Tech company founder lists Pasco home on 200 acres for $19 million

A 10,000-square-foot house in Pasco County has been listed for $19 million.

The house is at 33642 Blanton Road and, according to county property records, owned by tech entrepreneur and Dade City-native Thomas Johnson and his wife, Jane. The listing agents, Kathryn Scheller and Nicole Colon with Coldwell Banker Realty in Florida, say it is the highest asking price for a house in the county.

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The five-bedroom, five-and-three-half-bathroom home named La Hacienda Del Cielo sits on 200 acres but is contained within three walled acres, according to the listing. In its entirety, the property has two gated entrances and has more tha four miles of four-board fencing (partially cross fenced), a two-story cypress barn, two hay storage barns and an equipment barn.

As for the house itself, the listing says the main floor has an open great room, dining area and a kitchen with bespoke cabinetry, including appliance cabinetry and Viking and Subzero appliances. The owner’s suite has a large walk-in shower and bath as well as custom walk-in closets.

There also are two private terraces overlooking a screened-in patio with a 9,000-square-foot lagoon-style pool and a Koi pond area with multiple waterfalls, hot tub, outdoor kitchen and tropical foliage.

The pictures, as if pictures can do a house like this justice, show a massive hacienda style home that is straight off a Hollywood film set, with wood beams inside and a red-tiled roof, massive walkways and an ornate four-poster bed, a stone fireplace and an outdoor fountain, all surrounded by lush ranch land.

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Johnson is the founder of the office technology company Global Imaging Systems, which he sold to Xerox in 2007 for $1.5 billion. According to a profile of Johnson in a University of Florida alumni magazine, he spent high school summers loading melons into trucks for a farmworker and working in orange groves and on ranches.