ResidentialCompleted

The Ridgeline House

Sand Hollow Mesa, Hurricane, Utah2017Developer & General Contractor

Under roof

14,000 sq ft

Site

Mesa above Sand Hollow

Developed

Land, well, water rights, road

At sale

MLS record, 2017

Overview

The only house on the mesa above Sand Hollow State Park — 14,000 square feet under roof, at the end of a road that did not exist until Nielson Development cut it.

Look up from the water at Sand Hollow State Park. There is one house on the mesa above it, and nothing else on that skyline.

Being the only house up there is the entire story. The mesa had no road, no well and no water rights — none of what makes a piece of ground buildable. Nielson Development created all of it: drilled the well, secured the water rights, and cut the roadway that climbs the mesa to the top. The site had to be developed before a house could be drawn on it.

What went on it is 14,000 square feet under roof, finished to a standard with no real comparison in Washington County, on the only building site on the ridge.

When it sold, the Larkin Group reported it as the most expensive home ever to close on the MLS, in 2017.

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On site

The Ridgeline House alone on the mesa, with the access road Nielson Development cut climbing the face below it

Aerial of the estate — pond, lawns and sport courts on the mesa above the Hurricane fields

The pond and fountain below the house, with the red rock escarpment beyond

Overhead view of the tennis and basketball courts built into the lava rock

The Ridgeline House seen across the water, with the Pine Valley Mountains behind it

The estate above the Hurricane fields, with Sand Hollow and the red rock beyond

Last light across the mesa, the house set against the lava rock and open desert

The circular drive and fountain, sport courts in the foreground and the Hurricane fields and red cliffs beyond

The estate from the air — pond, lawns and the mesa dropping away beyond

Overhead of the tennis and basketball courts cut into the lava rock

The house seen across Sand Hollow, red rock behind it

The entry, double doors under a two-storey window

The entry hall looking through to the living space

The living room, piano against the window wall

The great room fireplace, glazing out to the valley

The kitchen — double ovens and full-height cabinetry

The bonus room, built-in desks along the window

The covered deck, valley and fields below

A bedroom in the bay, looking out across the fields

A children's bathroom, trough sink and subway tile

A bedroom with a window seat and built-ins

The primary bedroom with its sitting area

The primary bedroom, built-ins either side of the bed

The primary sitting area, framed on the valley

The primary bath — double vanities and a tiled tub surround

The walk-in closet, island and full-height shelving

The upper balcony, seating out over the fields

The covered patio, the Pine Valley Mountains beyond

The back lawn — trampoline, playset and the mesa edge

The front elevation and paver motor court

The helipad on the lawn, Sand Hollow and the red rock beyond

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