Built in 2005, the three-story mansion was located in a compound about 4 km (2.5 mi.) northeast of the center of Abbottabad. While the compound was assessed by US officials at a value of US$1 million, local real-estate agents assess the property value at US$250,000. On a lot about eight times the size of nearby houses, it was surrounded by concrete walls topped with barbed wire. There were two security gates and the third-floor balcony had a privacy wall. There was no Internet or telephone service coming into the compound.