Spoilers ahead for You Can See Everything.
We are accustomed to seeing luxury rentals in overexposed, brightly lit Zillow listings, meticulously staged with artificial intelligence furniture or trendy boucle chairs in every corner. However, director Lance Oppenheim and his director of photography, David Bolen, chose a remarkably different visual approach for the luxe rentals featured in You Can See Everything. They shot the properties with very little artificial light and on actual film, a choice that captures every architectural crack, worn surface, and floating dust mote. The homes that Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, chose to rent throughout the narrative are striking: the specific type of idiosyncratic properties that materialize when wealthy individuals construct architectural oddities that they ultimately decide they do not actually wish to inhabit.
In Texas, at a high-ceilinged starter castle, viewers watch Holmes’s parents sit anxiously at a wet bar featuring dark, shiny countertops, waiting out the final moments before sending their daughter off to federal prison. A short while later, the property’s backyard, complete with rustic Adirondack chairs and a gravel firepit, provides an oddly cheerful setting for Nathan Fielder’s final, deeply awkward questions before Holmes begins her sentence.
While tracking down the precise address for that particular Texas rental proved elusive—with real estate sleuths welcoming tips at [email protected]—Billy Evans clearly intended to keep it that way. In the documentary, he notes that they moved frequently to evade the persistent media glare, and his name was carefully disconnected from any public deeds, voting records, or corporate businesses tied to a Texas residential address. Still, investigative digging uncovered the two primary Holmes homes where the vast majority of the documentary’s real-world action unfolds, aside from the scenes filmed at Amanda Seyfried’s picturesque farm.
Address: 2986 Sandy Lane, Del Mar, California
Last Advertised Rent: $5,650 in 2015
Last Sale Price: Assessed at $441,110 and transferred primarily between relatives since 1994
It is jarring for audiences to witness the founder of a slick, high-flying Silicon Valley start-up residing in a dark, low-ceilinged mid-century home walled in honey-colored wood, with the majority of her personal belongings packed into plastic storage bins parked haphazardly on a concrete driveway. The property features four bedrooms and four bathrooms, yet there is very little luxurious about the actual feel of the interior: white Formica countertops, a standard black microwave, and a memorably dated mauve, stand-up shower stall. Outside, the exterior paint is visibly peeling. Inside, an ancient, sun-faded poster of Tahiti hangs on the wall. By all appearances, this is a classic, high-traffic, sand-worn Southern California beach house.
Even if Holmes genuinely loved to swim, as she mentions to Fielder, she was likely drawn to the location by Evans. His family developed a prominent group of hotels in the greater San Diego area, and his parents appear to have resided on the very same street. Furthermore, the property offered a crucial perk for a couple constantly hounded by aggressive paparazzi: a private beach and a gated, secluded street, according to a local broker quoted by Realtor.com.
While Fielder notes in the film that the home is a rental, the last publicly advertised rental listing dates back more than a decade to 2015, when the asking price was $5,650 per month. This discrepancy suggests that Evans likely secured an off-market agreement directly with the property owners. Two anonymous tipsters reportedly informed Substack writer Carson Griffith that the Evans family maintained a personal connection with the owners. Griffith also reported an estimated monthly rental figure of $28,000, though the origin of that specific sum remains unclear, while Zillow currently estimates the overall market value of the home at $8.995 million.
Public property records indicate the house has been transferred primarily among relatives since 1994, when the trust of Frances Hays conveyed it to Thomas C. Hays and Melinda Hays Bedell. Following a subsequent transfer in 2022, the property is now owned by three members of the Bedell family. Griffith unearthed a 2018 Del Mar City Council meeting transcript demonstrating that the Evans family had joined forces with the Hays family to oppose a local ballot measure designed to restrict remodeling parameters for beachfront homes—though the measure ultimately passed. Even with its prime coastal location, the house could evidently benefit from a comprehensive modern renovation.
Address: 606 Josephine Street, Austin, Texas
Last Advertised Rent: $8,750
Current Listing Price: $2.25 million
While Holmes is shown serving her sentence in a federal prison located in Bryan, Texas, Evans was filmed living approximately two hours away in Austin. There, he raised their two children in a modern residential home featuring a talking, deep-fake version of their mother projected onto a vertical screen positioned deliberately to face the family dining table. A local real estate broker recently shared the address on Instagram, asserting it is the exact home featured in the documentary and drawing public attention to the fact that it is currently listed for sale at $2.25 million. Evans appears to have utilized one of the four bedrooms as a home office—complete with a Winston Churchill poster, which is unfortunately absent from the public real estate listing—situated conveniently close to the WeWork location where he managed his subsequent venture, a blood-testing start-up connected to laser technology.
The official listing photographs display the same barren white walls and minimalist furniture that may date back to the family’s residency: the L-shaped sofa where Amanda Seyfried encounters the children, and the circular dining table where dramatic conversations took place on screen. Local brokerage records linked via Zillow indicate the property struggled to secure a buyer after cycling on and off the market near the same price point since March 2022. The owners ultimately settled for leasing it to Evans and his family in 2024 following an advertisement listing the monthly rent at $8,750.
An older promotional advertisement that marked the property as leased described it as offering an unparalleled blend of comfort and convenience where every detail had been meticulously selected. Yet, for a family dodging public scrutiny, the true, overriding appeal likely stemmed from its gated parking arrangement and stone fence, which effectively blocked out the prying lenses of external cameras.
