Santa Fe Real Estate Guide October 2012

Santa Fe Real Estate Guide

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ay Rush and Tim Van Camp—know Santa Fe. They are consistently among the top producing agents—year in, year out. Whether it is a high or low market, Rush/Van Camp has the experience, insight and understanding of the Santa Fe real estate scene to guide their clients toward the right strategy for the times. There is a difference, and that difference is reflected in facts, data and most importantly, results. We invite you to know the difference.

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RIO DE VEGA RANCH THE ULTIMATE FAMILY PLAYGROUND Beautiful 4,200 sq ft 2 bedroom, 2 bath main house, designed by Pedro Marquez. Separate 2,000 sq ft guest house with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths. A 2,610 sq ft drive-thru barn, additional outbuildings and 3 ponds (1 spring fed). Abundant water rights all contained on 147 acres with almost 1/2 mile of the Gallinas River running through it.

MLS# 201203837 & 2301203840 Offered at $3,800,000

CALLE DE LUZ

VISTA REDONDA

$1,995,000

MLS# 201103793

RAY RUSH

Direct 505.984.5117 Mobile 505.577.5117 ray@knowingsantafe.com

TIM VAN CAMP

$1,675,000

$1,295,000

MLS# 201203226

MLS# 805662

Direct 505.984.5118 Mobile 505.690.2750 tim@knowingsantafe.com

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PASEO DE LA TIERRA

JOHN RIGATTI

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705 CAMINO OCASO DEL SOL Incredible adobe compound on almost 20 acres on the Eastside. Constructed by Doug McDowell, this fabulous property consists of a 3BR, 2 office main house, a 1BR guest house, and a studio. Dramatic mountain views and gorgeous outdoor spaces. #201204214 $2,800,000

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14 MILLERS END Beautiful custom home on a 5-acre lot in Arroyo Hondo. This 5BR house is wonderful for living and entertaining with a large great room and a gourmet kitchen. High-quality finishes throughout, plus lovely gardens and views, and horse facilities. #201204101 $1,695,000

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105 VALENCIA ROAD Charming South Capitol residence. Combining bungalow with Territorial style, the property consists of a 3BR main house and detached studio casita. The lot is on over a third of an acre and includes extensive gardens, fruit trees and a gazebo. Oversize 2-car garage. #201204130 $895,000 22 NORTH VUELTA HERRADURA Breathtaking views from this fabulous residence in La Tierra. This exceptional compound property was conceived by Archaeo Architects and built

by Clemens Construction. Consisting of a 4BR main house, a 2BR guest house, and an exercise studio/office. #201105652 $1,995,000

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4 CAMINO SABIO Magnificent views from this compound on 11.7 acres featuring a dramatic and immaculate 2BR main house, a detached 1BR guest house, and an attached duplex that encompasses a 1BR guest house and a 1BR caretaker's house. Beautifully landscaped. #201202266 $2,795,000 1023 SIERRA DEL NORTE Fabulous 3BR residence plus 2 office spaces. The excellent floor plan includes a private master suite, a private two suite guest wing with separate entrance, and a great office space in the main house plus a second fabulous office space with additional storage. #201103420 $1,400,000

4 EAST GOLDEN EAGLE ROAD A beautiful and dramatic residence in Las Campanas featuring 3BR, 4BA plus an office/study. The great room harmoniously combines living, dining, family and kitchen areas all perfectly situated to take full advantage of the western mountain and sunset views. #201105362 $1,150,000 3 CALLE VENTOSO WEST Fabulous 4BR home plus an office featuring magnificent mountain views.

Quality finishes include travertine floors, granite countertops, beautiful plaster and woodwork throughout. Equity Social Membership included. #201100852 $1,150,000

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EDGE OF NATIONAL FOREST

HEART OF THE EASTSIDE

A world of its own on Big Tesuque Canyon adjoining the forest and the Rio Tesuque, this stunning compound includes a gracious Territorial-style 3BR, 3.5BA, 4,239 sq ft main residence with wraparound portal, pitched-roof Tesuque farm-style 1BR + den, 2BA, 1,744 sq ft guest house, studio/guest quarters, treehouse + painter’s shed on 3.59 acres in an unparalleled one-of-a-kind lush setting. MLS 201200912

FORM AND FUNCTION

Authentic and exquisite 2BR, 2BA, 2,240 sq ft mostly adobe main residence circa 1920+ with formal living room, dining room and kitchen overlooking a wondeful portal and lush gardens, updated with care and graced with a handsome master suite, 4 fireplaces, alcoves and nichos plus a free-standing 1BR, 1BA, 1,247 sq ft guest house with kiva circa 2005 in an incomparable setting. MLS 201202834

Southeast–Architect Robert Zachry’s stunning design achieves it all; showcasing the dramatic NM landscape while creating an elegant, light-filled dwelling that celebrates art and the art of living. The 4,215 sq ft, 3BR, 3BA home with media/den and gourmet kitchen is graced with complex, simple lines, steel accents, walls of glass and portales that look to views in 3 directions. MLS201202430

OFFERED AT $2,895,000

Eldorado–The heart of this sensational 3BR, 2BA, 2,355 sq ft home is a stunning 2-sided fireplace that bridges the great room graced with tall ceilings and vigas and the chef's kitchen with center island workspace/breakfast bar and informal dining area.

Built by Bryan Marsh, these stylish spaces open to portales and enclosed gardens with mountain silhouettes through the trees. MLS 201203543

OFFERED AT $1,750,000

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OFFERED AT $439,000

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$110,000 144 CERRITO DE BACA

Tall ponderosas on this gorgeous 10.25 acre parcel. Easy access to a great building site with Sangre de Cristo views. Electric transformer and well on site. #201104576

$375,000 59 AVENIDA FRIJOLES

Open concept 2BR main home with wraparound deck. Next door are another 2BR attached to a studio. Vigas, kiva fireplaces, tongue and groove ceilings, and Saltillo tile. #201201156

$499,000

Architect designed, 3BR, 2 1/2BA, 2,465 sq ft home with natural stone, slate floors, hardwood hickory cabinets, hand-troweled plaster, and granite and travertine counters. #201204284

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144 GONZALES ROAD, #4

$559,000

610 CAMINO SANTA ANA

$399,000

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Caroline Russell 954.5530

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961 PASEO DEL SUR

$798,000

Superb location! With south and sunset views, this exciting 3,584 sq ft home with guest apartment is soft Southwest contemporary at its best.

Featured are an impressive great room, sleek, handsomely equipped kitchen, dramatic 52-foot gallery, and A/C. An outstanding master has soaring beamed ceilings, and kiva fireplace. Relax and entertain beautifully on the deep portal, and terrace with hot tub. Details include granite counters, hardwood and stone floors, vigas, and Italian fitted closets. Main house has no steps! MLS# 201202817

1110 OLD SANTA FE TRAIL

$3,800,000

This stellar 3+ acre gated Eastside estate is a magnificent Eastside private oasis. The classic Territorial-style 5 bedroom residence with guest apartment has lush lawns accented with glorious gardens, expansive brick terraces, spectacular koi ponds, fabulous dining gazebo and remarkable views. Featured are an elegant owner’s suite with fireplace and roomsized closet, separate study, office, media and family rooms, and spectacular kitchen. Luxury amenities, custom appointments and lavish finishes offer sublime ease and comfort.

33 SPIRIT COURT

$900,000

Marvel at the incredible panorama from this 4,990 sq ft gated estate on 1.8 acres. The custom 4 bedroom adobe/frame home with superb guest house is convenient to both town and Tesuque. Entertain in the handsome great room with soaring beamed ceiling, the spectacular kitchen/family room, or the spacious terraces. The private master accesses a gym, portal, and hot tub with waterfall. The guest wing includes a music/screening room. Hardwood and flagstone floors, hand-troweled plaster, finely carved doors. A remarkable value! MLS# 201104704

Dear Mr. Antonsen, I wanted to write to tell you that Shane and Caroline are the best team I have ever worked with, and I have bought and sold about 15 houses in my life. They are tireless in their efforts to find the right property and have superb judgement. I am an out-of-state buyer, and they went way beyond the call of duty to make sure all issues involved in buying and closing were resolved. They were great advocates, and had an amazing ability to stay on top of the myriad of details involved with the process. They always made me feel I was their most important priority, and I am very grateful to them for helping me find and purchase my Santa Fe home.

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Emily Garcia Elegance and Stately Views 17 Camino Monte Feliz $1,100,000 #201201868

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Old World Charm and Views 86-B Arroyo Hondo Road $1,075,000 #201201723

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3 SETON CASTLE TRAIL $245,000 Build a large home with mountain views and use this casita as a guest house. Sited on 1.23 acres that slope gently toward the northwest, this small home with separate storage unit near Seton Castle is designed for maximum efficiency and clean, modern appeal. #201203881

223 COUNTY ROAD 56 $400,000 Horse property with Chama riverfront acreage, acequia irrigation rights and a private well plus community water system. The house, a 2,400 sq ft 1968 frame/stucco addition to circa 1900 adobe needs renovation. Large barn, pipe fencing, corrals and lush pasture. #201203747

320 ARTIST ROAD #75 $195,000 Seller finance option! All furnishings included! Short term rental potential. Four blocks from the Plaza, this Ft. Marcy Compound end corner 1BR, 1BA unit is one of the most private condos in the entire complex and has lots of light. Tastefully renovated with many upgrades. #900106 SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY SANTA FE BROKERAGE 326 GRANT AVENUE I 505.988.2533 231 WASHINGTON AVENUE I 505.988.8088

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705-B VIENTO DRIVE $245,000 Upgraded, 1,300 sq ft Northside condo with huge Sangre de Cristo Mountain views. High ceilings, beams, beautiful wood flooring and fireplace. Remodeled kitchen with Jenn-Aire appliances, Silestone countertops, hickory cabinets and porcelain tile floors. #201203636

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MARION SKUBI GROUP

SERENE COUNTRY LIVING 7 Goodnight Trail West $2,599,000

Approximately 8,300 sq ft compound on 11+ acres offering large main house, 2BR guest house, studio with additional apartment, and below grade climate controlled 5000-bottle wine cellar. Located in the gated community of La Tierra Nueva, this property offers both Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountain views.

The nearly 4,000 sq ft main house contains a generous great room for living, kitchen, dining, and entertaining plus front and back portales. The approx. 3,000 sq ft studio has large adult rec-room or artist’s studio and attached apartment with living, dining, kitchen, and separate bedroom/bath. MLS# 201203036

Marion Skubi

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ONE-OF-A-KIND VILLA

Magnificent 360˚ views from this unique villa. The 6,130 sq ft home is poised on 1.3 private, wooded acres on a hill minutes to the Plaza. Antique doors, diamond finished plaster, high ceilings with coves, vigas, corbels, and beams. Hand-carved stone windows. Five fireplaces, skylights and a comfortable floorplan. Owner is a NM $1,795,000 Real Estate Broker.

WALK TO THE PLAZA

Two condos – five years old, absolutely gorgeous finishes. Hardtroweled plaster, brick floors with radiant heat; travertine baths and walk-in closets; kiva fireplaces, bancos and skylights.

Two bedrooms and two baths. $735,000 One bedroom $500,000

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7 MINUTES TO THE WILD WEST

Rising up at the end of a quiet cu-de-sac, 2.5 acres of graceful, wooded land face the expanse of unspoiled views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range sweeping across the $149,000 view corridor.

Gorgeous 2.5 acre view lot close in! Easy access to 599 and 285, town and everything!

Fabulous Sangre de Cristo views and pretty, rolling terrain. Several great building sites on the property. This is the closest lot in La $120,000 Tierra to Santa Fe.

Ashley Margetson

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FOREVER VIEWS

Bordered by greenbelts and arroyos, the views open up forever, inside and out! This new, 4BR, 2.5BA easy living home has many extras! Granite countertops, top appliances and custom cabinets in the chef's kitchen; custom bookcases in the cozy TV room; separate formal dining room facing evening sunset sky; kiva fireplace with banco in the living room; Plantation shutters; and evaporative AC. $335,000

ATTENTION ALL ARTISTS

FAMILY LODGE

Special property on 5 scenic acres! A sprawling lodge with multiple wings for a variety of uses.

Great plaster main living room with fabulous timber vigas and true Italian chef’s kitchen; privacy, landscaping and views from all windows; a wing with 3BR, 2BA and guest powder room; a wing with 3BR, 2BA and guest powder room; a wing with master suite; and sep$769,000 arate guest suite.

Wonderful full guest house and real artist’s studio built in 2002 accompany this comfortable 3BR house on over 1/3 acre in a close in, established neighborhood. Intelligent floorplan has master suite on one side of the public areas and two additional $390,000 bedrooms and bath on the other. Big lot!

HANSEL & GRETEL’S HIDEAWAY

A romantic old adobe garden cottage, nestled on a wooded hillside, in the heart of the historic district. Built about 1900 with 1 large and 1 small BR/study looking out on gardens, with 2BA. Easy stroll to the Plaza, and Canyon Road. Features rustic adobe bancos, 3 fireplaces, beamed and clerestory ceilings, brick and wood floors. $650,000

THE BEST

Architectural Digest design, detail, and quality joined an already magnificent historic double adobe hacienda in a rare and gorgeous setting on the Old Santa Fe Trail to create a masterpiece. Rare to find 4.5 acres in the heart of the historic Eastside, rare to have a view there, and rare to encounter a home of such stunning caliber!

Classic Spanish floorplan includes 4-5 bedrooms plus an inviting full guest house. $4,850,000 18th Century doors, 12 fireplaces, pool, and chapel!

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CAMINO CUERVO

Immaculate and pristine home with many upgrades: finished garage; air conditioning; security system; lovely professional landscaping. New water heater and all appliances included. This is a one owner home, in pristine condition. $209,000

BEST OF PUEBLOS DEL SOL

Built by master builder Robert Lockwood as a personal residence, this house has everything, and is of the highest quality workmanship, materials, and fixtures. Slightly Asian ambiance, with a Pueblo feel!

2 bedroom, 2 bath, plus study/office. 12' ceilings, genuine bamboo floors, hard-troweled plaster, hand rubbed with beeswax. $398,000 sothebyshomes.com/santafe

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1244 NORTH SUMMIT

Art of LIVING

$2,375,000

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ith perhaps the most spectacular views in all of Santa Fe, this beautiful Contemporary/Pueblostyle home with guest house is nestled among ponderosa and piñon just minutes from downtown in the Summit. The home has an elegant yet slightly rustic feel with beautiful plaster walls, custom fireplaces, stone accents, flagstone floors, and high ceilings. The floor plan is gracious with generously proportioned rooms and a spacious outdoor patio off the living room overlooking the amazing western and northern views. MLS# 201203908

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PASEO ENCANTADO NE $1,440,000 An exceptionally beautiful and elegant Old World Hacienda-style home centered around a fabulous courtyard that is accessible from virtually every living space. Built in 2004 of pummice crete construction, attention to detail and quality are found throughout the home.

MLS# 201203600

204 PLAZA MONTANA $550,000 Lovely 3BR, 2BA home with views of Sun and Moon Mountain. Spacious kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and large walk-in pantry. Features include a separate dining area, gas fireplace, vigas, and 2-car garage.

Beautifully landscaped with an entertaining portal and fully fenced-in backyard. MLS# 201005915

4 AVENIDA LA SCALA $755,000 Imaginatively recreated Casas de San Juan condo in a modernist style with huge, oversized windows that capture the Sangre de Cristo views. Includes a spacious main house plus a guest casita, a long covered portal with a fireplace, and a separate two-car garage with ample storage.

MLS# 201201463

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767 VIENTO CIRCLE $315,000 Award-winning design. Excellent second home or full time residence.

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2920 PLAZA BLANCA $382,500 Exceptional home in Park Plazas. A custom built stand alone home on a generous corner lot. 3BR, 3BA featuring a flexible floorplan.

Features many stylish details. #201204220

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Quail Run Country Club Living Amenities Include: 24-hour hosted security gate, golf course, tennis, swimming pool, state-of-the-art exercise facilities, jogging and walking trails, fine dining, clubhouse and spa.

UNIT #727 $525,000 Quail Run Casita featuring 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a 2-car garage. Fabulous location adjoining the 7th fairway. #201104700

UNIT #511 $489,500 A special location high above the 6th green with lovely views of Sun and Moon Mountains. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2-car garage. #201203500

UNIT #709 $534,500 Charming and beautifully maintained Casita located adjacent to the 7th fairway. This home features exquisite details throughout. #201204322

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7 CAMINO OSITO $1,195,000 Pueblo-style home on 2.51 acres with outstanding views. Diamond plaster walls and spacious living room. Large gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, high-end stainless appliances, slate and wood floors, 2 master suites, plus an office or extra bedroom. Beautifully landscaped. Oversized 3+-car garage. MLS# 201104660

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37 RANCHO ESCONDIDO $3,000,000 Wonderful 6BR home in Tesuque on over 9 acres. Beautiful Sangre de Cristo views, very private and gated. Features many accents from France, reclaimed wood, landscaped courtyards, patios, portales, and a pool. Home built by Doug McDowell. An additional 5 acres are available. MLS# 201204209

1312 LEJANO LANE $975,000 A tree-lined, gated drive, with a motor court, landscaped features and a separate service driveway, leads you to a truly unique home.

A spacious, yet comfortable 4,700 sq ft provides intimate entertaining and living space. Features large rooms with high ceilings, vigas and a fireplace in the living room. MLS# 201103158

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173 CHISHOLM TRAIL $1,499,400 Great equestrian property including 3-stall barn with hay storage in Amish style, in the La Tierra Nueva subdivision. Perfect 4 bedroom home for family. Part of the barn was converted to a lovely library and guest house. Bordering BLM and National Forest.

Extensive views of sunrise and sunset. MLS# 201202244

950 OLD TAOS HIGHWAY $895,000 Very special home with Santa Fe charm, situated high atop Old Taos Hwy. Magnificent Sangre de Cristo views. Finishes include vigas, beam, latillas, hardwood and Saltillo tile flooring. Attached casita/guest house also has great views. Minutes to Santa Fe’s Historic Plaza. MLS# 201202885 N IO

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111 MICHELLE DRIVE $1,495,000 Stunning Sangre de Cristo views from this in-town (3 minutes to the Plaza) gated, elevated pristine property. 5,033 square feet, 1.31 acres, tree covered, 4 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bath, multiple gardens and fountains with a lush secluded secret garden. Includes a river rock fireplace off the master suite. MLS# 201203547

927 ALTO STREET B $534,000 Great urban location by the Santa Fe River and close to downtown. Modern design on a private, closed street. Concrete and wood floors, view balcony, private upstairs patio deck. Fenced yard with drip landscaping. Minutes to all Santa Fe amenities.

MLS# 201203197

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Long before Las Campanas, this 3,700 square foot old adobe house and 1,200 square foot guest casita sat on five acres of quiet and great views, which it still enjoys in its wonderful location. MLS# 201200381

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Immense privacy and vast views from this sweet 2BR open concept casita in Galisteo. With views of the Galisteo Basin, the Ortiz and Sandia Mountains, this 5 acre property abuts a vast ranch and feels like the Old West. MLS# 201203909

$725,000

Incredible value close to the Plaza, this 5,449 sq ft home sits on 1+/- acre and has 3BR with separate entry, 1BR guest casita, great 710 sq ft artist studio, updated kitchen and sweet outdoor spaces. MLS# 201101864

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This two bedroom, one bath old adobe at the top of Camino Militar is an amazing opportunity to create your Santa Fe dream casa on a million dollar street. Wonderful Jemez/ sunset views. MLS# 201203489

922 HICKOX STREET

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This 2 bedroom Pentile 50's home has refinished oak floors, fun Mexican tile, spacious lot and large adobe 1930’s garage that comes with architectural plans for conversion to studio/casita. MLS# 201105461

777 ACEQUIA MADRE $1,150,000 Great location in the Canyon Road area. Double adobe hacienda, 1/2 block from Camino Del Monte Sol, features huge apple tree in large enclosed yard and wonderful old iron work top fence. One owner very large lot approx. 1/3 acre with 1,500 sq ft workshop/studio and storage shed. Historical prevailance. Open front veranda, beautiful hardwood floors, large kitchen, large picture window in living room with shutters, 2,300 sq ft with interior adobe walls and 9 ft ceilings, many rooms with vigas. All original cabinets and fixtures convey with property. Acequia runs right in front of property. One block to Canyon Road art galleries and fine dining. Circular driveway. Dont miss this chance to own a piece of Santa Fe history. #201203609

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Close to the Plaza, completely turnkey; one year new oven and microwave, new refrigerator, new heater, re-roofed in 06-07. Fully stocked linens and dishes, pans, towels, kitchen utencils, TVs, beds, everything conveys with purchase. 3BR, 2 1/2BA, private patio. Beautiful sunsets from upstairs balcony off master suite. Walk to the Historic Plaza. #201204129

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Steps from Canyon Road, the perfect pied-a-terre with an open concept 1BR main house plus a fully equipped 1BR guest house. Plaster walls, beams and vigas, gardens, courtyards, and off-street parking. #201102937

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Three BR, 3BA home, 15 minutes from the Plaza, near shopping, public schools, and the SF Community College. This Pueblos del Sol charmer has been refreshed and features a comfortable floor plan with many Pueblo-style accents such as viga and plank ceilings, beautiful Southwest solid wood doors, newly refinished Saltillo tile floors, and a kiva fireplace. MLS# 201202330

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This comfortable three bedroom residence on one acre in the Sol y Lomas/Arroyo Chamiso neighborhood is in very nice condition and has wonderful living spaces indoors and out. Walled and beautifully landscaped yard with portal, newer roof and boiler, new stucco. On 1 acre near the hospital. MLS# 201104915 1833ArroyoChamiso.com

322 MAGDALENA ROAD, #6 $639,000

This Pied a Terre with the utmost in Santa Fe Style is two blocks from the Historic Plaza! Designed

by Blaine Young and built by Sharon Woods, this 2BR, 2.5BA residence in the beautiful Magdalena Compound has an elegant yet comfortable feeling.

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23 CAMINO DE LAS MINAS $637,000 End of the Road Fabulous Adobe! On a quiet and private 2.8 acres with lots of trees and vegetation is a classic Santa Fe Pueblo Revival-style adobe home with all the qualities; flagstone, brick, Saltillo, and hardwood floors, plaster walls, wooden lentils, solid wood doors and cabinets, viga with latilla, plank, and cove ceilings. MLS# 201204263 23CaminoDeLasMinas.com

680 GARCIA STREET

$1,800,000

Adobe residence on one acre in the Historic Eastside not far from the Plaza and Museum Hill was originally built in the 1930’s and has grown over the years to a 4BR, 5BA, 5,600 sq ft home with 5 fireplaces plus an indoor swimming pool in a 1,570 sq ft heated room. Enjoy wonderful outdoor living with a fabulous portal and walled garden. 680GarciaStreet.com

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Wonderful residence with great studio and 3-car garage has beautiful views on two private and quiet acres just ten minutes from downtown! This spacious home exudes Santa Fe Pueblo style with viga and cedar latilla ceilings, carved beams and corbels, solid wood custom doors, wood windows, Saltillo floors with Talavera tile accents, and Sombraje cabinetry. MLS# 201203810

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Of chicos, chiles, and fellowship Story and photos by Robin McKinney Martin

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at Naranjo and his cousin Joe Naranjo were busy in the month of September making chicos, roasted corn kernels used in traditional Pueblo stews. The cousins farm the rich bottomland along the Río Grande, south of their homes at Santa Clara Pueblo.

On their families’ plots, they grow corn, chile, native squash, watermelon, tomatoes, eggplant and cucumbers.

They grow most of their crop from Pat Naranjo (left) and Joe Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo, and some of seeds, many saved from prior years. the food plants from their harvest Their white corn for instance, is an heirloom Pueblo variety, passed on from one generation to the next. Pat said he acquired his chile seeds about 15 years ago from a man at Isleta Pueblo. Cherry tomatoes, on the other hand, come from sets he bought at Santa Maria del Mirador, a commercial greenhouse in Alcalde.

The garden is a mix of immaculately tended rows of chile, and of other vegetables that grow among wild flowering plants. The chile is hardest to grow, Pat said. Morning-glory vines growing among the chile plants will choke and kill them; therefore the rows need to be completely weed-free. Squash, corn and cucumbers on the other hand can coexist with morning glories and other weeds; in fact he encourages it, as weeds discourage the crows that would otherwise ravage the crops.

His squash crop was small this year, as insects attacked the vines. He uses no pesticides in the garden.

Pat irrigates his chile every second or third day from an acequia that feeds off the Río Grande. He is busy in his garden daily. The setting where he works is spectacular. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are visible behind ancient cottonwoods that line the river to the east. To the south is the stark outline of Black Mesa. In the west are the white cliffs of the Pajarito Plateau, with the Jemez Mountains behind them. North is mile after mile of Pueblo gardens, with the village of Santa Clara beyond.

Pat said that between 25 and 30 people maintain gardens near his plots along the Río Grande, and in the village.

He added that interest in farming has increased in recent years.

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By the Naranjo garden is a comfortable shack made of ply board and metal scraps, furnished with old chairs and a few seats recycled from automobiles.

Here the cousins take refuge from the sun and rain. On the fence hang deerskins and sheepskins. Next to this shack, which the men jokingly call their refugee camp, is where they make the chicos.

Pat and his cousin Joe soak the whole ears of corn, and then begin cooking them, husk and all, in a pit made of a metal culvert. They build a fire in the pit and after it dies down, they bank it with damp cornhusks to keep the crop from burning. Ears of corn go in at 7 p.m. and come out at 9 a.m. The ears cook as they cool, then are taken home to dry. They prepare about 200 ears at a time.

Some of the hundreds of ears they harvest are saved for feast-day stews, some for family use in the winter. Other corn is sold to friends and acquaintances, the garden’s cash crop.

Pat has been farming for decades.

He began in 1973, when he was first married to his wife, Margaret Suazo. His father, Louis Naranjo, farmed one of the plots that Pat still uses. (Louis, who has since passed away, was the subject of previous gardening columns in this publication.)

Pat served stateside in the Navy for four years in the late 1960s, during the Vietnam War. Joe was in the Marines, with a tour in Vietnam in 1971. Pat is retired from leadership roles at Santa Clara, having served as tribal sheriff, interpreter and councilman. He is a great-grandfather. Joe was also on the tribal council. He is a grandfather.

Their families use the produce from the garden all summer and in winter eat the chicos, which the men prepare in September.

The garden means daily hard labor, but both men are dedicated and skilled, and they greatly enjoy the camaraderie of working outside together.

Robin McKinney Martin is the owner of The Santa Fe New Mexican and The Taos News and a member of the Associated Press board of directors, as well as a gardener and an enthusiastic witness of the agriculture-related pursuits of other norteños.

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Comment on county development code

By Paul Weideman Housing density, zoning, acequias and agriculture, green-building standards, water conservation, and mining operations are just a few of the issues and concerns being raised by residents as Santa Fe County develops its new development code.

In accordance with the 2010 Sustainable Growth Management Plan, the county is putting together a Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) to guide future growth and development.

“Some of the questions people have are about density, because we’re creating new base zoning densities,” said Robert Griego, Santa Fe County planning manager. “And people have mentioned that we don’t have the zoning map yet. That’s a very important element and we hope to bring that out sooner than later.”

The code will govern the entire county, from Edgewood to Cundiyo and from Los Cerrillos to Glorieta. “It will, and there are lots of issues and lots of differences, including in the acequia-based communities up north. We are also continuing with the process of developing the individual community plans. We’re now working with Chimayó and that includes discussions with mayordomos.”

Santa Fe County is accepting written comments on the draft SLDC at all of its main offices. You can also comment on the internet: hit the “Submit a Comment/Question” button at www.santafecountynm.gov/sldc.

Public input from the website so far included support of the code section requiring a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rating of 70 or less. Adressing green-building standards, Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association director Kim Shanahan said the SFAHBA supports tht standard because “while adding nominal cost to construction [it] achieves savings to the consumer from day one, especially for residents who heat with propane.”

But Shanahan said one of the code sections on water conservation needs more flexibility. Requiring that cisterns be connected to a pump and drip irrigation system to serve landscaped areas “would prohibit water harvestings for domestic re-use such as toilet flushing.”

Proposed rules for sand and gravel operations concern the San Pedro Neighborhood Association, Turquoise Trail Preservation Trust, and four residents of Golden, San Pedro, Cerrillos. While it is proposed that operations of more than 20 acres, or involving blasting, be treated as “developments of countywide impact” (DCI) they say even a 5-acre

sand-and-gravel operation equates to 40 to 50 trucks a day and ask that all such commercial operations be dealt with as DCIs. “There will be changes to this draft SLDC after this public process, then there will be public hearings held, probably in 2013,” Griego said. “A lot still needs to be done.”

Eight public meetings have been held already; still remaining are four on the chapters addressing zoning and standards. They are scheduled from 4 to 8 p.m. as follows: Wednesday, Oct. 10, at the Pojoaque Satellite Office, 5 West Gutierrez, Suite 9, Pojoaque; Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Nancy Rodriguez Center, 1 Prairie Dog Loop (off Caja del Rio Road between West Alameda Street and Agua Fria Street) in Santa Fe; Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Galisteo Community Center, 39 Avenida Vieja, Galisteo; and Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Edgewood Senior Center, 114 Quail Trail, Edgewood.

Reference copies of the the Sustainable Land Development Code review draft are available at all Santa Fe County community centers, administrative offices, and satellite offices. Printed copies are available for $12 and compact discs are available for $2; contact Melissa Holmes at (505) 995-2717 or msholmes@santafecounty.gov.

WaterenergyNexus

Capturing rainwater just good cents Is harvesting rainwater a good investment? The short answer is, yes, rainwaterharvesting systems can deliver a good return on investment. In certain areas of the country and the world, catching rainwater for household use is the only cost-effective solution. In central Texas, parts of northern Mexico, and arid, rocky areas where no municipal water system is available and where well drilling can be prohibitively expensive, harvesting rainwater is a smart economic and environmental choice.

Additionally, with rising costs of utility water, rainwater-harvesting systems can now make good financial sense for homeowners in high-water-rate areas like Santa Fe. For homeowners with monthly water bills of $200 or more, short-term positive returns can usually be demonstrated, and long-term returns may also be realized through increase in property values.

Higher water rates and new, tiered rate systems are frequently making rainwaterharvesting systems economically viable.

Water rates can be expected to continue

to increase faster than the rate of inflation, so in more areas rainwater harvesting will make great economic sense. These increases are being driven by population growth and demand, diminishing freshwater supplies, and greater watertreatment costs. Increased costs will spur more conservation, but it will also make the option of rainwater harvesting more attractive.

Calculating the payback period is a simple method to evaluate the investment of a rainwater system, given local water rates. The calculation is: Payback Period = Amount to be Invested divided by Estimated Annual Savings.

An installed active rainwater system (that is, with pumps and associated components that are more expensive than passive systems) will typically cost $3 to $6 per gallon, depending on system specifics (including above- or below-ground, amount of piping required, and number of pumps), not including gutters. The numbers used below are for illustrative purposes and will vary widely depend-

ing on your cistern size, system features, installation costs, and other factors.

A 4,000-gallon system might cost $15,000. Assume a household with a water bill of $200 a month, or $2,400 a year.

Over 10 years, this household would pay $24,000 to the water company, but if rates increase just 3 percent a year for 10 years, the total utility cost would be $27,513. At 7 percent, it would equal $33,159. And, heaven forbid, at 10 percent it would total $38,250.

Assuming that 50 percent of the total household water use would be replaced by rainwater, then, at today’s prices, a 4,000-gallon system would pay for itself in 12.5 years ($15,000 divided by $1,200.)

At a 3 percent annual price increase, the payback would be even quicker. The annual value of the utility water saved is $1,376 (50 percent x $27,513 ÷ 10) and 15,000 divided by 1,376 = 10.9 years. At 7 percent, the payback period is nine years, and at 10 percent, 7.8 years.

So, not to mention the environmental and societal reasons that we will discuss

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in subsequent articles, installing a rainwater-harvesting system is often simply a good investment.

Doug Pushard, founder of the website www.HarvestH2o.com, has designed and installed residential rainwater systems for over a decade. He is a member of the Santa Fe Water Conservation Committee, a lifetime member of the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, and an EPA WaterSense Partner. He can be reached at doug@HarvestH2o.com.

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Short-sale eligibility expands The Federal Housing Finance Agency has been working with Fannie Mae (the Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) to issue new guidelines that expand eligibility criteria and streamline the process for short sales.

The guidelines would offer an easier approach for homeowners most in need, as well as enable lenders to quickly and easily qualify certain homeowners — those who are current on their mortgage payments yet suffer from specific hardships such as job relocation, increase in housing expenses, unemployment, and disability — for short sales. The FHFA guidelines will also consolidate existing short-sales programs into a single uniform process and provide lenders and homeowners clarity on processing a short sale when a

foreclosure sale is pending.

Realtors know that when a family is absolutely unable to keep the home, a short sale is often the best option to avoid foreclosure. Realtors appreciate FHFA’s efforts to increase the number of short-sale approvals, which limit the losses incurred by homeowners, lenders, the federal government, and taxpayers.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) worked closely with FHFA and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to create the new guidelines and has long advocated improving the short sale process to provide more distressed homeowners with alternatives to foreclosure. NAR believes that improving short sale eligibility will allow more families to avoid foreclosure and reduce the negative impacts that foreclosures have on families and com-

Building permits

— 40 Via Punto Nuevo. $200,000.

Bryan Edwards, 58 Lluva de Oro. $200,000.

Sivage Community Dev’t., 24 Cam. de Colores. $248,000.

Maryann Palker, 20 Black Mesa. $4 million.

Wayne Swinson, 65 Cam. Barrabca. $90,000.

RCS-TT South LLC, 40 Sun-

SANTA FE COUNTY building permits issued from midAugust to mid-September included the following:

Moayedi Merhdad, 14 Shaman. $539,000.

La Nueva Querencia, 22 Bosquecillo. $67,000.

Univest-Rancho Viejo, 7 Cibolita Pk. $200,000.

munities. Short sales also help stabilize home values and neighborhoods by keeping homes occupied, which benefits the housing market and aids in the economic recovery.

NAR praised FHFA acting director Edward DeMarco for responding to the requests of consumer and Realtors to increase the number of short sale approvals, and called on lenders to work harder to make short sales work for more underwater families hoping to avoid foreclosure.

Realtors hope these new guidelines will allow many more hard-working American homeowners who would previously have been denied a short sale to now be approved and avoid defaulting on their mortgage loans. Implementation of the new guidelines should begin on Nov. 1.

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set Canyon. $75,000.

Tom Wise, 114 Thundercloud Rd. $370,859.

Building permits issued by the CITY OF SANTA FE during the month of August included the following:

John & Sue Marcus, 611 Garcia St. $725,000.

Homes $20,000 $54,000 $75,000 $80,000 $88,000 $97,500 $102,500 $122,750 $123,405 $127,000

$132,900 $145,000 $150,000 $151,800 $152,500 $165,000 $186,000 $187,500 $190,000 $192,000 $192,000

Homes $54,900 $225,000

$195,000 $199,000 $201,000 $205,000 $205,000 $210,000 $210,000 $215,000 $219,000 $219,200 $223,000

$229,000 $239,000 $240,000

Homes $273,000 $500,000 $510,000 $550,000 $630,000

$225,000 $226,000 $229,900 $234,900 $235,000 $239,900 $250,000 $252,700 $259,799 $260,597 $268,000

$245,000 $300,000 $310,900

$680,000 $771,820 $825,000 $875,000 $950,000

$289,000 $320,000 $327,000 $352,000 $365,000 Land $40,000 $50,000 $55,000 $55,000

$338,000 $625,000

Land $75,000

Land $81,000 $185,000

Homes $125,000 $126,500 $138,500 $220,000

Homes $335,000 $505,000 $560,000

$280,000 $380,000 $415,000 $425,000 $430,000

$565,000 $685,000 $820,000 $905,000

Realtors website at www.sfar.com and find a Realtor to assist you in this process.

Rubel ”Paco” Arguello is a Santa Fe native and chief executive of the Santa Fe Association of Realtors. Contact him at 982-8385.

Todd & Deb Salman, 2950 Tesuque Overlook. $1 million.

Plaza Bonita, 3002 Floras del Sol St. $114,811.

— 584 Vista de la Ciudad. $625,000.

— 3014 Floras Del Sol St. $141,408.

— 5914 Terra de Coral St. $141,884.

— 3012 Floras Del Sol St.

Recent Home & Land Sales Sales data for the period Aug. 19-Sept. 18 from Santa Fe Association of Realtors MLS reports. Not all sales are reported.

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$2,025,000 $2,647,500

Land $265,000 $306,000 $80,000

$510,000 Land (None)

Homes $167,000 $250,000 $280,000 $300,000 $312,500 $320,000

Homes $76,300 $110,000 $110,000 $160,000 $200,000 $280,000 $287,500

$216,594.

— 5904 Terra De Coral St. $92,876.

Pulte Development of NM, 4237 Vegas de Suenos. $279,165.

—3802 Montana Verde Rd. $209,805.

Borrego Construction, 1514 Calle Redondo. $160,000.

Steven and Margo Pike, 750 Canada Ancha. $94,250.

$329,650 $370,000 $465,000 $475,000 $477,500 $510,000 $545,000

$646,000 $675,000 $695,000 $725,000 $884,250 $900,000 $920,000

$290,000 $295,000 $297,600 $306,425 $325,000 $349,900 $375,000 $380,000

$415,000 $435,000 $517,000 $600,000 $748,000 $770,000 $800,000 $950,000

$942,500 $973,232 $1,200,000 $2,100,000 $2,500,000 Land $108,000

$950,000 $954,250 $1,475,000 Land $148,000 $350,000

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Homes $120,000 $226,250

$249,000 $330,000 $385,000

$390,000 $396,260 $515,000

Land (None)

Homes $160,000 $281,271 $349,000 $371,750 $425,000

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Credit union flies coop, lands on bank The southeast corner of Rodeo Road and Cerrillos Road is not a place you’d expect to find permaculture, but it’s been there for over a decade. And it’s been growing. Sandwiched between a Pizza Hut and an Applebee’s and perched on the second floor of a small branch of the State Employees Credit Union (SECU), the Permaculture Credit Union (PCU) never planted a fruit tree out front. It didn’t install an underground cistern or build a greenhouse. It never got a check from PNM for solar panels on its roof.

And Santa Fe Place and its precursor, the Villa Linda Mall, would not have allowed a compost pile.

Still, a tremendous number of permaculture projects sprouted from that location at the confluence of so many concrete beaches and asphalt seas. As a financial institution created by and for people who “believe” in the ethics of permaculture, the PCU has loaned over $15 million dur-

ing the course of its 12-year history. That’s a lot of permaculture, but when the SECU grew out of its south-side branch, the PCU wasn’t big enough to take over the whole space. It had to find a new home.

“I think it’s great,” said member services advisor Eileen Banashek. “We can open our office windows now, and we can take walks in the arroyo during lunch.”

After a months-long search, the PCU landed on the west bank of the Arroyo Chamiso at 4001 Office Court Drive, #708. As the crow flies, it’s only 1,700 feet away from the old office, but what a difference an arroyo makes! When I ran into Banashek at the community college one evening last month, she was beaming with excitement about the move. “It’s actually a slightly smaller space, but the layout is so much better,” she told me.

As late in the day as it was, I knew the credit union would be closed. And I knew a detour would make me very late for

dinner with my family, but I could almost picture it, and upon hearing about the new place, I had to check it out for myself.

I was board chair of the PCU 10 years ago, so there will always be a special place in my heart for what www.pcuonline.com calls “the first and only credit union in the United States that operates exclusively within permaculture values.”

The location, like the old, has its limitations when it comes to planting trees, installing cisterns, building greenhouses, and establishing compost piles. It’s one commercial unit in a complex of more than a dozen other professional units.

Don’t expect any kind of obviously permacultural demonstration project there, but compared to the oddly exposed isolation of the credit union’s previous digs, the arroyo bank is a vast improvement.

If you’ve never had a chance to stop by and start a membership at the PCU (perchance because it’s been located in such

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a desolate urban landscape), now would be a good time to stop by. Or better yet, consider saving the gasoline and become a member online at www.pcuonline.com.

Nate Downey is the author of Harvest the Rain (Sunstone Press, 2010) and the president of Santa Fe Permaculture, Inc. You can contact him through his new company website, www.permadesign.com.

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A re-purposed garden Now that summer is officially over, some of us gardeners may be breathing a collective sigh of relief. We won’t miss the backyard battles: that pesky quack grass that tried to pass itself off as an ornamental for the 50th time or the purslane (is it a weed or a salad ingredient?) that spread faster than an ice plant. No, we won’t miss those, and that goes for you, too, thirdquarter water bill.

What we will miss is the musky scent of lavender in the morning as we spy on those phosphorescent hummingbirds darting in and out of the cape honeysuckle. And there is so much more. With trepidation, we now look out at our garden and see it devoid of life and color, with skeletal remains of plants we painstakingly started from seed.

But is it really over? There is something intrinsically beautiful about the change of seasons, even as the fruits of our labor perish. Native Americans know this better than anyone: there is beauty in death.

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gardens with artificial stems and bouquets? Well, to each his own, but if you are a naturalist (And of course you are; you’re reading this column!), I beg you to consider looking in your fall garden before making the trek to Hobby Lobby for plastic branches with berries. The rustic elements you’ll find will be more beautiful than any synthetic stem made in China.

This new, old harvest has a purpose, and it wants to come inside and adorn your world.

A cornucopia of branches and jeweltoned leaves, unusual pods and berries and ethereal grasses await, but if you don’t have your own cutting garden, ask a neighbor. Even better, go for a walk in the woods. Branches will soon be showing off their sleek form once they shed some leafy pounds. There is red dogwood, salt cedar, aspen, and Harry Lauder’s walking stick, all to play with. Into epiphytes?

Some older pinyon pines with dead branches have lichen attached, making them ethereally beautiful in seasonal arrangements.

If berries are your thing, Santa Fe has mountain ashes, privets, serviceberry, pyracantha, snowberry, and currants, not to mention an abundance of fruit trees.

Knock-out rose bushes are also popular, making their “hips” excellent for cutting.

Dangling pods will soon grace sidewalks and front yards. Why leave them there? They look great in apothecary jars and floral arrangements. The seedpods of honey locust, yucca, and, believe it or not, jimson weed, make great fall accents.

While the latter may look a bit alien, they hold up well cut or dried. Just make sure to use gloves when handling.

Don’t forget the grasses — while you’ll want to leave some intact for the birds and small animals, cutting a little pampas or switch grass to put into vases or urns brings life and drama into a room.

No matter what you find, remember that a decaying garden is not only a hidden source of beauty, it’s there for you to utilize. I call it organic scavenger hunting.

When you play, all you’ll need is a good

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pair of clippers, an appreciation of wabi sabi, and permission to cut.

Carole has been in the floriculture industry for over 23 years, from wholesale and retail sales to public outreach and events planning. She is a Master Gardener and is an advocate, lecturer and supporter of New Mexico’s sustainable, local flower farms. As the owner of the award-winning “A Garden of Earthly Delights” floral design studio, she has two locations: Santa Fe and Baltimore, Md.

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Spec homes selling well at Rancho San Lucas

By Paul Weideman

One of E.J. Jennings’ houses at Rancho San Lucas. Below, the new house by Mary Anne Stickler

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ancho San Lucas, the 29-lot subdivision under way south of Eldorado, now has two builders. Mary Anne Stickler, the property owner and developer, is finishing up her first Santa Fe house in 13 years; she joins E.J. Jennings, who was working on his 10th house at Rancho San Lucas in September.

Jennings’ resumé there so far includes seven spec homes and three pre-solds — built for people who saw one of the spec houses and wanted him to build one for them.

“This has all been done in rough times. Here’s a survivor, in there building spec homes,” said Pam Preston of Barker Realty.

His newest, located at 20 Camino San Lucas, is on the market for $442,000. Preston describes the 2,214-squarefoot house as “Marfa meets Barragan - sophisticated contemporary design with minimalist, clean lines and a masterful use of space.”

One of its rooms has a 12-foot ceiling. “This time I’m to allow more insulation in the walls; his ceilings have an putting in a room that can be used as a studio,” Jennings insulation value of at least R50. “We have great utility bills said. “About half of my buyers are artists.” in Rancho San Lucas,” he said. “I’ve been told bills in the He is also leaving the passage to the bedroom open, hardest winter months are $80 to $100.” doorless, explaining that move by saying, “I like an open, Stickler’s spec house, about 2,300 square feet, is “what loft-like feeling, and 99 percent of our buyers don’t have we in the real-estate business here call ‘transitional’ style, children. It’s singles and couples.” because it has classic Santa Fe features and finishes (like Where Stickler’s new house is close to traditional Santa Fe Style, the Jennings homes are definitely more contempo- locally hand-made doors; bullnosed, or rounded, wall corners; and canale roof drains) but also has wood floors, rary. As an example, his living-room fireplaces are almost stainless-steel appliances, and granite countertops,” she austerely clean: a tall rectangular mass interrupted only said. by a horizontal, rectangular The kitchen has glass-tile void for the firebox. backsplashes, the long, hori“It’s pretty hard-edge,” he zontal tiles laid in an altersaid. “I like the term ‘mininating pattern reminiscent malist.’ I’m using all Ikea of brick. The ceiling in the cabinets, finished-concrete kitchen is vigas and coved floors, and hard edges inside plaster, but in the rest of the and out. It’s a meld of the house they’re all planks on vernacular, with beams and beams. Stickler enjoys that stucco — these days I’m goconsistency.

It’s also seen in ing with cementitious stucco the floor treatments: wood and adding a little straw, just throughout, except for the for effect, which reinforces bathrooms, which have large the local style that I really porcelain tiles in a dark love. I did that exclusively taupe color. until about 15 years ago.”

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deep soaking tub, and a walk-in, marble shower. The other bathroom is similar but without the tub and with darker, caramel-colored glass tile used on the backsplash, and on a stylish frame element around the shower window.

The living room is warmed by a nicely shaped masonry fireplace. “My fireplace builder gets very few requests these days for masonry fireplaces, and people have been pleased to see this,” Stickler said. Also notable, at the living room’s hallway junctions, are partial walls with square posts and corbels under the ceiling beams — an architectural touch.

There are also conduits strategically placed in the walls to help hide wires from the television and related electronics.

The house is equipped with in-floor radiant heating served by a high-efficiency boiler.

“This is a three-bedroom house, but I’m doing one of the guest rooms smaller because of the likelihood the owners will want to use it for a home office rather than a bedroom.

Also there is no bathtub in the hall bathroom because adult guests prefer to have a walk-in shower, and there’s also a handy hand spray that can serve double-duty for washing dogs. So many of our buyers are middle-age to retirement age with dogs.”

Brick-paved patios are outside the dining room and the master bedroom. Stickler is having a landscaping plan done, but it will be up to the buyer whether to implement that, or to simply go with gravel or flagstone paving.

The Stickler house at 33 Camino San Lucas, is priced at $535,000.

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Green, universal design at Las Placitas

By Paul Weideman

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oug McDowell and James Satzinger are getting ready to begin the second phase of the 9-home Las Placitas Compound on Garcia Street. “The remarkable thing about this is that we are selling these before they’re even built — and we’re selling them for over $600 a square foot, which is unheard of in this market,” said Realtor Marilyn Foss. “Doug just hit on a true market niche of something that was not available but that there was a demand for, and that’s green construction and universal living.

“There are no steps anywhere in these homes and the hallways are wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair, if that becomes necessary for the owners in the future. It’s designed so people can stay in their homes.”

Las Placitas Compound is advertised as Santa Fe’s first LEED-certified residential project in the Eastside historic district. The first completed home was awarded LEED “Gold” certification earlier this year.

All the houses have been done with Faswall, said project manager Wilmer Miranda, who has worked with McDowell for seven years. “They’re made in Oregon out of recycled oak palettes. They have an R-22 insulation value.” Faswall blocks, manufactured with 85 percent wood fiber and 15 percent cement, are 8 by 12 by 24 inches but are surprisingly light and easy to handle.

The blocks are dry-stacked on rebar to form a wall that is filled with cement for a reinforced-concrete grid surrounded by insulative wood chips. The surface is then stuccoed or sided. According to the company, a wall made with Faswall forms thermally outperforms walls built with conventional lumber, foam-based insulated concrete forms (ICFs), and structural insulated panel walls (SIPs).

Every home at Las Placitas has solar panels to generate electricity and to heat household water. Visiting one unit that was nearly finished, it was obvious that elegance, comfort, and solid quality is the standard; witness the simple wood cabinets and the American Clay wall finishes.

The concept of indoor-outdoor living is emphasized in the enclosed porch with a wall of glass doors that can all be opened to make it more like a portal than a sun room. Here the ceiling is white-painted planks on beams and the floor is rustic pavers.

The houses come completely landscaped with droughttolerant, native landscaping and trees, and all have cisterns to store rain water to be used for irrigation. There’s a little courtyard with a water feature accessed from the office and from a foyer off the living room.

An attached guest unit with a loft and three-quarter bathroom was smartly designed with four small but operable clerestories for both light and ventilation.

The floors in the main house and guest unit are tongueand-groove oak with shallow, gentle grooving. “We use a German electric planer with a custom head to achieve that undulation,” McDowell said.

Other available universal-design features include bathroom grab bars and a walk-light system on both sides of the floor in hallways. “Universal living is all about the fact

Photo courtesy Marilyn Foss

Entry of a home in Las Placitas Compound

Photo by Paul WeideMan

Faswall-blocks walls going up on a new house in the compound on Garcia Street

that if something happens to me, I don’t have to move.

“There’s a 4-kilowatt solar array on each roof. You can do universal-design, LEED Gold-certified homes with solar panels in the historic district and they look fine. They don’t look like John Gaw Meem houses, but they’re not John Gaw Meem houses.”

McDowell started thinking about this project three years ago, when Santa Fe was feeling the results of the world economic crash. “I’ve always felt that in tough times if you lean into it and listen, there’s a lot of information there, rather than just giving up. The window I saw had to do with the fact that our generation is aging.

“And the really big message I’m trying to get out here is responsible business. It’s not just that I like this door or this look, but who makes it, where do they make it, how do

they treat their people, and what’s their commitment to the environment? You dig into it and find out these things, talk to the owners and the employees. It’s how you spend your dollar and what are you going to support?

“There’s been this idea of exclusivity and I think it’s being replaced with being inclusive and being a part of the neighborhood, part of the solution.”

Foss added that their buyers so far are all downsizing from larger properties, another positive trend.

The four-lot Phase II is called Windmill Hill and that’s not just arbitrary marketingspeak because there is an old windmill there. Prices at Las Placitas are averaging $1.5 million or so — not surprising considering the high cost of land on the Eastside.

For more details, see mcdowellsatzinger.com.

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SocialNetworking

Real estate in real time Today, our migration to smart phones and our use of social networking is changing our expectations about real estate.

Social networking taught us new ways to communicate, share information, tell stories and post pictures and turn strangers into friends and customers with the click of a mouse. Smart phones and tablets make our communications instantaneous with the touch of finger. Networking via social-media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube was always based on sharing. Our smart-phone apps and camera technologies enable us to explore bold new ways to communicate and form social communities based on interests. Sharing and socializing is our human nature. We keep building tools and finding ways to connect and express ourselves in real time.

Now consumer sharing of information, opinion and advice has migrated to national real-estate sites, such as Trulia and Zillow. Although real estate is local,

real estate information is global and online 24/7. No longer is it opaque. Real estate data is transparent and available in real time online. Homes on the market in Santa Fe can be discovered from anywhere on the globe by anyone with an internet connection and a smartphone or tablet.

Before the staggering migration to smart phones and tablets, people would search for real estate from their desktop computer in the middle of the night when they could not sleep. With the evolution of mobile apps, you can sit in Starbucks and see homes pop up on your smartphone in living color. In what feels like a nanosecond, you can see the price and other basic info such as the number of bedrooms pop up in a box on your mobile screen. You can read real-estate agent reviews, ask questions and get advice, shop mortgage rates, find open houses and search everything real estate with any of these mobile apps. No longer does a

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buyer have to call an agent to find out the price of a home. However, it is a good idea to contact one to see if the home or condo is still on the market. Why? Pending sales with contingencies are frequently still shown as “active” properties due to the lag time in updating information.

This shift to smart phones and our skyrocketing use of social networking as a form of self-expression has transformed real estate into an instantaneous information experience. Mobile social networking is now a very personal experience with content shared and presented by friends on Facebook. Your mobility and smartphone use of real-estate apps are creating shifts in local markets. With built in GPS, cameras and video, you can share images or information in real time to their social network online.

Our social networks are becoming the tipping point for the housing market. The instant nature of access to information is decreasing the time between your search

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for a home and your decision to buy one.

This could be good news for sellers whose homes are priced right for the market. See you next online.

Emily Medvec is an associate broker with Santa Fe Properties. Her passion is how social networking online changes how we communicate and make decisions in real estate and every other marketplace. Follow her ideas on Twitter @emilymedvec. Call her at 505-660-4541 to buy or sell real estate.

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Two-car garage/workshop with wood stove. Central location for Railyard and Downtown. 3 br, 2 ba, 1366 sq.ft., 2-car garage.

MLS #201202928 $164,500

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103 AVENIDA DE LAS CASAS

Andy Ault

670.7911

Kevin Bobolsky 470.6263

Deborah Bodelson 660.4442

Cristina Branco

920.7551

Val Brier

690.0553

Ginny Cerrella

660.8064

James Congdon

490.2800

Peggy Conner

501.1327

Don DeVito

690.1866

Suzy Eskridge

310.4116

Laurie

Dave Feldt

Farber-Condon

412.9912

690.5162

Marilyn Foss

231.2500

• Casas de San Juan stunner with spectacular Sangre views • Tuscan inspired finishes and details, filled with natural light • Wonderful landscaping, lily pond, fireplace, aspen courtyard • Luxurious master suite, with large sitting room and views • 5 br, 4 ba, Main plus Guest House, 4,500 sq. ft., 2 car garage SantaFeProperties.com/201203193

$2,150,000

Marilyn Foss 505.231.2500 Kevin Bobolsky 505.470.6263

VILLA LUCCI……CASUAL & ELEGANT

Lynden Galloway 501.1111

Elayne Patton

690.8300

Tim Galvin

795.5990

Pat Pipkin

946.0449

Paul Geoffrey 660.6009

Efrain Prieto

470.6909

Gwen Gilligan

660.0500

Kate Prusack

670.1409

Philip Gudwin

984.7343

Steve Rizika

577.8240

Debra Hagey

670.6132

Georgette Romero 603.1494

Jan Hamilton 690.8994

Matthew Sargent 490.1718

Heidi Helm 930.7020

Gavin Sayers

690.3070

501.0101

Richard Schoegler 577.5112

Sharon Macdonald 660.5155

Bob Lee Trujillo

470.0002

Victoria Murphy

Dermot Monks

660.5395

470.0639

Marg VeneKlasen 660.9151

Jim Weyhrauch 660.6032

David Woodard 920.2000

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$1,595,000

Val Brier 505.690.0553 Matthew Sargent 505.490.1718

HOME OF RENOWNED SINGER VIC DAMONE!

22 PASEO DEL VENADO • With a breathtaking panorama of mountains and sunsets • Open floor concept design, media room, gourmet kitchen • Impeccably landscaped • Horses are welcome • 3 Bed, 4 Bath, 4614 sq.ft., 5 acres SantaFeProperties.com/201000466 $1,595,000 The Efrain Prieto Group 505.470.6909

NORTHSIDE ‘MID-CENTURY MODERN’ BY BILL LUMPKINS

6 SILVER MESA COURT – NEW PRICE! • Uniquely sited on 2.9 acres in the heart of Las Campanas • Great location near the award-winning Clubhouse • Overlooking lake on 11th hole of the Nicklaus Sunrise Course • Across from Spa and Fitness Center • 3 br, 4 ba, 3824 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 2.91 acres SantaFeProperties.com/201104948 $1,325,000 Jim Weyhrauch 505.660.6032

WILDERNESS GATE HOME, GUEST HOUSE AND ART STUDIO

49 HONEYSUCKLE • Exceptional Sangre views, outdoor spaces, portals, fountain • Generous living and dining area, plus six fireplaces • Gourmet kitchen with spacious island and Viking appliances • Attached guest suite with living area, kitchenette & fireplace • 3 br, 3.5 ba, 4100 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 1.56 acres SantaFeProperties.com/201104892 $1,100,000 Tim Galvin 505.795.5990

CLASSIC ADOBE HACIENDA WITH STUNNING VIEWS

SANTA FE COUNTY January – August, 2011 vs.

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-20%

• Exquisite Upper Canyon Road casita and additional lot • Lush green setting in the oldest historic district • 420 feet of Santa Fe river frontage and a private well • Rich garden with antique roses, daylilies, irises, and more • 1.227 acres with a 2 br, 1 ba, 1000 sq.ft. cottage SantaFeProperties.com/201202334

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1463 &1465 UPPER CANYON ROAD

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Susan Kline

7 STORMVIEW LANE • Elegant Santa Fe Villa inspired by the charm of Provence • Gorgeous views of mountains and fairway • Vast portal with outdoor living room and dining rooms • Magnificently executed kitchen with eating area and fireplace • 3 or 4 br, 4 ba, 5100 sq. ft., 3-car garage SantaFeProperties.com/201105279 $1,799,000 Laurie Farber-Condon 505.412.9912

Residential sales $1m+ by dollar volume. Based on data obtained from the Santa Fe Association of Realtors’ Multiple Listing Service, compiled on 9/9/12. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

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215 CAMINO ENCANTADO • 1950 classic but totally refurbished • Extensive indoor and outdoor entertaining options • Two living rooms, huge dining room, interior courtyard • Great lot, 100-mile views, just two miles to Downtown • 3 br, 2 ba, 3600 sq.ft., 2 acres SantaFeProperties.com/201200650 $1,100,000 Gavin Sayers 505.690.3070

2310 WILDERNESS RIDGE • A peaceful private setting in the tall pines and aspens • Home with guest house and studio • City lights and mountain views • Living room, kitchen, formal dining feature hand-hewn beams • 3 br, 3 ba, 4263 sq.ft., 1-car garage, 5.03 acres SantaFeProperties.com/201203641 $1,095,000 Richard Schoegler 505.577.5112

15 VISTA CHICOMA • Private Zaguan entry with Spanish-style antique doors • Grand and elegant living spaces • 1,000 sq.ft. guesthouse with private portal • Multiple landscaped courtyards, lounging, and dining areas • 3 br, 4 ba, 4-car garage, 6 acres SantaFeProperties.com/201203038 $1,075,000 Jan Hamilton 505.690.8994 Cristina Branco 505.920.7551

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Price Reduced!

Historic Witter Bynner Estate

Privately sited on close to one acre, this 8600 sq.ft. home is romantically set behind adobe walls with terraced rock and mature landscaping.

Presently functioning as the Inn of the Turquoise Bear. MLS #201203211

342 E. Buena Vista

Historic Frank Applegate Estate

Located in the heart of the Eastside. With a total of 10,019 sq.ft on 1.74 lushly landscaped acres with water rights, 6 bedrooms, 7 baths and detached fully appointed guest house. MLS #201204218

831 El Caminito

$3,300,000

New Listing

$2,450,000

Casas de San Juan Sanctuary

Santa Fe style, views and adobe are at their best in this stunning home. Includes flagstone floors, plaster walls, vigas, water feature and gardens plus a fully appointed guest house. MLS #201202960

9 Camino Del Alba

$1,550,000

New Listing

Arroyo Hondo Gracious Country Estate

This 5100+ sq.ft. estate includes a swimming pool, lush landscaping, organic garden, orchard, water elements, 5 bedrooms & 7 bathrooms, a 6-stall horse facility and smashing views! MLS #201202604

9 B Media Luna

$1,925,000

An Oasis Through Old Mexican Gates

Sited to capture extraordinary views of the East mountains. Formal and informal living spaces open to the deep covered portal designed for entertaining. Custom built with many amenities. MLS #201202717

113 Paseo Del Conejo

$1,295,000

LAND OFFERINGS

Las Campanas Golf Course View Lot

Las Campanas - This Las Campanas lot overlooks the 17th fairway of the Sunset Golf Course. It has spectacular 360° mountain views. This is a very buildable 1.6-acre lot.

MLS #706056

Green, Chic & Sophisticated

Architecturally designed contemporary house & guest house. Chef’s kitchen, black/gray water system, rainwater capture, passive solar and stunning orgainic finishes throughout. So socially responsible!

7 Rancho de Bosque South

$1,500,000

5 Calle Arbusto, Lot 23 $150,000

Ride into the Sunrise

3554 sq.ft. on 5.8 acres with mountain views, 3 beds/3 baths, chef’s kitchen, 5-stall barn, view portals, significant landscaping, 3-car garage and 500 sq. ft. studio/workshop all behind private gates. MLS #?201204259

208 Arroyo Hondo Trail

1.5 Spectacular Secluded Acres

Located in the prestigious original Cash Ranch. This 41.5 acre lot has more than 12 buildable sites for your home. Mountain views from almost every location the best of the wild west.

MLS #800753

$1,100,000

Sold

21 Allucia Lane $175,000

Turnkey Building Opportunity Adobe Oasis Compound

This adobe home and guest home are on a quiet north side close-in cul-de-sac on 1.3 acres with lots of privacy. Private guest entrance, protected gardens, patio & water capture system. MLS #201103721

388 Calle Loma Norte

$748,000

Enjoy Santa Fe Lifestyle

Sunset and mountain views from the ample covered portal and great room. Vigas, kiva fireplaces and an outdoor kitchen all on a 2.6 acre corner lot. 3 bedroom & 2 bathrooms, 2431 sq.ft. MLS #201201716

3 Cloud March East

$575,000

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In the gated Summit Ridge, this 1.5 acre lot comes with a full set of working architectural drawings.

Minutes from downtown and the Santa Fe Ski basin.

MLS #201203360

1112 Summit Ridge, Lot 32 $299,000

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Kevin & Marilyn’s 2012 Sold Volume - Santa Fe’s Eastside $1 Million + Sales Jan 1, 2012 - Aug 31, 2012 (Areas 01/03) Residential Sales by Sales Volume $10,000,000 $9,000,000 $8,000,000

Foss/Bobolsky

$7,000,000

Team #2

$6,000,000

Team #3

$5,000,000

Team #4

$4,000,000

Kevin Bobolsky

$3,000,000

Team #5

$2,000,000

Team #6

Marilyn Foss

$1,000,000 $0

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Featured in Architectural Digest

1243 Canyon Road $5,000,000 Main house, guesthouse, pool, hot tub, cabana, tiered koi pond. Extraordinary outdoors, landscaping, private well. Excellent views. 6 br., 7 ba., 8,227 sq. ft., 1.772 acres. MLS #201105058

Museum Hill Compound $4,450,000 Sophisticated outdoor entertaining areas with ponds and waterfalls. Main house, plus Piñon Cottage, Rose Cottage & Barn Casita. 9 br., 11 ba., 11,800 sq. ft., 4.76 acres. MLS # 201201651

608 Canyon Road $2,625,000 Tucked away off Canyon Road, main house, casita, and gallery/studio all on one level. Natural light, high beamed ceilings & good art walls. 3 br., 4.5 ba., 4,556 sq. ft. Good parking. MLS #201201682

651 E. Alameda $2,295,000 Historic home & separate guesthouse. Entertainers will love the large, private outdoor living portal overlooking the gardens. 5 br., 5 ba., 4493 sq. ft., 0.34 acre, 2-car garage. MLS #201203127

438 San Pasqual $995,000 Quintessential Eastside Santa Fe Adobe with attached studio or guesthouse. Down a hidden lane.

3 br., 4 ba., 2243 sq. ft., 2 kitchens, courtyards and lush landscaping. MLS #201203008

801 Gormley Lane, #C $445,000 Magical treehouse between Canyon Road and Aceque Madre. Wonderful decks to the East & West. 2 br., 2 ba., 1019 sq. ft., off street parking, very private and rare. MLS #201203999

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916 Old Santa Fe Trail $1,495,000 Fabulous hacienda style compound perfect for entertaining. 1200 sq. ft. ballroom with sunrise/ sunset views. 5 br., 5 ba., 5794 sq. ft., 0.693 acre.

Separate guesthouse & studio. MLS #201202950

701 Calle Del Resplandor $1,129,000 Fabulous Style: high viga ceilings, brick floors.

Entertainer’s outdoor portal with fireplace and an entry fountain. 4 br., 4 ba., luxury condominium at gated Los Miradores. MLS #201202803

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Camino Rancheros.................................................................................................................................. $1,350,000 Private compound plus 2 car garage. (Waiver) 3961 Old Santa Fe Trail................................................................................................................... $1,600,000 Doug McDowell renovation of classic John Gaw Meem. MLS #201203864 208 Delgado Street, #2.......................................................................................................................... $425,000 Penthouse between Canyon Rd and SF river. MLS #201104481 523 Canyon Road..........................................................................................................Price Upon Request Secluded Compound, new construction. (Waiver) Las Placitas Compound Windmill Hill .........................................Price Upon Request LEED Gold Certified new construction off Garcia St. (Waiver)

518 Johnson Lane $475,000 Charming pueblo style home on a little lane off Garcia Street. Enjoy the magic of the eastside from this two bedroom, two bathroom single family home. MLS #201104480

512 Calle Corvo $695,000 Romantic Eastside Compound in an idyllic location a block from Canyon Road. Wonderful indooroutdoor living, with old growth trees magical south facing wisteria covered portal. MLS #201202062

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6 Silver Mesa Court, Lot 7

This Las Campanas home provides an open floor plan with modern kitchen and great room looking out over a large covered outdoor patio. Tremendous sunset views overlooking the 11th hole lake and green, directly across from the Spa & Fitness Center. 3 Bedroom / 4 Bath / 2.91 Acres #201104948

$1,325,000

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1210 Calle de Agua

Dramatic views of City Lights, Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains from this outstanding ridgetop lot. Property adjoins to approximately 300 acres of open space. One of the most desirable lots remaining in Sierra del Norte. #201005802

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Dan Wright Associate Broker

Mobile: 505.819.1774 Direct: 505.984.7332 dansfp@hotmail.com

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A Romantic Hilltop Estate

and adjoins the Santa Fe National Forest. Sensational 360-degree degree views. Magnificent adobe main house, with guest house and equestrain facilities offer old world charm, gorgeous, rich wood elements, and stunning views from every room. MLS #201203243 1000 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 • 505.982.4466 • 800.374.2931 • SantaFeProperties.com

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66 Camino de Milagro - On 25 acres, this romantic hilltop estate sits on a ridgetop at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

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Unsure of the differences between a condo and a townhouse?

Curious about homeowner dues and what these dues include?

A condominium or townhome may be what you have been searching for: From small developments of 1 or 2 units, to large resort-style properties, there is a condominium or townhome property that fits your budget and lifestyle. Call one of our experienced real estate brokers to learn more about these and other properties in Santa Fe. This Month’s Featured Condos and Townhomes LAS CAMPANAS

railyard

17 Plaza Del Corazon An adobe jewel box with flagstone floors, plastered interior walls, four kiva fireplaces, beautiful ceiling treatments in every room, overlooking the lake and the two finishing holes on the Jack Nicklaus Signature Sunrise and Sunset Courses. Offered with furniture and artwork included, and an Equity Membership to the Club. 2 br, 3 ba, 2180 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 0.25 acre.

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$795,000 Laurie Farber-Condon 412.9912

nava ade

514-A Alto The warmth of old Santa Fe was hand-built into this delightful casita many years ago. This area of Santa Fe was overlooked until the recent blossoming of the Railyard. Completely redone in 2004, with hand-adzed beams, handsome flagstone floors, and the sweetest kiva fireplace ever. Secluded and quiet, close to the Plaza. 2 br, 2 ba, 1070 sq.ft. plus 400 sq.ft. covered breezeway.

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was $395,000 now $357,000 Ed Reid 577.6259

Audrey Curry 670.1333

Cristina Branco 920.7551

Dianne Eschman 577.1727

Jan Hamilton 690.8994

Janie Shafer 670.7313

John Herbrand 670.9668

lisa Smith 570.5770

Lou Gonzales 660.9099

Marilyn Von Reiter 660.3569

Ed Reid 577.6259

4137 Whispering Wing Road One of the lowest priced homes in Nava Ade! This is a very nice home with updated wood laminate floors.

Inside you will find lovely beamed ceilings, and outside there is a cute yard with room to garden. Close to pool, recreation area and outdoor trail, plus a porch off the master bedroom. This home is ready to move into. 3 br, 2 ba, 1226 sq.ft., 1-car garage.

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$180,000 Audrey Curry 670.1333

Gary Boal 660.1897

Gwen Gilligan 660.0500

Laura Lichtenstein Laurie Farber-Condon 470.1098 412.9912

Patrick Coe 470.0044

Suzy Eskridge 310.4116

Lisa Bybee 577.6287

Vee Bybee 577.6499

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Matthew Sargent best large lot available on upper canyon

1467 Tr B-1&2 Upper Canyon Road Canyon Road Designer’s Home & Second Lot 1463 &1465 Upper Canyon Road - Exquisite Canyon Road designer’s home. Wonderful setting in the oldest Historic District, just above the art galleries, and only minutes to the Plaza. Two listings combine for a 1.2268acre lot, with 420 feet of the only always-flowing reach of the Santa Fe River meandering through it. Set well back from the street with high sculptured privacy walls bordering much of the site. You will be charmed by the craftsmanship of the home and the lush river valley. This is truly a sanctuary.

MLS #201202334 $1,595,000

Direct: 984-7393 Cell: 490-1718

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1463 Upper Canyon Road – This two-bedroom, one-bath casita sits on a 0.557-acre lot, and is in the oldest Historic District, just above the art galleries, minutes to the Plaza.

MLS #201203849 $997,500

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1465 Upper Canyon Road - This verdant and luscious second building site, a 0.67 acre lot, is nestled just above the Santa Fe River on Upper Canyon Road.

MLS #201204149 $695,000

Lush river valley off of Upper Canyon Road, totaling 2.24 acres, with 646 feet of always running section of the Santa Fe River. Truly a unique find with two legal lots, each with beautifully-crafted river stone terraces, mostly level terrain, and enormous buildable areas.

Site includes a substantial private or shared 3 acre foot well. There is an engineered all-weather river crossing for access to this rare riverfront land. (Options are available for additional site improvements by the seller). Nature lovers will delight in the peaceful and serene feeling of this river-front retreat. This site affords abundant possibilities for an estate-caliber residence that can include a guest house, studio, and other buildings. With an abundant water supply and rich soils, this location is perfect for orchards, gardens, vineyards and ponds; the perfect opportunity to create a lush, Garden of Eden like sanctuary. Tract B-1 (1.57 ac) and Tract B-2 (0.67 ac) may be available separately.

MLS #201202907 $1,475,000

Under Contract

Val Brier A River Runs Through It

Tastefully Appointed Aldea Home Fantastic live/work opportunity North Summit Home with MT views

6 Dorothy Hicks Road -

6 Calle Loma - Sunset views from this tastefully appointed home in Aldea de Santa Fe. Two car garage, dining room, breakfast nook, two outdoor dining portals. Lush green landscaped portals, bordering on open space.

MLS # 201200663 $489,000

The house is 1840 sf, in need of updating, structure is adobe. You can live here while building your main house on the site. Site is the current far end sculpture garden of Shidoni. Nice and flat.

MLS #201204236 $425,000

62 Avenida Aldea - Live in 1922 sq.ft. 1448 Nevado Ridge - Views of the Ski and have 600 sq.ft. for your office or business. Street access on the beautiful community center of Aldea de Santa Fe. Parking lots and street parking available for guests.

MLS #201202449 Now $550,000

Basin and the Colorado Mountains from this North Summit Home. This home affords easy living with a Wolf electric oven and microwave, two-drawer dishwashers, SubZero, refrigerator, smooth surface cooktop.

MLS #201105799 $890,000

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High Summit View Lot

Near Ten Thousand Waves

Minutes To Downtown

1237 South Summit Lot 12

1501 Bent Hill 60

1408 Tesuque Creek Drive 82A 145 Avenida Frijoles, Lot 373

If you have always wanted to build your dream house in the mountains, this is the lot for you. Superlative views of Santa Fe sunsets, city lights and the Santa Fe ski basin. 0.97 acre.

MLS# 201202980 $495,000

Fully-developed lot in the beautiful North Summit. All utilities on site. Near Ten Thousand Waves, on the way to the ski basin, minutes to downtown. Buildable area with views. 0.34 acre.

MLS# 201005634 $155,000

Own a lot in the beautiful North Summit.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build your Mountain dream home in the community of Santa Fe Summit. All utilities are on site and roads are paved. 0.33 acre.

MLS# 201005632 $150,000

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Bordering Open Space Lovely build lot on the far west side of Aldea, in a pretty meadow bordering open space covered with native grasses, pinons and junipers. An Easy site, ready to build!

City water, sewer are to the lot. 0.15 acre.

MLS# 201100909 $100,000

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Luxurious Home in La Mariposa 1310 Calle del Rey

Luxurious home in La Mariposa Subdivision located in a quite cul-de-sac. Situated on 2.43+/- acres in a calm serene setting with water features and lush landscaping in both front and back courtyards. Every room has beamed and herring-bone ceilings.

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Great commercial opportunity in the “Heart of Espanola” Commercial District. This property consists of 3 buildings: 3850+/- sq.ft. main building with loft area and all utilities. Garage/warehouse building contains 1584+/- sq ft. 0.7 acre lot.

MLS #201102299 $379,000

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84 Canada Del Rancho

Great floorplan for both entertaining and comfort.

Formal living/dinning areas with separate family room. Kitchen has breakfast nook and built in desk. Kiva Fireplace, Vigas, Accent painted walls, evaporative air, radiant heat. Over 3000 sq.ft.

MLS #201104386 $419,500

La Pradera

is a newly created nature-conscious and uniquely designed community that cherishes the beauty of nature and protects its fragile resources.

Set in a landscape of juniper studded hills and endless skies. A lovely meadow with native plants and wildflowers. Half of the land is reserved as open space, parks and trails. Come and view nature at its best.

Sunflower Model. Aptly named for its bright, sunny and open design, the Sunflower invites you to enjoy the best possible combination of private space and gathering places, inside and out. The gourmet kitchen serves at the hub of this extraordinary home, with the impressive living room and formal dining room. Two of the bedrooms and the 3 car garage are on one side of the home and the luxurious master suite on the other.

BEAUTIFULLY Updated 537 Onate Place

Great updated 1530 sq.ft. home with oversized 436 sq.ft. garage. Completely walled and fenced yard. Home has some plaster walls and hardwood floors. Totally new kitchen, updated bath, updated windows and roof.

MLS #201200894 $245,000

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19 Caballo Viejo (Home to be Built)

1856 +/- sq. ft, Sunflower plan, 3 bedrooms PLUS Office or 4th bedroom option. 2 baths. Kiva Fireplace. Carpet and tile flooring. 2 Car Garage (3 car optional). Front area landscaped with drip irrigation system. Energy Efficient. MLS 201102620 $316,900

28 Bosquecillo (Home to be Built)

3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1308+/-sq ft. Carpet and tile flooring. Open concept split bedroom floorplan. Front area landscaped with drip irrigation system. Energy efficient.

MLS #201102627 $229,900

Investment Opportunity In Espanola!

open concept floor plan and updated!

Bond Street

2536 Camino Estribo

Mixed use commercial building contains a medical office, which is approx. 2684 +/- sq.ft. with a 7 year lease in place with 5 remaining (and with increases). In addition, this property offers a 722+/- sq. ft. residential 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment upstairs. Strong lease history. Call Listing Broker for info. Do not disturb tenants, please call for a private showing MLS #201103936 $349,000

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Sunroom with brick floors opens up to large living room with brick fireplace & colored concrete floors. Yards are professionally landscaped and walled or fenced in.The home is located close to shopping. Upgraded windows and more.

MLS #201200918 $227,000

41 Bosquecillo (Near Completion)

Apache Plume Floor Plan –1308 +/- sq.ft., 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Kiva Fireplace, Carpet and Tile Flooring. Spacious Family room with raised ceiling. Open kitchen, dining and living area.

Large Master Suite. 2 Car Garage. Energy Efficient. Front Area Landscaped. $239,900

44 Bosquecillo (Near Completion)

Desert Marigold Floor Plan - 1415 +/- sq.ft., 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Kiva Fireplace, Carpet and Title Flooring. 2 Car Garage. Barrel vault entrance into family room opens to kitchen and dining. Master Suite with large closet, full tub and separate shower. 2 Car Garage. Engery Efficient. Front Area Landscaped with Drip Irrigation System. $245,900

33 Canto Del Pajarito (Near Completion) Evening Primrose Floor Plan – 1522 +/- sq.ft., 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Kiva Fireplace, Carpet and Tile Flooring. Forced Air heating. Welcoming entrance with gracious curb appeal. Open Floor Plan.

Master Suite separate from guest bedrooms. Front Area Landscaped with Drip Irrigation System.

2 Car Garage. Energy Efficient. $249,900

4 bedroom home on oversized lot 2555 Camino Cabestro

Large 4 bedroom home plus family room.

Situated on an oversized lot in an established neighborhood. Excellent price per square foot ($91.46 +/- sq. ft.). Convenient location.

MLS #201203614 $189,500

Park Plaza Living 2950 Plaza Azul

Partially backs to open space. Updated heating/ air-conditioning system and roof in 2003. New wood windows installed 1997. Cozy living/dining room with Kiva Fireplace, carpet, high wood beamed ceilings.

MLS #201203252 $215,000

LAND LISTINGS

New Price! 10 Francis Lane

Beautiful setting in the Pojoaque Valley to build your home. Lot ready for building permit. New 260 foot private well in place. Great restrictive covenants. Includes two (2) acre foot Water Rights. All utilities. Owner/Broker. Call agent for gate code.

MLS #201000073 $149,500

Lot 13 High Summit - PRICE CHANGE!

Truly the top lot in The High Summit. 360 degrees of absolutely fabulous views of Santa Fe watershed, city lights of Santa Fe and Los Alamos. All city utilities. Just minutes to downtown. Owner/Broker. Call agent for gate code.

MLS #201002339 $489,500

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Direct: 984-7301 Cell: 470-1681 rccbrooks@gmail.com

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Land 1218 N. Summit-Lot 18

$675,000

782 Paseo Cresta-Lot 23 $300,000

Villa Lucci

22 Paseo Del Venado $1,595,000 | MLS 201000466

Casa Pueblo

2 Paseo Del Paloma $ 1,400,000 | MLS 201005408

1217 S. Summit-Lot 1

$295,000

Lot 51 Cerros Colorados

$170,000

35 Vista Lagunitas-Lot 34 $165,000 26 Tesuque Vista-Lot 8

$119,000

Rancho De Las Barrancas

40-A Camino Cerrado $1,395,000 | MLS 201200044

Casa Luna

1200 Callejon Arias $1,300,000 | MLS 201201034

Casa Palacio

606 East Palace Avenue $1,300,000 | MLS 201200798

EFRAIN PRIETO Casa Yasmime 924 Paseo Del Sur $925,000 | MLS 201201714

Casa Vistas 626 Paseo De La Loma $595,000 | MLS 201103830

Casa Apache 35 Mescalero Trail $475,000 | MLS 201103536

Casa Alto 923 Alto, Unit A $424,000 | MLS 201203503

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CHERYL DAVIS

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222 State Rd. 503 ~ Nambe

This property has a unique blend of elements to enjoy-from the grove of grapevines, orchard with a variety of fruit trees, beautiful lavender field for bees, fabulous Sangre views and so much more!

MLS #201203838 $849,000

708 Calle Del Resplandor

Stylish and polished, this single level Los Miradores condominium is the perfect example of fine living in Santa Fe. Minutes from the Plaza, this Eastside jewel has been remodeled from top to bottom.

Features include Asian beech flooring, Brookhaven maple cabinets, Brazilian marble and granite countertops, new heat, new air, new roof, and much more.

Two bedrooms, two baths, three fireplaces, all in 2348 square feet. Direct entry two car garage. Amenities include 24 hr security, on site manager, pool, tennis court and fitness room. Call me to see this extraordinary home today.

MLS #201201764

$799,000

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149 Calle Ventoso East - Lot 893 & 892

7 Stormview LANE

Come into timeless elegance and a home where each detail was chosen for a spectacular ownership experience. Large scale rooms with wonderful flow to bountiful outdoor portals. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #201105279 $1,799,000

new listing - Western Views!

2 EAGLE FEATHER

Gorgeous traditional adobe and frame home sprawled on a mountaintop with amazing views and a garden. 21.55 acres. Horses welcome in this gated community. Pool and orchard. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #201100149 $1,600,000

Outstanding western views. Pumice construction, new stucco. Fabulous open gourmet kitchen/family room. Three bedrooms plus office. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #201202564 $995,000

Charming former model home in Las Campanas in The Pueblos enclave offers 3985 square feet with radiant heat and refrigerated air conditioning. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS # 201204140 $1,075,000

Wow! Beautiful Interior Lot With Big Views!

expansive view lot

Zuni Casita

8 Bluesky Circle - Lot 432

6 cAMPO DE LA vEGA - lOT 50

23 pLAZA DEL CORAZON

WOW! Beautiful interior homesite at Las Campanas with big views, priced to sell. Owner is a Licensed New Mexico Real Estate Broker. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS # 201002348 $75,000

Expansive western mountain and unlimited BLM views.

Located in an 18 lot enclave of log cabin homes.

Fabulous floor plans by Pedro Marquez are available.

This home site is ready to build. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS #201202258 $175,000

With its spectacular view of the two finishing holes, the enormous lake and inspiring sunset mountain views, this end unit Casita has arguably one of the best locations in the Community of Las Campanas. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS # 201102834 $775,000

homesite in the Pueblo Enclave

Great value in Las Campanas

Location, Value & Views Are Yours!

4 Eagle Feather - lOT 36

Las Campanas homesite in the Pueblo enclave with beautiful western, northwestern views. All utilities to the lot line: natural gas, sewer, water, underground electric and phone and cable tv, paved, gated and 24 hour security. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS # 201204160 $95,000

16 sTRAWBERRY cIRCLE - lOT 64

Great value in Las Campanas with beautiful east and west mountain views. Convenient to both the Plaza and the amenities at Las Campanas. Paved & gated with water, sewer, natural gas, electric & cable. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS # 201200057 $149,000

9 Sundance Circle - Lot 472

Location, Value and Views are yours! Watch the sunset over the Jemez Mountains and the sunrise over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Light southern exposure floods this culde-sac lot at Las Campanas. www.LasCampanasExperts.com MLS # 201105479 $79,000

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Authenticallydesigned

Design therapy is good for you As the introductory article for what we intend to be an enriching column, we want to explore the concept of healing through design as a significant component of what we aspire to do as an interior designer.

Let’s face it, we can all use a bit of healing. Healing can occur to different degrees, from simply rejuvenating after a stressful day to recovering from heartbreak or trauma. Within the complex environments in which we live, work, and play, we need — more than ever — therapeutic instances of joy, nurture, and humor. Healing can happen when we don’t even realize it. It can be as subtle as tactile comfort or pleasing points of focus such as a soothing array of greens tones covering walls in a doctor’s office or an inspiring quote on a children’s bedroom wall.

Three cornerstones practiced by healthcare interior designers, but applicable to any space to create healing environments,

are: (1) Access or connection to nature.

This may be a literal interpretation, such as a chair made from intertwined driftwood, a seating orientation to capture mountain views, or, more figuratively, an organic pattern woven into an area rug.

(2) Positive distractions. These can come in the form of an unexpected placement of a beautiful handmade tile in a shower; a meaningful piece of art placed near one’s bed; a woven shade of natural vetiver (an East Indian grass) emitting a transporting aroma in a bedroom. (3) Reduction or elimination of environmental stressors.

This may be the creation of acoustical barriers, the right balance of task and mood lighting, or the elimination of unnecessary clutter.

One of our clients said it like this: “In the healing process from the loss of my husband, you have helped me make room in my life for something new, something unexpected, and something beautiful.

Thank you for teaching me that less is

sometimes better, that all my photographs don’t have to hang on the wall all the time, that balance is the key. You have helped me let go. There is no greater gift you could have given me.”

In our practice as interior designers, we strive to create solutions beyond the obvious: a functional and pleasing space for the occupants. Rather, we take extra measures to bring meaningful elements into each environment, whether a hotel, office or residence, to achieve the appropriate ratio of visual stimulation for the setting and desired outcome.

Everything we put into a space matters.

Every decision is given a thoughtfulness of how it can positively affect the user, and the cumulative outcome can be transformative. If we design each space with purpose and authenticity, we can contribute to a greater vision of the world around us.

We look forward to bringing you inspiration each month by providing

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you with thoughtful offerings from our experiences to enrich your life and surroundings.

Heather Van Luchene, ASID and Steffany Hollingsworth, ASID are partners in HVL Interiors, LLC, an interior design firm offering professional residential and hospitality design services. Both are New Mexico licensed interior designers. They can be reached at (505) 983-3601 or info@ hvlinteriors.com.

Yourmoney’sWorth

Beautiful fall savings This month I reached out to real-estate experts who live in the Eldorado/285 corridor and points just to the east to get the latest information on the market and their take on why this beautiful region of our state is flush with fall savings.

Maria Borden of Maria Borden Concierge Real Estate Services told me that this summer Eldorado saw sales of $9 million-plus (31 solds), up from $8.7 million (26 solds) the year before. “There was an even more significant increase in the 285 corridor, Lamy, and Galisteo: $9.9 million-plus (19 solds) — an increase of 25 percent from 2011. Activity is definitely trending in the right direction.”

Trudi Conkling and Jenny Bishop of Barker Realty said, “With interest rates and prices at an all-time low, our buyer sales have increased 43 percent from a year ago. Inventory is also lower, so sellers are seeing more buyer interest if their homes are priced competitively.

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average days on the market in Eldorado have decreased from around 200 days to 150 days. If sellers need to sell and buyers want to buy, it’s a good time for all to achieve their goals.”

James Congdon of Santa Fe Properties reminded me that the beauty and quiet, country living of Pecos and Glorieta are a mere 25 minutes to Santa Fe, with close proximity to the Pecos River, Pecos National Historical Park, Pecos Wilderness and Santa Fe National Forest. “There is a large inventory of property for sale in the area, too. Glorieta/Cañoncito — 60 parcels of land and 26 homes. Pecos/Rowe — 66 parcels of land and 57 homes. I have sold several pieces of land in the last year or so to folks who plan to build in the future and are investing their money in land now while that prices are down and inventory is up. Prices are at a six-year low, with many deals to be had.”

Galisteo resident Amber Haskell of Santa Fe Properties loves to share the

sweeping views, towering cottonwoods and earthy adobes that define this historic New Mexican village. Says Amber, “With fewer than 300 residents, Galisteo may seem small but lives large. There’s a diverse community including multi-generational families who settled the area and newer residents who have come from all over the country — and the world. Galisteo balances the past with the present.

Features of the historic village include the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de los Remedios and a thriving arts community. In fact, the annual Galisteo Fall Arts Tour will be held Oct. 20th and 21st, with many private studios open so visitors can browse and buy.

Only a short 25 minutes to the Plaza and 10 minutes to the amenities of Highway 285, with homes priced from the $300,000 range through $2 million, I think Galisteo offers the best of all worlds in Northern New Mexico.”

You don’t have to be in the market for a new home to enjoy autumn in these

FR A N C IS PH ILLIPS

Northern New Mexico communities. I hope you’ll take some time this month to enjoy a walk, bike ride or drive in this picturesque area. Maybe you’ll find a great real-estate opportunity, too!

Francis Phillips is a Senior Mortgage Loan Originator with First Choice Loan Services and resides in Santa Fe, NM. He has served as National Director of Business and Branch Development for national mortgage companies. He and his mortgage partners have funded and built three homes for Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity.

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505.989. 77 41 • 433 WEST SAN FRANCISCO STREET

623-B ALTO STREET. Magnificent 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo overlooking the Santa Fe River in the heart of downtown Santa Fe. The open and light great room has wood floors, vigas, divided light windows, and a beautiful kiva fireplace. The kitchen has plenty of storage, dark granite countertops, and stainless steel appliances. The first floor has a full bath with linen storage, bedroom, large walk-in closet, and French doors that open to a private patio. The entire second floor is a lovely master suite with a large deck for dining or just relaxing and watching the sunset views. Outstanding views are unusual in the city, but here they are: the Ski Basin, Baldy and views to the West.

MLS #201202763 $595,000 Clara L. Dougherty • 505.690 .0471 • claradough@gmail.com

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1400 AVENIDA RINCON #104. This open concept, artistic condo is the epitome of Zocalo. An open hallway overlooks the double story living room. The ground floor features a living/dining space, powder room and utility room and a master bedroom with travertine-clad bath and walk-in closet. A see-through gas fireplace separates the living room from the dining room, which opens out to the patio garden. The kitchen has granite counters and ample storage. Upstairs are two bedrooms, a generous full bath and a private, wrap-around balcony. A prime location on the arroyo captures sunset views from almost every room. This Zocalo unit offers a level of finishes and esthetic quality of incomparable value.

MLS #201203107 $450,000 Jennifer Tomes • 505.690 .6477 • jentomes@me.com

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8 E. GOLDEN EAGLE. The inspired courtyard of this magnificent home in Las Campanas offers a glimpse of the beauty awaiting inside this 3 bedroom, 3½ bath home with exceptional finishes. The living room, formal dining room and library are accessed from the foyer and a vestibule leads into the large, kitchen, with high-end appliances, and eating & sitting area. The master bedroom suite is nicely sequestered for privacy and includes a heated and air conditioned screened-in sleeping porch. A dining portal off the formal dining room and an outdoor kitchen in the backyard are great for entertaining. The rooftop deck is the perfect place for viewing sunsets and the mountains and is the icing on the cake.

MLS #201202740 $1,499,000 Clara L. Dougherty • 505.690 .0471 • claradough@gmail.com

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16 N. CAMINO DON CARLOS. This custom designed home incorporates both traditional Southwestern and contemporary design elements. The 3 bedroom, 3½ bath main house features a massive great room with 18 foot ceilings, vigas, fireplace and spiral staircase leading to a loft. The flexible floor plan also includes a formal dining room, gourmet eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances and kiva fireplace, family room/den, antique doors, flagstone floors and beautiful accent tile work, plus a detached 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom guest casita. Additionally there is an attached 2-car garage plus a detached 2-car garage with additional storage and views galore.

MLS #201202897 $897,500 Clara L. Dougherty • 505.690 .0471 • claradough@gmail.com

Wm. David Dougherty, Broker . Clara L. Dougherty, Broker Associate . Jennifer H. Tomes, Broker Associate . Warren Thompson, Broker Associate . Pam Alexander, Office Manager

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One reason for this is that older homes were often built with more flexible materials than new buildings: stone footings, adobes laid up in mud, and pliable wooden bond beams and lintels. When stressed, these houses tend to move uniformly. They tend to get charming, not scary.

Secondly, houses are simply taller and heavier than they used to be. More and larger openings tend to provide more places for cracks to appear, reflecting and magnifying the effects of even minor settlement.

Most of the homes we work on were built on non-compacted construction fill or on incompetent and unstable native soil. The footings were often not built to the engineer’s specifications.

In response, we have developed an effective and moderately priced system to stabilize these homes with helical piers. Piers, similar to an auger but with individual helices, are hydraulically screwed into the ground at intervals.

The tops of the piers are then attached to the footing. Once attached, the loads are transferred to the pier resulting, as it were, in placing the building on subterranean stilts. The footings are backfilled, leaving the new foundation system undetectable from the surface. ~Ed Crocker

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A beauty on Entrada Descanso Story by Paul Weideman ~ Photographs by Jane Phillips

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ront gates adorned with steel roadrunners greet the visitor to 11 Entrada Descanso in Las Campanas. A vine-covered trellis opens into a courtyard with handsome flagstone paving surrounded by plantings including roses, Vinca, ornamental grasses and junipers, honeysuckle, and fruit trees. Also here is a large fountain and a side sitting area with a fireplace.

Flanking the front door are a pair of posts, hand-painted with petroglyph-like animals and symbols. The house, built in 2003 by Don Wiles Custom Homes in collaboration with architect Cindy Urban, is 5,500 square feet with four bedrooms and six bathrooms.

Multiple arched doorways soften the interior; this rounding concept is glorified in the dining room’s barrel ceiling painted with a sky and landscape.

The adjacent chef ’s kitchen is outfitted with granite countertops, including on a large island that incorporates a seating area and sink. There is a Sub Zero refrigerator, Viking ovens and range with central griddle, and a painted backsplash of leaping horses. Over the island is an iron chandelier with colorful accents, including painted metal animals — the house has a wonderful collection of glass sconces and chandeliers. Nearby, around a low, hand-painted wall, is a game room.

The living room, as most of the house, boasts hand-plastered walls and sealed-flagstone

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floors. The roof/ceiling structure is composed of beams and painted corbels beneath carved latillas laid herringbone-style on vigas. The shapely, pumice-block fireplace has a colorful tile-border accent.

The master suite transitions off the living room with a well-lit office space, two of the walls holding more than two dozen built-in nichos, perfect for the display of pottery and other three-dimensional art objects.

The carpeted master bedroom and TV lounge have coved-plaster ceilings. There are twin bathrooms, both with walk-in tile showers, antiqued cabinets, and woody dressing rooms, one also having a deep spa tub next to a tall, aspen-shaded window.

The living room and game room open onto a big, deep portal with a roof of split-cedar rajas on vigas. The brick paving extends beyond the portal to stacked-stone bancos flanking a waterfall and pool. Amenities inside the portal are a fireplace, a built-in grill with stainless-steel sink in front of a tall, painted-tile wall, and lots of room for seating. Around a partial wall is a smaller porch with hot tub accessed from the master bedroom. All look out onto lush gardens.

The 2.26-acre property, also including a guest house with private patio, is listed by “The Very Best Santa Fe Team,” Keller Williams Realty, for $1,745,000.

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OurwaterQuality

To fluoridate or not to fluoridate?

Fluoride is the only substance added to public water supplies to actively promote human health. Other additives are intended to reduce levels of contaminants known or believed to negatively impact human health or to prevent microbiological contamination.

Some city governments have discontinued fluoridation, some (including Santa Fe) are considering doing so, and others (Portland, Oregon) have recently agreed to start fluoridation. There has been a resurgence of concern about fluoridation since January 2011, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that they were jointly recommending the lowering of fluoride levels in community water supplies to 0.7mg/L (milligrams per liter or parts per million), or the lower end of the formerly recommended range of 0.7 to 1.2 mg/L — this in response to findings of the National Academies of Science and to balance the benefits of preventing tooth decay while limiting the occurrence of unwanted health effects. It is the latter issue that is of greatest concern.

To help put modern dental care in perspective, consider that a leading cause of rejection for military service in both world wars was failure to meet the minimum standard of having six opposing teeth! The first North American fluoridation field studies started in 1945 in four pairs of cities in Michigan, New York, Illinois, and Ontario. Fluoridation became the official policy of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1951 and today about 74 percent of all public water supplies in the country are fluoridated. Both the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association endorse fluoridation and the Centers for Disease Control declared that community water fluoridation was one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century.

But for many people, fluoridation is one of the greatest public health threats of modern times. Opponents maintain that the onset of fluoridation has it roots in the military (nuclear) / industrial (aluminum manufacturing) complex.

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well as the impact of excessive fluoride in bone fluorosis were observed in the early 20th century. There are innumerable studies documenting the positive effects of fluoride (especially topical application to teeth); but too much fluoride exposure during the early years of tooth formation (age 8 and younger) can lead to white spots or mottling on the tooth surface.

At the time the standard for fluoride was lowered, the CDC noted that survey data indicated a gradual decline in tooth decay as fluoride content in water increases from very low levels to the

There are a lot of valid reasons for concern about fluoridation... If you intend to conduct your own evaluation of fluoridation, I recommend that you start with the peer-reviewed science.

recommended level of 0.7 milligrams per liter, but that there were limited changes in tooth decay as the level of fluoride in drinking water increased to 1.2 milligrams per liter. In addition, the percentage of children with dental fluorosis increased as the fluoride concentration in water increased.

Renewed concern about fluoridation has served to raise awareness of fluoride levels in private domestic wells. We have seen some isolated, exceptional cases in Santa Fe County of fluoride levels as high as 10mg/L, but in our 2009 regional well testing program, fluoride levels ranged from 0.15mg/L to 3.8mg/L and the average level was 0.33mg/L. You should know the level of fluoride present if you drink water from a private well.

Fluoride is totally soluble, tasteless, odorless and colorless and its presence must be determined from laboratory testing. The EPA’s maximum contamination level for fluoride in public water

supplies is 4.0mg/L and the secondary standard (for cosmetic and aesthetic effects) is 2.0mg/L. The National Academy of Science reports considered current levels of tooth decay and dental fluorosis, fluid consumption, and the numerous sources of fluorides in foods, toothpaste, mouthwash, and beverages other than water; but activists rightfully argue that fluoride levels do not take into proper account naturally-occurring fluoride levels, the age and size of individuals, and other critical factors such as the rampant consumption of sugar-bearing carbonated beverages and juices.

You will not find fluoride on the periodic table because it is a term for various compounds consisting of the anion (negatively charged ion) fluorine bonded to another element. Fluorine is a pale yellow, corrosive gas and it is the most electronegative and reactive of all elements. The website EnvironmentalChemistry.com lists 42 fluoride compounds. Three of these compounds are commonly used in fluoridating public-water supplies and all are certified under National Sanitation Foundation/American National Standards Institute (NSF/ANSI) Standard 60 for drinking water treatment chemicals, which is the gold standard for certification of the chemical suitability (but not potential health side-effects) of water additives. The NSF website provides information on the specific industrial processes currently used to produce these three types of fluoride and has an informative fact sheet on fluoridation chemicals.

For many opponents, fluoridation is an issue of medication without consent, since the FDA classifies fluorides as drugs. But living on a public water system involves a certain implied consent that the water is safe and that you accept the requisite processing and inherent risks, or that you seek to foster informed change. If you are on a fluoridated water supply, and you are against fluoridation, or unsure, and elect to remove it, you have options. A properly engineered and maintained reverseosmosis or nanofiltration system can remove up to 97 percent of fluoride. Don’t depend on a faucet-mounted carbon filter to remove fluoride as these devices are designed to remove chlorine and will not

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remove fluoride unless supplemented with resins and certified to do so. Boiling water will actually concentrate fluoride levels.

There are a lot of valid reasons for concern about fluoridation. And there are also significant socioeconomic issues in preventive dental care for many children.

If you intend to conduct your own evaluation of fluoridation, I recommend that you start with the peer-reviewed science; search engines direct you toward the anti-fluoridation websites, which initially appear to be informative but instead concentrate on the (considerable) risks inherent in fluoride ingestion.

The most frequently cited concerns about fluoridation are that ingesting fluoride (in contrast to topical application) not only fails to adequately protect against dental caries but also causes collateral damage to organs and systems in the body. Some of the anti-fluoridation websites contain links to scientific studies and offer valuable perspectives on the issues. There is an excellent summary of the relevant issues and FAQs, and an extensive compilation of peer-reviewed articles published in western scientific journals, on the Centers for Disease Control community water fluoridation website, www. cdc.gov/fluoridation/index.htm. Making your own decision on fluoridation is a formidable and important task.

Stephen Wiman has a background in earth science (Ph.D. in geology) and is the owner of Good Water Company and a member of the City of Santa Fe’s Water Conservation Committee. He may be reached at 505-471-9036 and skwiman@ goodwatercompany.com.

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CUSTOM HOME ON 10 ACRES

FORMER PARADE OF HOMES MODEL

945 NICOLE PLACE 3 BEDROOMS | 2 BATHS | 1400 SQ.FT. MLS 201105402 | $284,500

24 HUNTER DRIVE, MEDANALES, NM 3 BEDROOMS | 2 BATHS | 2134 SQ.FT. MLS 201202246 | $350,000

12 BLUEBELL COURT 3 BEDROOMS | 2.5 BATHS | 2500 SQ.FT. MLS 201201400 | $399,000

COLEEN DEARING 505.930.9102

BELINDA YOUNG 505.603.3688

CAROL DAY 505.690.6806

AN ADOBE ABODE

EXPOSURE WITH VIEWS!

FAMILY COMPOUND CLOSE TO TOWN

211-A EAST BERGER STREET 2 BEDROOMS | 2 BATHS | 2050 SQ.FT. MLS 201202079 | $549,000

18 SUNDANCE DRIVE, LOT 6 2.510 ACRES MLS 201202785 | $149,999

2 GOLDEN RIDGE 6 BEDROOMS | 6 BATHS | 4738 SQ.FT. MLS 201200234 | $636,120

SPENCER RALSTON 505.231.1528

MARY LAYNE 505.660.3540

SHERIE STIVER ZINN 505.930.4105

MOUNTAIN RANGE VIEWS

INCREDIBLE ALDEA PATIO HOME

TUSCAN/PUEBLO STYLE HOME

20 PINE WEST 3 BEDROOMS | 3 BATHS | 3316 SQ.FT. MLS 201105065 | $435,000

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About Short Term Rental Ordinance There are many questions about the Short Term Rental Ordinance implemented by the city in 2007 and amended in 2009. Passed by the city council to protect the quality of life in our dense urban areas and to provide safety from the impact of overcrowding, it applies only to residential neighborhoods. Of the 350 permits allotted for the program, there are none available, and there is a waiting list of approximately 15. Here are some guidelines if you are considering this practice.

A short-term rental is defined as a rental for less than 30 days. Exceptions include the owner who resides full-time but allows a “vacation rental” of the property for two rentals per calendar year. In that instance only, a permit is not required. Short-term rentals that occur in a development containing resort facilities or those operated by an owner who resides on a contiguous lot are allowed as long as they are operated in compliance with the ordinance. Currently, only

Quail Run is defined as a “resort” facility.

Operators of these rentals are required to obtain a permit but these do not count towards the 350.

Permit holders must adhere to a strict set of rules. These include no more than 17 rentals per calendar year and only one rental within a seven-day period. Offstreet parking must be provided and the number of persons allowed is twice the number of bedrooms available. No recreational vehicles are allowed and there is a 10 p.m. noise curfew. The owner of these permits must keep detailed and accurate records and pay all applicable taxes in addition to lodger’s tax, gross-receipt taxes, and of course income taxes.

Short-term permits are assigned to a property and not the property owner. If you purchase a property with a permit, you need to know that it does not automatically convey. The new owner must, within 30 days, make application for the transfer of the permit which includes

proof of ownership, site plan, floor plan, and a $500 fee. Failure to do so means the permit will be released back into the rental pool for issue the following period. To be exact, if owners have not paid for their renewal on existing permits

by March 15, they will likely lose them.

Maryanne Seiderer, the intrepid enforcer of the city’s ordinance, makes the call on the 16th of March to the waiting list. If you get a call from Maryanne, don’t delay the return call. She’ll give you 48 hours to get back to her, then she’s on to the next name on the list. These permits have value and she’s got a job to do.

The city has taken some owners to task for noncompliance of the ordinance.

Complaints include noise after 10 p.m., rentals that exceed the allotted number, and, the biggest problem, owners who believe that the city does not have the right to tell them what they can do with their properties. While the first instances appear minor, the city has pulled permits

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after issuing three violations. For the last offense, 90 days in jail and a $500 fine could be your penalty if you attempt to challenge the city. Anonymous tips are called in for enforcement, so be advised.

The city has a short fuse when it comes to the short-term rental ordinance.

Roger Carson and Melissa Pippin Carson are Realtors Carson & Carson at Keller Williams. Call them at 699-3112 or email them at twicethesellingpower@gmail.com.

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Experience escrow Is there really anyone who can explain escrow in simple terms? You find the home you have dreamed about and now it is time to put up earnest money. The check is made payable to a title company.

The funds will be held in escrow. What does that mean? The title company is a disinterested third party called an “escrow settlement agent” and you will deal with an escrow officer. The escrow settlement agent will hold monies and documents on behalf of the buyer and seller and will only distribute them according to written instructions. You should be prepared to communicate in writing at all times. The escrow agent will not act on verbal direction. Remember that he or she is impartial to your transaction.

Buyers and sellers open a real-estate transaction and deposit funds, contract, and other documents with a title company to be held in escrow. The escrow officer awaits instructions on how to proceed.

After certain requirements and condi-

tions are satisfied, the buyer will instruct the escrow officer to disburse funds. The escrow officer will retain possession of the deed on behalf of the seller until the seller requirements are satisfied including receipt of the purchase price. The escrow officer must act in good faith and remain neutral throughout the transaction. The escrow officer must advise the parties of any instructions that are not mutually agreed upon or cannot be carried out to the satisfaction of either party.

The title company provides services that allow the buyer and seller to continue the process simultaneously. The escrow officer collects and prepares documents such as the loan title commitment, survey, reports, taxes, proration, and rents for settlement. The escrow officer can take many actions for all of the parties as long as specific and detailed instructions are provided. All of this saves valuable time and helps expedite the closing of the transaction.

The settlement agent has a developed process to successfully close the sale or purchase of your home. A settlement agent: Is impartial Is a depository Responds to lender requirements Is an information pipeline Provides title insurance to the new owner and lender Pro-rates and adjusts insurance, taxes, and rents Records the deed and mortgage Maintains privacy Is accountable for monies owed and owing The title company is involved in a real-estate settlement because a real estate closing is extremely technical and it requires experience and integrity. The escrow officer is the watchdog holding everyone accountable when distributing funds and requiring the execution of documents. The experienced escrow

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Three FURNITURE briefs by Paul Weideman

Design Warehouse fun, fantastic he Solar Queen is waving in the front window. You’ve seen her — she beckons you to explore inside the store, where you pass by the After-Therapy Mints, the Blabla Monkey from Peru, and the Tintin mugs, then stop and admire one of those beautiful Eames chairs by Herman Miller. Deeper in is the ultra-cool Barcelona Chair designed by architect Mies van der Rohe in 1929; this one, in robotic orange, has a $6,640 price tag. Then there’s the comfortable Butterfly Chair, available in six colors and only $94.

We’re at the Design Warehouse, which Larry Keller opened 31 years ago next month. The Marcy Street shop is one of Santa Fe’s retail jewels. Furniture would seem to be its foundation, but the owner’s attitude about it is a different kind of straightforward: “Was furniture our bottom line from the start? That’s the sixty-four thousand dollar question because we hate furniture stores,” Keller said in response to a question. “For me that’s a place that has a dozen or so cars in a big parking lot in a day, then maybe there’s a big deposit to take to the bank, but that was never my m.o. My m.o. has always been about shoes going by the front door.”

He admits that, yes, furniture is the most important component of the economics of the place, and the truth of that shows in the fact that Design Warehouse has offered free delivery, statewide, since Day One. But he has always thought of good retail as being “part of the entertainment industry. We talk to people about food and movies. You know, where do you go, what’s going on. Then if they twist our arm, we’ll talk about sofa sleepers.”

Keller moved to New Mexico from New York in 1970 to do graduate work in English literature at the University of New Mexico, then started teaching 8th-graders at Cristo Rey School. “After a year I realized that anything, even being in business, being an entrepreneur, is easier than that.”

A few decades later, he talks knowledgeably and passionately about his inventory.

“Our big brands are Knoll and Herman Miller, the icons of modernism. Herman Miller is an amazing company, very green, and everything is made in Michigan. They’re both billion-dollar companies, both publicly held, but their bread and butter has always been contract and that means office furniture, and often office furniture aimed at Fortune 500 companies. So there’s a lot of Herman Miller at Los Alamos National Laboratory.”

Two of the store’s biggest hits are the solar waving Queen Elizabeth and the Aeron chair. This is an ergonomic office chair that people loved in blind tests, then hated when they saw it, then it became a runaway huge seller for Herman Miller. “It came of age with the internet, with people at their desks 16 hours a day and people loved it. The fact that it looked edgy and different all of a sudden was a benefit instead of a liability.”

(On the Aeron chair page at hermanmiller.com, you can find out why it’s so comfortable in essays titled “The Benefit

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This lounge chair was designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1956 for Billy Wilder. It has been made in Michigan with uninterrupted production by Herman Miller. Right, contemporary sectional by American Leather, made in Dallas. Below, the Toro lounge chair by Blu Dot. (Photos by P.W.)

of Pelvic Stabilization” and “Anthropometrics of Fit.”) Keller’s a little more equivocal about sofa sleepers, even the pretty $4,000 American Leather models. “Well, our middle name is sofa sleepers. It’s gigantic for us. However, we never advocate buying a sofa sleeper because they’re firmer: you’re sitting on a mattress. But it’s the Santa Fe story: we have so many wonderful houses and people don’t want the second bedroom to have a bed; they want it to be an office or family room. But when they have visitors, the sofa sleeper is a good option.”

One of those little cloth monkeys is a good option to a sofa sleeper if you’re just in lookie-loo mode. “We do love the gift industry. We want people to leave with a bag,” Keller said. That’s why the store is so much more important to him than the website. (But it is a fun website.)

“Our formula for success has been that no one has ever worked on commission and no one has ever kept track of anybody’s sales,” he said. “We want to treat people the same as we want to be met when we walk into a store: not lowpressure: no pressure.”

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Posing handsomely on Ekornes chairs: Dante the Doberman and Panama Pete the pit bull

Healthy comfort at Leishman’s eishman’s of Santa Fe has gone to the dogs, and that’s an excellent thing. Anybody with his radar on has enjoyed the parade of perky pooches adorned on the chairs and sofas in Leishman’s advertisements for years. Where do all those good-looking dogs come from? From animal lovers all over.

“If you make a donation of at least $500 to the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society and bring me the receipt, we will schedule your dog for a photo shoot to be used in an ad,” said Katie Stevenson, the company’s owner and president. “I had a lady who gave that to her husband for Christmas last year. The dog, a shelter dog, a pit bull named Panama Pete, was posed in an Ekornes stressless chair.”

Leishman’s is an exclusive area dealer for the Norwegian company Ekornes.

“At the Barkin’ Ball last year, my donation in the silent auction was having your dog be the poster dog. The winner was Dante, a doberman owned by the owner of Casas de Santa Fe. Also, we run a charity promotion in December and January, where if you donate at least $50 to the animal

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shelter, through us, we give you $200 off an Ekornes chair.”

Leishman’s is perhaps best known for its patio furniture — Gloster, Jensen, Lloyd/Flanders, Brown Jordan, and other brands — but the store on Cordova Road also has loyal customers for its mattresses and living-room furniture.

“One of our top lines,” said consultant Marsha Rowe, “is Flexsteel, an American company offering hundreds of fabric choices and frame options: sofas, chairs, loveseats, recliners, swivel rockers, gliders, and sleepers, or sofabeds.

Flexsteel has a kashmira fabric that’s plush but very stainresistant and durable. It’s great for families and it has been a huge program with that company.”

She said Ekornes “stressless” chairs are ergonomically designed to relieve back stress. “They’re known for their leathers, too. It’s a very distinctive line and once you have an Ekornes chair, you’re a customer for life.”

One of the showcased groupings in the store is an Ekornes home theater set: a sofa flanked by two chairs, all equipped with practical, spacious wooden tray elements, and a long ottoman.

“In most cases, Ekornes chairs come in small, medium and large and we tend to sell them in pairs for the husband

and wife,” Rowe said. Leishman’s also carries recliners and power lift chairs. There are Mission and Arts and Craftsstyled wood rocking chairs. And there is lots of patio furniture.

“We actually do patio all year long,” the stressed. “And we do the covers for the patio furniture, which makes sense this time of year.”

The furniture company has a fine website that you can find at leishmansofsantafe.com, but she said the showroom is the most important part of the business. “I think the majority of consumers today still have the need to sit on a sofa to see if it’s comfortable.”

The Leishman’s showroom is fairly cavernous, with many furniture lines well-represented, but customers can also special-order items. Free delivery is offered in Santa Fe. “We’re getting ready to expand; we’re going to be doing a store remodel, probably in December,” Rowe said. “We’ll do some paint and carpet, shake up the displays a little bit, freshen the store, and add some new lines to what we already have.”

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A fine and zany sense of design Burke has designed some crazylooking furniture: cowboy furniture adorned with spurs and rifles, hearts and belt buckles, fringes, stars, cowhorns and animal heads. Plus they’re pretty danged colorful to boot. You can check into the sheer variety at www.ldburkeofsantafe.com.

Burke’s chairs and tables, clocks, chests, benches, trasteros, beds, and mirrors are all made of ponderosa pine that he obtained from a sawyer up north of Española. All pieces are hand-adzed or planed, put together with solid mortise-andtenon joints, and finished with varnish, paint and beeswax.

“I had six Salvadoreans that I trained,” he said, referring to former times when business was a bit more booming than at present. “They were amazing. They could talk at the same time they worked. And they were coming out of a background where they used the elbow adze, which we’ve used on everything.”

Many folks hereabouts know Burke for a few select architectural achievements. The first was the Pink Church on Pacheco Street, built in the late 1980s to accommodate his burgeoning L.D. Burke Cowboy Furniture business.

Soon followed The Nunnery just behind the Pink Church.

“That’s a neat building,” he said in a recent conversation at his house on Don Gaspar Avenue. “It has those strange triangular dormers.

Some carpenter up north, up toward Ojo Caliente, did a bunch of houses and that’s where I saw those dormers.

“The stuff I’ve done is sort of ‘theme’ architecture more than anything you’d see in Architectural Digest, or rather than doing a particular style over and over.”

Burke followed the barnlike structures on Pacheco Street with the Fortaleza Coyote building on Second Street; it boasts a steel dragon on top and gargoyle canales. He also did the Twin Towers building at Jackalope and, in 2000, completed the tall Granaries buildings at the corner of 6th Street and Hopewell — one each in red, tan, chocolate brown, and blue.

Originally from just outside of Boston, he worked in advertising and graphic design in San Francisco and Chicago, then suburban development in Houston before landing his hyper-creative carcass in Santa Fe about 30 years ago.

After he had been here about a year, he was charmed by the early New Mexico furniture and began making similar, derivative, furniture. During a time when he was studying with Hazel Archer, he did a seminar at the Pecos River Learning Center and ended up getting an order to do furniture for the 25 rooms there.

His derivative furniture period didn’t last very long before he began making the pieces a little more ornamental: more Burke-ish. He was commissioned to do a mirror for Ronald Reagan. Each individual in his edition of 40 of

Design at 225 Canyon Road. She really got me into the marketplace. I had my big mirrors there, carved and decorated with spurs and silver dollars, and they were going for $10,000 apiece.”

Any of the furniture pieces you see at ldburkeofsantafe. com can be ordered. Meanwhile, he’s excited about a series of short stories he’s writing. “They’re very funny, all my experiences, and they’re all short enough you can read them on the can.” He’s also sending out cards asking folks to check out his video “It’s Broke Let’s Fix It” on YouTube, where he wears colorful clothes and sings (to a horse and a grizzly-bear head) about the fact that his fellow Americans need to do something about the current sad state of affairs.

“If we don’t get off our butts,” he advises, “nothing’s going to happen.”

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Clockwise from top left, L.D. Burke with two petlike friends; Western mirror; Grizzly and Brown Bear Desk with Horned Chair (photo by Lynn Lawlor); and The Nunnery, today the home of Fine Arts for Children and Teens, Inc.

The President’s Mirror has tiny brass tacks spelling out the words, “America - Love Her or Saddle Up.” The Gorbachev Mirror was also a special commission. It’s decorated with Indian-head pennies, buffalo nickels, and an old spur.

At the bottom is another Burke dictum (and a tongue-twister in Russian) “From the Pounding of Hooves, Dust Carries Across the Plains.”

“I’m not in any stores now,” said Burke, who calls himself an industrial designer. “The last one was Simply Santa Fe [now closed] and I had my stuff with Chris O’Connell at Spider Woman HOME

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Higher rates and higher prices Possibly the worst phrases in the English language are “You should have” and “Why didn’t you?” If you are thinking of moving to Santa Fe and buying a home, do not become a victim of “Wish I had.”

Don’t let these words haunt you.

I know, a few months ago I said rates are as low as they can possibly go. Wrong!

Mortgage interest rates have set a new low point in the last month. Rates are lower than any period in the last 60 years. This is the best time ever to fulfill your dream and improve your financial situation. Buy the home you want or refinance the home you have. THE TIME IS NOW. Really.

Even the best economists are doubletalking their way through the rocky road we call “current market conditions.” But surprised as I am that rates have dropped so low, I will not be surprised if they begin to ascend after the presidential election. Rates go up by only 1 percent or 1.5 percent and home values increase 10 percent? Just these small increases dramatically change the picture. See the attached table.

Only a slight increase in the interest rate, from 3.50 percent to 4.50 percent, is equivalent to paying $538,000 for the home instead of $500,000. If the rate goes to 5 percent, coupled with a modest 10 percent increase in value, the cost of the house becomes $607,780. Compare these scenarios to a current purchase.

Remember that historically a 5 percent rate is a very low interest rate. But the 5% rate with a 10 percent increase in purchase price delivers a cost that is over 21 percent higher. Hard to swallow, right?

This is the best argument I can deliver for not waiting another day.

Sotheby’s Realtor Francesca Stedman says, “Buyers are catching on and sales are

Purchase Price Loan Interest Rate Monthly Payment Payments, 10 Years Less Principal Paid Net Interest Cost Cost Increase

2012 Purchase $500,000 $400,000 3.50 percent $1,796 $212,520 ($90,293) $125.22

picking up. I have many buyers who see the opportunity and potential in Santa Fe and are so excited about taking advantage of the current low interest rates. It is a once-in-a-lifetime offering.”

An example that proves the point concerns the 15-year fixed rate. At today’s rate of 3.0 percent for a 15-year loan, you will never need to refinance. True, payments are higher compared to a 30-year fixed, but equity builds faster, allowing the owner to retire the debt faster. For the buyer planning to sell within a 5- to 6-year time period, a 5-year ARM at the current rate of 2.75 percent is perfect.

In 2012, home financing is the brightest spot in the U.S. economy. Where else 2013 Purchase $500,000 $400,000 4.50 percent $2,027 $243,240 ($79,643) $163,597 $38,370

2013 Purchase $550,000 $400,000 5.00 percent $2,147 $257,640 ($74,633) $183,007 $107,780

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can millions of homeowners reduce their living costs so dramatically? Nowhere.

It has been said that nothing is definite except death and taxes. However, there is one more truth: rates and prices will go straight up in the future. Don’t be a “would have,” “should have,” or “could have.”

Jim Gay was a real-estate broker for 20 years and has been a consultant to Fortune 500 companies. He is owner/ broker at Home Buyers Mortgage (505-986-9080) and can be reached at jim@jimgayhomemortgage.com.

Glossary of regional architectural terms adobe - sun-dried earthen brick; and a house made of adobe bricks. alacena - cupboard built into interior adobe wall. banco - adobe bench built at base of interior wall. canales -drainspouts extending out from parapet of flat roof, originally to protect adobe wall from falling water.

cedros – split juniper used like latillas for ceiling corbel – scroll-shaped wood support piece used to support a viga. latilla - juniper or alder branches or poles used for ceilings and coyote fences. nicho - niche in interior adobe wall used for storage and display.

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sala – living room Territorial Revival style - SpanishPueblo style modified with brick coping around roofline, milled-woodwork details such as pedimented lintels on window frames, and square portal posts. trastero - cupboard viga - debarked log used as ceiling beam

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PLAZA COLORADA – In a land where some of the most beautiful footprints are the boundaries of the original Spanish Land Grants, there resides above Abiquiu, the spectacular landscape that is the Plaza Colorada Land Grant. This parcel is one of the very few large parcels that will ever be possible in the Ghost Ranch/Abiquiu basin. There now exists an extraordinary opportunity to actually own 5,797 acres that comprise the majority of the Plaza Colorada Land Grant. Opportunities abound for the archeologist, historian, hiker, horseback rider, artist, wildlife enthusiast and seeker in all of us. This is an exceptionally rare find. Do not miss the chance to let this special place inspire you to make your own history in this land of enchantment.

Out of this world while only 60 minutes from Santa Fe! MLS 201204223 5,797 ACRES $5,650,000

LOt 2 RAnChO DE Abiquiu – Overlooking the Chama River in Abiquiu, this spacious custom home (2,594 sq ft) was made for entertaining. The grand living room leading to the southern portal is ideal for enjoying the evening sunsets over the river. The cook’s kitchen and elegant dining room encourage conversation with friends and family. So many tasteful details in this home, with its dramatic entrance, study/library and master bedroom suite, will delight the most discriminating buyer. The 2 bedroom 2 bath guest house (954 sq ft) is done as nicely as the main house and is so inviting. This incredible24.5 acre parcel in the heart of Abiquiu has it all, riverfront (900+ ft), privacy, great hiking and riding in the nearby Carson National Forest as well as one of the loveliest home in Abiquiu.

MLS 201200568

24.5 ACRES

$798,000

MESAS DE LA JOYA - LOt 17 Enjoy Lake Abiquiu from Wonderful Lot 17 in Mesas de La Joya with its expansive views of the Lake and Ghost Ranch. This parcel shares all the views made famous in the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe. With its shared well and electric transformer it will be easy for you to build your dream home. Imagine your life surrounded by all this beauty.

Only 90 Minutes to Santa Fe. MLS 201104612 10.92 ACRES $175,000

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In The hearT of Santa Fe, a faIrmonT To Call Your own. wITh ITs arT gallerIes, spanish colonial architecture and world-class restaurants, santa fe enlivens the senses like no other place in the world. now, there’s a private residence club with style to match the city. a retreat where you’ll enjoy exclusive privileges from the foremost name in hospitality. a sanctuary where you’ll feel at home, whenever a desire for renewal draws you back to The City Different.

Introducing Fairmont Heritage Place, el Corazon de Santa Fe. It’s everything you want in a santa fe getaway home...and more.

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We’re just three blocks from the Plaza on the corner of Catron Street and Grant Avenue.

a limited number of heritage Place ownerships are now available

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To discover if ownership is right for you, call us today at 866.721.7800 or visit www.ElCorazondeSantaFe.com.

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Fairmont Heritage Place, El Corazon de Santa Fe (the “Property”) is not owned, developed, or sold by Fairmont or its affiliates. El Corazon de Santa Fe, L.P., a Texas Limited Partnership (the “Developer”), is independently owned and operated and is the developer of the Property. The Developer uses the Fairmont brand name and certain Fairmont trademarks pursuant to a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable license from Fairmont Management Company, LLC. Under certain circumstances, the license may be terminated or revoked according to its terms in which case neither the Residences nor any part of the Property will be identified as a Fairmont branded project or have any rights to use the Trademarks. Fairmont does not make any representations or guarantees with respect to the Residences or the Property and is not responsible for the Developer’s marketing practices, advertising, and sales representations. This advertising material is not an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy to residents of any state or jurisdiction in which registration requirements have not been fulfilled.

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Luxury Portfolio markets over 25,000 properties annually in prestigious publications, and on their award-winning website LuxuryPortfolio.com.

7500 6000

The collection of properties is unmatched globally and is the largest network of premier independent brokers – representing luxury properties all over the world.

4500 3000

Santa Fe Properties is the exclusive affiliate of Luxury Portfolio in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico.

1500 0 Source: Mintel International Website Survey 04.01.12.

TOTAL >$1M

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