meet with a real estate agent who represents another builder. The builder is selling lots but doesn't require that he build the homes. Also there are no restrictions on home size so my smaller home can be built there. And, there are utilities already installed except water and sewer...meaning I need a well and a septic system. The lots are reasonable...about $25,000 less than I was afraid I would be paying but there are the added expenses of drilling a well and installing a septic tank which would eat up part of the savings. It is high desert but there are juniper trees and tall chollo cactus on the lots. Otherwise, they are pretty sandy and rocky...but level. There is an elementary school within walking distance which helps with resale value at some point. I'm pretty happy with what I saw. My builder will go up there tomorrow to look at the lots so I'll know more then. Here are some pictures...
This picture is the Sandia Mountains from the area. That is some distance away...probably 10 miles or more, across the river.
This shows one of the lots and the view north toward Santa Fe. These are half-acre lots which is about the right size. Vegetation is juniper trees, chollo cactus and yucca but not much grass. They have about a gazillion kinds of yucca here.
This shows the school building roof just over the hill. That big barren space is the unpaved street. This is considered a rural area. The school and points east have real paved streets...that is civilization clawing its way up the hill. I would pretty much have the run of the place for a while -- at least until streets are paved.
There are still a couple other places I need to look at in the same general area so I'll be back up there over the next few days.
I spent a couple hours at the Santa Ana Star Casino near Bernalillo (which is not within walking distance of the aforementioned lots). The casino is owned by the Santa Ana pueblo which is located just north of Bernalillo. They have a slogan..."This is your casino. Walk around like you own the place". It was a nice place and large enough that I got lost and had to ask how to get out. The people are friendly. I met Tomas, an old indian playing slots next to me. He had several machines going so our conversation was a little sporadic.
I also went and looked at a place called Alegria which is an "active adult" housing development near Bernalillo. It basically a subdivision like any other but you have to be a geezer to buy a home. They didn't look very active to me. The homes were nice and it was close to the Rio Grande river bosque so there were trees within sight. It was pretty large so there must be medical and other services for those old people somewhere. I saw a "professional" building...I guess that is opposed to an "amateur" building. If someone "practices" medicine would they be in a professional building or an amateur building? Never mind.
I also will meet with my mortgage banker to see what is happening on my application now that they have figured out that I'm alive...but that is another story.
I cooked Swedi
sh Meatballs for supper in the microwave oven...yum.
I feel like I had a pretty good day. Hope tomorrow is as good....maybe a little less windy.
Your correspondent.
2 comments:
I thought the land you were looking at was closer to a town?? The pictures of the land looks like it's out in the middle of nowhere. I can totally see how movie makers are heading to this area though. That is very picturesquely western looking.
Looks like it would be interesting. Would the house be adobe like those buildings off in the right side of the one picture?? I like that look.
Jill -- The place sits on a hill overlooking the town so at night you would miles of city lights stretching off toward the south. Just down the hill is a Walgreens, Walmart, Wendys, Home Depot, and a Starbucks. Most of the buildings are stucco in a brown or tan color and you can't see them in the daytime because they all blend in to the background. Anything I build will be like that as well.
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