Tom Ford finds a buyer for Sante Fe ranch: 20,000-acre estate sells after four years on the market and a £19m price cut

Home to the Silverado movie town, Tom Ford's spectacular 20,000-acre ranch in Sante Fe county has been sold. 

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Legendary fashion designer turned filmmaker Tom Ford has found a buyer for his jaw-dropping ranch in New Mexico – after a price cut of £19 million and over four years on the market.

Spanning 20,662 acres — more than 28 times the City of London – the Cerro Pelon ranch is one of the largest estates in Santa Fe county.

There’s even space for an entire fictional town, built for the 1985 western Silverado starring Kevin Costner and Kevin Kline.

The perfect, Wild West ghost town, Marvel fans might recognise it from the 2011 Thor film starring Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman. It also had a starring role in the TV adaptation of Lonesome Dove and the Sci-Fi/Western film Cowboys and Aliens.

Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed a modern, single-storey glass and concrete main house and equestrian barn at the ranch, with minimalist living spaces overlooking reflective pools of water and a striking curved indoor-outdoor horse riding area.

Originally listed for £55.2 million ($75 million) in 2016, the estate was later reduced to £36 million ($48 million) although the final sale price remains undisclosed. The sale was handled by Kevin Bobolsky, full property details are here, while Clayton Orrigo of the Hudson Advisory team posted on Instagram about having worked on the sale recently.

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Tom Ford told The Talks in a 2011 interview: “I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space.”

But then, he’s also spoken of the prevalence of rattlesnakes at the ranch which could have proved off-putting for him and husband Richard Buckley with their now nine-year-old son Jack running around.

While there are floor-to-ceiling glass walls and an entirely open-plan layout in the main house, there are two stand-alone homes nearby for guests.

Outside, there’s a tennis court, staff properties, warehouses and even a private runway.

The ranch’s new owners will get architectural plans and scale models for another Tadao Ando-designed house intended for the highest point of the vast estate.

Considering Cerro Pelon Mountain sits at the heart of the ranch, the new property promises to be just as spectacular as those Tom Ford commissioned should the new owners choose to build it.