fool

By: Polymath

Polymath — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:34:11 +0000

Many many many people commute back and forth from the south bay to SF. For Ive to buy a place in SF vs the UK, it means he’s sticking around at Apple. MDNs take is right.

By: Polymath

Polymath — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:30:57 +0000

In SF $17 million isn’t as much as it may seem elsewhere. I just did a search and the average price for a house is between 500k in the worst neighborhoods to over a million in many if not most.

By: knowhowe

knowhowe — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:08:07 +0000

You’re right. We all live in places like that over here. Only older.

By: iEnvy

iEnvy — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:07:20 +0000

A true knight needs a castle…

By: bugsbunny

bugsbunny — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:47:45 +0000

Clicked on the SF Curbed link and the house is OK (rather conventional). HOWEVER, they also had an article on the c-string (replaces the g-string) was very interesting.

By: KenC

KenC — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:28:45 +0000

Hmmm…if you bought a house in Shanghai, where one of the Foxconn factories is located, and if it were a period home in the French district, you might have to pay over $10M. I don’t think too many worker bees could be housed for $17M.

I sold a plain, small house in a suburb outside of Shanghai for over $600k a year and a half ago. I took my capital gains and bought more shares of Apple, about $338 at the time. Given Apple’s current price, it feels like I sold my house for over $1M!

By: WadeP1964

WadeP1964 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:40:18 +0000

Who gives a Rats Ass!

By: Ivar

Ivar — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:42:43 +0000

You are right, it is ugly. For a house, the only thing that matters is the place it is at. That seems to be right, but it is on a block, fixed to other houses! No sale! No yard…… For that kind of money a nicer house can be bought in this economy.

By: TI

TI — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:38:18 +0000

$17M…………how many homes would that provide for FoxConn worker bees?

By: Jax44

Jax44 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:28:39 +0000

My thoughts too, the perfect place for him and his family.

By: Artist

Artist — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:28:08 +0000

That’s not North Beach, It’s Pacific Heights

By: Artist

Artist — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:25:03 +0000

Ugly? You have no taste

By: Angelus520

Angelus520 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:06:22 +0000

I had a similar view when my wife worked in S.F. a few years back. Her company paid for the place in North Beach for the summer and we had an amazing time. Nothing like waking up and opening the curtains to a view of the Bay.

I’m sure Jony will streamline things a bit

By: Ballmer's left nut

Ballmer's left nut — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:04:33 +0000

Ain’t nothing left for Jonny boy to do at Apple HQ now, except drink daiquiris.

iPhone 4 -> 4S -> 4SS -> 4SSS for the next 12 years will remain the same.

iMac 2007 -> 2020, no change whatsoever.

MacBook Pro 2007 -> infinity, same old, same old.

iPod 2007 -> infinity & beyond, just look at the iPhone evolution, no changes needed, none whatsoever, nada, nope.

Mac Pro 2007 -> 2013 RIP dearly departed. Apple doesn’t want you hanging around any more.

Mac mini 2007 -> 2014 aluminium toaster. Thank you and goodbye.

By: Dale E

Dale E — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:03:31 +0000

Well deserved.

By: BoC

BoC — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:02:44 +0000

Uhhh….not close to Cupertino.

By: breeze

breeze — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:01:40 +0000

Absolutely👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

By: ChrissyOne

ChrissyOne — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:01:40 +0000

How very English that place is…

By: willy the Worm

willy the Worm — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:01:06 +0000

You, fish, are one blind bastard.

Good thing for me.

By: coffeelover

coffeelover — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:59:12 +0000

good on him well deserved !

By: billy the Fish

billy the Fish — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:58:58 +0000

Ugly house, especially the beams in the bedroom and the horrible kitchen.
Ive will change this, I expect.