A Tucson house billed as “the highest home in the Catalina Foothills” is featured on the HGTV Ultimate House Hunt contest.
The 5,188-square-foot house, at 7300 E. Stone Canyon Drive, sits on 93 acres of secluded land bordering Coronado National Forest, said David Henry, the Long Realty agent who is listing the property.
The home’s altitude is 3,550 feet and it was built in the 1970s by the original landowner, who blasted through rock with dynamite to level part of the land and spent five years building the dirt road that leads to the property.
The view from the patio, from which you can see Baboquivari Peak to the far southwest of Tucson, is not for the acrophobic.
The layout of the home is grand, but not pretentious. It is a collection of nooks and intimate spaces designed by the current owners, who are both artists.
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It is one of 100 homes chosen by HGTV for the online contest. The house has been on the market for 18 months with a price tag of $3.9 million.
The public can view the house — and vote in the $10,000 sweepstakes — by visiting hgtv.com and clicking on the Ultimate House Hunt link. The Tucson property is under “privacy, please.”
Other categories include waterfront homes, glass houses and homes with a history.
The Tucson home caught the attention of HGTV because of pictures taken by photographer William Lesch, Henry said.
He said the current owners, Fred Mackerle and Barbara Provus, bought the house 15 years ago from the original owners and upgraded the home and added rooms. The Chicago couple are seeking a smaller second home in Tucson, Henry said.
The three-story home has four bedrooms and an 862-square-foot guest house.
There are only 15 homes over $3 million on the market in the Tucson area, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
Henry said he’s had five showings of the house, and that it’s a property likely to become a second home.
“It’s tricky,” he said. “It’s a pretty narrow market.”
When Fred Borcherdt and his wife, Lynn Taber, bought the property in 1970, they were considered the first neighbors in Ventana Canyon.
Borcherdt kept horses on the property and hunted deer and other game where homes and the Loews Ventana Canyon resort now sit.
The split-face block design of the house inspired the developers of the resort to use the same design to blend into the Santa Catalina Mountains, Henry said.
See longrealty.com to find out more about the house.
