The Odd Luxury Rentals of You Can See Everything

By , an Emmy Award–winning Curbed writer who has reported on New York City for four years Elizabeth Holmes in the foreground of the Del Mar rental where You Can See Everything begins. Photo: A24 Spoilers ahead for You Can See Everything. We’re used to seeing luxury rentals in overexposed, brightly lit Zillow listings, staged with AI furniture or trendy bouclé in every room. But director Lance Oppenheim and his DP David Bolen shot the luxe rentals of You Can See Everything with very little artificial light, on actual film, which shows every crack and dust mote. And the homes that Elizabeth Holmes and her partner Billy Evans choose to rent are striking: the type of rentals that come about when rich people build oddities that they end up not wanting to actually live in. In Texas, at a high-ceilinged starter castle, we watch Holmes’s parents sit anxiously at a wet bar with dark, shiny countertops, waiting to send their daughter off to federal prison. A short while later, the backyard, with its Adirondack chairs and its gravel firepit, provides an oddly cheerful setting for Nathan Fielder’s final, very awkward questions before Holmes heads to prison. I failed to track down the address for that rental (send tips to tips@curbed.com), but Evans clearly didn’t want me to. He says in the film that they moved around to escape the paparazzi, and his name wasn’t linked to any deeds, voting records, or businesses associated with a Texas residential address. Still, we found the two Holmes homes where most of the action in the documentary unfolds — other than those scenes at Amanda Seyfried’s picturesque farm. Address: 2986 Sandy Lane, Del Mar, CaliforniaLast Advertised Rent: $5,650 in 2015Last Sale Price: Assessed at $441,110 and has been transferred between relatives since 1994 A listing photo foregrounds the major perk of the Del Mar home that Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans rented: private access to a beach. Photo: Pacific Shore Platinum Properties It’s jarring to see the founder of a slick, Silicon Valley start-up living in a dark, low-ceilinged mid-century home walled in honey-colored wood, with most of her belongings in storage bins parked on a concrete driveway. There are four bedrooms and four bathrooms, but there’s nothing luxurious about the feel of the home: white Formica countertops, a black microwave, and a memorably dated shower (mauve, stand-up). Outside, the paint is peeling. Inside, there’s an ancient, sun-faded poster of Tahiti. By all appearances, this is a classic high-trafficked, sand-worn beach house. And even if Holmes loves to swim, as she tells Fielder, she was probably pulled here by Evans. His family developed a group of hotels in the San Diego area, and his parents seem to have lived on the same street. There was another perk for a couple hounded by paparazzi: a private beach and a gated street, according to a local broker quoted in Realtor.com. A listing photo frames the mid-century kitchen where we see Holmes attempt to scramble eggs and where we see Amanda Seyfried ask about a French press. The listing shows the same space without the family’s clutter. Photo: Pacific Shore Platinum Properties Fielder says in the film that the home is a rental, but the last advertised rental listing seems to be more than a decade old, from 2015, when the asking price was $5,650 per month. So it’s possible that Evans worked out an off-market deal with the owners. And two tipsters reportedly told substacker Carson Griffith that the Evans family knew the owners. Griffith also reported that the rental was $28,000 a month, though it’s not clear how she came up with the number, and Zillow estimates the house value at $8.995 million. Property records showed that the home has transferred between relatives since 1994, when the trust of Frances Hays gave it to Thomas C. Hays and Melinda Hays Bedell. It’s now owned by three members of the Bedell family, according to a 2022 transfer. Griffith dug up a 2018 Del Mar City Council meeting that showed the Evans family joined the Hays family in opposition against a ballot measure that would restrict how they could remodel their beachfront houses. (It passed anyway.) The house could certainly use a serious renovation still. An older listing photo of the Del Mar home shows the dining table where Holmes looked over parts developed for Theranos. Photo: Pacific Shore Platinum Properties Address: 606 Josephine Street, Austin, TexasLast advertised rent: $8,750Current listing price: $2.25 million A current listing photo advertises the Austin four-bedroom that Billy Evans rented, which is hidden from prying eyes by landscaping and a low stone fence. Photo: Moreland Properties While Holmes is shown locked up in a federal prison in Bryan, Texas, Evans is filmed living two hours away in Austin, where he’s raising their two kids in a modern home with a talking, deep-fake version of their mother on a vertical screen, positioned to face the dining table. A broker recently shared the address on Instagram, claiming it’s the same one featured in the film and drawing attention to the fact it’s currently up for sale for $2.25 million. Evans seems to have used one of the four bedrooms as an office (recall the Winston Churchill poster, which is unfortunately not pictured in the listing) and it’s not far from the WeWork where he’s running his new venture, a blood-testing start-up that has something to do with lasers. The listing shows the same barren, white walls and furniture that might even date back to the family’s time there: the L-shaped sofa where Amanda Seyfried meets the kids, the circular dining table where they spar. Brokerage records linked on Zillow show it failed to sell after listing around the same price point on and off since March of 2022, and the owners appear to have settled for renting it to Evans and the family in 2024 after it was advertised at $8,750 per month. An older ad that marked it as “leased” described it as an “unparalleled blend of comfort and convenience” where “every detail is meticulously selected.” But the real appeal may lie in the fact that its parking is gated, keeping out the paparazzi, whose cameras can’t see in past the stone fence. A listing photo shows the living room with furniture that seems similar to what’s shown in the film, including a round dining table where Amanda Seyfried confronts Billy Evans. What’s missing: a vertical screen where Evans played an AI deep fake of Holmes. Photo: Moreland Properties The Odd Luxury Rentals of You Can See Everything Your product is saved! You’ll receive emails when your saved products go on sale. Manage preferences.