7 Vuelta Susana, Santa Fe, NM – SOLD

About the property

7 Vuelta Susana is an adobe compound on a hilltop in La Tierra, northwest of Santa Fe, with mountain views in every direction. The property holds 18.18 acres and a main house of about 8,400 square feet, with a separate studio, a guesthouse, and a caretaker’s house bringing the total under roof to 11,746 square feet. There are five bedrooms and seven baths across the compound, four fireplaces, a four car detached garage, a private well, backup generator power, and a water storage system that doubles as fire protection.

The Webster Estates team handled this transaction, and the sale closed in 2010.

The compound

A compound of this scale is a small settlement. The main house is the residence, on two levels, with the public rooms opening to the views. The guesthouse gives visitors their own front door, the studio gives an artist or a writer a separate place to work, and the caretaker’s house is what makes an eighteen acre property practical to hold: someone lives there when the owners do not. The generator and the water storage are the infrastructure of a place that is meant to run on its own.

The hilltop is the reason for all of it. La Tierra is rolling piñon and juniper country, and a house on the top of one of its hills sees the Sangre de Cristo, the Jemez, and the ranges to the south without turning its head.

The land

La Tierra is a community of large lots northwest of the city, reached by way of Highway 599 and Camino La Tierra, with covenants that keep the parcels large and the houses apart. Eighteen acres is a serious holding even here. It is about twenty minutes to the Plaza and less to the Opera. The schools are Gonzales Elementary, Alameda Middle, and Capital High.

The Santa Fe market archive collects our sales across the city. In La Tierra we have also sold 30 Estrada Calabasa and 23 Vuelta Muerdago, and for another large acreage estate on the north side of town, 29 and 31 Loma Serena off Tano Road. Our guide to Pueblo Revival homes covers the adobe tradition the compound belongs to.

About the transaction

In that transaction we had the privilege of representing both the buyer and the seller, guiding each side with transparency and care to a smooth closing.

The listing ran two and a half years, from the summer of 2008 to the end of 2010, straight through the downturn. A compound of this size has a buyer pool that can be counted on one hand in a good year, and in those years it was smaller. We held the listing, adjusted the expectation with the seller as the market moved, and when the buyer came we were in a position to serve both sides to a closing.

Frequently asked questions

Q: How large is 7 Vuelta Susana? A: 18.18 acres with a main house of about 8,400 square feet and 11,746 square feet under roof in all, including a guesthouse, a studio, and a caretaker’s house. Five bedrooms, seven baths, four fireplaces, and a four car garage.

Q: What infrastructure does it have? A: A private well, a backup generator, and a water storage system that serves as fire protection.

Q: What are the views? A: 360 degree mountain views from the hilltop, taking in the Sangre de Cristo, the Jemez, and the ranges to the south.

Q: Where is La Tierra? A: Northwest of Santa Fe off Highway 599 and Camino La Tierra, about twenty minutes from the Plaza.

Q: Which side did Webster Estates represent? A: Both. We represented the buyer and the seller in the transaction.

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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.