All I can say is if that piece of shit compound is a million dollar mansion

[OffWithTheirHeads]

Pakistan makes Silicone Valley real estate a look like a real bargain.

That compound looks like something you might find on the poor outskirts of Tijuana.

[jezebel]

1. I agree. Who came of with the million dollar figure? I guess it's all location, location, location.

[monmouth]

17. What a dump!....n/t

[Drale]

2. A million dollars doesn't buy what it used it.

[Lint Head]

3. He must have financed through a loan shark bank.

Maybe he had a mortgage with Adjustable Rate Mortgage and got burned during the real estate financial collapse.
I wonder if he went through..............?

[FirstLight]

4. well...

if you consider that it is in a country with shit for infrastructure, i bet anything with electricity and indoor plumbing is pretty steep....

[JanMichael]

5. reviews of it here:

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=9294138184493326603&q=Osama+bin+Laden%27s+compound&hl=en&cad=src:kml_balloon&ei=4lS_TY-GEqq0zQTi0pzkDw

[LuvNewcastle]

6. Looks nasty to me.

I don't think Howard Hughes would have lived in that dump.

[donco]

7. Musta included the bribes to Pak intelligence. nt

[Fla_Democrat]

8. After a week of International House Hunters on HGTV

Yea, I can see it.







:smoke:

[emulatorloo]

9. Good point

Will be lost on many du'ers

[Stevenmarc]

19. ROFL, I was thinking exactly the same thing

[TorchTheWitch]

10. A large fortress-like walled compound is going to be expensive

They obviously weren't paying for comfort amenities and attractive style but ultra-heavy duty security... and that kind of security ain't cheap.

[shellgame26]

11. probably swanky on the inside

[JVS]

12. Alligator skin sofa.

[Nevernose]

15. There's some video on ABC

The insides ain't exactly luxurious. I can still see it going for 900k, which is what a Pakistani real estate agent was saying on some station somewhere, but mostly for size and location. The insides were dunpy even before the bloodstains.

[shellgame26]

16. never really pictured OBL

to be all about the bling.

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. 12 to 18 foot high walls. Concrete reinforced with rebar.

That kind of construction doesn't come cheap.

[Fool Count]

14. What did you expect? It was built by government

contractors on expenses+ basis. I am surprised they could do it so cheaply.

[LynneSin]

18. It's not what is on the outside that makes it worth so much

From what I read the place was secured to the hilt and had alot of high-end technology to it.