A Desert Retreat, Off The Grid, $4.2M

by Philip Ferrato

With an aesthetic evoking the California mining camps of the 19th Century, this recently completed 2-bed, 2-bath, 10-acre property by Paul and Wendy Hadley near Pioneertown has just come on the market. Nestled into its high-elevation site (and not unlike its mining camp predecessors) the property operates completely off the grid, seamlessly and consciously integrated into a beautifully considered design. Sheltered under CorTen steel roofing, much of the home is constructed of reclaimed timber, stained to blend visually into the surrounding landscape.

Paul Hadley, a photographer, has lived in the area for almost three decades, celebrating the extraordinary landscape and its wild denizens. Called “Rocky Place” by the indigenous Serrano People, the landscape is marked by immense monochromatic boulders, wild indigenous plants, and in the distance, the slopes of Black Lava Butte, the verdant San Bernardino Mountains, the vast Mojave Desert, and the snow capped San Jacinto Mountain. Unfenced, the property welcomes the local wildlife, allowing residents to survey bobcats, kit foxes, mountain lions, desert tortoises and golden eagles. Immediately adjacent to the 100,000-plus-acre Sand To Snow National Monument, wild, untouched surroundings are never far from this beautifully crafted but simple dwelling.

More: Go to the listing for additional images and details. A rare opportunity to own a matchless desert property incorporating the latest self-sufficiency technology with high style, represented by Keith Markovitz of TTK Represents of Compass and Clayton Baldwin of Kinetic Properties.