1862 Camino Cruz Blanca, Santa Fe, NM – SOLD

About the property

1862 Camino Cruz Blanca is a contemporary house designed and built by Tierra Concepts on 3.5 private acres in Ponderosa Ridge, the upper east side neighborhood that sits above St. John’s College and Museum Hill and shares its boundary with the Santa Fe National Forest. The house runs to 3,962 square feet with four bedroom suites, five baths, an office, and three fireplaces, built in 2006.

The Webster Estates team represented the seller in 2017, and it went under contract in twelve days at the full asking price.

The house

A security gated entry and a stand of ponderosa pines bring you up to the house, and the house does not disappoint the approach. The living, dining, and kitchen run as one space under a beamed high ceiling, and the walls are finished in Venetian plaster, the burnished lime finish that reads as depth rather than color. Four bedroom suites means four bedrooms with their own baths, which is the arrangement that makes a house of this size work for a family and for guests at the same time.

Portals and patios open onto verdant gardens, and from them the view runs west over the city: sunsets, and the lights of Santa Fe after dark. There is a two car garage.

The neighborhood

Ponderosa Ridge is one of the rarely available upper east side enclaves, gated, above Museum Hill, with the 1.6 million acre national forest and its trails immediately beyond the boundary. It is as high and as private as the Eastside gets while still being ten minutes from the Plaza. There is an annual association fee.

Our Upper Eastside neighborhood guide covers the area and the Upper Eastside market archive collects our work there. Other Webster Estates Select Solds on Camino Cruz Blanca include Casa La Vega at 1801 inside the same subdivision, 1240 Camino de Cruz Blanca, and Hacienda del Cielo. For the style, see our guide to contemporary adobe homes.

The schools are Atalaya Elementary, Capshaw Middle, and Santa Fe High.

About the transaction

We represented the seller at 1862 Camino Cruz Blanca. Twelve days, full price. A Tierra Concepts house in Ponderosa Ridge is a known quantity to the buyers who want one, and the listing’s job was to reach them and then hold the price. It did both.

Frequently asked questions

Q: Who built the house? A: Tierra Concepts, in 2006. It was designed and built by the firm.

Q: Where is Ponderosa Ridge? A: On the upper east side of Santa Fe, above St. John’s College and Museum Hill, adjoining the Santa Fe National Forest.

Q: How large is the house? A: 3,962 square feet with four bedroom suites, five baths, and an office, on 3.5 acres.

Q: Which side did Webster Estates represent? A: We represented the seller.

Q: What are the views? A: West over Santa Fe: sunsets and the city lights at night, from portals and patios set in gardens among ponderosa pines.

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The Webster Estates Team handled this transaction. Chris Webster, Patti Webster, Christopher Webster III, and Paisley Mason Webster, Associate Brokers at Sotheby’s International Realty, operating from 54½ Lincoln Avenue on The Plaza since 1976.