This amazing ocean view is brought to you by Mark Zuckerberg: The Facebook founder's six-foot wall around $100m Hawaii retreat that obscures spectacular panorama for locals

Mark Zuckerberg paid $100 million for the 750-acre retreat on Kauai

He also bought two parcels of land beside his property to ensure privacy

Now locals have been angered by a six-foot high wall along the boundary

He previously bought properties surrounding his Silicon Valley mansion

By DARREN BOYLE FOR MAILONLINE and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 02:55 GMT, 29 June 2016 | UPDATED: 04:15 GMT, 29 June 2016


This is the six-foot tall stone wall Mark Zuckerberg is building around his $100million 750-acre retreat on the Hawaiian island of Kauai - and it's outraged residents by blocking their views of the ocean.

The billionaire Facebook boss bought the property on Kauai's north shore in 2014. He later added two further parcels of land, including 393 acres at Pila'a Beach.

Around six weeks ago, Zuckerberg began construction of a large stone wall. It runs along the property next to a road in the semi-rural community of Kilauea.

But some of Zuckerberg's neighbors are grumbling that the rock wall - believed to be made from locally sourced stone - is an eyesore.

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This is the six-foot tall stone wall Mark Zuckerberg is building around his $100million 750-acre retreat
on the Hawaiian island of Kauai



Panorama: This is a view over the wall and shows the view passing locals were able to see before it
was built


Retiree Moku Crain said the wall looks daunting and forbidding. Crain hopes and expects Zuckerberg will soften the wall's look by planting foliage around it.

'Whereas before when we drove along the road we could see the ocean and see through the property, it's closing off that view,' Crain said. 'So I think that's part of it. Nobody likes change.'

Crain estimated the wall was about six feet tall and that another existing wall on the property was only about four feet.

Few would complain if the new wall was built at the same height, Crain predicted.

Lindsay Andrews, a spokeswoman for Zuckerberg's Kauai property operations, says the rock wall is designed to reduce highway and road noise.

Similar walls are routinely used for this purpose, she said. The wall follows all rules and regulations, she added.

'Our entire team remains committed to ensuring that any development respects the local landscape and environment and is considerate of neighbors,' she said in a statement.


One resident estimated the wall was about six feet tall and that another existing wall on the property
was only about four feet



Around six weeks ago, Zuckerberg began construction of a large stone wall along the property

Other neighbors told The Garden Island newspaper on Kauai that the wall was oppressive, blocks breezes and views and 'doesn't feel neighborly.'

'The feeling of it is really oppressive. It's immense,' Gy Hall told West Hawaii Today.

'It's really sad that somebody would come in, and buy a huge piece of land and the first thing they do is cut off this view that's been available and appreciative by the community here for years.'

He added: '(The crew) put some boards up, so you can see the future projection of the wall and what it will cut off.

'It's quite dramatic because you can see all the pasture land and ocean underneath the boards.'

Donna Mcmillen, also criticized the wall, saying: 'I'm super unhappy about that. I know that land belongs to Zuckerberg.


Vacation: Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla head back onto the sand after
enjoying an afternoon of surfing in Kauai, Hawaii in 2013



Lindsay Andrews, a spokeswoman for Zuckerberg's Kauai property operations, says the rock wall is
designed to reduce highway and road noise



Other neighbors said the wall was oppressive, blocks breezes and views and 'doesn't feel neighborly'


The wall follows all rules and regulations, a spokesman for Zuckerberg's Kauai property operations said


One resident said the wall is an improvement on the barbed wire fence that was there - and added the
complaining was limited to 'just a few crybabies' and 'nobody else cares'


'Money is no option for him. I'm 5'8' and when I'm walking, I see nothing but wall. It just doesn't fit in with the natural beauty that we have here.

'There are people on the island who money can pay for anything. These kind of things that they do take away what Kauai is all about.'

But software engineer Brian Catlin said the fence looks nice.

He said it's an improvement on the barbed wire fence that was there - and added the complaining was limited to 'just a few crybabies' and 'nobody else cares.'

'If they wanted to protect the view, they should have bought that land,' Catlin said. 'He paid a lot of money for that so he can do what he wants with it.'

Catlin insisted the wall was less than six feet tall, because that's how tall he is and he can see over it.

Forbes reported Zuckerberg paid over $100 million for the property, which spans more than 700 acres on the coast, in 2014.

Catlin said it was a good thing Zuckerberg bought the property because a previous landowner had plans to build a housing development on part of it, which would have increased cars and traffic.

The Garden Island newspaper reported in 2014 that a 357-acre section of the property called the Kahuaina plantation had been subdivided for 80 luxury homes of up to seven acres a piece.


Remote: An aerial shot of the 750 acres of the Kahu'aina plantation, as well as the 393 acres of Pila'a Beach,
which Zuckerberg snapped up to add to his property empire



Paradise: Mark Zuckerberg bought the property and land for $100million in 2014 on on the holiday island of
Kauai (pictured is the north shore which is where Zuckerberg's land is situated)


Meanwhile, neighbors of Zuckerberg's San Francisco mansion have also complained about the disruption caused by the billionaire's attempt to redevelop the building.

Some complained that construction crews working on the property were causing disruption and taking up parking spaces outside the $10 million property.

The house, which is in the Dolores Park area of the city, was built in the 1920s.

According to planning documents, Zuckerberg wanted to include an office, media room, wine room, laundry room, mud room and a wet bar added to the house.

Zuckerberg had previously paid approximately $28 million on buying four homes near his Silicon Valley mansion in order to protect his privacy.

Security-conscious Zuckerberg, who is worth in excess of $30 billion, has a gaggle of security guards who work round the clock to protect him.

In five years, Facebook has spent more than $16 million protecting him and his family.

Last week, a photograph posted by Zuckerberg to mark more than 500 million using Instagram, showed that he had taped up the camera and audio jack of his MacBook.

It is thought skilled hackers are able to take over the front facing cameras on laptops when not covered up.


Complaints: Locals near his $10-million Dolores Park mansion in San Francisco complained about the
disruption caused by construction crews redeveloping the historic 1920s property



Security conscious: Zuckerberg posed in this photograph last week, which showed the camera and
audio jack on his MacBook were covered up with pieces of tape



This amazing ocean view is brought to you by Mark Zuckerberg: The Facebook founder's six-foot wall around $100m Hawaii retreat that obscures spectacular panorama