A Colorado home that looks straight out of “The Flintstones” is asking $989,000

An iconic local property built on an ancient cliff is looking for a new owner.

In Larkspur, Colorado, a house known as The Rock House, which looks like a house straight out of The Flintstones, has gone on the market with a price tag of $989,900.

Built in 2000, the 24-year-old mansion is uniquely situated around a 45-foot-tall section of one of Colorado’s beloved 200-million-year-old red rocks, says the listing, which is held by Keller Williams Action Realty LLCs Thayer Group.

It doesn’t really look like a house, it looks like a prison from the outside, shared a woman named Karen, who bought the house with her partner Allen, according to an episode of HGTV’s Ugliest House in America, which featured the mansion. presented.

This house was built by a gentleman that our neighbors describe as bohemian, Allen commented in the episode, adding that the engineering behind this house is at best a guest estimate and we spoke to an architect and he said to be glad she’s still standing.

The original owner, Allen continued, built a dirt floor so he could grow his own inside. As a result of this, and the lack of a basement, the soil in the house is extremely spongy.

The detached residence offers a total of 2,432 square meters of living space spread over four floors and is accessed through double iron front doors topped by a pergola.

Inside, there are one bedroom, two bedrooms, a guest suite with a walk-in closet and an upstairs master suite with an electric fireplace, two bathrooms, a kitchen with a wine refrigerator, a den, an office, laundry and sweeping views. of the surrounding landscape throughout.

There’s also a variety of outdoor amenities, including two decks—both accessed from the third floor and one of them split-level—and a large top-floor balcony with an enclosed porch that doubles as a yoga suite. / fitness / greenhouse, as the list describes.