A house that looks like it’s carved out of the surrounding stones has hit the market in the hills outside of Santa Fe.

Casa de Roca is a one-of-a-kind, 2,414-square-foot home in Lamy, NM. It’s listed for $899,000.

“When you drive up, it looks like a cloud kind of sitting on the hill and you’re kind of looking at it going, ‘I’ve never seen anything like this,’” says Maya Hiersoux. She and Darlene Streit are listing the home with Sotheby’s International Realty–Santa Fe Brokerage.

“The great thing about this space is that it’s multidimensional, and [there are] several different levels with windows everywhere,” Hiersoux adds. “It’s magical.”

Artsy abode

And here’s the surprise: The home looks like it’s carved into the rock, but it actually isn’t.

An artist and jeweler built the residence so that it blends into the surroundings, and the exterior has held up since its construction in 1989.

“So that house itself is a regular, normal house made with regular framing and a little bit of cinderblock,” Hiersoux explains.

In fact, the original owners applied spray foam on top of a structure to create the appearance of limestone.

“Even with the weathering of time, it truly looks like the rock. It’s kind of hard to [see] where the rock ends and where the house begins,” Hiersoux says.

Think ‘outside the box’

The current owners bought the one-bedroom, 1.5-bathroom home in 2017 and overhauled it.

Updates include new mechanicals and fireplace inserts.

The airy abode contains two mezzanines and whimsical features such as stained-glass windows, a bookcase hiding a secret closet, and a glass floor.

“It kind of makes you scratch your head, but it definitely makes you smile because it has all of these cute, interesting little features,” Hiersoux says.

There are also some Santa Fe elements, including the round kiva fireplaces and viga log ceilings.

The main home comes with ceiling fans, but no air conditioning, and there’s a new, detached garage that’s air-conditioned.

The home sits on 5.18 acres high on a hill with terraces for enjoying the views of the valley below.

The perfect buyer “is someone with a sense of humor who wants privacy and who loves something unique and different who thinks outside the box,” Hiersoux says.

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