santa fe real estate guide april 2012

Santa Fe Real Estate Guide

April 2012

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Avenida MadisonFilled with wonderful light and views, this elegant, welcoming home offersgracious open living areas ideal for entertaining and two secluded bedroomsuites. Soaring beamed ceilings, pigmented plaster in mellow tones, andhandsome stone and hardwood flooring contribute to an overall easy, breezystylishness. 2 Bedrooms, 3 baths, 3,216 sq ft on 0.55 acres.MLS# 201200676 Offered at $850,000

Camino Monte FelizNestled in a gated private community uphill from the

fabled Old Santa FeTrail, this delightful home offers a rareopportunity to live a life of quiet, comfortable elegance in

a glorious natural setting. Designed by Ed Boniface andscaled for relaxed but refined living. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths,

3,196 sq ft on 2.541 acres.MLS #201105514 Offered at $875,000

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Camino del EsteNestled in the hills just north of the famed Santa Fe Plaza, this desirable property offers a rare combination of privacy, stylishness, andspace — all in a convenient, secure location just minutes from downtown. Perfect for day-to-day living or stylish entertaining, it features arelaxed but utterly stylish living and dining area, a spectacular deck with a glorious view, and a chic kitchen with unique appointments, abar, and an informal eating area. 3 Bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, 2-car garage on 0.060 acres.MLS# 201200753 Offered at $975,000

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Welcome to knowingsantafe.com— a completely unique proprietary online experience for those lookingto buy or sell real estate in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

What makes knowingsantafe.com so unique? It’s been crafted to suit the needs of both buyers and sellerswith our proprietary Santa Fe Property Explorer, delivering the most detailed information possible about ourSanta Fe real estate listings; land, farms, ranch properties and Santa Fe homes for sale.Not only do we showcasephotos of every nook and cranny (literally), but you will “feel” the property — whether you are across thestreet in Santa Fe, elsewhere in New Mexico or half a world away.Virtual tours, detailed descriptions aboutfinishes and special features, dimensions of rooms, plans and maps of the property, downloadable brochures,and other features are available.We provide you completely free access to the Santa Fe MLS listings in additionto our extensive internal listings of luxury homes and properties. Because its like no other real estate siteyou’ve ever visited, you’ll know what to expect before you ever set foot on the property.We guarantee it.

Avenida MadisonFilled with wonderful light and views, this elegant, welcoming home offersgracious open living areas ideal for entertaining and two secluded bedroomsuites. Soaring beamed ceilings, pigmented plaster in mellow tones, andhandsome stone and hardwood flooring contribute to an overall easy, breezystylishness. 2 Bedrooms, 3 baths, 3,216 sq ft on 0.55 acres.MLS# 201200676 Offered at $850,000

Camino Monte FelizNestled in a gated private community uphill from the

fabled Old Santa FeTrail, this delightful home offers a rareopportunity to live a life of quiet, comfortable elegance in

a glorious natural setting. Designed by Ed Boniface andscaled for relaxed but refined living. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths,

3,196 sq ft on 2.541 acres.MLS #201105514 Offered at $875,000

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Camino del EsteNestled in the hills just north of the famed Santa Fe Plaza, this desirable property offers a rare combination of privacy, stylishness, andspace — all in a convenient, secure location just minutes from downtown. Perfect for day-to-day living or stylish entertaining, it features arelaxed but utterly stylish living and dining area, a spectacular deck with a glorious view, and a chic kitchen with unique appointments, abar, and an informal eating area. 3 Bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, 2-car garage on 0.060 acres.MLS# 201200753 Offered at $975,000

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Magnificent Estate Property930-928 CERRO DE LA PAZThe soul of a great home with the size of a great estate.Beautifully sited on over 8 acres in one of Santa Fe’s mostsought after areas, this exquisite residence was built in 1938in the spirit of the owners’ good friend, John Gaw Meem, andcompletely and impeccably remodeled by SharonWoods in1999.A romantic courtyard, expansive portales and magnifi-cent gardens frame the beautifully proportioned living areas,fabulous gallery, a true chef’s kitchen, library, and much more.MLS# 201003810 Offered at $2,990,000

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CHARMING NORTHERN NEW MEXICO-STYLE HOME2 South Brisa Fresca $949,500Unique Northern New Mexico-style home with interior adobe walls and OldWorld design appoint-ments including wood pine floors and traditional mud walls. Expansive and inviting living room opensto a wide outdoor portal featuring mature landscaped gardens and herb bed with magnificent Sangrede Cristo Mountain views.The country-style gourmet kitchen is outfitted with high-end appliances.MLS# 201102165


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638 CAMINO DEL MONTE SOL $999,000Charming Santa Fe style, this traditional home on the historicEastside near Canyon Road, on a rare acre of land, has a long,bricked entry portal, vigas/beams,wooden floors and hand-carveddoors. On a large lot with plenty of parking, the property includesan English garden with roses and fruit trees. MLS# 201005540

1574 WILDERNESS GATE ROAD $1,599,000Tuscan-style chateau with fantastic views of Santa Fe and Sun &Moon Mountains. Old World columns and ballisters make this avery unique home.Hand-trowled plaster walls, custom carved cab-inets, and granite countertops.Vigas, coved and wood ceilings, 4 gasfireplaces, heated garage,wraparound back patio.MLS# 201001790

1046 ENCANTADO DRIVE $865,000Great family home with guest house, city lights and Sandia Moun-tain views, private terrascaped grounds. Incredible gourmetkitchen, perfect for cooks and entertaining indoors and out. Sun-room great for plants.Very close to the center of town. SpaciousBasement/work room.Mother in law’s quarters. MLS# 201103501

1124 CAMINO SAN ACACIO $810,000Lovely home with views built by Jay Parks on a quiet street in theHistoric Eastside just two blocks to Canyon Road.This 3BR, 2BAadobe/frame home features hardwood floors, top-of-the-lineappliances, a cathedral ceiling, 3 fireplaces, plaster walls, and beamand viga ceilings. MLS# 201101360

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2 CAMINO FELIX $650,000Adobe home with completely enclosed private compound in thebeautiful valley.Wonderful oasis surrounded by lush gardens andkoi pond with a cascading water feature. 4BR,3BA home with beau-tiful interiors, patios and ramada. Great studio for artists. Privatewell and acequia water rights. Great yard. MLS# 201200920

1265 CERRO GORDO ROAD $820,000Historic Eastside home with attached guest house.Nestled aboveCerro Gordo Road, close to the Plaza and Canyon Road. Charm,sophistication and comfort abound in thisTraditional Santa Fe-stylehome with stone floors, hand-troweled plaster walls, vigas, and asteam shower.Wonderful outdoor living spaces.MLS# 201102866

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Tessera SubdivisionLots starting at $49,000

A modern sustainable community in Northwest Santa Fe withbeautiful views and rolling topography. MLS# 201104660

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11 ABIERTO WAY $699,000Through the welcoming courtyard and dramatic glass galleria of this 2008Tierra Concepts home, are breathtaking mountain vistas.A chic southwest contemporary aesthetic is evident, with soaring beamed ceilings, pigmented plaster walls and a fantastic living/dining portal with fireplace opening to walled gardens.The open concept floor plan has a smashing great room accessing the sleek,upscale kitchen.The serene master features a lavish bath with striking stone-paved wall. Five-zone speaker system and refrigeratedA/C. MLS# 201100580

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10 VIA VECINO $1,150,000The splendid Sangre de Cristo Mountains before you – a spectacularsetting for this superb young 3,704 sq ftTesuque residence.The excellentgreat room with high beamed ceilings has a grand entertaining portaland the 29-foot master includes a fireplace and private terrace.The light-filled center-island kitchen is equipped with high-end appliances, maplecabinetry, and a large dining portal. Featured are hardwood floorsthroughout, hand-troweled plaster walls, central A/C and heated 3-cargarage. So close to town! MLS# 201103183

530 GARCIA STREET, #9 $298,000Nestled in the perfect Eastside location for strolling to DowntownSubscription and Canyon Road’s restaurants and galleries, this sparkling2BR pied-a-terre is a delight. Featured are hardwood floors, beautifulcustom plantation shutters throughout, updated heating system andappliances, and lovely kitchen and bath tumbled stone tile work. Setoff the street to ensure peace and quiet, it looks out onto gorgeouslandscaped community gardens. Includes covered and off-street park-ing, and a private storage locker. MLS# 201200441

1110 OLD SANTA FE TRAIL $3,800,000This sensational gated Eastside estate is a rarely found in-town sanctuary,with glorious views from its 3+ acres.The 5BR home with guest apart-ment has elegant Territorial-style architecture and a wealth of refineddetail and luxurious appointments.Featured are a private study plus fam-ily and media rooms, an exquisite master suite, and a fabulous eat-inkitchen with separate sitting area. The magnificent grounds include lushlawns and gardens, broad terraces, a marvelous dining gazebo, and spec-tacular koi ponds. Exceptional.MLS# 201105322

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954 SANTO NINO PLACE $1,395,000Splendid Sangre views from this stunning one level adobe Northside home, just moments to downtown.Graced with southwest elegance, luxury and ease, it features a magnificent great room with 14' ceiling, ashowcase kitchen, and an inviting family room.The master suite includes fireplace, luxurious bath and 23'closet. Impressive finishes throughout, separate guest wing, plus a superb guest house/studio, and 4-cargaraging! MLS# 201101820

33 SPIRIT COURT $1,050,000An unbelievable price! Marvel at the amazing panorama from this remarkable 2002 compound, with 4BRadobe main house and delightful casita, located on 1.8 acres in a gated subdivision convenient to downtownand Tesuque.The spectacular kitchen/family room is unmatched, and a romantic master suite is set wellapart from the guest wing and screening room.Gleaming hardwood and stone floors, beams, hand-troweledplaster, gorgeous carved doors, generous terraces, water features, and sports court. MLS# 201104704

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WALK TO THE PLAZATwo condos – five years old,absolutely gorgeous finishes.Hard-troweled plaster, brick floors withradiant heat; travertine baths andwalk-in closets; kiva fireplaces,bancos and skylights.Two bedrooms and two baths.$725,000One bedroom$500,000

ONE-OF-A-KIND VILLAMagnificent 360˚ views from this unique villa.The6,130 sq ft home is poised on 1.3 private,woodedacres on a hill minutes to the Plaza.Antique doors,diamond finished plaster, high ceilings with coves,vigas, corbels, and beams. Hand-carved stone win-dows. Five fireplaces, skylights and a comfortablefloorplan. Owner is a NM Real Estate Broker.

$1,995,000

EUROPEAN-STYLEPALLAZO

One of a kind, built by master ar-chitect/engineer/builder Jay JayShapiro, it is impeccable, with un-paralleled finishes: polishedbeeswax Venetian plaster walls;Italian tile floors; high beamed ceil-ings; antique doors and columns;custom handmade light fixtures;fabulous open plan kitchen withtop appliances; great fixtures.$1,295,000

FAMILY LODGEA sprawling lodge on 5 scenicacres with multiple wings for avariety of uses! Great plaster mainliving room with fabulous timbervigas and Italian chef’s kitchen; pri-vacy, landscaping and views from allwindows; a wing with 3BR, 2BAand guest powder room; a wingwith master suite; and separateguest suite. $769,000

SANTA FE’S FINESTB&B

A historic adobe in perfect locationdowntown, 3 blocks to the Plaza. 18guest rooms with stylish baths, pluslive-in manager’s suite. Charmingbreakfast great room; elegant, com-fortable public spaces, patios anddeck.Character, ambiance, and SantaFe style! Parking. Established peren-nial landscaping. $2,695,000

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SOPHISTICATEDCONDOMINIUM

Minutes to the Plaza, in prestigious1200 East, opportunity knocks!Clean lines and bright, open spacesmake this custom built condo a rarefind! Large rooms with high ceilingsand beautifully landscaped outdoorspaces! Three BR, great mastersuite, cheerful eat-in kitchen, garage,and storage. $725,000

HANSEL & GRETEL’SHIDEAWAY

A romantic old adobe garden cot-tage, nestled on a wooded hillside,in the heart of the historic district.Built about 1900 with 1 large and 1small BR/study looking out on gar-dens,with 2BA.An easy stroll to thePlaza, and Canyon Road. Featuresrustic adobe bancos, 3 fireplaces,beamed and clerestory ceilings,brick and wood floors. $650,000

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Amenities include 24-hour hosted security gate, golf course, tennis,swimming pool, state-of-the-art exercise facilities, jogging and walkingtrails, fine dining, club house and spa.

Quail Run Country Club Living

Combined 55 years of Santa FeReal Estate Experience

UNIT #418 $565,000This home is located close to the clubhouse and allthe great amenities. Bonus of 2BR plus a den. Lovelypatio and low water usage garden. #201105781

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UNIT #120 $399,500Great location! A true end unit overlook-ing the 6th green. Rarely on the market.Huge approx.819 sq ft patio. #201201035

UNIT #217 $339,000Superior location Plaza home. 2BR, 2BA,skylights, fireplace, views.Elevator in build-ing. Full club membership. #201006227

UNIT #201 $410,000Quail Run 2 bedroom, 2 bath, upstairsPlaza B unit. Superb views. Penthouselocation with Plaza pricing. #201100246

UNIT #416 $560,000Well located, popular Pinon B on a greenspace overlooking first fairway. Separatedbedroom suites. #201200736

UNIT #617 $589,000Lovely Pinon C model which 2BR, 2BAplus den.Desirable single level.Wonderfulsouth facing portal with view. #805027

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UNIT #907 $699,000Desirable Quail Run floorplan. 3BR, 3BA all on onelevel.Gracious home located walking distance to theClubhouse. Beautiful portal and patios. #201100446

UNIT #676 $695,000Beautiful Quail Run home.Desirable 3BR,3BA, single-level floor plan. Private location, designer finishesthroughout. Full membership included. #201006515

UNIT #727 $539,000Quail Run Casita featuring 2BR, 2BA, 2-car garage.Fabulous location adjoining the 7th fairway.Delightfullyappointed. Includes full club membership.#201104700


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GARY BOBOLSKY

RODEO SKIES $1,095,000Rodeo Skies, it’s where the stars shine their brightest in the entire USA.This contemporary gatedcompound sits upon 183 untouched acres, with additional water rights, nestled between the Chiric-ahua Mountains ofArizona and the Peloncillo Mountains of New Mexico.The 5,500 sq ft, 3 bedroom,3 bath home captures breathtaking mountain, valley and open sky views while providing high-tech,creature comforts. MLS# 201104909

HOLMAN RANCH $2,250,000This historic adobe compound in a lush, river valley boasts trails leading up into aspen and pine forestsin the idyllic Rincon Mountains.Holman Ranch sits among other long lived ranching communities justoutside Mora.Approximately 840 pristine acres with no covenants, sits in the middle of the MoraRiver, and has access to true wilderness: perfect for hunting, fishing, horseback riding, or anything elseyour imagination can conjure. MLS# 201001402

LAS MELODIAS $399,000 - $495,000Style and value are now available in Las Campanas.Choose from 5 floor plans integrating architecturalstyles of Pueblo, Territorial or Andalusian. These to-be-built house and land packages all start at$399,000 with all lots sited to maximize panoramic views of the Jemez, Sangres and golf course. Eachhome is quality constructed,offering energy saving features and home technology conveniences.Cus-tomize your home with a collection of options.The model home is open to preview.MLS 201200797.

ROCIADA SPRINGS RANCH $3,800,000500 +/- acre alpine and aspen meadow retreat, completely renovated compound, house, guest house,studio, garages and barn plus additional outbuildings.Unsurpassed natural beauty and wildlife.Historiccabins and stables.Numerous spring fed ponds.The GasconTrail borders the east property line.Newamenities and OldWorld charm make this secluded retreat a special place for its celebrity owner.MLS# 201001751

PECOS RIVER RANCH RETREAT $4,000,000Over 1,600 acres and 1 mile of Pecos River frontage.Near theVal Kilmer ranch. Incredible improve-ments/infrastructure in tact. Main Campus (70,000+/- sq ft of living and event space) plus land tobuild more. Fully fenced with paved roads and tumbling grasslands,mature trees, horse stables, adobehouses and casitas, a swimming pool, tennis courts, commercial kitchen/dining hall, and 5 private wells.Amazing views of the River/Rowe Mesa. MLS# 201100162

From historic Eastside adobes, commercial properties,large estates and representing a Las Campanas buildersubdivision, Gary has produced over $85 million inclosings since 1990. Gary has remained a vigilant con-stant in production, as well as in the French & FrenchFine Properties – now Sotheby’s name – remainingsteady despite recent uncertainty in the housing climate.When asked what his ‘key to success’ was to defy thesemarket conditions, Gary’s response was that he remainstrue to his heart and his innate sense of the market.Another factor central to his success is his willingnessto utilize the simple values of honesty, loyalty, reliabilityand dependability in all negotiations.

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812C Calle SaragosaMLS# 201102257 $200,000

Nava Ade Jewel4161 Big Sky Road

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Eastside Adobe960 Acequia Madre

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House & Guest House with Land13 Marcelina

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Home, Studio & Storage189 County Road 113

MLS# 201102698 $550,000

Majestic Views & GatedRancho San Juan Casita

MLS# 201104454 $375,000

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41 AVENIDA DE LAS CASASSweeping views to the north and of the badlands from this gorgeousresidence in prestigious Casas de San Juan. Fabulous great room and 4spacious bedrooms in this approximately 5,000 square foot, two-levelhome. #201105022 $1,795,000

1023 SIERRA DEL NORTEImmaculate 3BR residence plus 2 office spaces in prestigious Sierra delNorte.The excellent floor plan includes a very private master suite, anoffice, a private two suite guest wing with separate entrance, and a greatdetached office space with half bath. #201103420 $1,400,000

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10 BLUESKY CIRCLEBuilt by award-winning builderTierra Concepts, this gorgeous residencehas been thoughtfully sited on 1.65 acres making the most of the ex-pansive western views.The 3,990 square foot, 3 bedroom main houseincludes a fabulous office/media room. #201103846 $1,097,000

916 OLD SANTA FETRAILFabulous historic compound residence in desirable Museum Hill areafeaturing 4BR main house, 1BR casita, plus an artist’s studio/office.Excellent location convenient to shopping, museums, and the Plaza.#201102712 $1,645,000

2558 ATALAYA HILLTRAIL3 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath adobe on 5.9 acres near the national forest.De-signed by John Midyette featuring high-beamed ceilings, plaster walls,portal with fireplace, a flagstone terrace and panoramic views.#201002950 $995,000

4 EAST GOLDEN EAGLE ROADA beautiful and dramatic residence in Las Campanas featuring 3BR,4BAplus an excellent office/study.The fabulous great room harmoniouslycombines living, dining, family and kitchen areas all situated to take ad-vantage of the mountain and sunset views. #201105362 $1,150,000

18 CALLE NOBLEAbsolutely stunning views from this incredible property in prestigiousLos Caminitos.This rare compound built by JohnWolf includes a gor-geous main house, a guest house, studio, office and caretaker’s casita allon 5.61 acres.Two adjoining lots also available.#201103798 $2,975,000

22 NORTHVUELTA HERRADURABreathtaking views of the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountain rangesfrom this fabulous residence in La Tierra.This exceptional compoundproperty was beautifully conceived by Archaeo Architects and built byClemens Construction. #201105652 $1,995,000

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F i ne p r ope r t i e s t o su i t y ou r San t a Fe l i f e s t y l e

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204 PLAZA MONTANA $560,000

265 EL DUANE COURT $615,000SpecialValle de Sol property.All one level living except forthe two upstairs guest bedrooms and bath.The home islight and bright with a spacious living room featuring highceilings, beams with tongue and groove ceilings, clerestorywindows, tile floors, fireplace, built-in bookshelves and plan-tation shutters. MLS# 201103910

1117 SANGRE DE CRISTO $715,000Delightfully remodeled Northside home with excellent viewsof the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Sandia Peak on a 1.27-acre lot.The home features an open floor plan, kitchen withnew appliances, and living room with beams and fireplace.Thedownstairs den with private entrance has a fireplace, two guestbedrooms and a bath. MLS# 201102657

653 CANYON ROAD #10 $945,000A lovely 3BR, 3BA home in the quiet and lushly landscapedCompound Condominiums steps from Canyon Road shoppingand restaurants. Features include a spacious living room look-ing out to a private courtyard, a quaint dining area that opensto a bright kitchen,a master wing that overlooks the courtyardgarden, and 2 guest bedrooms and baths.MLS# 201103602

For your new and evolving Santa Fe lifestyle, trust the Santa Fe Team to findyour ideal property. Amid natureʼs splendor – Culture, Tradition, Community –savor the Art of Living!

Price Reduced! Lovely home with wonder-ful views of Sun and Moon Mountain. Spaciouskitchen with granite countertops, stainlesssteel appliances and large walk-in pantry.Other features include a separate dining area,gas fireplace in living room, vigas, 2-car garage,security system,A/C, drip irrigation.The ex-terior is beautifully landscaped with an enter-taining portal and fully fenced-in backyard.MLS# 201005915


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LIGHT HOUSESierra del Norte – The luminous collaboration ofarchitect Greg Teakle and builder Fred Klein, gentlyperched in the landscaped to embrace views southand west, is a testament to how outstanding design,attention to detail and thoughtful outdoor spacescan merge to create a stunning environment. 2BR,2.5BA plus office, 3,234 sq ft, it speaks to the clarityof contemporary design. MLS 201200926

OFFERED AT $1,295,000

CINEMATIC STYLESundance Estates – Sited to embrace Sangreviews, the grand living room with commanding fire-place and wall of windows opens to a circular diningroom with beamed ceiling and sumptuous kitchen.With a 3BR, 3.5BAmain house and attached studioguest quarters, there is a cinematic beauty and scaleand wonderful finishes including wrought iron flour-ishes and FASWALL construction. MLS 201102288

NOW OFFERED AT $1,049,000

BIG TESUQUE CANYONA world of its own adjoining the SF National Forestalong theRioTesuque, this stunning gated compoundincludes a graciousTerritorial-style 3BR, 3.5BA, 4,239sq ft main residence with wraparound portal, pitched-roof Tesuque Farm-style 1BR + den, 2BA, 1,744 sq ftguest house, studio/guest quarters, tree house pluspainter’s shed on 3.59 acres in an unparalleled lushand tree-covered setting. MLS 201200912

OFFERED AT $2,895,000

CANYON ROAD CLASSICIn the heart of it all this stunning 2BR, 2BA homewith 2nd floor den and view deck shines. The gatedentry courtyard transports you to a lush world withrocked path, wildly wonderful plantings and kiva. Agrand living room with handsome fireplace over-looks the garden. Master suite and 2nd bedroomare both on the main level along with an outstand-ing kitchen and den/dining room. MLS 201102871

NOW OFFERED AT $899,500

DEBORAH DAY505.699.0290

This 1,717-square-foot open-plan home features a distinctive con-temporary design as well as solar-powered heating, hot water, andelectricity. It includes three bedrooms, two baths, a grand livingroom,an oversized two-car garage, and a rooftop patio with majesticmountain views. The corner lot in a well-established communityabuts a park with access to biking trails and the Santa Fe River.

1351 Ferguson Lane $415,000

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Legendary Hollywood Composer’s Home in TesuqueA brilliant collaboration between a legendary Hollywood composer and, architect to the stars,Edward“Ted” Grenzbach.The result is expansive, romantic and nothing short of stunning. Sitedatop a serenely private, 20 acre knoll with sweeping 360˚ views.The main residence and guesthouse/studio complex encompass nearly 10,000 sq ft of remarkably livable spaces, public andvery private. A sublime floor plan that provides the very finest in estate living. With professionalkitchen, tennis court, stables and riding arenas, the list of amenities is too extensive to list. Fourlegal lots with four separate pre-moratorium wells.Offered at $3,600,000.

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Darlings,What a funny coincidence, Palm Sunday

and April Fools Day, today, right now,together. I’m trying to decide if I’m goingto pull a few pranks in church or will I waituntil I meet friends at Gabriel’s for brunchafter the service? Either way, I think I’dbetter get my nun’s habit out of the closetand get it pressed and ready to go.In the meantime, Honey-bunnies, I’ll

dash off a few thoughts about the wackyworld of weal estate in Santa Fe.WarrenThompson has resurfaced and is now atDougherty Real Estate. I think he got tiredof rattling around out there in his one-man office with nobody to talk to (excepthis clients, of course), and he knew that ifhe kept on the way he was going, he’d justdrift into a life of living on his sailboat anddrift on around the world. (“What’s wrongwith that??” I asked him as I caught upwith him in Panama!) Silly man that he is,he said he needs to stay grounded — for alittle bit longer, at least.David (Dougherty, owner/broker) and

he have a long friendship, dating backto their early teen years when they were“racing” their Honda 50s (David’s wasblue, Warren’s was red) across the dirtroads and hills of Tesuque. Today, they’vegiven up their Hondas for tennis rackets.And real-estate clients. So Dougherty isthe perfect fit.Another addition to the Dougherty

office is Jennifer Tomes. Having workedin the financial industry in Chicago(where she received her MBA from the Uof Chicago), she, her husband, John, andtheir two young sons moved to Santa Fein 2002 to “achieve a quality of life thatencompassed an outdoor lifestyle andproximity to family.” (That’s what Jennifersaid, notWarren Buffett, who said, “IfI had a way of buying a couple hundredthousand single-family homes, I would

load up on them.”More from him later.*)Tulips, all four Realtors at Dougherty

Real Estate -David, Clara, Warren,Jennifer - have degrees in finance. It’scalled a smart office (sort of like a smartcar, a smart phone, etc.) “We are a leanteam that works together to provideunmatched service resulting in the bestpossible experience for our clients,”Jennifer said. Fortunately, they have asmart office manager, Pam Alexander, tokeep things going in that direction, as well.I caught up with Frank Yardman the

other day, and I found out he’s now atColdwell Banker Trails West. He likesworking with the Grover clan — John,Jonnalyn and Rachel— because it feelslike home. A third-generation Santa Fean,Frank is also a third-generation Santa Fecontractor. Frank Yardman Constructionwas started by his grandfather, thencarried on by his father, Frank YardmanII, and is now run by Frank himself (the3rd) and his three older sisters. Wowzer,Baby chickens, frankly speaking that’s along history of Frank Yardmans.Besides building high-end homes, Frankalso remodels them. (He’s not selfish, bythe way. He’ll also list and/or sell homesother than his.)DrewMyers (Coldwell Banker Trails

West) is happy to see Frank move in. Asthe new Previews Director, Drew knowsthat Frank’s signature houses are verypopular and will fit well into the Previewshigh-end inventory. Drew moved to SantaFe from California, where he’d been aRealtor since the mid-80s, working withhigh-end buyers and sellers in placeslike Beverly Hills and the Bay area. He’sexcited to be with CBTW, because “theColdwell Banker name is synonymouswith quality nationwide. And CB PreviewsInternational sells more luxury propertiesinternationally than any other luxury

brand.” (That’s what Drew said, notWarren Buffett, who said, “If I knew whereI was going to want to live for the nextfive or 10 years, I would buy a home andfinance it with a 30-year mortgage, andit’s a terrific deal... If I was an investor thatwas a handy type... I could buy a couple ofthem... and find renters... and again take a30-year mortgage... It’s a leveraged way ofowning a very cheap asset now.”*)I recently tracked down Carol Dimeff

(aka The Nose for Value Wines!) becauseI wanted to find out when and where hernext “Introduction to Wine Tasting” classwould be. I thought I’d have to travel toCalifornia for the class, but, no, I learnedshe moved back to New Mexico and isliving in Bernalillo. Which does makeit easier to attend one of her classes,Cupcakes. But like a true Realtor junkie,she’s re-booting her real estate career, soshe may not have that much time for wineconsulting and education anymore. Carolwas inspired by Suzanne Fuqua (ArizonaBroker for eXp Realty) to join eXp Realty, anational cloud-based real-estate brokerage.Very cutting edge, eXp has a presence in20 states, and now Carol will introduceeXp Realty to New Mexico. Intrigued,Kittens? Want more info? Call Carol at505-404-8372. You might possibly getinspired, too.So long, Sweetpeas. Until next time...

Oakley.

* The quotes fromWarren Buffett weretaken from an interview with him onCNBC. (Okay, I admit I didn’t talk withhim personally, but I do think he tried tocall me when I was out of town).

Oakley can be reached [email protected]

OutandAbout

Catching up with moving brokers

OAKLEY TALBOTT

Warren thinksit’s good to beback with hisold pal, David

Jennifer isa welcomeaddition to theDougherty office

Frank shares a building secret (I think it’s a racystory) with real-estate colleague Susan Kline

Drew has fallenhard for theEnchantment ofNew Mexico

Carol, the Nosefor Value Wines!,happily returnsto the Land ofEnchantment

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Engineers are not generally knownfor their sense of humor, perhapsbecause whenever you see one it meanssomething is substantially wrong withyour house and it is going to cost a lot ofmoney. As regular bearers of costly news,engineers seem to view themselves as a bitapocalyptic. So do their clients.There are exceptions, of course, and the

wise man seeking his fee will present theworst of news with levity. Such was thecase a few years ago when a client, who Iwill refer to only as Ante, had an exchangewith my good friend and colleague, JimHands, P.E. As we walked through Ante’shome, a John Gaw Meem Pueblo Revivalin a spectacular location, Ante asked Jim,“Well... what do you think?” To which Jimresponded after ponderous thought, “Areyou a religious man?”Now, there’s a stunning way to invoke

arrhythmia. Fortunately, by the time Jimmade his irreverent comment our client

had already been through the worst of hisordeal and knew it.That tale begins within a few months

of the time Ante and his family boughtthe house. They were not living in SantaFe at the time and so when disasterstruck in the form of a frozen pipe, abiblical quantity of water had invadedtheir crawl space and footings before itwas discovered. By then, a significantportion of the house had settled into itsnew environs and a remarkable networkof cracks and separations had appearedin walls, floors, and - provoking theinvocation of prayer, in a cantileveredceiling over a stairwell.We began, Jim and I, by underpinning

with helical piers the area most severelyimpacted by the flood. There was hope(later dashed) that by arresting settlementin the most saturated area we might haltmovement in the rest of the house. Thatapproach often works and is based on the

idea that buildings are systems. Perhaps,we thought, if we stabilize the most highlymobile walls we will relieve strain on theroof diaphragm and continuous footingsthat might be the cause of the cracking inthe more remote areas.It was a nice try, and Ante appreciated

the approach. Thank Fortune, he and hisfamily had not yet re-located.That took another year or so and it

was good to have that amount of time asa convenience. (Well, I thought of it thatway!) We had time to repeatedly assessthe house and it’s newly idiosyncraticways and to underpin selectively overmany months. As it turned out, weunderpinned everything.I am pleased to report that the

movement has been arrested and all thecosmetic work that followed is holdingits own. Cosmetics, for your information,with both Homo sapiens and architectureare the best crack monitors.

Jim’s query, at the tag end of the projectas Ante and his family were about to movein, doubtless did cause a momentarypalpitation and then a great sigh of reliefas humor, well placed, indicated success.

Edward Crocker (982-2448 or [email protected]) is a principal of Crocker Ltd.Architectural Conservation, which specializesin historic-preservation contracting andconsulting. He is a trustee of the InternationalCouncil onMonuments and Sites.

UnderstandingAdobe

Getting religion

ED CROCKER

As a landscape designer/contractor for20 years, my sense of the market is thatmore and more land purchases are beingmade by people who wish to increasethe productivity of their chosen plot ofhigh-altitude paradise. Many of my clientswant a flat, sunny yard to grow food.Others need a shady, kitchen-accessibleplace for a compost pile. The mostadventuresome envision a partially buriedgravity-fed cistern system, a slope-sidemini-orchard thriving off of greywater,or an aesthetically pleasing chicken coop- complete with solar greenhouse.At the very least, people yearn for a

convenient, comfortable, and magicalspot that’s protected from our springwinds and our incessant sun. They mightnot mind the occasional smoke from awildfire, but thanks to last year’s infernosin the Jemez Mountains, fire risk will be ahotter topic than usual this season.Given this market, professional real-

estate agents might want to learn how to

satisfy this new ilk of client, and peopleof this breed need a method for choosingamong the many potentially productiveproperties listed. Not everyone has timeto take a two-week permaculture course.Few have patience for seminal texts likeBill Mollison’s Permaculture: A Designers’Manual, or Ian McHarg’s Design withNature. If you fall into this category, I’dsuggest focusing primarily on a conceptcalled “site selection.”As examples of poor site-selection,

I’ve previously picked on Eldorado for itsridiculous winds, and I’ve warned againstliving in steep, forested, southwest-facingdevelopments due to their relatively highchances of wildfire. Today, I have a storyabout a pernicious weed.Recently, I was criticized as being

not so good at permaculture because Idid not have a solution to an endemicbindweed infestation. Actually, I had six,but as it turned out none were acceptable.Granted, covering up the soil to prevent

sunlight could take five years. Removingand replacing the soil would have costthousands of dollars. Planting the entireproperty in raised beds would also bepricey, and the idea of constant andvoracious weeding was, I admit, awful.Four down. Two to go.For a while my favorite solution was

to keep pigs on the property to root outthe bindweed. But, first, a farmer toldme pigs might not thoroughly root outbindweed. Next, I read bindweed mightbe poisonous to pigs. When I worriedthat a pregnant hog would escape and aplague of wild boars would be traced backto my client, I chickened out. In the end,I encouraged her to move to a property(that is, to select another site) with betterchances to grow the kickass garden shewanted. Not surprisingly, this idea wasreceived with scorn.Buyers and agents beware: thousands of

dollars and headaches can be saved (andmany more potential clients will become

satisfied customers) if we recognize theimportance of site selection. If you haveany questions, please contact me, orcome to my talk at The Firebird (1808Espinacitas) on Saturday, April 14, from1:30 to 2:30 p.m. I’d be happy to discussyour site.

Nate Downey is president of Santa FePermaculture (505-424-4444) and the authorofHarvest the Rain: How to Enrich Your Lifeby Seeing Every Storm as a Resource (SunstonePress, 2011).

PermacultureinPractice

Save thousands with site selection

NATE DOWNEY


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165 Tesuque Village Road - Stunning, classic double adobe residence inTesuque is beautifully situated on over five and a half acres of land and is adjacentto the peaceful Tesuque River. The 7,346 Sq/Ft home, with three bedroom suites,has elegant custom features throughout including French limestone floors, hand-plastered mica walls, eight fireplaces, and studio - to name a few. The groundsare an oasis of native plantings and trees. Magnificent! MLS #201104836$2,500,000

Clara L. Dougherty505.690.0471 • [email protected]

A F u l l S e r v i c e R e a l E s t a t e B r o k e r a g e

505.989. 7741 • 433 WEST SAN FRANCISCO STREET SANTA FE, NM 87501

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

704 CALLE DEL RESPLANDOR. Located in Los Miradores, adjacent to St. John'sCollege, this gorgeous home has been updated throughout. The entry opens tothe living room creating a feeling of spaciousness. The gourmet kitchen in thetwo bedroom, 2 full bath, 2,216 Sq/Ft home has been renovated with Vikingappliances, granite countertops, new cabinets, wood flooring and a wonderfulbreakfast area. New landscaping and terracing in the front yard adds to theambience of the property.

MLS #201102911 $720,000Clara L. Dougherty • 505.690 .0471 • [email protected]

98 VUELTA MARIA. Located in Las Dos and situated on a very private 13.5acres, this 3,936Sq/Ft Main House is a contemporary pueblo style home offer-ing incredible views from every room. The light and open floorplan maximizesthe flow of the house and provides a feeling of spaciousness with coved ceilingand skylights throughout. A stone path leads to the 759 Sq/Ft guest house witha living room, bedroom, bathroom and full kitchen. The views of the Sangres,Jemez and Mt. Antonito are spectacular.

MLS #201002419 $1,150,000Clara L. Dougherty • 505.690 .0471 • [email protected]

www.dresf.com.GREAT LISTINGS.VIRTUAL TOURS. SANTA FE STATISTICS. MULTIPLE PHOTOS.BROCHURES.AND MORE!

expect more.Welcome to your new home!

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT

JENNIFER H. TOMESIS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH

DOUGHERTY REAL ESTATE CO., LLCJennifer is a native of Texas and had a successful career in the financial industry in Chicago afterattending the University of Wisconsin. She earned her MBA at the University of Chicago while workingfull-time. Jennifer has had familial ties to Santa Fe for 25 years. She and her husband, John, weremarried in Tesuque before permanently moving to Santa Fe from Lake Forest, Illinois with their twoyoung children, who currently attend Santa Fe Preparatory School. Jennifer and John have strongChicago connections, and John continues to conduct business there in the private equity fund arena.

Jennifer is passionate about her profession and leverages her educational background, analyticalskills, and personal experience in real estate transactions to maximize the benefits of knowledge andservice to her clients.

44 BRass HoRse Road - This exceptional, contemporary Pueblo style home inArroyo Hondo is situated on 5 beautiful acres and surrounded by the 100+ acreArroyo Hondo Pueblo Conservancy. With 360 degree views, the 4,823 Sq/Ft adobe home is built in a circular plan to take in all aspects of its surroundings.Designed to take advantage of the outdoors and the wonders of Arroyo Hondo,extensive portals provide additional living and dining spaces. A stunning, negative-edge swimming pool is just one of the highlights of the home.

Mls# 201200991 $2,499,000Clara L. Dougherty

505.690.0471 • [email protected]

34 goodnigHT TRail Gorgeous contemporary Pueblo style home in La TierraNueva. Completely renovated and remodeled 4 Bedroom home on 10.35 Acres,by Wolf Corp, is of adobe construction and features custom details throughoutincluding: Amercan Clay wall finishes, custom cabinetry, doors and built-inbookshelves, Skylights , vigas and coved ceilings, window coverings and customart lighting with dimmers. The Master bedroom has a large walk-in closet and asteam shower and whirlpool tub in Master bath. The gourmet kitchen includes state-of-the-art appliances including an induction stovetop. Plentiful storage throughout thehouse and in the garages. Beautifully landscaped with two walled and landscapedcourtyards. Mls #201103432 $1,875,000


3101 old Pecos TRail #916 This 4 B / 4 B unit at Quail Run is located on the8th fairway and one of the few free-standing units. It offers 2 master suites, and aden/office or 3rd bedroom on the ground level as well as a bedroom on the upperlevel that offers ski basin views from the adjoining deck. There are 2 fireplaces, onein the living room and one in the master bedroom. Extensive murals give the home aTuscan feel. Amenities include: golf, tennis courts, workout facilities, walking pathand dining facilities. Grounds maintenance and maid service is available.

Mls #201200223 $995,000Warren Thompson, 989-7741

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1445 Nevado Ridge - Beautifully nestled among the pine trees of The SummitNorth, this custom designed contemporary home opens to a stone-stepped spiralstaircase that is a highlight to the dramatic entry. The inviting home features anopen floor plan and is so perfectly sited that it feels completely private in everyroom even with the large expanses of windows. The two guest bedrooms areon the main level and the master suite is nicely sequestered on the lower leveland includes a library/office, master bedroom & bath, sitting area and office.MLS #201200947 $990,000

Clara L. Dougherty 505.690.0471 andJennifer Tomes 690-6477

A F u l l S e r v i c e R e a l E s t a t e B r o k e r a g e

505.989. 7741 • 433 WEST SAN FRANCISCO STREET SANTA FE, NM 87501

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

704 CALLE DEL RESPLANDOR. Located in Los Miradores, adjacent to St. John'sCollege, this gorgeous home has been updated throughout. The entry opens tothe living room creating a feeling of spaciousness. The gourmet kitchen in thetwo bedroom, 2 full bath, 2,216 Sq/Ft home has been renovated with Vikingappliances, granite countertops, new cabinets, wood flooring and a wonderfulbreakfast area. New landscaping and terracing in the front yard adds to theambience of the property.

MLS #201102911 $720,000Clara L. Dougherty • 505.690 .0471 • [email protected]

98 VUELTA MARIA. Located in Las Dos and situated on a very private 13.5acres, this 3,936Sq/Ft Main House is a contemporary pueblo style home offer-ing incredible views from every room. The light and open floorplan maximizesthe flow of the house and provides a feeling of spaciousness with coved ceilingand skylights throughout. A stone path leads to the 759 Sq/Ft guest house witha living room, bedroom, bathroom and full kitchen. The views of the Sangres,Jemez and Mt. Antonito are spectacular.

MLS #201002419 $1,150,000Clara L. Dougherty • 505.690 .0471 • [email protected]

www.dresf.com.GREAT LISTINGS.VIRTUAL TOURS. SANTA FE STATISTICS. MULTIPLE PHOTOS.BROCHURES.AND MORE!

expect more.Welcome to your new home!

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT

JENNIFER H. TOMESIS NOW ASSOCIATED WITH

DOUGHERTY REAL ESTATE CO., LLCJennifer is a native of Texas and had a successful career in the financial industry in Chicago afterattending the University of Wisconsin. She earned her MBA at the University of Chicago while workingfull-time. Jennifer has had familial ties to Santa Fe for 25 years. She and her husband, John, weremarried in Tesuque before permanently moving to Santa Fe from Lake Forest, Illinois with their twoyoung children, who currently attend Santa Fe Preparatory School. Jennifer and John have strongChicago connections, and John continues to conduct business there in the private equity fund arena.

Jennifer is passionate about her profession and leverages her educational background, analyticalskills, and personal experience in real estate transactions to maximize the benefits of knowledge andservice to her clients.

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1691-B gaLiSTeo - Spacious Medical Office with good exposure, next to DelNorte Pharmacy, and very close to the hospital. The floor plan, of the 2,432square foot office, reflects a waiting room, large reception area, bookkeepingarea, substantial records storage, kitchen area, 3 exam rooms (which could bereconfigured into 6 exam rooms), a large doctor’s office and two ADA bathrooms.Plumbing throughout. 12 parking spaces. Price is based on July 2011 appraisal.

MLS #201103875 $525,000 David Dougherty505.690.2722 • [email protected]

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Jennifer Tomes505.690.6477 • [email protected]

738 CaMiNo MiRada – Lovely 3 Bedroom / 3 Bath condominium in LosMiradores on Santa Fe’s Eastside. The light and bright unit looks onto an enclosedpatio with colorful plantings. The unit features a gracious living room, formal diningroom, spacious kitchen and a two-car garage. Los Miradores offers an on-sitemanager, swimming pool, tennis court, workout room and beautifully maintainedgrounds. Adjacent to walking trails and Saint John’s College and just a shortdistance to galleries and restaurants on Canyon Road. Ideal as a primary residenceor second home. MLS# 201101240 $750,000 $699,000


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Many builders, architects feeling the heatBy Paul Weideman

How are you doing?“Not very well.We’re surviving.”That answer from contractor Robert

Lockwood, asked about his business,qualifies as a positive these days. In SantaFe, as in the rest of the country, there areplenty of people in the building trades whocan’t even say that.The president of Lockwood Construction

Company in Santa Fe used to have 140employees and now is down to fewer than20. And this is no fly-by-night outfit.Robert’s father, Bob Lockwood, started thecompany in 1948 and is still in the office orat a job site just about every day.Yes, there are job sites. The company is

almost done with work on a new fire stationin Rancho Viejo and has a couple of firestations coming up in Albuquerque “andjust a lot of little things here and there,”Lockwood said. “The City of Santa Fe isalways good to us. They have a 10 percentpreference for local people and that reallyhelps. I’m doing improvements at SalvadorPerez Park and we’re doing work for the cityat Santa Fe University of Art & Design.”He’s getting set to put a new roof on the

Eldorado Hotel this spring, but there hasn’tbeen a new-home project since 2007. Theonly residential work for the company thesedays is remodeling. Lockwood mentioneda couple of problems he and other Santa

Fe builders are trying to deal with. “One ofthe things that’s real bad for our industry isall the people on unemployment who areout there doing all kinds of little jobs forcash, so the stuff that normally goes to thelicensed contractor is going underground.“Also, it’s too bad there’s a lot of

businesses here who want to give theirwork to Albuquerque or farther. Theythink they’re getting a good price, but Iwonder why I have the bulk of my work inAlbuquerque if I can’t compete with them?”Lockwood is now active in Albuquerque,

out of necessity. “Yeah, it’s so bad right nowI would air-condition Hell for the devil aslong as he escrows the money,” he joked.Kurt and Eric Faust, Tierra Concepts,

Inc., a frequent award-winner in the annualHaciendas - A Parade of Homes, currentlywant to do a spec home. “We’re trying to,”said Eric Faust. “The lot loan right nowis in Beal Bank, which took over CharterBank. We’re trying to get them to give us alot-release price and basically they’re seeinghow much they can legally extort out of us.”His brother Kurt said their firm (with

third partner Keith Gorges) just finisheda La Cienega house, designed by SpearsArchitects, and is getting going on another,a Robert Zachry design, on Fin del Sendero.“We have a couple jobs on the books for

2013. And we have made money the pastfour years, but we are re-inventing our

operation. The company has six fewer inour office than we once had, and the fieldstaff, skilled laborers, is cut in half.”“Building permits are off 80 percent, and

that’s a depression!” Eric Faust said.Census data shows Santa Fe County

residential building permits totaled 417 in2006 and the figure for 2011 was down to94.Some people in the industry are still

very busy, but it’s doing “different kindsof things,” according to Kim Shanahan,executive officer at the Santa Fe Area HomeBuilders Association. “I just met with BurkeDenman this morning. He’s doing a coupleof big house remodels, including onefor Garrett Thornburg, and he has somesmaller ones coming up and that’s all.“Talk to the city and you’ll find just how

much remodeling is going on. They’rereviewing as many permits as they’ve everhad, but how much of those are for single-family residences? None.”Shanahan said the SFAHBA membership

peaked at about 720 late in 2007 andnow it’s only about 470. Why? “Peopledon’t have enough work to pay the dues,”he responded. “But it could be worse; alot have kept in there just to keep theirmember-owned workman’s compensationin place.”The building slump has of course

also affected local architects. Some have

drastically downsized their offices or arenow working out of their homes. Conron &Woods Architects is doing better — havingthe New Mexico History Museum and TedTurner’s Vermejo Park Ranch on its resumécertainly doesn’t hurt. The company’sstaffing is the same as it was before thedownturn, but Roy Woods admits, “Thelast couple of years have certainly beenleaner times, with many projects postponedor cancelled.”Active projects include buildings and

habitat restoration at the Pecos Riverproperty formerly owned by Val Kilmer;renovation and expansion of the PhilmontMuseum and Seton Memorial Libraryat the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch nearCimarron; and a new museum in Ruidosothat will showcase the work of westernartist Gordon Snidow.“A local contractor commented a year

or so ago that these were kind of desperatetimes and when all was said and done, allwe would have was our relationships in thecommunity,”Woods said. “We believe thisto be true. We look after these relationshipsas best we can and believe this willcontribute to our continued survival.”Suby Bowden, Suby Bowden +

Associates, said in a recent e-mail that hercompany has been fortunate to be ableto keep its staff as it cautiously proceeds.“We talked with our team, and said we

PHOTO BY PAUL WEIDEMAN

Lockwood Construction is building this new fire station in Rancho Viejo; Riskin Associates Architecture designed the building

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would either have to lay off people orwork as a team, equally riding the wave ofuncertainty,” she said about the post-crashenvironment. “Everyone voted to ride thewave together, which meant when we wereslow everyone was slow, when we picked upall picked up. So far so good.”Current projects include a recreational

center, a large greenhouse, at least one newhome, a contemporary studio and deckaddition to a previous Bowden-designhouse, and a contemporary remodel of acountry compound.Spears Architects, after the big Santa Fe

Community Convention Center and TaosCounty administration complex projects,recently worked on the historic SantoDomingo Trading Post. Built in 1922,it was hit by fire in the early 2000s. “Wehave the contract documents all ready andit’s out to bid right now,” Beverley Spearssaid recently. “There’s nothing there butadobe walls. Everything else [including thedecorative parapet] has to be recreated, andwe’re doing that to match what was there.It’s federal money, but the budget is verytight.”What’s next? Not too much. “These

are difficult times. Spears Architects hasdone pretty well through it all, because theeconomy really dumped in 2008 and ourworkload has gone down each year butwe’ve had work and we’ve had reasonablecash flow, until now, 2012. We have a fewthings in the fire, but we don’t have signedcontracts yet, so we’re spending a lot oftime doing proposals for whatever we canfind, and maybe going after more longshots than we otherwise would have.”Earlier this year, Spears put a series of

small “Free Consultations” display ads inThe Santa Fe New Mexican recently. “Wegot maybe a couple of responses for littlethings. It seemed like a good thing to try,”she said. Remodeling jobs are lookingmore and more attractive. “There are many

people who love to build, who want toimprove their property and they’ll find away to do that. They’ll say to themselvesthat there are builders and architectslooking for work and we can get someexcellent work at maybe bargain-basementprices.“We have reduced our rates, because

we need the work, and we know it’s a verycompetitive market right now. Whenyou have employees with mortgages andfamilies, it’s very important to have workto do. Just psychologically it’s important tohave work, to be designing and drawing.”Richard Martinez, Martinez Architecture

Studio, said, “We are surviving” and addedthat it’s mostly with remodel work. “Moneyis still hard to come by for clients and mostof the work we’re doing is for repeat clients.At the worst of the recession back in 2009I noticed that was true, which was veryreassuring.“Three of the projects we’re doing right

now are for people from Houston, and it’soil money. We’re doing renovations for twoof them who have houses here and a newhouse for the other one.“A lot of architects are out of work,”

Martinez said. “I was just talking to acontractor who’s now working out of hishome. That’s a big change. I tried that along time ago but it didn’t work. You need aplace that your clients and contractors cancome and look at plans, and see that you’reon the up and up.”Suppliers have been hard hit, too. Paul

Vigil, a salesman for over 14 years at PellaWindows & Doors in Santa Fe, said, “Rightnow I’m as busy as I was three years ago,but we have three less salespeople.“I was talking to one contractor and

he said he didn’t know who’s saying theeconomy is getting better, because all thesubs that work for him are starving. Youhear that from every contractor who comesin. Even remodeling isn’t that hot and even

when it is, we have a lot of competitionfrom other distributors. It’s hard foreverybody to make a living.“It used to be the name Pella had a lot to

do with our business, but now it’s just aboutthe bottom line. And that affects licensedcontractors, because they get beat up byothers who aren’t licensed.”

Over at Allbright & Lockwood, Ltd.,owner Arthur Reeder said they have notlost staff, but it’s because they’ve been veryprudent. “Business is picking up some,but everybody is stressed out and afraid tocommit to anything. Everybody is just veryconcerned, not necessarily totally aboutprice, but we’ve lost some confidence aboutmaking any kind of decision.”Allbright & Lockwood offers lighting

and ceiling fans, tile of all kinds, and doorand cabinet hardware. “I think having abroad selection has saved us, includingbecause the market has shifted to morecontemporary items.”Will the building business pick up? “I

think people are maybe a little frustratedwith holding back and they want to dosomething,” Reeder answered.That, however, often depends on access

to loans. “Yeah, I read in theWall StreetJournal that banks are loosening up, but Ihaven’t seen that in Santa Fe.”

COURTESY TIERRA CONCEPTS

Detail of a house, designed by Spears Architects, now being built in La Cienega by Tierra Concepts

COURTESY CONRON & WOODS

The Conron & Woods Architects design for the Gordon Snidow museum in Ruidoso


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We talk a lot about the current homemortgage interest rates being historicallylow Are they really? What were interestrates in the 1950s, the 1940s or even inthe 1920s?In recent years we have experienced

very favorable interest rates. Most of usover age 40 can remember in the early1980s when a 30-year home mortgagewas at 15 percent. To say it was difficultto purchase a home at that time is a trueunderstatement. When rates began tofall from that incredibly high ceiling to 9percent, we all celebrated.One of my favorite stories was related

by a friend who owned a small apartmentproject and had a 15 percent mortgage.He calculated that “the break-evenoccupancy was 115 percent.”A little research shows that we are

experiencing a period much like 65 years

ago. In 1946, after World War II, rateswere at a low point of slightly under3 percent, which was an all-time lowsince 1900. In the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s,rates rose to the 4 percent level, whichis comparable to those we are enjoyingtoday.So what does this tell us? Every decade

has its unique interest rate story based onthe economics of the world. The economydictates how high or low the rates willgo. Historically, economic trends changeevery 10 years and those changes areclearly reflected in mortgage interest rates.Now when we recognize that our U.S.

currency is much less valuable today thenin past decades, our perspective changes.I am referring to “purchasing power.”A dollar in 1950 had a much greaterpurchasing power than does a dollartoday.

Let’s compare the purchasing powercost of a 4 percent interest rate homemortgage in 2012 to the same mortgage at4 percent in 1950. Since the U.S. currency“purchasing power” is worth far lesstoday, a mortgage payment of 4 percent in2012 is far, far less costly as compared tothe same payment made in 1950. Anotherway of saying this in economist jargonwould be “a dollar today is cheaper then60 years ago, therefore you are making thesame payment with cheaper dollars.”The value of the dollar’s buying power

today is a fraction of what it was manydecades ago. A dollar in 1965 boughtyou about four gallons of gasoline. Whatdo you get for $1 today at the local gasstation? Very little.The only conclusion that we arrive

at is that today a 4 percent mortgage ismore favorable then 60 years ago. It not

only appears that rates are at a low pointhistorically: they are in “purchasing power“terms far better off in 2012 then rateswere in 1950 or any year since then.

Jim Gay was a real-estate broker for 20 yearsand has been a consultant for Fortune 500companies. He is currently a broker/owner withHome Buyers Mortgage (986-9080) and can bereached at [email protected].

Mortgagematters

Are rates historically low?

JIM GAY

That once familiar catchphrase inthe headline was shouted in the fadinglight of many a summer evening as theneighborhood kids finished their gameof catch-one-catch-all, hide and seek, andkick the can. But now, a generation later,kids play on-line games and not only withthe neighborhood kids but with kids fromaround the world. Times have changed formany of us. Relating to the home buyingmarket, wouldn’t it be great for somebodyto shout out that it’s safe for everybody tocome out and play again?But how do we know it’s safe, really

safe? How can you tell if the time is rightto buy? Well, truthfully nobody reallyknows when the market has bottomedbut we do know that now is the time ofopportunity. What we learned from themarket collapse is that there are manythings outside of our control that canaffect us. Historically, markets go upand down and timing the exact shift isnearly impossible. But if you were goingto purchase in this market, when would

you do it? There are three factors thatdefine the best time to buy a house: whenthere is a surplus in supply, when sellerconfidence is down, and when the cost topurchase is low.Most believe inventory is still high,

but current activity heralds a shift in theair. Inventory levels have been comingdown as many of the really good dealsare being purchased. Actual data for thefirst quarter of 2012 will be analyzed andreported on our blog around April 15, butwhat we have seen is a dramatic increasein sales and pending sales. If the pendingcontracts close successfully we could belooking at a completely different marketgoing into this summer than we have hadfor the last several years.With fewer homes available, seller

confidence is growing. We have a friendwhose house we sold a couple years agoand at the time we put his house on themarket he asked us if instead of a “ForSale” sign, we could get one that said “OnSale.” At that time it was common for

sellers to feel they were giving their homesaway. We see fewer signs of that sentimenttoday and with seller expectations bettermatching the reality of the market,confidence is beginning to return andtransactions are beginning to increase.The cost of purchasing a mortgage

has moved into territory that has notbeen seen since the early 1950s whengas was 19 cents a gallon and a loaf ofbread would set you back 16 cents. Anyupward shift in interest rates from thesehistoric lows translates directly into lossof opportunity for buyers. For instance,a $350,000 mortgage at 3.75 percent is apayment of $1,620. When that moves upa half percent, the incremental financialincrease will result in a $25,000 loss ofpurchasing power.So what we know for sure is that the

exact bottom of the market is sometimebetween today and the day that thehistorical data tells us that the price ofhomes is moving back up. But once thatinformation is known, the opportunity

is over. Now is the time to jump intothe housing market and buy. Shrinkinginventory, stabilizing prices, increasednumber of sales transactions, hmmm...how much longer do you think it’s wise towait before it’s safe to come out?

Roger Carson andMelissa Pippin Carson areRealtors Carson & Carson at KellerWilliams.Call them at 505-699-3112 or email them [email protected].

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Obituaries

Bloom or bust?

Still the place to be: Canyon Road was quiet Friday afternoon, but it remains a must-visit for well-heeled art aficionados.

Slow times: From left, Peter de La Fuente speaks Friday with Sara Barnwell and her daugh-ter Merritt, 13, at his Wyeth Hurd Gallery on Palace Avenue. De La Fuente, who sells his fami-ly’s artworks as well as his own at the Wyeth Hurd Gallery, said he’s never seen it slower.

Good times: Rusty Scruby’s mixed-mediapiece, 8 of Diamond Paraboloid on displayat Canyon Road’s Turner Carroll Gallery.Tonya Turner Carroll said the last threeyears have been the best in the 22 yearsshe and her husband have run the gallery.

While some gallery owners say they’veseen signs of life in the art market, othersbelieve the Santa Fe scene is getting stale

Gerald Peters says art galleries are becoming passé and that the bloom is off Santa Fe.Tonya Turner Carroll says the last three years were the best she’s ever had and that

Canyon Road is booming.Ask a different Santa Fe art dealer about the state of the art market, get a different opinion.

By Tom Sharpe Photos by Jane Phillips The New Mexican

That was the upshot of a dozen interviews with dealers andothers in the art business last week.“If it was this slow and it was July, I’d be very scared,” said

Deborah Fritz, vice president of the Santa Fe Gallery Associa-tion.“There was a little surge there at the end of the year where

people had a little more confidence and were spending moremoney on themselves. Right now, it’s pretty slow. But we aregearing up for the Art Feast weekend, [Feb. 24-26] which isusually a pretty good weekend for us.”Foreigners reportedly have been buying high-end art in

somemarkets, and Fritz reported shipping art to Brazil,Mexico City and Brussels. Another dealer is working on acommission from China for an oil painting of horses. Onelocal artist is working on a multi-year commission from an

unknown patron who sends checks from aMiddle East bank.But Peters, arguably Santa Fe’s most successful art dealer,

with considerable holdings in real estate, restaurants andbanking, said Santa Fe has never been an international artmarket and isn’t likely to become one in the future.“The bloom is off Santa Fe a little,” he said through a

spokeswoman. “It isn’t as popular as it once was. Santa Fetook its tourists for granted, while other communities becamemore attentive and competitive.”As for art, Peters —who began dealing in works by Geor-

gia O’Keeffe more than 40 years ago, and now handles a sta-ble of historic and contemporary artists from the largest gal-lery in Santa Fe plus another in New York City— predicted

Please see BLOOM, Page A-4

By Julie Ann GrimmThe New Mexican

The need to provide police and fire services in agrowing city is cited by officials as the reason for twobig-ticket projects proposed in the Santa Fe municipalelection.Whether the city should build a new fire station and

makemore improvements to police headquarters, total-ing $5million, is one of three questions on theMarch6 ballot. If approved, themeasurewould authorize thecity government to borrowmoney thatwill be repaidthrough property taxes on homes and businesses.Although voters have a say in whether the “general-

obligation bond” property tax method pays for thecapital projects in the near future, the city of SantaFe is on the hook to provide safety services availablefor all the territory in its jurisdiction— and that areais slated to get bigger by the end of next year due toplanned annexations.Questions remain for some, however, about whether

the bond issue will help enough with preparations.Backers say $1.5 million from this bond question

would be earmarked for the final phase of plannedimprovements to the police department headquartersat Camino Entrada.Santa Fe already has invested severalmillion dollars

in substantial changes to the police headquarters, usingmoney from the state Legislature and from other bondissues to pay for landscaping and a renovated lobby.Now, managers want to add 5,000 square feet to the

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By Paul Weideman

Two of the most interesting furniture showroomsin Santa Fe, ACC Fine Furnishings and MossOutdoor, recently initiated a co-venture. They're

doing collaborative advertising and each is featuring asmattering of the other's pieces in their stores: ACC at 620Cerrillos Road (the company also has outlets on the SantaFe Plaza and at Sanbusco Center) and Moss Outdoor, 530 S.Guadalupe Street in the Santa Fe Railyard.Jeff Fenton, ACC senior vice president and general

manager, described how the co-venture came about."Gloria [Moss] called me earlier this year to ask about an

exclusive vendor that ACC had carried; she was interestedin carrying Brown Jordan. I said we decided to step backfrom handling outdoor inventory because we find thatit's much more of a designer-driven business and to stockit as we had in the past really didn't make sense for usfinancially. That started our conversation. We both said wehave complimentary businesses, we do the inside beautifullyand Moss does the outside beautifully, so why don't wefigure out a way for us to work together?"Moss opened five years ago in June. ACC was founded as

American Country Collection about 25 years ago by Carol

Israel and Michael Needle. Larry Goldstone has been theowner since 2006. At its showrooms on Cerrillos and onthe Plaza, ACC features an eclectic mix of furniture andaccessories in both the traditional and contemporary veins.Its Sanbusco location specializes in bedding and lighting.Moss carries a dazzlingly modern array of outdoor

furniture, including by Kenneth Cobonpue and Dedon.The emphasis is understandable in Northern New Mexico,where residents may enjoy their homes' outdoor-livingspaces for six months of the year."People buy indoor furniture first," Moss said. "I'm the

last thing people think about, but people out here have fiveor six portales sometimes."

All along one long wall at Moss are custom, bi-level racks,with integral lighting, that are used as the showroom's chairgallery. "I represent thousands of products and I only havean 1,800-square-foot space, so I try to show the lead itemsfrom the collections," she said.Both companies have great websites if you want to have

a look from your armchair: http://accsantafe.com andwww.mossoutdoor.com. Fenton said ACC has "more of awebzine approach, so the idea is to inspire people with alifestyle rather than having individual pieces featured. Thisyear we want to introduce e-commerce — being able to buyitems from our website — as a part of our business strategy.Neither of us has done that yet."

Moss opened in a fairly competitive market — it can beseen as an ultra-modern alternative to the (also excellentselection of) patio furniture sold at Leishman's on CordovaRoad — but the timing turned out to be challenging."They tore out the street for six months, then there was thefinancial crash, which is continuing," she said. "That's one ofthe reasons we're combining, just to grow our businesses. Itjust makes sense, because we have the same customers."Fenton added, "I think you have be creative in this

business climate and to do business with someone in townwho you have respect for and has a great reputation, it justmakes sense.""ACC is the premier furniture showroom in the

Southwest, I think, having been to many different places,"Moss said, "and I was trying to get my mind around this foryears. We're practically across the street from each other.How can we make this work together?"She is hopeful that there will be "a little building boom

this year.""That's what I think," Fenton said. "We just got back from

Atlanta and we talked to multiple vendors who were havingtheir best shows in five years. We're looking at these kindsof collaborations with other types of vendors, too. Anotherchallenging aspect of our business is inventorying rugs,so we're looking at working with rug dealers here in town.We're all getting creative and smart."

Furniture stores get into cooperation

PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS / THE NEW MEXICAN

Co-venturing: Jeff Fenton and Gloria Moss


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As the deadline to file taxes quicklyapproaches, the Santa Fe Association ofRealtors reminds homeowners of the manytax benefits they can take advantage of byowning a home. Many families are feelinga financial squeeze these days and the taxbenefits associated with owning a home canbe a welcome relief.There are many benefits to being

a homeowner, but some of the mostsubstantial advantages are most apparentat tax time. Tax credits and deductions forhomeowners include the mortgage interestdeduction, capital gains on home sales, andcredits for certain energy-efficient homeimprovements. The mortgage interestdeduction allows homeowners to deduct theinterest paid on a mortgage debt of up to$1 million on a primary residence and one

additional residence.Some individuals believe that many of

today’s tax incentives for homeownersprimarily benefit the wealthy, but that isuntrue. Ninety-one percent of owners whoclaim the mortgage interest deduction earnless than $200,000 a year. A family thatbought a home in 2011 with a $200,000,30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, assumingan interest rate of 4.5 percent, could savenearly $3,500 in federal taxes when theyfile this year. Federal law also allows a sellerto exclude certain capital gains from thesale of a principal residence. Couples whofile a joint federal return can exclude fromtaxation up to $500,000 of any gain in theirhome’s value. Singles can exclude gains of upto $250,000.There are countless tax benefits available

to homeowners who have recently installedenergy-efficient improvements, as well. TheAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009 created energy tax credits for installinginsulation, energy-efficient exterior windowsor doors, heat pumps, furnaces, central airconditioners, or water pumps. A 30 percentcredit is also available to homeowners whoinstalled alternative energy equipment suchas fuel cells, solar water heaters, solar electricequipment, small wind-energy projects, orgeothermal heat pumps.For people who don’t have hundreds of

thousands of dollars in savings to buy ahome outright, these tax benefits can helpthem begin building their future throughhomeownership. Realtors continue to worktirelessly to defend these tax benefits onCapitol Hill and ensure public policies that

promote responsible, sustainable homeownership.

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

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PACO ARGUELLO

The National Association of Realtors(NAR) and its affiliated institutes, societies,and councils provide a wide-range ofprograms and services that assist membersin increasing skills, proficiency, andknowledge. Designations and certificationsacknowledging experience and expertisein various real-estate sectors are awardedby NAR and each affiliated group upon

completion of required courses. This bulletinelaborates the achievements of Santa FeAssociation of Realtors members who haveearned the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI)designation.Realtors with this designation have

in-depth training in legal and regulatoryissues, technology, professional standards,and the sales process. While the Realtors

Association of New Mexico sets the specificcurriculum requirements, a minimum of 90hours of coursework is required with subjectareas that generally include customerand client services, cultural diversity, salesand marketing, fair housing, contracts,environmental issues, communications, real-estate business technology, mediation, andthe National Association of Realtors Codeof Ethics and Standards. A student has fiveyears to complete all the requirements andonly Realtors can obtain and use the GRIdesignation.Earning this designation is one of the ways

a Realtor stands out to buyers and sellers.For more information on the GRI courseofferings, contact SFAR at (505) 982-8385.Here’s the current list of the Realtors

in Santa Fe who have earned the GRIdesignation: Lorin Abbey, Kenneth Ahler,Thomas Alesi, David Barker, Ann Bealle,Dennis Bianchi, Judy Carter, Anna EarleneCaspersen, Don Cavness, C.J. Ciddio,Richard Crombie, Coleen Dearing, RobertDobyns, Clara Dougherty, David Dougherty,Robert Dunn, Lauren Earles, Stanley Evans,Laurie Farber-Condon, Susan Feil, RobertFrank, Peter Frederick, John Granito III,Jonnalyn Grover, Ardyth Hafer, SusanHarris, Glen Hiersoux, Maxine Hill, CindiaHogan, Michael Hurlocker, Richard Jay,Kris Jette, Thomas Keesing, Dennis Kensil,Pixie Koetter, Lori Kolb, Donald Lewis, NeilLyon, Nick Maestas, Ashley Margetson, Leon

Mellow, LuAnn Miller, Victoria Murphy,Dana Myers, Gil Ortiz, Evangeline Pacheco,Julie Paradise, Elayne Patton, Melanie Peters-Thorne, Patricia Pipkin, Mark Raddin, RayRush, Gail Samota, E.W. Sargent, LaurenSato, William Schwent, John Scott, BaroShalizi, Sylvia Showacre, Marion Skubi, LoisSury, Maren Thorpe, Gwen Tucker, AlanVorenberg, WilliamWafer, Gary Wallace,Christopher Webster, Pearl White, SkyeWhite, and Pamela Wickiser.For a complete list of Santa Fe Association

of Realtors members who have achieveddesignations, visit www.sfar.com and click on“Designations.” Some of these designationsand certifications are maintained through afee and/or recertification structure with theNational Association of Realtors.The Santa Fe Realtor members listed

below achieved the following designations orcertifications between July 7, 2011 and Jan.15, 2012:Accredited Buyer’s Representative, (ABR):

Tanya L. Clokey, Christopher Doyle, KrisJette.Certified Residential Specialist, (CRS):

Kris Jette, Victoria Murphy, ElizabethSheffielde-PRO: Kris Jette, Gail StrattonShort Sales and Foreclosure, (SFR): Kris

Jette

Donna Reynolds is the Santa Fe Association ofRealtors’ government affairs director.

Walton Chapman Builders, 2130Plazuela Vista. $284,710.Maxine Chelini, 2073 Piñon Bluffs Dr.

$200,000.Randy & Kathleen Pugh, 1005 E.

Alameda St. $875,000.JordanWest, 122 Bob St. $200,000.Infinite Ambitions, 3223 Calle Nueva

Vista. $199,000.Antonio Gallegos, 2111 Calle

Ensenada. $119,000.Plaza Bonita Ph. 3, 3008 Floras del Sol

St. $163,389.— 3036 Floras del Sol St. $216,594.— 3040 Floras del Sol St. $114,811.— 3046 Floras del Sol St. $114,811.— 5909 Terra de Coral St. $216,594.

Pulte Development of NM, 3818Montana Verde Rd. $225,714.— 3820 Montana Verde Rd. $202,272.— 3822 Montana Verde Rd. $202,272.SBS LLC, 1564 Shalako Way. $120,000.Homewise Inc., 3750 Valmora Rd.

$228,000.

Manuel Miramontes, 4729 Agua Fria.$190,000.Amanda Calderon, 8 Ernesto Rd.

$200,000.Univest-Rancho Viejo, 29 Cañada del

Rancho. $170,000.La Nueva Querencia, 46 Bosquecillo.

$74,125.— 1 Canto del Pajaro. $74,125.

Building permits

SANTA FE COUNTY building

permits issued from mid-February to

mid-March included the following:

Building permits issued by the CITY

OF SANTA FE during the month of

February included the following:

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54 HEADQUARTERS TRAIL La Tierra NuevaConsidered by many to be “one of the most beautifulhomes in Santa Fe,” this grand pueblo style hacienda isperched prominently atop 14.28 acres with breathtakingviews of five mountain ranges. The main residence isapproximately 6828 square feet and consists of fourbedrooms, six baths, a large living room with custombuilt-in bar, eat-in-kitchen, dining room, wine tastingroom and family room. Some of the features includehigh-beamed ceilings with latillas and corbels, stonefloors, hand carved painted doors and five fireplaces. Thespectacular outdoor entertaining/living area is showcasedby a large free form heated pool with tiered waterfalls,a stone bridge and benches, hot tub & cabana. A onebedroom guest casita with fireplace, a four car heatedgarage and lush landscaping with beautiful gardenscomplete this one-of-a-kind estate. La Tierra Nueva is agated community just west of Santa Fe and adjacent tothe Las Campanas Golf Club.

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New landscaping under way at El Corazon condos

Moss Outdoor in the Railyard and El Corazon condos for April Real Estate Guide.Photos by Jane Phillips/The New Mexican

Moss Outdoor in the Railyard and El Corazon condos for April Real Estate Guide.Photos by Jane Phillips/The New Mexican

By Paul Weideman

El Corazon de Santa Fe, the fractional-ownership condominiumproject on Catron Street, is now managed by Fairmont Heritage Place,a division of the Canadian company Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. TheResidence Club at El Corazon de Santa Fe has undergone an extensiverefurbishing, with new furniture, lighting, and art, to meet Fairmont’s5-star character, according to John Dixon, qualifying broker anddirector of sales. Also new is an addition of about 1,100 square feetholding an enhanced reception area and clubhouse, with lounge andweight room facilities, and free wi-fi.Just outside the clubhouse last month, crews were busy on

substantial ground work. An “oasis park” was being planted withnew landscaping, as well as water features and a fire pit, courtesy oflandscape architect Kenneth Francis, Surroundings, working with ElCorazon architect Jeffrey Seres of Studio Southwest Architects.This property has a long history. More than a century ago, it was the

home of Thomas Benton Catron, who served as attorney general ofthe New Mexico Territory, as a U.S. attorney (appointed by PresidentUlysses Grant), and as a U.S. senator. The 1964 El Seville Apartmentswere demolished prior to the development of El Corazon, now eightyears old.The way the fractionals work is this: unlike the owners of time-share

condos who usually may only occupy a particular unit during a specifictime period each year, El Corazon owners have unlimited usage,

although they usually visit Santa Fe three or four times a year, for aweek at a time. A one-eighth, undivided-deed (tenancy-in-common)share is available for $130,000 for the two-bedroom Terra units, whichare approximately 1,175 square feet. The two-storey Montaña units,also two bedroom and about 1,750 square feet, are $185,000.El Corazon ownerships can be sold, deeded, willed, or placed in a

trust.The units boast walls hand-finished in plasters by American Clay,

slate floors, granite countertops in kitchen and master bathroom, a gasfireplace and viga ceiling in the living room, and a cozy patio. Accessto the pool and spa at La Posada de Santa Fe is part of the package eachowner of a fractional obtains with his payments of about $1,500 perquarter. This stipend also buys maintenance of the condo and entitlesthe owner to concierge service, pre-arrival grocery shopping, long-term equipment and clothing storage; and discounts or special pricingat the Towa Golf Resort, The Bull Ring and La Casa Sena restaurants,and a handful of other local businesses.Members automatically also have membership in Fairmont

President’s Club, providing VIP recognition at more than 100Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel hotels and resorts around the world.For more information about available condominiums, see www.

fairmontsantafe.com, call 820-0850 or 866-721-7800, or visit the salesoffice at Catron Street or the offsite information office at the corner ofGrant and Palace avenues.

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Social networking on social media siteshas changed how we communicate andshare information. If Facebook were acountry, it would be the third largest inthe world with its 800 million users. Theexplosive growth of Twitter, Facebookand Google+ now surpasses one billionusers per day. It is estimated four out offive people are using social media to shareinformation about their lives, shoppingbehavior, photos and videos and everythingwe talk about to each other.Social networking has transformed us

into e-consumers, e-voters and e-reportersby allowing us to LIKE brands, engagepoliticians, and provide news for themedia. Companies launch new productson social media. Nearly everyone runningfor elected office, from dog catcher to theWhite House, has a Facebook page for youto LIKE. Twitter users recently scoopedmainstream media by nearly an hour withthe news of Whitney Houston’s death.The internet has always wanted your

information. In one click, we can share itaround the globe. The new phenomenonof social sharing creates a virtual waveeffect, making it possible for one personto communicate with millions in ananosecond. When you combine our socialnetworking behavior with our buying andsearch behavior online, you can imaginehow much data is available for sale or useto market products and services back tous. Facebook and Google make money byselling advertising space on our screen bytargeting advertising based on our digitalprofile.What digital profile? As we communicate

and shop online, our information istransformed into bits of data that are easyto store, retrieve and analyze. Our use ofthe internet, social media sites and freeGoogle search is not without cost. Theinformation we share along with ourbuying behavior, job history, relationshipstatus, reading habits, donations, personalopinions, number of children, pet

preferences, home information and ofcourse, name, address and photographsof yourself now become data. This data isyour digital profile. The information youshare online is no longer private.Recently Facebook released a new and

improved profile called Timeline. Facebookwants you to tell your entire life story toyour friends and to Facebook. All yourpersonal information and market LIKEbehavior is now data for Facebook andother internet companies to collect anduse. Just imagine being born and beforeyou can open your eyes, your baby pictureis uploaded on Facebook! The way wecommunicate and shop online has erodedour privacy.Our internet behavior is now big

data along with our social behavior andpersonal buying preferences. There is noonline privacy. Today, there are no lawsin the USA that specify the use, sale andcontrol of your digital profile and onlinedata. Our use of the internet has evenchanged how we feel about privacy. Bigdata is big business. The society GeorgeOrwell envisioned is here. The difference iswe all are watching each other. Without anyonline privacy laws, the internet is still theWild West and big data is more valuablethan gold.

Emily Medvec is an associate broker withSanta Fe Properties on a team with UllaAllyn. Emily’s passion is how social networkingonline changes how we communicate andmake decisions in real estate and every othermarketplace. Follow her at www.twitter.com/emilymedvec or call her at 505-660-4541.

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‘Natural Homes’ are developer’s goalBy Paul Weideman

“HELPING YOUNAVIGATE THEMAZE OF ‘GREEN’ REAL ESTATE”is the motto of Natural Homes. Realtorand developer (and Occupy activist)Alan Hoffman operates the company asa division within Logic Real Estate, as heformerly did for years at Prudential SantaFe Real Estate and before that with Town& Ranch Inc. His builder partner in theprogram is Dennis Niedermier.Home interviewed Hoffman about

Natural Homes and green building.

Is good, green building expensive?I’ve had people come up to me and say,

“Are you trying to tell me you can buildme an energy-efficient solar home for$279,000?” and I say yes and they say, “Noway. It costs $2 million to build an energy-efficient home,” and it makes me feelhorrible to think people believe that.The efficiency of a house in green

terms is measured with the Home EnergyRating System or HERS, is that right?Yes, and the way it’s calculated is that 100

is present code and there’s an inverse ratioof increased efficiency, so a HERS 80 savesyou 20 percent and a HERS 20 saves you80 percent. Our analysis, having built thesehouses since 1974, when I built my firstpassive-solar houses when I was with ChrisWebster, shows that you can get to about aHERS 53 without any energy generation.That’s a 47 percent savings, very significant.By what means exactly?A super-insulating envelope — R-21

walls and an R-50 roof — with insulationaround and under the foundation and floor,so there’s no real heat loss. Also super-efficient appliances, heating systems andlighting. Whole-house heat-exchangingventilators are very important in these tighthomes and Dennis Niedermier builds someof the tightest houses in the industry.Centex is proud of getting HERS 70 and

this is the only place they do it. Their mostefficient home outside of Santa Fe, theirEnergy Advantage House, is HERS 83. Thegreen code in the city, which is the mostprogressive in the state, gets you a HERS70. My worst house is a HERS 53 and withPV it’s 20 to 30 and if you operate the houseconservatively, you can get to net zero.We use new framing technologies, which

use 20 percent less wood and 20 percentless labor and get you 20 percent less heat

loss. There is an order of heat loss. Numberone is infiltration and two is the roof, thenafter that it’s almost irrelevant. Walls are notreally that big of a heat loss, but infiltrationis. If you have cold air blowing throughyour house, it doesn’t matter what yourinsulation values are.A lot of this green technology can’t be

retrofitted. You can’t come in and insulateunder the slab, for example.That’s right. And that’s a 20 percent heat

loss. By the way, an old adobe can be HERS250 and you’re talking two and a half timesthe energy consumption of a code-builthouse. There’s a lot you can do to an oldadobe house, but it’s expensive. It meansfoaming the entire house.

Natural Homes is a new-homecompany. Have you got anything going?I have two zero-energy homes in process

right now. One broke ground last week inPiñon Bluff on the north side and we haveanother that we will get going in threeweeks [early April] on Fin del Sendero.What’s happening with Oshara Village

out on Richards? You were identified withthat project for a long time.We carried it for three years after the

crash, but we gave it to the bank. I and mypartners still have lots there and we intendto go back to building in Oshara at somepoint. But right now I can get a lot on thenorth side for the same price as we used tosell for in Oshara.

Back to green building. Afterconservation measures, you can dothe active elements, solar thermal andphotovoltaics.Yes, and the price of doing solar has

come down so dramatically. There’s onecompany offering complete systems,installation and everything, for $4.50 to$5.50 a watt. It used to be $11 when Istarted in all this.There are substantial tax credits available:

$6.85 per square foot for Build GreenNew Mexico’s “Gold” standard and $9 asquare foot if you achieve “Platinum” inthe LEED for Homes certification [via NewMexico’s Sustainable Building Tax Creditprogram that was signed by Governor BillRichardson in April 2009].The way I look at it all these days is that

everybody I’m working with now will beretiring soon and if you could load 30years of utility bills in today’s mortgage fornext to nothing, doesn’t that make sense?If you’re a person looking at retirementand you can lock in future utility bills,something that fluctuates wildly, into themortgage, think of how calming that canbe.And if you want, you can load a large

percentage of your transportation costsinto your mortgage as well, in the formof oversizing your photovoltaic array andbuying a plug-in vehicle.Oversizing by how much?By about nine more panels, or 2

kilowatts.There is the notion out there that it’s

more expensive to build green, so if youget rid of the green regs, more builderswill be busy.That is absolute bullpuckey. We can

deliver a house within 2 or 3 percent of thecost of an equivalent house without theconservation and generating capacities. Butpeople don’t want to learn. That’s one thingabout Dennis Niedermier of RenaissanceBuilders. He is a real student of buildingscience, but most of them just don’t want tolearn. The city tells them they have to get toa HERS 70, which they should be able to dojust with roof insulation, and all they cando is complain.So how can you build houses in a market

where nobody’s building houses? Bybuilding houses that no one else is doing.

PHOTO BY PAUL WEIDEMAN

Alan Hoffman, builder Dennis Niedermier, and Jan Wisniewski of Lorn Tryk Architects will build anaffordable, 1,500-square-foot, zero-energy house for owner Maxine Chelini. She and Hoffman are shown onthe building site in the Piñon Bluffs subdivision. Below, a zero-energy home in Oshara Village.

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Before the concept had the currentmoniker, the geologic evidence for how theEarth’s climate has changed through timewas traditionally introduced in historicalgeology class along with John Hutton’sadage “The present is the key to the past.”But the concept of “uniformitarianism”has been updated by modern workersinterpreting the diverse scientific evidencethat records the increasing rate of climatechange and that enables us to start bringingglobal and regional issues down to the locallevel.The City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County,

and the Bureau of Land Managementall deserve community recognition forfocusing our attention on how climatechange might impact our local watershedand water-supply sources and how we canmitigate these changes. The climate changeworkshop was held last month and it wasworth the wait. It was fully subscribed with120 attendees and it was an eclectic andenthusiastic group of participants. Theground rules were that the causes of climatechange, whether it is actually occurring orwhether we can alter the predicted effectsof climate change, were (thankfully) not upfor discussion.Three local experts set the stage for

the workshop. David Gutzler, a climatechange expert at the University of NewMexico, provided climate change data fromthe Southwest. Park Williams, researchecologist with Los Alamos NationalLaboratory, presented forest response datafrom studies in Arizona and New Mexico.And author and conservationist WilliamDeBuys discussed the overall direct andindirect consequences we can expect fromclimate change.The format of the workshop was

interactive and the attendees split intosessions based on their interests andexpertise. We were encouraged to sit withpeople we did not know. Then we sharedour observations with the larger group.

The findings and recommendations fromthe workshop were captured and willbe summarized in a final report that, inaddition to the presentations from theworkshop, will be posted on the City ofSanta Fe’s Water Resources website.To summarize projections (not

predictions) from the workshop, here isa short list of some of the changes thatultimately might impact our watershedand water sources: higher temperatures(especially in summer); increasedvariability of precipitation, more as rainand less as snow; earlier spring runoff;reduced stream flow; depletion of forests;drought-induced tree mortality; forestsmore susceptible to insect damage andfires; burned hillsides more prone toerosion; and ash washed into rivers andreservoirs.There is a historic regional example

of the consequences of climate changeupon the Ancestral Puebloans of the FourCorners region, where interdisciplinarystudies indicate that elevated temperaturesand decreased precipitation contributed tothe abandonment of settlements. We needto be prepared to deal with the changes andchallenges that lay ahead and realize thatthese factors are not unique to the Santa Feregion but are part of the consequences ofclimate changes in an already arid region.The local climate change workshop was agiant step in the right direction.

StephenWiman has a background in earthscience (Ph.D. in geology) and is the owner ofGoodWater Company and a member of the Cityof Santa Fe’s Water Conservation Committee. Hemay be reached at 505-471-9036 and [email protected].

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Late last year I made the request inmy column for all of us to commit toconserve 10 percent of our water andenergy usage in the coming year. Icommitted to do the same. Now the Cityof Santa Fe as well as many other cities aremaking the same request.The coordinated community effort is

known as the National Mayor’s Challengefor Water Conservation for 2012,although it encompasses both water andenergy.The city has a website linked to the

national program and it provides asimple way to see the results based on thesimple actions you can take. The pledge isavailable on the city website.Before making this pledge, I noted

my water and energy usage for the last12 months and I was totally surprisedby the results. I spent almost $2,700 onutilities, not including my phone bills. So10 percent would save me $270 each andevery year. That’s a lot of jingle!

Over the past 12 months I haveconsumed more than 54,000 gallons ofwater, 9,900 kilowatt-hours of electricity,and 750 therms of natural gas. None ofthese are going down in price, so savingnow will just save more and more overtime.Besides the website for the Mayor’s

Challenge, there are many tools onthe Internet to help us identify easyways to save. Two I often use are www.h2oconserve.org to identify ways to savewater and http://hes.lbl.gov/consumer toidentify ways to save electricity and gas.I identified several actions to cut my

energy and water use. I will install anoutdoor clothesline and use it at leastonce a month. I am installing at least onedual-flush retrofit kit on my low-flowtoilets. I am replacing 12 high-energy-usehalogen light bulbs with high-energy-saving LED bulbs. Finally, I am installinga single on/off switch on my computer,printer and office equipment.

Given that toilets are the number-one water consumer inside the home,accounting for about 26 percent of ourtotal water usage, these actions shouldreduce my water use.On the electricity side of the equation,

household lighting accounts forabout 22 percent, the electric washingmachine and clothes dryer another 13percent, and more than 21 percent goestowards powering our computers, officeequipment and TVs. I’m hopeful thatthese small changes I’m planning will getme to my 10 percent goal.The great thing about these changes

— except for using the clothesline oncea month — is that they have ZEROimpact on my lifestyle. I conserve waterand energy while going about my lifeas usual. Also I will not just be savingwater and energy, I will be saving money.Conservation is usually the easiest andcheapest way to live more sustainably.I will track my results and see if I

actually achieve my goal. I have submittedmy pledge, and I hope you join me in thisworthwhile effort.

Doug Pushard, the founder of the websitewww.HarvestH2o.com, has designed andinstalled residential rainwater systems for12 years. A member of Santa FeWaterConservation Committee and a board memberof the American Rainwater Catchment SystemsAssociation, he can be reached at [email protected].

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The art of gorgeous outdoor retreats:my conversation with Solange Serquis ofSerquis and Associates, one of Santa Fe’svery best landscape architects.Several years ago I began to recognize

a landscape architect’s work in Santa Fethat was so consistently rhythmic in flow,so gracefully and respectfully intertwinedwith our native landscape, balanced withline and pattern, and utilizing materialsand plants so carefully and thoughtfullythat I knew I had to meet this person.Serendipitously, I was introduced to herby Dan Featheringill of Feather & GillArchitects. We three had the pleasure ofworking on a project together and sincethen have collaborated on many more.When and how did you come to live in

Santa Fe?In December of 2000, I was directed to

New Mexico to pursue an 18-month BAmasters in landscape architecture, andhere I discovered my place in the worldand stayed. Of course I continue to travel,but clearly my roots here are strong.What inspires you in your work?I enjoy interactive synergy and

interdisciplinary teams. What I meanby that is that I love working with thearchitects, builders, owners and designers.I also enjoy how people use their outdoorspaces and how the change of seasonsaffects the spaces and the footprint andmagic of the ecosystems with it.Do you have any favorite landscapes?I cannot describe one landscape in

particular. I discovered before enteringin this profession that landscape can be astrong piece of our daily life, so whereverI am at any time, it is my goal to educatemy peers to be good stewards of whateverlandscape we are in.How about plants — any favorites?I can say yes to this question! In

this semi-arid environment I choosethe ornamental feather reed grass(Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘karl foerster’).This native ornamental grass has a strongpresence that changes throughout theseasons. The movement and spark in itstexture looks great alone or makes a greatcompanion in a composition.You use a lot of steel in your projects.

Tell me about that.

I have discovered the nobleness of thematerial. It mimics or blends with thelandscape as needed and also makes ascene more dramatic.Do you have a favorite project?Favorite projects for me are the ones

where I can be part of a creative teamwhich could include the client, developer,architects, designers, stakeholdersetcetera. I have been lucky to have hadand currently have some of those!What is your description of the

“perfect” client?The one which is ideal is forcing me to

go to the next creativity level, and one thatis also part of the process in its entirety.How important is working with the

architect, builder and interior designer?Very important. It is very noticeable

when the entire team is involved becausethe entire project as a whole relatesand echoes elements of each other.This relationship of elements not onlycomplements but also makes the scenemore successful and dramatic as a whole,which makes the landscape a timelessplace.

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