Three of Tucson’s multimillion-dollar homes will be featured Sunday on the HGTV show “Buy Like a Mega Millionaire.”
“It’s a game-show type thing,” said Janell Jellison, a Realtor with Long Realty, who listed two of the homes.
A couple came to Tucson from Cleveland to explore the houses in hopes of accurately predicting which of the homes a millionaire would pick. “We spent at least two days in each home filming in July. Then they chose the house they felt a mega-millionaire would buy. If they chose the same house the millionaire chose, they win $10,000.”
A movie theater, massage and facial room, and art studio are features of the 7,756-square-foot, $7 million-dollar home on East Rock Ledge Place, in the Catalina Foothills east of Ventana Canyon Resort.
“Rock Ledge is really special,” Jellison said. “It looks like it belongs in California on the beach. All of the materials for the house were brought in from other places. The dining room table is a goatskin table. Everything is very unique and very special.”
The second of Jellison’s listings to be featured on the show is on North Secret Canyon Drive off of North Alvernon Way, above East Skyline Drive. The 13,350-square-foot home features an auto gallery “full of Ferarris and very expensive cars, as well as a baby grand piano worth $250,000.”
The house was built and never lived in because of a “change in lifestyle,” Jellison said. “Over $13 million went into the home, and it’s listed for $7.9 million.”
Campbell Cliffs, which was deemed Tucson’s most-expensive house last year, is the third home featured on the show. Martha Briggs, a Realtor with Long Realty, is the listing agent for the $13.9 million, 25,000-square-foot home in the Catalina Foothills above Skyline Drive.
Features of Campbell Cliffs include the 20 acres it sits on, a 1,200-square-foot kitchen, a home theater and two elevators.
An unidentified millionaire from “back East” made his pick by viewing MLS photos and live streaming of the filming. “I had to be on standby because if one of my two homes were chosen, they’d need to go back,” Jellison said.
It turns out, one of Jellison’s homes was chosen by the couple. “So, they had a guy in a tuxedo, an actor, bring them the briefcase to find out if they won the $10,000.”
Jellison couldn’t reveal which house the couple chose, or whether they won or not.
“Then you wouldn’t watch the show,” she said with a laugh.
