No need to add decorative stones to the walls in one Utah home.

Here, the stones are the walls.

The home “is built right into the side of the mountain,” explains listing agent Nancy Birchell, of RealtyONEGroup Signature-Vernal. “The main living room walls, underneath the stairway, and behind the master bathroom tub, is natural rock of the mountain in Dry Fork.”

The dwelling in Dry Fork Canyon sits on 45 acres in Vernal, UT, and is listed for $1.35 million.

The owners “bought the land in the area specifically for something fun like this and had plans drawn up and engineering done for that specific purpose,” Birchell says.

Construction began in 2018, and the 4,938-square-foot home was occupied in 2021.

But the place still needs some finishing touches.

The white walls are just primer. The built-ins in the closet aren’t finished, and neither is the door trim. Birchell says the owners purchased tile for backsplashes and are leaving it for the next owner to install.

“It’s definitely on its way to being quite a masterpiece once somebody does all of the little things,” she says. “The right buyer coming along could have some fun turning it into their own masterpiece with the details.”

The home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, radiant-heat flooring, and takes full advantage of what nature has to offer.

“The views are magnificent,” Birchell confirms. “In the great room along the kitchen, the glass walls fold inside each other, opening up to the wraparound deck on the main floor. The same type of walls are in the main bedroom, with access to the deck as well.”

Birchell saw the house during the building process but says she was still amazed with its current state.

“It’s a wow type moment,” she says, noting that photos don’t do the property justice. “It’s unbelievable and hard to describe that somebody was able to engineer that and to build it and have it be as beautiful as it is. The rock is very warm to the touch.”

 

 

In addition to the finishing materials they’re leaving behind, the owners will pass along snow removal equipment to make the nearby roads passable in the winter. But Birchell says the place is geared more towards the other seasons.

“Truly this is a great spring, summer, and fall home,” she says. “I could see it being somebody’s getaway for the summer and just enjoying all that Dry Fork and Vernal have to offer, loving the seclusion of the home, as well as it being a big gathering place for family.”

The home takes up a small part of the property’s large acreage.

“A lot is mountainous, and so I would categorize it as recreational land,” Birchell says. “You can hike up the mountain, and there are a lot of trails there.”

She notes that the place is particularly special in the rain.

“You’ve got waterfalls that come off the side of the mountains that run down into the ravine,” she says.

The post This Home Rocks: Utah House for $1.3M Has Walls of Stone appeared first on Real Estate News & Insights | realtor.com®.