Mark Zuckerberg's New $7 Million House [PHOTOS]

Mark Zuckerberg has finally bought his own house in Silicon Valley.

We have photos of what we think is his house based on a tip we got.

He reportedly paid $7 million for the five bedroom, five bathroom home. A steep price, considering one brochure we saw for the house listed the price at a million dollars less than that.

The house itself is really pretty. It's not some hideous McMansion. It has a good porch, big windows, and a great big yard for his doggie to play in.

Compared to the home he could buy with all his money, it's actually quite modest.

The front of the house is protected by a nice brick fence

Very elegant looking from the outside

And here's the back, you can see the large yard and pool

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Rent Mark Zuckerberg's House!

Looks like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has moved out of his Palo Alto rental. A tipster emailed us the listing for the 26-year-old billionaire's former digs—$7,850 a month for a "gorgeous" four-bedroom with "charm and functionality."

Don't get too excited about the prospect of sleeping in Zuck's old bedroom just yet. It's unclear if Zuck's former digs are still available. According to the expired listing on ApartmentHunterz.com, someone has "recently successfully leased this listing." And yet as of this morning, the ad was still up on Craigslist. (It was posted on Craigslist on Monday.) And don't expect the sort of generous month-to-month lease that Zuckerberg had, either: the Craigslist post specifies a "12 month or longer" lease term.

So what was Zuck getting for his money? (Besides "Prestigious location! Charm and functionality!" of course.) A nice big house, complete with a "chef's kitchen with gas stove," a "huge family room with the view of Kitchen" and a "wood-burning fireplace" perfect for warming up after a day of rolling back privacy options across your social network.

And don't forget the location: If you moved in, your new neighbor would likely be YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim. (Not to mention the privacy: The portion of the Palo Alto street where Zuck's home lies has been removed from Google Street View sometime since we posted an item on his neighbor, showing only the text "This image is no longer available.")

Why are we sure that this is Zuck's former crib? Besides the obvious visual evidence (see below), property records indicate that Zuckerberg's former address—2073 Princeton St.—is owned by a man named Stanley Wu. The reply-to email address for the Craigslist ad? stanwu58@hotmail.com.

Of course, you can also clearly see it's the house by comparing the photo in the listing to the photo we published over the summer:

We've contacted Wu, who owns the house, to ask him about his former tenant. We'll let you know if he gets back to us.

Send an email to Max Read, the author of this post, at max@gawker.com.

This post originally appeared at Valleywag and is republished here with permission.

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