Calm, refined, reserved, educated, knowledgeable and
super nice are just a few of the qualities of Juan Sandoval
which is why Juan is one of those truly amazing people
that I really look up to with humbled admiration. Thus
the photo (above), that I snapped as Juan stands on the top
landing of the 50,000 square foot home he designed and is now
building.
Passionate
Juan is passionate about his work and
it shows - everywhere! Juan is far from what you might
consider your "typical" custom home builder. His clientele tend
to be sophisticated and experienced having built one or more
custom homes in their past. They are looking for a home like no
other and that's why they seek him out. To underscore this there are
many custom home builders but very few building 50,000 square
foot homes! Juan is more than a cut above and you will soon
discover why.
Not Just Another Custom Home Builder
It's impossible to understand the scope of
Juan's work without an on site tour but I will do my best by
sharing his unique back ground and a few photos of his grandest
custom home to date.
Juan is single (once you are on the sites of
the five custom homes he is currently building simultaneously in the
Town of Paradise Valley you will understand why) and third generation
Arizonan. Schooled at Arizona State University's (ASU) School of
Architecture and Design Sciences Juan built his first custom home at
the age of 17. To date he has designed more than 50 homes
but he has not always designed homes.
After graduating from ASU Juan spent
his next three years building custom homes when he was
offered a unique position as Design Consultant for a publishing
company. The publishing company owned it's own art studio
and art gallery that both published others art work as well as it's own
original works. Juan spent ten years as their liaison
between the publisher and the builders. He was the Design
Consultant for art collections, commercial buildings, and the
hospitality industry.
As Design Consultant Juan designed the Motif
for about 80% of the public space of Donald Trumps "Taj Mahal"
including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and art objects (the
collection as it's referred to in the trade) as well as the Players
Suites, Penthouses, and Restaurants. He also worked with Caesars'
Palace and Luxor on their designs and has even designed two art
galleries!
After ten years of commercial work
Juan returned to his love of the custom "carriage trade"
& spec home building.
Juan creates homes from the inside out.
He designs and develops structure with the lifestyle of his client
in mind, rather than have his clients adapt lifestyle to
structure.
Juan's hobbies will give you a clue to his
home designs and his passion which are one in the same. Juan
spends his spare time (does he sleep?) enjoying
archeology, anthropology, studying classical landscaping and
music. He applies his
love of historical adaptation and restoration (old world charm) to his
homes.
Juan being Juan.
To truly understand and appreciate Juan one must
ultimately experience what Juan does best and that's design and create
magnificient homes like none other. Juan's latest example of his
stunning skill and talents is a massive (not just square foot
but in scale) 50,000 square foot home that he has been building for the past
four years. Following are a few photos and narratives
describing the home.
Baron stands beside the massive front doors of the
50,000 square foot home Juan is building. Note the door within a
door for normal sized people. There are also speak easy
doors with iron bars built in that can be opened to interrogate guests for the
"password" before being allowed to enter.
Twenty three cement trucks drove through
these door and into the the court yard to poor the massive resort
size 60'x60' swimming pool.
There is also a cozy 10'x12' hot tub
just large enough for 25 of your closest friends!
Let's Soiree!!!
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