Garages in Silicon Valley have incubated some well-known tech companies, including Apple and HP. A lesser known Menlo Park garage that helped launch YouTube, and the house attached to it, has sold for $5.4 million.
The four-bedroom, five-bathroom house once belonged to ex-PayPal graphic designer Chad Hurley. He and the website’s founders, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, created YouTube in the detached two-car garage in 2005.
The 3,256-square-foot home also features a remodeled kitchen with a butler’s pantry. A living room/theater combo has a retractable screen, projector and surround sound. In addition, the large yard has a spa.
Caitlin Darke with Compass was the listing agent.
Hurley became the first CEO of YouTube before selling it for $1.65 billion to Google in 2006.
