Santa Fe Real Estate Guide December 2011

Santa Fe Real Estate Guide
December 2011
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BROWNELLHOWLAND Architect John Midyette and builder John Wolf created this inspired, utterly livable 8,364 sq ft adobe residence and comfortable one-bedroom guesthouse. The groundsfully walled, fenced, and secured behind a stately gateare strewn with mature high-desert foliage. Four bedrooms, 5 full and 2 half baths MLS #807215 Offered at $4,500,000
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EASTALAMEDA Nestled in the Alameda Hill Compound, this elegant and comfortable historic home is a quiet, spacious escape in the heart of one of Santa Fes enviable gated enclaves. Architectural antiques add to the appeal. Portions of the home date to the early 1820s, and original walls and antique Mexican and Pueblo doors can be found throughout. An attached two-car garage is a rarity for an Eastside estate. MLS #201103260 Offered at $2,500,000
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FOOTHILLSROAD Privately secluded by abundant mature trees, this 3,400 sq ft home on a hill just off Old Santa Fe Trail features a wealth of unique living spaces accented with distinctive finishes, details, and appointments. Designer Deena Perry transformed the three-bedroom residence into a truly unique modern hacienda filled with the warm colors and welcoming ambience of Old Mexico. MLS #201103417 Offered at $1,250,000
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20 TECOLOTE CIRCLE
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$1,050,000
Art of LIVING
his truly exceptional Las Campanas home was built by one of Santa Fe's most prestigious builders, Doug McDowell. The property consists of a 2BR main house and an attached 1BR guest suite. Lovingly maintained in pristine condition. Spacious portal with a fireplace overlooking the gardens and mountain views. Just under 1/2 an acre with distant mountain views. MLS# 201005687
Fine properties to suit your Santa Fe lifestyle

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653 CANYON ROAD, #10 $945,000 A lovely three bedroom, three bath home in the quiet and lushly landscaped Compound Condominiums steps from Canyon Road shopping and restaurants. The perfect location for the farolito walk on Christmas Eve! MLS# 201103602
1054 ENCANTADO DRIVE $1,700,000 This truly exceptional property has not been available for over 10 years! Contemporary Territorial in design, the interiors are a graceful blend of informal and formal living spaces. High ceilings, gorgeous hardwood and brick floors, oversize windows and glass doors take full advantage of the natural light. MLS# 201103640
265 EL DUANE COURT $660,000 Very special Valle de Sol property. All one level living except for the two upstairs guest bedrooms and bathroom. The home is light and bright with a spacious living room that features high ceilings, beams with tongue and groove ceilings, clerestory windows, tile floors, fireplace, and built-in bookshelves. MLS# 201103910
For your new and evolving Santa Fe lifestyle, trust the Santa Fe Team to find your ideal property. Amid natures splendor Culture, Tradition, Community savor the Art of Living!
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326 Grant Avenue 505.988.2533
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GOLF COURSE LIVING AT ITS FINEST 54 GREY WOLF MLS# 201002350 $2,395,000
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Classic Territorial Elegance

20 GREY WOLF MLS# 201003889 $2,295,000
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7 GREY WOLF MLS# 201100987 $1,495,000
326 Grant Avenue 505.988.2533

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Shane Cronenweth
984.5158
shanesantafe@gmail.com www.ChooseSantaFe.com
1110 OLDSANTAFETRAIL $3,800,000 This stunning three+ acre, gated and walled estate is a rare Eastside oasis. The sophisticated five-bedroom Territorialstyle residence with its attached guest apartment is sited amidst lush grounds enhanced with expansive herringbone brick terraces, koi ponds, established gardens, a magnificent dining gazebo and glorious mountain views. Featured are an impressive owners suite, separate study, office, media and family rooms, and a fabulously equipped kitchen with sitting area. Luxury amenities throughout offer sublime ease and comfort. MLS# 201105322
Caroline Russell
954.5530
caroline.russell@sothebyshomes.com www.ChooseSantaFe.com
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20 VISTA REDONDA $1,100,000 With sweeping vistas and Frank Lloyd Wright-influenced architecture, this 5,160 sq ft house and studio on 6.9 acres is exceptional. Featured are a 49 ft. great room with media area, massive fireplace with concrete mantlepiece, slate floors and mahogany cabinetry. The kitchen offers a walk-in pantry and 360bottle wine keeper. The generous master has double baths, an office and mini-kitchen. One guest suite includes an adjoining study. Lovely outdoor spaces feature a terrific dining pavilion and mature landscaped grounds. MLS# 201101068
954 SANTO NINO PLACE $1,395,000 Opening to amazing Sangre de Cristo views, this stellar one-level north side double adobe home with studio/guest house is irresistible. Magnificently updated and transformed, it includes a sumptuous great room with soaring ceiling, wonderful family and dining rooms, a sensational cooks kitchen, a romantic master suite with kiva fireplace and enormous closet, plus a private guest wing. The main house has abundant Southwest design elements, delightful walled entertaining terraces, established landscaping, and 4-car garaging. MLS# 201101820
11 ABIERTO WAY $775,000 You'll be transported by breathtaking mountains and sunsets seen from this chic 2006 Southwest contemporary Tierra Concepts home. Entertain in the dramatic great room with its beamed ceilings and richly pigmented plaster walls, and enjoy the sleek high-end kitchen. The superb floor plan includes a private office, and the master has a lavish bath with wonderful stone wall. An incredible living/dining portal accesses the landscaped, stonework-accented gardens. Refrigerated air conditioning, 3 fireplaces, 5-zone speakers. MLS# 201100580
10 VIA VECINO $1,150,000 The towering Sangre de Cristo Mountains before youwhat a rare and special setting for this handsome 2010 Tesuque residence! The marvelous great room with high beamed ceilings accesses a grand entertaining portal. The 29-foot master has a fireplace, sybaritic bath and private terrace. The impressive center-island kitchen includes high-end appliances and deep dining portal. Also featured are hardwood floors throughout, maple cabinetry, hand-troweled plaster walls, central air conditioning, and a heated 3-car garage. MLS# 201103183
33 SPIRIT COURT $1,195,000 Remarkable Sangre de Cristo and badlands vistas from this fantastic 2002 adobe house with large guest casita and studio, ideally located between Santa Fe and Tesuque. Entertain beautifully in the great room, and the spectacular kitchen/family room. The private master suite includes an outdoor hot tub with waterfall, and a 3-bedroom wing has a screening room. With lovely custom finishes, rich hardwood and stone floors, spacious terraces and portales, lighted sports court and 3-car garage, this gated compound is a superb value. MLS# 201104704
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41 AVENIDA DE LAS CASAS Sweeping western views from this gorgeous residence in prestigious Casas de San Juan. 5,003 sq ft includes a 3BR main house and an attached 1BR guest casita. Great family room off the gourmet kitchen. Fabulous outdoor spaces. #201105022 $1,795,000 7 TANO POINT LANE 9 +/- acre property consisting of gorgeous main house, 3 guest houses, studio and chapel. Incredible gardens with walkways, patios, courtyards, portals and a lovely swimming pool. 360 degree views. #201005175 $4,800,000
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1055 OLD SANTA FE TRAIL A classic Santa Fe residence on 2.8 acres. Terrific location providing wonderful views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Four bedroom, 6,568 sq ft, with an office and library. Gorgeous outdoor spaces. #201100111 $1,350,000 7518 OLD SANTA FE TRAIL A 4BR main house includes a family room and a large library/office. Upper level master suite with private balcony and incredible views. Large 1BR guest house includes office or studio space. Beautiful foothills setting. 2 horses allowed. #201102919 $895,000 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 $1,150,000 916 OLD SANTA FE TRAIL Fabulous historic compound residence in desirable Museum Hill area featuring 4BR main house, 1BR casita, plus an artists studio/office. Excellent location convenient to shopping, museums, and Plaza. #201102712 $1,645,000 545 VISTA DE LA CIUDAD Classic Santa Fe style in this quality home close to Canyon Road and the Plaza. Excellent 3BR, 3BA floor plan including a wonderful den/library with wet bar. Centered on 2 lots with wonderful portales and a large patio. #201005541 $895,000 11 SONRISA COURT 3BR on 2.87 acres. Built in 2001 by Zachary Shultz featuring a spacious master bedroom with a fabulous bath. Gorgeous views of both the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains. Kitchen with eat-in area and access to a dining patio. #201104016 $599,000
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Lilac gardens and 80-year-old trees embrace an adobe family compound reminiscent of mellow bygone days. The main house and studio of the late beloved artist Ted Rose were hand built using many traditional and handmade elements. The guest houses are much older, dating back to the days when Camino Don Miguel was a busy little mercantile street. $895,000
410 CAMINO DON MIGUEL
Expanses of open views in every direction yet total serene privacy. Wonderful floorplan with 3BR. Several living spaces, with panoramic views. High, pitched ceilings, stained concrete and marble floors, fun open concept kitchen. Outdoor living spaces look over Galisteo Basin. Stunning pool environment. $780,000
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European-style villa with high beamed ceilings, beeswax rubbed Venetian plaster walls, Italian tile floors, antique doors and columns, the loveliest finishes and fixtures, and on 11 private acres. Expansive rooms and views, 3BR and baths, family room, 3,000 sq ft, plus a matching 3BR, 1,350 sq ft guest house. $1,295,000
DIVINE EUROPEAN HOUSE & GUEST HOUSE
A historic adobe in perfect location downtown, it is a pretty walk 3 blocks to the Plaza. 18 guest rooms with stylish baths, plus live-in managers suite. Charming breakfast great room; elegant, comfortable public spaces, patios and deck. Character, ambiance, and Santa Fe style! Parking lot. Established perennial landscaping. $2,695,000
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Ashley Margetson CRS, GRI

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984.5186 Cell: 920.2300
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CE RI P
Currently an art gallery, or would be perfect for offices, a shop, or a restaurant. High ceilings, great floors, great light and ambiance. Very stylish and in fabulous condition. Unbelievable high visibility location between the Plaza and Railyard. NOW $529,000
EXCEPTIONAL DOWNTOWN BUILDING
Minutes to the Plaza, in prestigious 1200 East, opportunity knocks! Clean lines and bright, open spaces make this custom built condo a rare find! Large rooms with high ceilings and beautifully landscaped outdoor spaces! Three BR, great master suite, cheerful eat-in kitchen, garage, and storage. $725,000
SOPHISTICATED CONDOMINIUM
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 Real Estate Broker. $1,995,000
ONE-OF-A-KIND VILLA
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BEAUTIFULTESUQUE ESTATE
Long known as Vista Redondas finest property, this one-of-a-kind adobe designed by Charles Johnson sits on one of the best view lots youll ever see. The 6,811 sq ft home has no steps and is beautifully sited on 5.2 lush acres. The entertaining spaces are perfect for large gatherings, but the home has an intimate, warm feeling as well. There is an attached guest casita, complete with its own kitchenette. It is priced well below replacement cost. Just 15 minutes from town. Owner is a Licensed New Mexico Real Estate Broker. MLS #201104029 Offered at $2,395,000
108 SOUTHWEST PASEO ENCANTADO
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789 AVENIDA PRIMERA SOUTH $649,000 Truly lovely In town living so close to everything Santa Fe has to offer. Light-filled and spacious open living, dining and kitchen on one level, expansive deck with views and kiva fireplace, 2-car garage with storage. MLS# 201103979
42 HEARTSTONE DRIVE $1,097,000 Spectacular view property off Tano Road. Plaster walls, hand-carved elements, reclaimed vigas, built-ins, natural light, cooks kitchen, expansive office. Single level, 3BR, established gardens. MLS# 201103067 Co-listed with Abigail Davidson.
69 CONDESA ROAD $499,000 Spacious, single level 4BR, 3BA home with French doors to a patio and garden with views. Master suite with fireplace, new kitchen appliances. Vigas, latillas, nichos, tile floors, 2-car garage, office/studio. MLS# 201103819 Co-listed with Abigail Davidson.
Wishing all my friends and clients a Joyous Holiday Season, full of the Warmth and Wonder of your Hearts Home.
ROXANNE APPLE
Direct: 505.954.0723 Cell: 505.660.5998
930-928 CERRO DE LA PAZ $2,990,000 The soul of a great home with the size of a great estate! Beautifully sited on over 8 acres in one of Santa Fes most sought after areas, this exquisite residence was built in 1938 in the spirit of the owners good friend, John Gaw Meem, and completely and impeccably remodeled by Sharon Woods in 1999. A romantic courtyard, expansive portales and magnificent gardens frame the beautifully proportioned living areas, fabulous gallery, a true chefs kitchen, library, and much more! MLS# 201003810 Co-listed with Abigail Davidson.
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326 Grant B ER 20 11 HO505.988.2533 10 D E C EM Avenue M E
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231 Washington Avenue Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 (505) 988.8088
275 CIRCLE DRIVE Amazing views from this 4,800 sq ft home on almost 4 acres with new high-end construction. Light and bright, 5BR, 5BA, with family room, media room, huge 2-car garage, and walled entry. MLS# 905013 $1,575,000
7 CAMINO OSITO Pueblo-style home on 2.65 acres with outstanding views. Diamond plasters walls, spacious living room, large gourmet kitchen with high-end appliances, slate and wood floors, two master suites, plus an office! MLS# 201104660 $1,275,000
26 CAMINO SANADOR Located off Old Santa Fe Trail, on almost 7 acres. Beautifully sculpted contemporary Santa Fe lines, open kitchen, cherry butcher-block island countertop. Spacious, 4 bedrooms plus media room/fifth bedroom. MLS# 201104665 $1,075,000
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638 CAMINO DEL MONTE SOL In traditional Santa Fe style, this 4BR, 3,600 sq ft adobe on the historic Eastside has a bricked entry portal, vigas and beams, wood floors and handcarved doors, and an English garden. MLS# 201005540 $999,000
1265 CERRO GORDO ROAD Eastside home with attached guest house, close to the Plaza and Canyon Road. Stone floors, hand-troweled plaster walls, vigas, and a steam shower. Wonderful outdoor living spaces. Carport can be added. MLS# 201102866 $820,000
24 CRAFTSMAN ROAD Spacious warm 3BR, 2BA home in Oshara Village. Includes attached greenhouse, passive solar, cherry cabinets, pantry, vigas, radiant heat, low utility bills, wood stove, operable skylights, and stained glass. MLS# 201105129 $280,000
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1125 PIEDRA RONDO $1,575,000 Sierra Del Norte with spectacular views. Custom designed home with designer and decorator details, 3BR plus a media den, or office, gourmet kitchen with fireplace and top-of-theline stainless appliances. One plus acre lot, and 3-car garage. MLS# 201103680
Quail Run
Santa Fes Premier Gated Community
Enjoy the golf course, tennis courts, a modern exercise facility, indoor pool, jogging trails and the highly acclaimed restaurant. 24-hour hosted privacy gate. Located 3 miles from the Plaza. Our inventory at Quail Run is extensive, offering many sizes, floorplans and prices. If you are interested in a carefree and maintenance free lifestyle let us introduce you to the community of Quail Run.
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Sundance Estates Sited to embrace Sangre views, the grand living room with commanding fireplace and wall of windows opens to a circular dining room with beamed ceiling and sumptuous kitchen. With a 3BR, 3.5BA main house and attached studio guest quarters, there is a cinematic beauty and scale and wonderful finishes including wrought iron flourishes and FASWALL construction. MLS 201102288
THE APPLE OF ALDEAS EYE

With an open floorplan centered around a great room graced with kiva fireplace, plaster walls, tile flooring, tall ceilings with vigas and wet bar with temperature-controlled wine storage, this free-standing single-level 3BR, 2.5BA, 2,579 sq ft Aldea home opens out to a portal with kiva and views to the Jemez. Terrific eat-in kitchen features a stainless SubZero and Wolf appliances. MLS 201105184
CHIC AND CONTEMPORARY

Nestled in the crown of a hillside with jewel-like walls of glass and plaster, this stunning 2BR, 2.5BA, 3,211 sq ft residence is luminous. The floorplan begins with an elegant entry opening to living and dining rooms, den and kitchen all with angles and curves that create a unique-by-design living experience. Glass doors open out to patios, portales and mountain views beyond. MLS 201102991
PERFECT SETTING
On 4.9 lush Sunlit Hills acres, this eclectic and charming 1,788 sq ft 2BR, 2BA adobe home with den/office exudes the essence of Santa Fe. Gently curved walls wrapped in plaster, wood floors and beamed ceilings, gardens and view deck, enclosed area for pets, user-friendly covenants and a view west to the Jemez shaped by the nearby hills offer remarkable country living. MLS 201105313
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LAS MELODIAS AT LAS CAMPANAS Style and value are now available at Las Melodias de Las Campanas. Choose from four floor plans. Each home is quality constructed, offering energy saving features as well as home technology conveniences. MLS# 201102049 Starting at $399,000 OJO CALIENTE Northern NM-style 3BR, 2BA, open concept home with a separate library, sited on 5+ acres backing up to BLM land. Fenced yard, storage unit, and 3-car garage. Near Ojo Caliente, Abiquiu and Espaola. MLS# 201004519 $299,999 430 ABEYTA STREET Stunning 2BR Eastside home with private, landscaped and fenced/walled yard. Bright and airy kitchen. Kiva fireplaces in the living room, master bedroom and on the back portal. Completely turn-key. MLS# 201003377 $559,000 RODEO SKIES HACIENDA BLANCA ROCIADA SPRINGS RANCH HOLMAN RANCH
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Rodeo Skies, where the stars shine their brightest. This contemporary gated compound sits upon 183 untouched acres, nestled between the Chiricahua Mountains of AZ and the Peloncillo Mountains of NM. MLS# 201104909 $1,095,000 RodeoSkiesRanch.com
Custom pied--terre in T or C. Contemporary detailing and stylish crafting. 8 commercially zoned lots, great investment property. Finishes include brick floors, French doors and butcher block kitchen counters. MLS# 201105105 $487,000
Alpine and aspen meadow retreat on 500 acres. Completely renovated compound, house, guest house, studio, garages and barn plus additional outbuildings. Unsurpassed natural beatuy and wildlife. Historic cabins and stables. MLS# 201001751 $3,800,000
Holman Ranch sits among other long established ranching communities just outside Mora on 840 pristine acres with no covenants, along the Mora river, with access to true wilderness: perfect for hunting, fishing, or horseback riding. MLS# 201001402 $2,250,000
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505.470.0927
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Brunson Schroeder
ANN BRUNSON
505.690.7885 ann.brunson@sothebyshomes.com
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505.690.1007 ed.schroeder@sothebyshomes.com
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Sunrise! Sunset! 360 views from this custom Parade of Homes hacienda! The covered portales invite entertaining with views of the entire surrounding mountains. Gourmet kitchen, brick & hardwood floors. 3,650 sq ft, 3BR, 4BA, 2.97 acres. #201104494
25 PASEO DEL CONEJO
$1,299,000
Hondurean mahogany Morelli carved door leads to a grand Santa Fe custom home with polished brick floors and mountain views. 6 fireplaces, spacious formal living and dining rooms, media and library, and newly remodeled kitchen. #906554
13 COLUMBINE LANE
$1,000,000
841 CAMINO DEL ESTE
A Santa Fean delight! Gated 800 East home with eastern views of Sangre de Cristos ski mountains! A wine lovers delight with huge 3,000 bottle climate controlled wine cellar and another 1,000 bottle ambient temperature wine closet. #201005995
$795,000
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E IC PR
316 CALLE ESTADO
Exceptional one level townhome with spacious rooms, living/ dining room with kiva fireplace, beams, and American Clay walls. Kitchen with new granite counters and stainless appliances. Updated bathrooms. #201102024
$550,000
Wonderful custom home with acres of beautiful flagstone floors.Tremendous views of Jemez and Sangre Mountain ranges. Diamond plaster walls, gourmet kitchen with granite counters and custom cabinets, and a huge walk-in pantry. #201102683
90 SUNDANCE DRIVE
$850,000
681 GONZALES ROAD
A perfect second home in Santa Fe! Close to the ski mountain, hiking/biking trails and the Plaza. Large bedrooms with plenty of storage, lovely large kitchen has room for a breakfast nook and the utility room even has a pet shower! #201006483
$550,000
Quiet! Views! This home feels brand new due to constant care by owners. Through the entry, you are greeted by expansive mountain views. Open concept, master BR with kiva, wraparound portal and separate studio with attached garage. #201005251 417 East Palace Avenue 505.982.6207
28 CAMINO CABALLOS SPUR
$550,000
208 PLAZA MONTANA
City living at its best! In the center of Santa Fe and convenient to everything, this home is gorgeous with wood floors and granite counters. Formal dining and a great room with a gas fire place makes entertaining a pleasure. #201104844
$735,000
2252 ESPEJO PLACE
Los Senderos elegant custom home on one level! Designed by Peter Merrill. Beautiful features such as professionally landscaped gardens with outdoor fountain, oakwood and Italian tiled floors, herringbone latillas and vigas, plus skylights. #201103981 www.sothebyshomes.com/santafe
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This house off of Old Santa Fe Trail has a rather grand, European feeling, but with Santa Fe design elements including beautiful, hand-troweled plaster walls and beamed ceilings overall a combination of elegantly formal and informal country touches and all very comfortable. The well-lit kitchen is a real standout, the panoply of teal-colored, distressed-finish cabinets contrasting with the butter-yellow wall plaster. The unique ceiling is alternating bands of plaster and whitewashed wood in an open coffer of distressed-wood beams. There are several of these handsome coffered ceilings in the house. Kitchen equipment includes a Viking six-burner range, a Sub Zero refrigerator, and an Asko dishwasher. The kitchen is big enough for an informal dining space right next to a huge stone fireplace. The table there is a favorite space. I love the house because its so light and bright, and there are wonderful views from every room, said owner Lynn Lee, who built the house with her late husband. I spend a lot of time in front of the kitchen fireplace doing paperwork or watching television. The other room I really like is the library, which is warm and cozy. The library/study is a refuge in dark wood. It boasts a distinctive, large fireplace of wood and stone and a long window seat providing views of Santa Fe Baldy and other peaks and hills at the southern end of the Rocky Mountain
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Range. The house was built in 1997 employing energy-efficient pumicecrete construction. The builder was Steve Shank Construction Company and the architect David Gibbons. There are six bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms in the 6,996-square-foot residence; that includes the guest apartment (with two bedrooms, living room with fireplace, and kitchen) above the three-car garage. Access is via a long, winding, very steep driveway. Chickadees in the large, healthy pion trees welcome with chick-a-dee-dee, and Lynn said there are about 40 hummingbirds visiting feeders in the summertime. Each of the twin, heavy wood front doors has a small, iron-grilled window. One entire wall in the spacious living room is made up of windows and French doors opening to a deep portal with a fireplace and, below, a rock-bordered pond with a waterfall. This and three other outdoor dining/entertainment areas are paved with tile, brick, or flagstone, and there are stone steps between levels and leading down to the landscape beyond. The property is 18.5 acres. (The buyer has first chance on an adjacent, undeveloped parcel of 19.5 acres.) Landscaping plantings are nourished from rainwater-catchment and graywater systems, via drip irrigation. Back in the living-room, the coffered beam ceiling is a country white and is subtly ornamental. The large fireplace echoes the ceiling in its slab-like forms, and incorporates a pillar theme in its framing. It is one of 10 fireplaces in the
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7628-C Old Santa Fe Trail. Head out Old Santa Fe Trail past Two 7628-C Old Santa Fe Trail. Head out Old Santa Fe Trail past Two Trails Road. Look for
house. In several of the others, the fireboxes are framed in colorful Portuguese tiles. The floors throughout the home are limestone tile, except in the library/ study and on the second floor, where floors are dark-stained, wide-plank wood. The second-level bedrooms are reached on a central staircase with tremendous wooden bannister and railings on the landing. The steps are carpeted, the material anchored with brass stair rods. In the master bedroom are a deep window seat, a fireplace, a beamed ceiling, and a laundry chute that drops to a spot next to the laundry room on the first level. The bathroom is outfitted in travertine tile and there is a jetted tub, a blue-tiled shower, and a pair of fluted porcelain sinks with brass hardware. The views from the four balconies are terrific, taking in the Sangre de Cristos, the Jemez Mountains, and the hills and plains of Galisteo. Among the other features are a formal dining room with cabinets (for both display and storage) flanking a fireplace; his-and-hers offices sharing a full bathroom; radiant heating; an elevator; and a basement with a 10-foot-long, walk-in safe. The house on 18.5 acres is listed by Jane Hiltbrand, Barker Realty, for $2,068,000.
7628-C Old Santa Fe Trail. Head out Old Santa Fe Trail past
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Tilting at adobe
Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rose from the plain. No sooner did Don Quixote see them than he said to his squire, Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from the face of the earth is a service God will bless. What giants? asked Sancho Panza. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Im feeling a little Sancho-like these days as I read, grimace and cringe at the delusions surrounding the windmills at Saint Catherine Indian School. These arent windmills, of course; they are three little adobe houses that the City landmarked along with the rest of the campus a few years ago. They are now at the center of a controversy that impacts the much more important core buildings of the school as well as the National Cemetery. The controversy has arisen between the owner of the property on the one hand and the City and the local preservation community on the other. I think of myself as a member of that latter cadre though I become potentially erstwhile when they go tilting at adobe as energetically as Don Quixote did his own
delusions. The issues are pretty simple and to me present their own solution. Five years ago Max Tafoya, whose unusual niche is developing cemeteries, bought the campus because it is adjacent to Santa Fe National Cemetery, which, as we know, is rapidly running out of space. His intent was obvious and perfectly above-board: convert all or part of the 18 acres into gravesites. The three delicate (as in dilapidated) mud houses are outliers of the central campus at St. Catherine. They were built 75 years ago, according to local knowledge, by some of the students to house lay staff at the Catholic school. There is a story to be told there, no doubt, but it comprises a bit part in much larger play. The City, a little slow on the draw, reacted to Mr. Tafoyas plan by declaring the abandoned campus a historic landmark after the purchase, prompting some pretty well-founded Fifth Amendment questions about takings. By landmarking the property after it had been purchased with a specific intent, the City undoubtedly affected the value adversely. The new owner however, was willing to deal. I was part of a team that helped another local developer derive a plan that would save and put to beneficial use the core of the campus while permitting
the balance - including a large swath of land which is vacant except for the three adobe outliers - to be appended to the National Cemetery. All of the current players were involved in that effort: the City, the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, the Old Santa Fe Association, the State Historic Preservation Division, and the surrounding neighborhood. Alas, for reasons that have never been divulged to me, the deal fell through and St. Kate, awakened and hopeful for a short while, went back into a slow, near terminal hibernation. Years have passed and Mr. Tafoya needs to move his investment along but cant seem to get past the City. He has proposed to move the adobe houses from their present location to other sites closer to the center of the campus, thus opening up the land he needs for the cemetery. Here come the questions: Can you move a ramshackle adobe house? That has been tried numerous times without success in other places, so the answer is an unequivocal No. Can they be disassembled and re-built? Of course, but ask any preservationist about the authenticity of a reconstruction in a new location and how that cost/benefit analysis works out. In my mind it doesnt. And in the meantime, the magnificent old main hall and the adjacent structures seem to have been forgotten. I think its time to talk to Max; ask
ED CROCKER
him if, in credit for not having to move the little adobe windmills he might offer up some additional help with the really important buildings. He has already demonstrated good will by spending money (four years ago, with me) to protect the iconic structures. And keep this in mind: he is not trying to do a bad thing. Quite the contrary. His motives and the need for his services are completely legitimate. At the end of Cervantes classic, the delusional knight-errant dies of a fever and with him fades the chivalric code. Thats what happens when you joust with adobes. Edward Crocker (982-2448 or eec@ crockerltd.net) is a principal of Crocker Ltd. Architectural Conservation, which specializes in historic-preservation contracting and consulting. He is a trustee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites.
Recent Home & Land Sales

Sales data for the period Oct. 19-Nov. 18 from Santa Fe Association of Realtors MLS reports. Not all sales are reported.
Homes $445,000 $449,000 $690,000 $691,500 $1,095,000 Land $115,000 $189,000 $250,000 Homes $509,500 $525,000 $520,000 $650,000 Land $60,000 $70,000 Homes $174,000 $225,000 $301,000 $309,900 $340,000 $355,000 Land $84,000
Homes $155,000 $249,500 $329,000 $419,000 $458,000
$477,000 $540,000 $590,000 $615,000 $635,000 $1,100,000
$1,145,000 $1,300,000 $1,900,000 Land (None)
Homes $80,000 $97,000 $112,000 $160,900
$174,900 $179,000 $180,000 $182,000 $183,500
$200,000 $210,000 $210,000 $211,500 $215,000
$220,000 $221,000 $226,500 $238,000 $252,000
$252,500 $265,000 $318,000 $390,900 $435,000
Land (None)
Homes $36,000 $139,500 $205,000 $270,000 $276,000 $290,000 $315,000 $401,000

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$410,000 $485,000 $494,000 $558,300 $650,000 $685,000 $980,000 $1,216,000 $1,361,670
Land $150,000 $150,000 $160,000 $500,000
Homes $46,000 $153,336 $155,000
$205,000 $225,000 $230,400 $310,000
$340,000 $349,000 $385,000 $418,000
Land $49,999 $132,000 Homes $170,000 $250,000 $300,000 $325,000 $348,900 $389,500 $440,000 $499,900 Land $97,500
Homes $242,500 $319,900 $329,000 $333,000 $370,000
$440,000 $455,000 $555,000 $825,000 Land $145,000
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Water conservation key to sustainability

ore than 8,000 old, water-hungry toilets were replaced with water-efficient models during the City of Santa Fes toilet retrofit program in the mid-2000s. The programs organizers were lucky they did what they did when homebuilding was going strong. The retrofit program was implemented in 2003 in reaction to a prolonged drought. It targeted developers: the awarding of building permits for new houses or commercial buildings was contingent on the developer offsetting the projects expected water load by replacing old toilets with toilets that use 1.6 gallons per flush, or less. Such a program wouldnt float today, because so few new buildings are going up in this slow economy. But the city now has rebate programs for high-efficiency toilets and washing machines, as well as water-harvesting rain barrels, all available to customers of its Sangre de Cristo Water Department. The city touts its programs in water conservation and drought management as the best in the Southwest with respect to both comprehensiveness and effectiveness, and the numbers back that up. Between 1995 and 2010, Sangre de Cristo customers reduced their water use by 38 percent. Daily, per-person consumption plummeted from 168 gallons to 104 gallons. Looked at from another angle, during that 15-year period, the departments customer base swelled by about 11,400, and yet its annual water diversions went from 12,737 acre-feet in 1995 to 9,226 acre-feet in 2010. (An acre-foot is about 325,851 gallons.) The $217 million Buckman Direct Diversion (BDD) project, developed between 2008 and 2011, now adds treated water from the Rio Grande to the citys other sources: the Nichols and McClure reservoirs on the Santa Fe River and wellfields in Santa Fe and the Buckman area. The BDD taps the city and county supply of water from the San Juan-Chama Project. This is Colorado River water that flows through a tunnel under the continental divide and into Heron Reservoir, thence to the Chama River and the Rio Grande. There are more than a dozen entitites with contracts entitling them to that supply, among them the city and county of Santa Fe (5,605 acre-feet a year), the Jicarilla Apache Nation (6,500 afy), the Middle Rio Grande Conservation District (20,900 afy), and the city of Albuquerque (48,200 afy). The city posts daily water reports on its website, a bit behind real time. The most recent report before press time was Tuesday, Nov. 8. It shows that more than three-quarters of the citys water-system production (totaling 6.2 million gallons) came from the Buckman Direct Diversion project. The remainder of the water came from the citys reservoirs on the Santa Re River and from its Santa Fe wells. Why conserve water? Santa Fe County is located in a high desert environment, according to the countys website. The county water utility has over 1,500 customers, and an additional 14,000 or so are on domestic wells. It is estimated each year that more water is lost to evaporation
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An aerial view of the Buckman Direct Diversion project water treatment plant
than is gained by precipitation. In addition to this, Santa Fe County is highly susceptible to drought, and lacks the water resources many other cities enjoy. As you spend time in Santa Fe, you will notice the paucity of lakes, rain, and moisture in the air. One of the best water-conservation strategies is to capture rainwater and snowmelt water, directing roof runoff into barrels or cisterns.
A vignette at Santa Fe By Design with, in the foreground, a low-water, wall-mounted toilet by Duravit
Its really easy to catch the water just using gravity, said Kurt Faust of Tierra Concepts Inc., a Santa Fe builder of high-end homes. The real trick is getting water back out to your landscaping. There are a lot of different pumping scenarios. The simplest is to buy a 60-dollar sump pump and hook it to a hose and water your trees. The price jumps up from that for automated systems. Sprinklers are a lousy choice for watering outdoor plants in Santa Fe, because so much of the water is lost to wind and evaporation. Its best to set up a drip-irrigation system that delivers water to each plant. For plumbing fixtures inside the house, there are limited methods of conserving water that focus on reduced consumption, said Bob Schwartz at Santa Fe By Design. The conservation methodology in showerheads and faucets is simple: restriction. Shower heads limit your usage to 2.5 gallons a minute, and low-flow aerators for faucets can get you down to 1.5 gpm. The manufacturers of dishwashers and washing machines have made great advances, as have the makers of toilets. Where the typical older toilet uses three to five gallons per flush (gpf), the newest models use only 1.28 gallons. The current national standard for dual-flush toilets is 0.9 gallons for liquids and 1.6 gallons for solids. Some of the low-water toilets are very loud, actually explosively loud. Those use a power flush. They hold
water under pressure in a reservoir, and people hate those in residential applications, Schwartz said. When 1.6gallon toilets were mandated in the early 1990s, everybody went to those, and they quickly regretted it. Its just that the technology had not yet caught up with the legal requirements. But since that time, the engineering that has gone into toilet-flushing technology is rather fantastic. The Toto company is an industry leader, he said. The city bought a lot of Totos for its toilet-retrofit program. We sell a lot of toilets and the 1.28-gallon Toto is way ahead of the curve. Moving into the realm of convenience, many of the new toilets come with soft-close lids. You just give them a push when youre leaving and the seat and lid slowly, softly close. If youre really lazy, or you dont want to touch anything, or you like the high-tech stuff, check out the Toto Neorest, which includes a fancy seat incorporating an automatic cleaning wand (like a bidet function) and comes with a
remote control you can use to open and close the lid and seat or you can set it to do that automatically, by sensor, when you approach and leave. You can add a bidet seat to some of these toilets for about $1,200, but this Toto, which I call the Space Shuttle of toilets, does everything, including rear cleaning, front cleaning, and a fan that dries you off. The Neorest is about $5,000. But you can save just as much water with an entry-level HET (high-efficiency toilet) starting at about $465. -----------------------------Conservation and sustainability go hand in hand, and theyre both on the agenda in Santa Fe Watershed Climate Change, a workshop happening from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. The event is held by the City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The day begins with presentations by Craig Allen,
research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and leader of the Jemez Mountains Field Station based at Bandelier National Monument; Bill DeBuys, author, conservationist, and founding chairman of the Valles Caldera Trust; and Dave Gutzler, professor of earth and planetary sciences at the University of New Mexico. The workshop facilitator is Karen MacClune, an expert on climate and senior staff scientist at the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition in Boulder, Colo. A report developed from the workshop report will be used to help manage the Santa Fe Watershed over the next four decades. For more information, call Claudia Borchert with the city water department at 955-4203. And see www. water2conserve.com/incentives/toilet_residential.html for information about the citys water-conservation rebate program.
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The loan processor... your new BFF

Most mortgage loan officers agree that the borrowers best ally in the loan-finance journey is the loan processor. Making friends with the processor is definitely the way to go. It will pay dividends in more ways than one. It is an understatement to say that paperwork has increased in the mortgage world. There are more requirements all the time. Fannie Mae continues to pressure lenders and threaten their purchases of loans. Who handles this increased paperwork? Who handles surprise requests at closing? Who is in the hot seat from beginning to end? Yep, it is the loan processor. The processor is the glue that holds any mortgage company together. Processors are responsible for most of the interaction and struggle with the underwriters. Because they are such an integral part of the transaction, they are often placed in the position of whipping post by all sides. Because they deal directly with all parties to the transaction, they are often blamed for surprise requirements, increased paperwork, stalling incidents and low appraisals. When, in truth, they are only the messengers who work diligently and hate calling you with any problem or change. Loan officers are busy, too. They are required to take good care of your loan by locking your rate at the optimal moment and working directly with the borrower to initiate the process and collect all necessary paperwork. But, in all honesty, besides managing your loan, the loan officer is responsible for business development and has to be out of the office to do this well. So, as I said before, when the loan originator is tending to business, it is the processor who takes and makes those sometimes dreaded phone calls asking for more documentation or bringing less than good news, etc. It can be a lonely and thankless job. So why would anyone want to educate themselves so that they can talk to and understand the all-powerful underwriters? Why do they want to work in an environment that is stressful and often unappreciative? The simple answer is that they like helping people realize their greatest dream of home ownership. But, I should also tell you that for every talented, educated, smart, caring processor working today, there are 20 out there who possess none of these qualities. Great processors are hard to find and when you work with one, you will know it. Because I am the author of this tribute to loan processors, I am taking the liberty to say that I have the best. My success, over the last 20 years, is closely linked to her outstanding handling of my clients loans. So, the next time you have an opportunity to work with a processor
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who is going the distance to get your loan closed with the least amount of irritation, say thank you and good job. He or she deserves it. Jim Gay was a real-estate broker for 20 years and has been a consultant to Fortune 500 companies. He is currently a broker/owner with Home Buyers Mortgage (986-9080) and can be reached at jim@jimgayhomemortgage.com.
Building permits
SANTA FE COUNTY building permits issued from midOctober to early November included the following:
Joe Loewy, 6 Monterey Rd. $293,000.
North Denver Industrial, 105 Carson Valley Way. $160,000. Tom Cushing, 15 Sobre Los Cerros. $400,000. Univest - Rancho Viejo, 5 Victorio Pk. $130,000.
Building permits issued by the CITY OF SANTA FE during the month of October included the following:
Nolen M. & Linda G. Hayden, 105 Daybreak. $436,000.
Centex Construction, 4218 Plaza Sonata. $171,240. 4222 Plaza Sonata. $170,598. 4228 Plaza Sonata. $202,272. 3006 Floras del Sol St.
$163,389. 3048 Floras del Sol St. $195,106. Carol Ortega, 3020 South Meadows Rd. $98,000. Homewise Inc., 3738 Valmora Rd. $143,000.
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Every step you take

In the world of tile, the landscape has changed from the acres of white ceramic four-inch-square tiles one would see everywhere. Advancements in the world of technology have affected the tile industry in many ways. The trends we are seeing in the tile industry at this time are textured surfaces that appear to be fabric and yes, you must touch to make sure! Glass tiles are becoming larger, amplifying reflectivity and design options. We are seeing great combinations of natural stone and glass in fun and modern mosaics as well as metallic tiles in exciting sizes such as 46 by 8 inches. Minimal grout lines are also quite the desired look these days. Realistic wood-look tiles are gaining popularity for ease of maintenance. No matter your individual style or budget, there is the perfect tile out there. Think outside the box when it comes to deciding on the tile pattern you might use. There is always the standard grid, but add a deco insert into the grid and voila! It becomes visually textured and much more interesting. Here are some other patterns that might interest you: lacework diagonal, hopscotch selce, herringbone with insert, interlocked full pattern, and pinwheel. If this all sounds foreign to you, I am happy to share details if you contact me. Lets take a closer look at how technology has brought some great and durable looks to both ceramic and porcelain tile. The tile manufacturers have capitalized on technical advancements in digital inkjet printing to create ceramic and porcelain tile collections with lifelike and quite convincing images and textures. High-definition imaging has been used in creating laminates (such as Formica) for decades. New digital printing methods take place without any contact to the surface of the tile, resulting in a superior resolution. This new technology also allows manufacturers to select the very best graphics, patterns and shading nature has to offer and produce tiles replete with color, depth and texture. This has resulted in porcelain and ceramic tiles that look like limestone or other natural stones with much increased durability and without the common pitfalls of natural stone. The clean, rectified edges are yet another plus, accommodating narrower grout joints that give the illusion of an uninterrupted, honed surface. So you have chosen a tile or two and decided on a pattern for the layout... but wait, now the grout, oh yeah, the grout! I have seen individuals agonize over choosing the grout color! Should the grout blend in with the color of the tile or should it be a contrast? Dont despair. There is no rule about this. The technique of application is more important than the color. If the grout job is good, it is barely noticeable, and if it is bad, it is an eyesore! The other important aspect is to select the type of grout to minimize
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staining and absorption. The overall look will depend on the installation, so please use the correct tools or have a licensed professional tile installer do the job. Lisa Samuel ASID, IIDA is a Santa Fe native and is owner/president of Samuel Design Group, located in the Railyard Artyard lofts. She is an award-winning interior designer (licensed interior designer #313), a lighting designer, and furniture designer.
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Make a 10 percent pledge

With the new year quickly approaching, a few of us are thinking past the holidays and pondering our new years resolution. How about a 10-percent pledge? No, not to spend money, but to save it on our water, gas or electricity bill next year. Saving on any of these resource helps you, helps the community and helps the environment. Plus its not difficult as there are many free tools and rebates to help us achieve this goal. The City of Santa Fe offers FREE water audits. Finding one small leak can easily help you reach your goal. On a recent residential audit training field trip I attended with the city, three out of three houses had easy-to-fix water saving recommendations. One of the houses I am embarrassed to say was mine. It does not take much to save 10 percent of your water. Changing out a single flush toilet handle for a dual flush takes only a few minutes and can save thousands of gallons a year. Installing a rain sensor on your irrigation system will pay for itself in less than two years. To assist in your efforts, the city has a simple-to-use water calculator to help you estimate water use. It also offers a host of rebates to help you save water. Besides their rain sensor rebate, one rebate that will quickly pay for itself is a weatherbased upgrade to your existing irrigation controller. Check for this and other rebates at www.water2conserve.com. PNM, our local electric company, offers a number of tools and incentives to help us with the 10 percent pledge. These include an energy calculator to analyze your home energy use, identify ways to save energy, and estimate the cost of operating appliances in your home. The company offers a range of rebates toward energy saving upgrades. A quick and easy one is changing out old-fashioned light bulbs with compact fluorescent lights. These use 75 percent less electricity than traditional incandescent bulbs, and will reduce your electric bill by as much as $65 per year. Look for these and other ideas at www.pnm.com. The New Mexico Gas Company (www.nmgco.com) offers a variety of energy-saving tips to quickly and easily reduce your monthly natural gas usage, from turning down your thermostat to wrapping your water heater. This inexpensive change will generally lower your natural gas bills by about $3 to $5 a month, and usually pays for itself in about one year! If your annual household income is under $101,700, Homewise can help you finance energy-efficient and waterconservation home improvements, including installing any of the following: Energy Star windows and doors, solar hot water, photovoltaics, insulation upgrades, water-catchment irrigation systems, Energy Star appliances, and low-flow toilets and fixtures. Find out more at www.homewise.org.
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Look at your usage and join me in working toward achieving a 10-percent reduction in 2012 to save energy and water and to help the environment. Doug Pushard, the founder of the website www.HarvestH2o.com, has designed and installed residential rainwater systems for 12 years. A member of Santa Fe Water Conservation Committee and a board member of the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, he can be reached at Doug@ HarvestH2o.com.
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660 Granada Street 80+ years old and respectfully maintained and updated home in great South Capital location. 4BR/2BA, 2343 SF, 1 car garage. Live upstairs and have office downstairs or just enjoy the whole house. #201104903 $695,000 Coleen Dearing 505.930.9102
31 Camino Sudeste Horse property in Sunlit Hills. 2500 SF, 3Br, 2Ba on 5 acres. New air conditioning, 3 car garage. Beautiful landscaping. #201104881 $445,000 Michael Bramucci 505.690.0520
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146-B Rough Road Stanley, NM Native inspired partial adobe home on 77+ acres. 1818 SF, 2Br/2Ba + loft/office & tack room. Glorious sunsets, views, starscapes! Wondrous detail, light, quiet, near Wrights Indoor Arena! #201102375 $350,000 Sherie Stiver Zinn 505.930.4105 or Lynne Einleger 505.660.9074
2882 Plaza Verde Wonderful free standing home at the Estates at Park Plaza on Premier View lot. 1,827 SF with 2 Kiva fireplaces, 3 bed, 2 bath, oversize garage, fenced yard, adjoining common areas/walking paths. #201105195 $315,000 James Congdon 505.490.2800
2 Whitewater Court Unobstructed views from Rancho Viejo home on a corner lot. All appliances included. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with attached 2 car garage. Hot water infloor radiant heat. Move-in condition. #201105078 $232,200 Don Holman 505.577.1666
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he installation of a new photovoltaic array on the roof of the Santa Fe Girls School was also a learning experience. The placement of the solar panels was expanded into a five-day course sponsored by the New Mexico Solar Energy Association. The workshop, coordinated by the NMSEAs Mary McArthur, was attended by homeowners and electricians from around the state and as far away as Texas and Missouri. The Santa Fe company Positive Energy Inc. awarded the Girls School its first-ever Solar Photovoltaic System Grant for the $15,000 system. The grant was created in response to what the company sees as an increasing need for education about, and development of, alternative energy. The class was five days three days on design and two on installation and we had 21 participants, said the schools development director, Cullen Curtiss, during a recent visit. It was taught by Positive Energy personnel, including its president, Randy Sadewic. They talked to us about four companies to source panels and we ended up using Schott Solar Inc. of Albuquerque, Curtiss said. We thought it was important to use a local firm, if the product was exceptional. The schools 5-kilowatt system utilizes 16 Schott 230 watt modules. Curtiss estimates the array will power 50 percent of the schools total electricity use. SFGS uses propane for heat in the wintertime, so thats a separate energy protocol. Santa Fe Girls School, established in 1998, is a private, nonprofit institution located at 310 W. Zia. Its students are in grades 6, 7 and 8. Enrollment is 40 this year. The curriculum is seminar-style: dialoguebased rather than lecture-based. As Curtiss put it in a proposal for the solar grant, Socratic pedagogy requires experiential learning for application. There are no computers in the classroom. The school building is a triple-wide manufactured-housing unit with frame additions on both ends. Theres also an attached greenhouse, although the roof (oddly enough) is not glass. Thats why we originally reached out to Positive Energy, Curtiss said. Our environmental science director, Will Barnes, wanted to see if we could get a PV panel to power lights for the greenhouse, to help grow vegetables in
By Paul Weideman
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The rooftop solar array at Santa Fe Girls School
the winter season. Instead we will install four skylights, through a grant from PNM, and they invited us to apply for this photovoltaic grant from Positive Energy. The PV system, which includes a data monitoring station, will be integrated into the curriculum. There may be a mathematics focus in the future, but there will most certainly be a tie-in with the subject of conservation, a strong part of the SFGS science program. The sixth grade manages the schools greenhouse. The seventh and eighth grades manage Project PRESERVE, a riparian restoration program in its sixth year on a 9-acre site at the Santa Fe River at La Cieneguilla, downstream of the wastewater treatment plant. In an e-mail interview, Barnes said his 8th-grade students study chemistry and energy. We learn about electricity and then each student does an energy report. They each choose a different source of energy: solar, nuclear, wind, coal, etc. and try to answer the question as to whether or not this source is clean, that is renewable, sustainable, efficient, safe. This year, in addition to all of this, we will be monitoring our own use of electricity at school; well keep track of how
much electricity we use at each outlet and then hopefully make recommendations to the school so that we can become more efficient. (We may need to replace our old refrigerators!) We will also track how much electricity we are producing from our solar panels and then ultimately track and try to reduce our carbon footprint. In May of each year, SFGS invites the community to attend its Annual Public Presentation of Data. This coming May, the school will incorporate data and observations from six months of working with and monitoring the new PV array. The students also will share experiences from a new partnership with the permaculturebased Arco Iris Institute; and they will show student-filmed and -directed interviews with female conservationists. The PV workshop at Santa Fe Girls School was held over five days in late October and early November. Tuition was $500 for the three-day PV design class or $750 for the entire course on design and installation. We start from scratch, teaching people how panels work and the various options, McArthur said. Our final project is a design where students are given information about a fictitious homeowner
and a garage they want to put panels on, then theyre given an inverter and a brand of panels and they have to figure out the design: the sizing, how many panels, and how to connect everything. NMSEA is an educational nonprofit established in 1972 and that promotes solar energy in New Mexico. The association offers classes for 3rd to 12th grade, on request; and adult PV classes once or twice a year. These latter are aimed at electricians, homeowners who want to know more, and students considering careers in renewable energy. Topics include the various components of photovoltaic arrays, designing and sizing a system, choosing a site, and the configuration of stand-alone (off-grid) and grid-tied (utility-connected) systems. The photovoltaics at the Santa Fe Girls School should come online soon. We still have city and PNM inspections, Curtiss said in mid-November, and so it will probably be December before we flip the switch. For more information about the school, Positive Energy Inc., and the New Mexico Solar Energy Association, see santafegirlsschool.org, nmsea.org, and positiveenergysolar.com.
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Here are a few gift ideas

Darlings, I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; only a hippopotamus will do; dont want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy; I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. Chipmunks, that is such a stellar gift idea for your client and/or loved one who has everything, but it may be a little late to put in your order... even though Im sure I saw it in this years His-and-Hers section of the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog (page 4). However, if youre unsure as to the kind of reception a baby hippo might receive on Christmas morning, I have plenty of other ideas for gifts. And these exist right in and around Santa Fe, so you could feel good about supporting your local community. Heres one: Judy Broughtons 103acre ranch, Rancho Acequias, located in Georgia OKeeffe country right behind the Abiquiu Inn. Ive never quite forgiven Judy for closing her Canyon Road shop, Judys Unique Apparel, a few years ago. Sometimes I get lonesome for those old places, like Celebrations, Artisans Art Supply Store, The Carriage Trade (before Geronimos), even Gormleys Market (before everyone). But face it, Norma, youre 50, and those places are gone from Canyon Road forever. Back to the ranch. With 2,400 feet of Chama River frontage, this is the perfect weekend fly-fishing retreat for the avid sportsman. Its even an easy jaunt for a lazy afternoon between closings. Yes, my Lovely German Browns, Im thinking its the perfect gift for Clare Easterwood to give her favorite Realtor, Lee Lowary. (This way, shed always know where to find him, as he is a certified fishing fool.) $4,495,000. This price includes living quarters, outbuildings, and maybe you could talk Judy out of a horse or two. Or maybe not. Ask her Realtor, Gabe Burke, at Santa Fe Properties. Next on the list: A homemade Tamale Party on the porch of the historic and authentic Johnnies Cash Store located on Camino Don Miguel. Still owned and operated by its original owner, Johnny Armijo, it has been named (by the New York Times, no less) one of the three best spots in the world -- the others are somewhere in New York and Paris. Opened in 1946, Johnnies has been in continuous operation since. Someone told me that back then there were around 55 neighborhood groceries in Santa Fe, and today Johnnies is perhaps the last one standing. So, Chile Peppers, savor it while you can. The tamales are delicious. $400. (This includes a personal appearance by Johnny himself and enough tamales for lots of friends). Yes, Snowflakes, some things transition out, but theres always another thing to fill the vacuum. I may not be able to buy unique apparel at Judys anymore, but I could tango instead. (Wait!! Im not saying Im going to, Im just saying I could.) El Meson is celebrating its 10th year of Tuesday Evening Tango Parties, which proves that the tango remains a hot ticket in Santa Fe, which brings me to my next gift idea. Lenny Katz, one of the founders of the Rubin Katz Law Firm, is a major tango enthusiast, and he was recently named the Santa Fe Best Lawyers Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for 2012 by Best Lawyers, a well-respected peer-review publication for over 25 years in the legal profession. What does this have to do with Christmas gifts, youre asking yourself. Well, my Darling Nutcrackers, when youre involved in a complicated realestate transaction (Is there an easy one anymore?) give your client the gift of a few hours of Legal Expertise with Lenny. $40,000 and a successful closing later, Lenny will also throw in two complimentary tango Lessons. Now, now, Possums, I am kidding about one thing: the $40,000. It could be more! (Oh, god, Im hoping that Lenny is so busy tango-ing with his life and dance partner, Sandra Brintnall, that he wont have time to read this and sue me for misrepresentation.) Another gift idea for your client: I ran into Bob Ortega and his wife, JoAnn (she used to be the division prez of First
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Judy Broughton (left) finds time for a leisurely ride with her friend and Realtor, Gabe Burke
Johnny (left) discusses the Talbotts upcoming Holiday Tamale Party on the porch of Johnnies Cash Store
Bob and JoAnn enjoy breakfast at the southsides Plaza Caf
American Title), breakfasting at the trendy southside Plaza Cafe a few weeks ago. He told me hes back in the mortgage business, working at New Mexico Bank & Trust with Clare, Cissy, et al. He sees this as a very exciting time to be buying and financing a home, because the rates are soooo much lower than when he left the biz in 86 to start RB Ortega Construction. So, Dearest Fruitcakes, how about this? After your clients loan has gone through with Bob, and theyve closed on their $500,000 fixer-upper but have no idea what to do next, give them Bob the Builder for one day of complimentary ideas and sketches to turn their newly acquired nightmare into their dream home. $1,500. My last idea is a simple one. But romantic. Cupcakes, its for your spouses, often neglected and made to suffer the unintended consequences of living with a Realtor. Contact Fred Palmer at Artichokes & Pomegranates and set up a revolving account that will deliver a beautiful floral arrangement (appropriate to the season) to your spouse each time you miss a dinner engagement because youre showing property, or you forget to pick up the children because youre at a closing, or you simply fail to show up anywhere because youre so addled that you cant remember where you are in the first place. This could easily mean that your house will rarely be without fresh flowers throughout the year. Could be expensive, but worth every penny. So long, Sweetpeas. I hope Ive given you enough last-minute gift ideas to ensure yourselves a merry little Christmas... Oakley Oakley can be reached at merrilypierson@ cox.net
Fred is still famous for his florals, even at Artichokes & Pomegranates
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Contemporary Santa Fe style home with gorgeous finishes, light open spaces, and mountain views. Built in 2010, this striking residence features plaster walls, custom viga-beam and herringbone wood ceilings, tile, travertine, and wood flooring, eye-catching doors, 2 kiva fireplaces, and 3 walled outdoor living areas. MLS# 201104741 105AvenidaAldea.com
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 withportal, newer roof and boiler, new stucco. On 1 acre near the hospital. MLS# 201104915 1833ArroyoChamiso.com
Healing rural retreat on 1.6 acres in Jacona in the beautiful Pojoaque Valley. This wonderful residence features a great country kitchen, large screened portal, studio, separate guest quarters, pre-moratorium private well, and beautiful gardens and patios with ponds and waterfalls. MLS# 201104196 FourCaminitoCorto.com
Wonderful adobe home in the Foothills with beautiful views and privacy in a gorgeous setting on 5+ acres. Enter through an arched wall into a pretty front courtyard. Spaces include a cozy living room with kiva fireplace, charming studio/den, sunroom with wet bar, kitchen with casual dining, and luxurious master suite. MLS# 201104530 9PiedrasNegras.com
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146 WILDHORSE
$415,000
Spacious and beautiful three bedroom, three full bath home in the Historic Eastside a few blocks from the Plaza with two master suites, enclosed backyard, two-car garage, and walled front courtyard with fireplace. Lovely private compound with great landscaping and its own gate onto famed Canyon Road. MLS# 201000971 624EastAlameda.com
Breathtaking panoramic views over Santa Fe of the Jemez, Ortiz and Sandia Mountains, and La Barbaria Canyon from this attractively remodeled 4,700 sq ft tri-level mountain home on 3.46 acres in the tall pines about 15 minutes from the Plaza. Owner Financing. MLS# 201003709 25MountainTopRoad.com
Wonderful parcel of land in scenic Las Dos is less than 20 minutes to the Plaza. This appealing 11-acre tract has great mountain views from a private and picturesque setting in one Santa Fes most beautiful rural residential neighborhoods. Recently surveyed and lot lines are flagged. Seller will trade for small home in town. MLS# 201100880
5.67-acre estate lot in Las Campanas has fabulous Sangre and Jemez views. For the discriminating buyer seeking exclusivity, privacy, and security this premium parcel at the end of a culde-sac presents a unique and wonderful opportunity. Approved architectural plans for a lovely residence available. Minutes from the Plaza. MLS# 201103952 146Wildhorse.com
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Elegant Estate with stunning views on 12.5 gated acres near the Plaza comprised of an impeccable residence built in 2005 with superb finishes, 11 fireplaces, 7 baths including dual master baths, fabulous kitchen, 3,000 sq ft of portales, 1BR guest casita, and gorgeous swimming pool with cabana and bath. MLS# 201005922 954CerroDeLaPaz.com
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Sited high on the hill in Dos Griegos on 3 acres, this beautiful home has spectacular long-distance mountain views to the south and west. 100' long front portal leads to dramatic entry hall and great room featuring 13' tall beamed ceilings. Four bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths. #201101686
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Fabulous 700 sq ft detached studio and a 2,330 sq ft 3BR home, both with gas heat, on 1.83 wooded acres with mountain views. New stucco, membrane roof, windows and flooring. Spacious great room with adjoining kitchen, family room, large exercise room or workshop. Off Old Las Vegas Highway. Co-listed with Fred Raznick. #201101512
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1185 STATE ROAD 554 $349,000
Solid adobe fully renovated structure with all the Northern New Mexico charm. Vigas, latillas, and hand-troweled mud plaster with straw walls. Large spacious rooms perfect for entertaining or studio space. Great views of serene pastures and mountains located in the artist community of El Rito in the Carson National Forest. This property is zoned residential but would make a wonderful gallery, live/work space, spiritual retreat or back to a church. Property is adjacent to an arroyo. All on one level except a step up to the former altar area. Creative financing possible. #201105229
We listened to the radio program via the Internetwhat a fabulous show! Carmen Lanza, New York, New York It was a pleasure being part of the broadcast from our house.The program provides informative commentary about the complex and confusing subject of real estate. Many people who heard the show thanked us for sharing our hard won wisdom with them, which would not have been possible without the show! Shelly Gore, home owner and winner of "2011 Parade of Homes Grand Hacienda Award
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41 BLUESTEM DRIVE $749,000 A wonderful home in a gated community, inviting patios perfect for entertaining with fabulous views, 3 bedrooms, a study, 3 baths, and an open kitchen area with a fireplace, plus a 3-car garage. #201102623
104 CALLE POCO $939,000 Beautiful and inviting home with guest house in the north hills on 1.6 acres. Lovely Sangre views, two bedroom suites in main house, media room, office, country kitchen, and outdoor entertaining area. #201104075
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1675 VIA BOSQUE $624,000 Executive custom home with great floor plan in the north hills of Las Estrellas. Elegant 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, with sand slate floors, high-end finishes, portales, a 3-car garage, and Sangre views. #201102031 1723 RIDGE POINTE LOOP $424,500 Former model home with 3BR, 2 1/2BA, plus loft. High ceilings, upgrades, lots of natural light, portal, master suite with private deck, mountain views, professional landscaping. Great North end location. #201101592 3101 OLD PECOS TRAIL #808 $690,000 Pinon B model, located on a private cul-desac next to a greenbelt. Two BR, 2BA with elegant upgrades: new kitchen bamboo cabinetry and appliances, remodeled bathrooms, and custom built-ins. #904637
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Spacious, beautifully maintained, newer northern New Mexico style home located close to the Plaza. Built in 2003, this two-story home has a master suite downstairs and additional living area and bedrooms upstairs. Mountain views, abundant light, radiant floor heating,large rooms and high ceilings, large kiva fireplace, beautiful landscaping with drip irrigation, polished concrete floors, two-car garage. Easy access to open space and walking trails. #201103829
2255 VIA MANZANA
$395,000
Pristine, custom built 3BR, 2BA Pueblo-style home surrounded by lovely flagstone patios/walkways in the Ridges subdivision. Located on a private, peaceful 3.67 acre lot and sited for expansive views of the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains, this home is in proximity to many acres of open space and hiking trails. Soaring ceilings, abundant natural light, granite countertops, slate tile floors, sandstone window sills, plaster walls. Natural gas radiant floor heat, central vacuum, underground utilities and green features, including recirculating hot water system. #201102218
172 PRINCIPE DE PAZ
$475,000
1424 SEVILLE ROAD
Unique, charming 3BR, 2BA Territorial-style home close to the Plaza with views of the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains. Sensitively renovated to maintain original style and character. Spacious living room with fireplace, kitchen with custom cherry cabinets, Viking appliances, and granite counters. Gracious portal provides access to delightful rose garden. Landscaped 1+ acre lot has walled perimeter and high central gates. #201105216
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FromtheDirector
SFAR welcomes new officers and directors

In December, the Santa Fe Association of Realtors will host an annual meeting with an exciting program featuring National Association of Realtors economist Lawrence Yun. He oversees the production of existing national home-sales statistics and the popular NAR Home Buyer and Seller surveys, and regularly appears on CNBC, BBC, and Bloomberg TV. Along with Mr. Yuns housing update, the association will install its 2012 officers and directors who were elected to serve by the membership. Incoming president Dan Wright, affiliated with Santa Fe Properties, was raised in Santa Fe, graduating from Santa Fe High in 1969 and then attending the University of Arizona. His early career was spent working in the insurance industry in both Santa Fe and Texas. Back in Santa Fe, Dan began investing in real estate, either owning or managing properties as diverse as subsidized housing to the renovation of historic commercial and residential properties. In 1988, he left the insurance industry to pursue real-estate sales full time. He has most recently served as a member of the Santa Fe Association of Realtors (SFAR) board of directors, vice president, and president-elect. He is also the proud father of two children, both of whom are on active duty in the U.S. military. Victoria Murphy of Santa Fe Properties will be the associations president-elect in 2012. Victoria has extensive Realtor association experience, serving at both the local and state levels in a variety of leadership roles over the past six years. Her family has been in Santa Fe since 1598; her grandparents built and named many streets on the historic Eastside - Sosaya Lane, San Antonio, San Pasqual and Sosaya streets. Her father was a local architect who designed many of Santa Fes downtown commercial buildings and encouraged her to get into the real-estate industry. Her mother, Monica Sosaya Halford, is a local santera and shows at the various Spanish markets. Victoria enjoys sharing the history
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of Santa Fe with her clients as they explore the city. Members voted in Coleen Dearing, Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty, to serve as first vice president. Coleen hails from a Realtor family, both of her parents operating as successful brokers in Colorado, where she recalls dinner conversations revolving around real estate. She has a degree with three majors and began her career in theater, performing and eventually serving as an administrator for the New Mexico Repertory Theatre here in Santa Fe. She is active on many committees within the local and state Realtor associations. Coleen also will serve as president of the Santa Fe Womens Council of Realtors in 2012. SFAR welcomes three new board members in 2012. Valerie Brier of Santa Fe Properties has been in the industry for the past 13 years. She grew up in Denver and earned her bachelors degree in psychology from the University of Colorado in Boulder. Melissa Pippin-Carson, Keller Williams Realty, has been licensed since 2001 and has most recently served as the associations Multiple Listing Service (MLS) chairwoman. She was a key player in the implementation of green features to the MLS. Spencer Ralston with Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty moved to Santa Fe in 2007 after a 30-year career in health care administration. Spencer has served on SFARs New Technology Committee and brings nonprofit management experience to the board. Donna M. Reynolds is chief executive of the Santa Fe Association of Realtors. Contact her at 982-8385 or donna@sfar.com.
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City offers workshop on climate change

The City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County, in conjunction with the Bureau of Reclamation, are holding an interactive workshop on Dec. 14 to discuss the future of the watershed, the water supply, and the potential impact of climate change. Attendance is limited and registration is required. Local environmental and climate experts will give keynote presentations and a facilitator will guide discussions and help process input from participants on which impacts of climate change are most problematic, what the potential solutions are, and how local governments can work toward sustainability. One of the most immediate problems facing us locally is the likelihood of another La Nia winter. What is this phenomenon? The definitions of El Nio and La Nia are based on an index of water-temperature extremes for the El Nio/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. Under La Nia conditions, a band of relatively cooler water extends along the equator from the coast of South America to the central Pacific Ocean. Cold equatorial Pacific temperatures cause major shifts in the patterns of tropical rainfall, which in turn influence the jet streams and patterns of temperature and precipitation around the world. During La Nia winters, the jet streams typically take a more serpentine path and enter North America through the northwestern U.S., bringing wetter-thanaverage conditions to that region and diverting storms away from the Southwest, heightening drought conditions here. To differentiate El Nio and La Nia, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) began using its index formulae in 2003; but it has been tracking the phenomenon since the early 1950s. These sibling events can bring copious amounts of rain and snow, or accentuate drought, in affected areas. La Nia winters typically bring dry conditions to Arizona and New Mexico. NOAA does not state that there is a direct link to global warming but rather notes that it is difficult to sort out the exact role of global warning without
STEPHEN WIMAN
knowing the natural variability of climate change. Maybe just looking around at what man is doing provides the best clues! Climate changes have occurred through geologic time, are preserved in rock and ice records, have affected evolutionary successions and have (relatively recently) dramatically changed the habitability of some areas. But what about the increasing future effects of human activities? One might have expected a slowing of greenhouse gas emissions due to the recent global recession. This did in fact happen in 2009, when total emissions in most countries (including the U.S.) dropped. But global emissions rebounded in 2010. The increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere attributable to the burning of fossil fuels actually increased by 6 percent between 2009 and 2010. This is the biggest increase in the 25 years that such measurements have been kept and the rate of increase is greater than the worst-case scenario predicted by UN climate scientists. Half that increase is attributable to China and India, which came in first and second, respectively, through burning coal to meet the energy demands of their growing economies. Could Santa Fes watershed ultimately be affected by global climate change? Absolutely! 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 Santa Fe Water Conservation Committee. He may be reached at 505-471-9036 and skwiman@ goodwatercompany.com.
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Rincon del Sol: 38 new houses by Homewise

he first two homes in the newest project of Homewise Inc. should be completed and lived-in by the holidays, said Rob Gibbs, the organizations manager of real-estate development. The houses are in Rincon del Sol (Corner of the Sun) at the western end of Tierra Contenta. Gibbs developed the subdivisions first 24 lots with BT Homes, the company he previously owned, in the late 2000s. Homewise purchased the remaining 38 lots on nearly 15 acres earlier this year. Construction began in May and Homewise opened two model homes in August. Nine floor plans are available, with home styles including Spanish-Pueblo Revival, Territorial Revival, and Northern New Mexico (pitched roof), the latter using plans the company is also employing at Old Las Vegas Place, another Homewise project developed in 2010 and 2011. At press time, there were five houses still available in that 50-lot subdivision located on Old Las Vegas Highway near the intersection with Old Pecos Trail. Rincon del Sol houses range from two to four bedrooms, 1,100 to 1,737 square feet, with prices starting at $214,900 and topping out at $259,900. That new house of more than 1,700 square feet would have carried a price tag more like $325,000 a few years ago. Thats right, said Gibbs during a site visit on Nov. 10. Also present were the organizations marketing and special events coordinator, Nichole Breihan, and sales consultant Kit Carman. Because of changes in land values and savings in construction costs, weve been able to offer the homes at these prices. One of the Rincon del Sol models is the Juniper plan, a three-bedroom house of about 1,355 square feet. Among the standard features are radiant heating; insulated slab; Whirlpool appliances, including a refrigerator; hardwood cabinets; 100 percent Energy Star lighting; and Anderson dual-pane windows. Homewise also has a waterconserving, front-loading washer as part of its appliance package. The Juniper model is upgraded with a ceramic tile floor in the kitchen. Homewise also has solar as an upgrade. The other model next door has both photovoltaics and solar-thermal panels. That house won awards for energy efficiency and best kitchen in the Haciendas - A Parade of Homes tour sponsored by the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association last August. Upgrade options in this one, besides the solar installations, include granite countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms, Solatube skylights, and a gas fireplace and ceiling vigas in the living room. If youve visited the Homewise office next to Big Jo Hardware on Siler Road, you have seen the displays about efficient windows and other green items. All of our
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One of the model homes in Rincon del Sol: front facade (above) and a bathroom interior
houses are very tight, Gibbs said. Theyre all built to the BuildGreen New Mexico Gold standard, which is a HERS rating in the mid-50s, compared to the city code that requires a HERS rating of 70. What this means is that you will save 40 to 45 percent on your monthly utility costs in Rincon del Sol compared to a home built to standard code. Some potential homebuyers may look at an older home and find they can get a little more space or amenities like brick floors or mature landscaping, compared to a brand-new house. But with such a home what Gibbs calls a used house there are expenses you may not be thinking about when you buy. One is the roof. The roofs on these new Homewise homes are guaranteed for 10 years. Also you might be buying an older water heater that may need replacement soon. And the older home is not as energy-efficient. Homewise buyers can opt for an older home, such as a Stamm or Bellamah house, rather than
a newly built house. The Homewise mission, after all, is home ownership, whether its new or used. Absolutely, said Breihan. Were also really fortunate that our home-improvement program offers 4 percent loans for energy-saving improvements, so we can help people with things like windows, roofs, and insulation in those homes. Some local homebuilders have seen an impact from subcontractors leaving for Albuquerque or Denver because theres not enough work to sustain them in Santa Fe. Not so for Homewise. We have a great contractor, Platinum Sky Construction, and he has a wonderful pool of subcontractors, most Santa Fe residents, Gibbs said. One benefit of the slowdown, maybe the only benefit, is that the tradesmen who are still here are very qualified to do the nicest work. These homes are some of the best quality Ive done in my 30 years building in Santa Fe. Rincon del Sol is advertised as having no homeowner association fees, and you can get in with a low down payment. Homewise has its own lending department. Our home purchase advisers work with people to be buyerready, which can be immediate or can take a few months. We can give you a first mortgage at 80 percent and then a second mortgage, which prevents you having to pay for private mortgage insurance (PMI). That can be $200 a month, Carman said. New Homewise homes have been characterized as entry level or for first-time buyers, but Gibbs said their buyer profile has always been varied. We get single moms with kids, young families with no children, families with lots of kids, and also retirees who are downsizing. Rincon del Sol will be in process for about 18 months. Next up for Homewise is another Tierra Contenta project called Las Palomas. We will begin that next spring. Those will be small, garden-type homes with smaller lots, where our homesites in Rincon del Sol range from 6,200 to 28,000 square feet. See www.homewise.org for more information.
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Perfect gift certificate for local nursery

Protesters get flushed from public parks for demanding justice. Debt-ridden economies overseas threaten a full-blown money-system collapse. A food system based on long-distance travel, packaging, and credit-card swiping starts to run low on resources. We live in tenuous times, so a permacultural approach to holiday giftgiving is especially appropriate. On the physical plane, think durable, useful, local, recycled, and reusable. On a spiritual level, consider gifts that inspire, motivate, and empower people to become more attuned to their purpose in life. In any age, but especially at this moment of peak everything, lifes purpose is clear. We should strive to become more selfreliant as individuals and help our families, friends, communities, and all peoples of the world do the same. One easy way to do this is to give gifts (or gift certificates) from any of the eight or 10 local plant nurseries. Each has its specialty, and every one of them has endless permacultural presents to offer. If the ground is soft enough (which it often is in winter on the south side of trees, walls, and buildings here in northern New Mexico), now is a great time to plant trees and shrubs. They love to be transplanted when their root systems are not immediately charged with working like gangbusters. If you plant cold-tolerant plants in cold weather, the root systems of what you plant can slowly get used to their new environment and accelerate quickly as temperatures gradually increase. (If the soil is too hard to dig, you can always insulate trees and shrubs over the winter in a thick bed of straw.) In addition to plants, most of the nurseries also sell garden tools, organic soil-building products, and - my favorite books. This year in addition to Harvest the Rain (see below), Im recommending City Chicks (Good Earth Publications, 2010) by Patricia Foreman. The author and I took
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a permaculture class with Bill Mollison nearly 20 years ago, and she will be staying with us while she is in the area promoting her book, but thats not why I suggest you buy City Chicks. I know of no other resource that contains more information about raising poultry and eggs in the comfort of your own backyard (or front yard or side yard). At a whopping 464 pages, the book spans 20 chapters. At the outset, readers quickly learn the benefits of raising chickens. They soon jump into sections about using hens in the garden, growing food for chickens, soil building with domestic birds, and choosing the right variety of fine-feather fowl for your particular needs and desires. Chicken-coop design gets ample treatment. Over a dozen photos will help novice and experienced carpenters through the building process. Readers will also learn how best to integrate layer boxes, waterers, and feeders in order to save time and hassle. Weve kept chickens for many years. Theyre easy to keep alive and provide delicious homegrown food. I love how they draw folks into the garden. You can meet Foreman (and buy her book!) at the Santa Fe Farmers Market on Saturday, Dec. 17. Shell be there at Collected Works book table from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nate Downey is president of Santa Fe Permaculture (505-424-4444) and the author of the just-released book, Harvest the Rain: How to Enrich Your Life by Seeing Every Storm as a Resource (Sunstone Press).
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Socialnetworking
About the connected consumer

Social networking online through Facebook and Twitter is changing not only how we communicate information but how we consume every type of product and service, from toys to real estate. Businesses are experimenting. They are learning and adapting to meet the needs of the connected consumer. Everyone is out of their comfort zone as the times are a changing. Connected consumers talk about their needs and reinforce the values, products and services that are important to them, and business as usual is not winning. Think about how one customer of a major bank created a Facebook-page protest and gathered over 100,000 signatures to end the practice of new fees on debit cards. She leveraged the technology of social networking to change how a major bank does business. Social networking gives the consumer a significant voice in how businesses treat customers and employees as well as how they develop new products and services. Technology is evolving faster than our ability to adapt. Consumers are not just engaged in social conversations; they are connected across a web of networked devices. We are becoming a new breed as we influence and are influenced by each others tweets and likes and follows. This is the new face of business marketing. What is missing is thinking that a large number of likes or follows means long-term success for the brand or product. Look at how Ashton Kutchers one tweet about Joe Paterno and the Penn State sex-abuse scandal changed his influence on Twitter in minutes. Consider how Congressman Weiners body revelations ended his political career. The value in the connection is about understanding the expectations of the relationship and behaviors that happen next. Counting numbers or using metrics can be misleading, especially if loyalty is assumed. Social networking has disrupted how we communicate, exchange new ideas, look at opportunities, influence each other and make political and economic decisions. Nothing appears too big to fail anymore, or too small to succeed. Social networking is far from insignificant, or relegated to a niche to users on Facebook or Twitter. It is transforming how we find and share information and then connect and collaborate and do business with each other. Social networking is part of our culture as governments, businesses and organizations have socialized communication. According to a recent Nielsen study, social media is not a fad. Social networks and blogs account for nearly 25 percent of how Americans spend their time on the Internet. Nielsen reports that women make up the majority of visitors to social networks and blogs. Facebook, with 800 million users, is now larger than the Internet was in 2004.
EMILY MEDVEC
Social networking is becoming the new home page of connected consumers. One result is clear. We are no longer passive media consumers. We are connected. 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 at www.twitter.com/emilymedvec or call her at 505-660-4541.
SpousessellingHouses
The lost art of negotiating

As real-estate brokers, we basically negotiate in our sleep, its true! As we have our coffee in the morning and talk about our dreams, it often goes like this: I had a weird dream we were really close to settling the Jones and then the buyer insisted on the fridge. When it comes to negotiating, the one constant is that we want to win, and thats not a bad thing or just a guy thing. Think back to those Girl Scout cookie sales and that one girl who always seemed to outsell everyone, and not by a little. It didnt matter that she had her mother and aunt and a whole army of helpers out selling 24/7, she was a winner. Thats what we want for our clients; we want them to be winners. In order for that to happen the process needs to be artfully crafted. So that brings in our first rule of negotiation, win-win or no deal. Of course, in a buyers market it would seem unlikely that a seller can come out a winner, but he can. For many sellers, winning usually means price, but to become a winner a seller needs to do three things. First, determine motivation; second, establish the goal; and third, lay out at least three main elements that support that goal. If a seller is not really motivated its impossible to determine a winning solution. In a market where there are eight sellers for every buyer, the seller probably wont get to the negotiating stage anyway. But if motivation is strong, say to move closer to the grandkids, then the goal of selling your house can have real meaning. Now the elements that support the goal such as price, closing dates, inclusions, and concessions become the artful part of the process. Avoid framing any element as winning or losing, but simply as an exploration into potential outcomes. For sellers to win in a buyers market, they must overcome the price objection. Keep in mind that market value is not the fault of the buyers and for all the showings, these people actually made an offer. Next, when it comes to inspection objections, think outside of the box. If the buyer wants a new cooling unit and you know that the old one is fine, offer a home warranty instead. You wont have to pay for a new unit and the buyer gets the assurance he wont be stuck with surprise expenses. Buyers have a list of win items, too, and something as simple as moving a closing date may save them thousands or give them peace of mind. So explore ways for both parties to win, and dont be afraid to ask for what you want. The most important way to become a winner is to keep your emotions in check. Never let them affect your mindset or your ability to get to the win objective of the deal. When making concessions, always keep an eye on the bottom line and have your broker prepare a net-out sheet before submitting your response. More often than not, your broker will need to negotiate with you before she can
MELISSA PIPPIN-CARSON ROGER CARSON
negotiate for you so dont think she is working against you. Closing is a natural progression to successful negotiations and if both the buyer and the seller get what they want, isnt that the best outcome of all? Roger Carson and Melissa Pippin Carson are Realtors Carson & Carson at Keller Williams. Call them at 505-699-3112 or email them at twicethesellingpower@gmail.com.
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Give Yourself the Gift of Abiquiu
RESIDENCIA DEL RIO -What an incredible 32 acre riverfront property. You can enjoy an early morning stroll along the river or enjoy the colorful sunset from your portal. It has a hacienda style floor plan with adobe walls connecting to an outdoor covered courtyard with room for studio, workshop or whatever you desire. The lovely adobe home with its light filled spaces has a cooks kitchen and 3 baths 2 bedrooms. With 11 acres of irrigation (33 acre feet) this property is ready for gardening or farming. Ideal for horses with the nearby Carson National Forest. Only 60 minutes to Santa Fe. MLS 201100723 32 ACRES $895,000
RANCHO QUERENCIA -This lovely 4,300 sq ft pueblo style hacienda allows you to enjoy the dramatic color of Northern N.M. This private 250 acres which borders State Land has diverse topography of grasslands, mesas and red rock cliffs making it ideal for hiking and riding. This home is thoughtfully and artistically constructed with amenities that enhance everyday living with an exercise room next to the outside shower and hot tub, to a kitchen designed for serious cooks, this home creates an atmosphere of ease and elegance. The guest casita wing, dining room, family room, great room and book lined office compliment the 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and make entertaining a lovely experience. THIS RANCH IS TRULY OUT OF THIS WORLD & ONLY 80 MINUTES TO SANTA FE! MLS 201005627 250 ACRES $1,885,000
MESA DE LUMBRE - HOLIDAY SPECIAL This is an amazing parcel in the most beautiful part of Georgia OKeeffe Country. Enjoy the rose and gold cliffs painted on Prieta Mesa while Cerro Pedernal rises majestically on the eastern horizon. Nestled on its own mesa and ideal for hiking or riding, Lot 4 has 360views and total privacy. Special pricing for the holidays. Dont miss this one. Additional acreage available. Deep in the beauty of Northern New Mexico while only 75 minutes to Santa Fe. *Owner is a Licensed New Mexico Real Estate Broker SALE PRICE $110,000 12 ACRES
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