23 Vuelta Muerdago, Santa Fe, NM – SOLD

About the property

23 Vuelta Muerdago is eleven acres in La Tierra, northwest of Santa Fe, with a Northern New Mexico style house, a detached studio, and independent guest quarters above the garage. The main house is 2,408 square feet with two bedrooms and two baths, the guest quarters add 426, and the studio is another 400. Water comes from a private well.

The Webster Estates team represented the seller in 2021.

The house and the outbuildings

The main house was built in 1992 and designed for casual living rather than for display: high ceilings, abundant light, three fireplaces, and rooms that do not stand on ceremony. It is a country house, and it behaves like one.

What makes the property is the arrangement of the three buildings. The detached 400 square foot studio takes hobbies, a home gym, or a working art practice out of the house entirely. The guest quarters sit above the two car detached garage with their own access, which turns them into a home office, a place for family to stay, or both at different times of year. That flexibility is the whole proposition. A single larger house of the same total square footage would be worth less to the person who buys this.

The land

Eleven acres in La Tierra is a pastoral setting rather than a dramatic one: expansive gardens around the buildings, and beyond them the quiet. The listing put it as spectacular night skies and daytime birdsong, which is exactly right and hard to improve on. Horses are permitted.

La Tierra sits off Camino La Tierra northwest of town, and it keeps its character partly through covenants that forbid real estate signs, so the neighborhood never looks like it is for sale. There is an annual association fee.

Our guide to Northern New Mexico vernacular homes covers the building tradition, our guide to the best Santa Fe neighborhoods for second homes covers the choice between land and town, and the Santa Fe market archive collects our work across the city.

The schools are Gonzales Elementary and Middle, and Santa Fe High. Our Select Solds are the record of what we have closed.

About the transaction

We represented the seller at 23 Vuelta Muerdago. It took twenty days and closed at exactly the asking price, which for eleven acres with three buildings and a private well is a clean outcome. The house was sold as is, without a seller’s disclosure, and short term rentals were not permitted. Saying all of that in the listing costs a few enquiries at the start and saves the transaction at the end.

Frequently asked questions

Q: How much land is there? A: 11.08 acres in La Tierra, northwest of Santa Fe, on a private well.

Q: What buildings are on the property? A: A main house of 2,408 square feet with two bedrooms and two baths, guest quarters of 426 square feet above the detached two car garage, and a detached 400 square foot studio.

Q: Are horses allowed? A: Yes.

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

Q: Why are there no real estate signs in La Tierra? A: The community’s covenants prohibit them, which is why properties there are found through brokers rather than by driving the roads.

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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.