McAfee Mansion Back Up For Sale At Lowest Price Yet

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jan 12th 2011 at 12:01AM

Recently I started seeing search results showing up for a home we covered back in 2007. Why were people looking for information on the McAfee mansion in Woodland Park, Colorado? It turns out that it is back on the market for the lowest price I've seen it at yet.

We first checked out this home in 2007 when it still belonged to antivirus software developer John McAfee. McAfee sold his 280-acre Colorado estate at auction. The property included his 10,000-square-foot mansion perched on a hillside. The home has a flagstone entry with split staircase, five master suites, a living room, great room and den, media room, library and fitness center. The master suite has a private entry, kitchen, fireplace and access to a glass balcony which leads to a wooden gazebo. The compound has three guest homes, two guest apartments and nine guest cabins for a total of 19 bedrooms. The property includes four trout lakes, observation decks, picnic areas, a horse paddock and more. At the time we heard that McAfee was looking to get around $20 million. Instead, it sold at auction for $5.72 million and was back on the market the same year for $8.9 million. In 2009 there were rumors of foreclosure and talk that it might be used as a transition center for war veterans.

It's currently on the market for the lowest price yet, $3.9 million. The listing pictures don't seem to have changed much in the ensuing years. The home is a mixture of styles with Frank-Lloyd-Wright-inspired public spaces as well as Southwestern and modern notes. With the acreage and cabins already in place it could make an excellent retreat center or family compound.

Gallery: McAfee Mansion

Tags: colorado real estate, john mcafee, luxury real estate, mcafee, woodland park

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Rik Jan 12th 2011 5:10AM

Did this guy think he was an ancient Chinamen?
I did like the bathtub, however.

dickedsbrown Jan 12th 2011 10:57AM

This man is genius. You know he's going to buy his mansion back for far less than he had in it, right?

Stuart Currier Jan 21st 2011 8:12AM

I personally work on this house doing the Plumbing and Heating under John's complete direction. He is one of the nicest people you can ever meet in person. Very down to earth. The tub is one solid piece which was shipped from Europe. The walls are a mayan pattern stone about 2 " think and this was his own design. He had the company create all the stones on the wall. The walls are also 10" thick concrete. The door to the master bed room is on a center pivot with an other nice pattern design on it. The whole addition is heated with in-floor heating so it is aways warm to the feat.
On a personal note both John and I had talk about the local art community which he enjoyed to visit the Business Of Art in Manitou Springs. John was in my opinion both smart and playful all his life from the talks we had.
So if you see this John remember your plumber Stuart owner of http://www.LookMeUp.com now over in Europe send me a note and we can talk some more.