Old Mexico comes to Paradise Valley…

Imagine the skill it must have taken to take a house built in 1967… and make it feel as if had been built in 1567…

Master Southwestern architect Bennie Gonzales built the structure.

But, of course, the spectactular Paradise Valley setting required the hand of the divine architect.

And Mother Nature is always ready to lend a whimsical beauty to the works of man.

But the decorator who saw and brought out the potential in this home is an irreplaceable genius.

To enter this home is to be transported back in time to an Arizona that was still claimed by Old Mexico — by Spain herself.

There is not one room — not even the smallest surface — that is not hued with the patina of antiquity.

No detail was too small to be overlooked. Everything in the home speaks to everything else.

And yet… Nothing of comfort, nothing of warmth, nothing of the homey familiarity of family life is forsaken.

The kitchen is Wolf and Sub-Zero — in a setting out of old Madrid.

The grounds are stately and luxurious, without ever once betraying the old world dignity of this remarkable estate.

But this home is not in the Spain of the Middle Ages. It’s not in the Mexico of the Conquistadors. You will find this unrepeatable hacienda in Paradise Valley, at 8052 North Ironwood Drive in Brett Hills. When you click on that link, you’ll be taken to a web site with dozens more photos of this one-of-a-kind property. It’s offered at $1,399,000 by Harvey Acridge of Pinnacle Sonoran Realty.