The Konoe family had its main residence in Mejiro (present-day Shimo-Ochiai, Shinjuku Ward), so the one in Ogikubo was, strictly speaking, a second house, but Konoe seemed especially taken with Tekigaiso and once he began to live there he never went back to his main residence.
近衛家には目白（現在の新宿区下落合）に本邸があり、荻窪の方はあくまでも別邸なのだが、近衛はこの荻外荘がことのほか気に入った様子で、一度ここに住み始めると本邸の方へは二度と戻らなかった。