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The 8,700-square-foot home, owned by sa国际传媒官网网页入口 resident and 1988 U.S. Olympian Trish Porter Topmiller, was for nearly $4 million in early August but dropped to $3.8 million in late October.

The two-story home offers four bedrooms and eight bathrooms, sitting on more than two acres within High Desert, a master-planned community nestled at the base of the Sandia Mountains.

The uniqueness of the home recently garnered attention from a popular social media page called 鈥淶illow Gone Wild,鈥� which features the most extravagant or unusual homes listed on the real estate platform.

鈥淚鈥檝e been excited about this listing since the first time I walked in the doors,鈥� said Thomas Gallegos, a broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New Mexico Properties and the home鈥檚 listing agent. 鈥淵ou can see the love and care that was put into it.鈥�

Porter Topmiller and her late husband, Pat Porter, custom-built the home in 2008, nearly 10 years after purchasing the plot of land.

鈥淲e just thought it was absolutely beautiful,鈥� Porter Topmiller said. 鈥淚t was an incredible piece of property.鈥�

The pair moved from Alamosa, Colorado, to sa国际传媒官网网页入口 in 1994. Porter, a two-time Olympic long-distance runner in 1984 and 1988, was training in Colorado when one day he told Porter Topmiller he was tired of the cold and wanted to train in warm sa国际传媒官网网页入口 weather.

Porter Topmiller made her 1988 Olympic debut in the sport of high jumping and is also a high jump world record holder for women aged 40 to 44. More recently, Porter Topmiller became an award-winning author of two nonfiction books about her life and Christian faith.

The Olympian couple spent three years constructing the home, intentionally designed parallel to the Sandia Mountains and filled with large windows.

鈥淓very room on the east side has mountain views and on the other side, we鈥檝e got all the city light views,鈥� Porter Topmiller said. 鈥淭hat was really my vision 鈥� maximizing unobstructed views.鈥�

A handcrafted feel was also a part of the vision. All of the walls are adorned with hand-applied plaster by Santa Fe plaster specialist Frank D鈥橝ngelico and the colorful, artsy front door was designed by Colorado artists Kristin and Marc DeSantis.

鈥淭he front door is literally a work of art,鈥� said Porter Topmiller, who described the overall personality of the home as happy, fun, whimsical and peaceful.

While many of Porter Topmiller鈥檚 memories of building and living in the high desert home are joyful ones 鈥� including watching her children play with all the neighborhood kids in the dirt-filled basement dug out during the construction process 鈥� the home came with a more painful season as well.

In 2012, Porter and the pair鈥檚 15-year-old son, Connor Porter, and his 14-year-old friend, Connor Mantsch, died when Porter鈥檚 private plane crashed upon takeoff in Sedona, Arizona, Porter Topmiller said.

Years later, Porter Topmiller remarried to James Topmiller, and after nearly a decade, the pair decided it was time to downsize to another sa国际传媒官网网页入口 home they could tailor to their chapter together.

鈥淚t was a very, very hard decision because to me, it is the prettiest property in New Mexico and sa国际传媒官网网页入口,鈥� Porter Topmiller said. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 a big home, so we downsized and went to one level.鈥�

Porter Topmiller said she鈥檇 love to see a family purchase the home, which offers an outdoor trampoline, hot tub and pool with a diving board and custom water features, as well as an indoor movie theater with a custom starry night ceiling.

鈥淭his home offered me a lot of joy and fun and a lot of wonderful times, so I hope it can offer somebody else the same thing and a lot of peace,鈥� Porter Topmiller said.

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