Cloud-Like Home on a Cliff in Santa Fe for Sale for $899,000: Photos

On the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is an otherworldly house that’s been disguised to blend in with the surrounding limestone cliffs — and it’s on the market for $899,000.

Known as Casa de Roca, the all-white house is easy to miss if you’re not looking closely.

“It is often called the Flintstone house, but other homes with that nomenclature are made of rock — this is covered in foam and looks like a cloud,” Maya Hiersoux, one of the listing agents, told Insider. Hiersoux holds the listing with her Sotheby’s International Realty Santa Fe Brokerage colleague, Darlene Streit.

Casa de Roca sits on 5.2 acres on the top of a hill and was built in 1989 by Nora Pierson, the late owner of a Santa Fe jewelry store called The Golden Eye, per the listing.

The current owner of the house — who declined to be named for this story — bought the property in November 2017 with her husband, she told Insider via her agent.

“We see the originality in homes as a positive aspect. We do not subscribe to cookie-cutter homes as we find them uninteresting and with little soul,” she said. 

From a distance, most people only notice the home exists because of the glare from the windows.

“In many ways, it is like a perfect hideaway. You are tucked away and only the wind can find you,” Hiersoux said.

The location was the key factor that sealed the deal for the current owner.

“Upon seeing this home, we fell in love immediately with what it offered us — privacy, nature, and dark star-filled skies,” the owner said. “All with a close proximity to world-class amenities minutes away in the city of Santa Fe.”

Homes in Santa Fe have a median listing home price of $1.2 million, per data from real-estate platform Realtor.com. There are currently 15 single family homes for sale in the area, with prices ranging from $590,000 to $1.99 million. Casa de Roca, with its $899,000 price tag, is in the mid-price range.

Despite the rock-like texture of the exteriors, the inside of the 2,414-square-foot home is far from cave-like. The rooms are bright, airy, and spacious.

Stepping into the house for the first time felt “magical,” Hiersoux said: “I was expecting it to be cave-like and dark, but it was the opposite.”

Arched doorways and high ceilings help create depth, while the windows let in lots of natural sunlight, Hiersoux added.

“The original builder was a very well-known local jeweler. In creating the home she said it was like ‘carving a ring from the inside out,'” the owner said. “I find this to be a perfect explanation for the beautifully finished interior.”

Some maintenance work has been done to upgrade the interiors, but the new fixtures blend in with the original design.

“There was a fair amount of deferred maintenance on the home when my clients purchased it,” Hiersoux said.

To make the home more comfortable, the current owners rebuilt all three fireplaces, she added: “You wouldn’t know it by looking at them however; they were very cognizant of not changing the essence of the main home.”

There are two bathrooms in the house.