Payson sits at about 4,900 feet on the edge of the Mogollon Rim, ninety minutes northeast of Phoenix — close enough that

Payson sits at about 4,900 feet on the edge of the Mogollon Rim, ninety minutes northeast of Phoenix — close enough that the Valley treats it as a weekend habit rather than a vacation.

The Ponderosa Gate House is a 1991 A-frame standing among tall ponderosas on a fenced quarter acre. Blue-gray board-and-batten, shake roof carried low on both flanks, a covered porch with a swing on it.

Inside is 1,376 square feet. Tongue-and-groove pine runs up both roof planes over exposed beams to a triangular window at the peak. A gas stove sits in a river-rock surround. Diamond-paned doors open to the deck. A real staircase — not a ladder — climbs to a loft railed over the living room, and there is a separate dining room, which at this footprint is an actual luxury. The kitchen is oak with a breakfast bar and three stools. Two bedrooms, one and a half baths.

Outside: the full 0.27 acres is fenced, with a large storage shed and room to park an RV or a boat.

At $370,000 it prices at $269 a square foot against a $358,500 Zestimate, with no HOA. Two days on Zillow, 900 views, 83 saves — Zillow flags it as likely to sell faster than 88% of what is nearby. Most furnishings convey.

MLS 94529. Payson, Arizona.

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