santa fe real estate guide january 2013

Santa Fe Real Estate Guide

January 2013

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A true southwestern treasure—rolling across 175 acres, thisis a magnificent residential property nestled near the crest ofa hill with panoramic views. 13 bedrooms, 4 full, 7 three-quarter and 4 half bathrooms with a total of 24,687 sq ft

MLS# 803749 Offered at $9,990,000

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T hank you to our clients, for your continued business and loyalty this past year. It has been a pleasure helping you with your real estate needs.

W e wish you and everyone a prosperous and Happy New Year!

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

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Las Campanas retreat—with expansive spaces, soaringceilings, luxurious yet comfortable bedrooms and numerousoutdoor living areas. 7 bedrooms, 6 1/2 baths with a total of13,758 sq ft on 4.325 acres

MLS# 201004315 Offered at $5,400,000

Fabulous indoor-outdoor living—designed by Kim Dressel,this magnificent, sophisticated estate boasts open, elegantspaces and a rare blend of Old World design. 4 bedrooms, 1full, 5 three-quarter and 1 half baths with a total of 6,500 sq ft on 2.426 acres

MLS# 201202208 Offered at $4,500,000

Sophisticated living—from its regal 1.5 acre perch atop a hill justnorth of Santa Fe, this magnificent private enclave enjoys adramatically sweeping view that encompasses mountains to thewest and south. 4 bedrooms, 4 full, 1 three-quarter and 2 halfbaths with a total of 8,364 sq ft on 1.5 acres

MLS# 807215 Offered at $4,000,000

Distinctive modern Las Campanas estate—less than 15 minutesfrom the historic Santa Fe Plaza, this superlative Pueblo-stylehome with sweeping panoramas that encompass both the Sangrede Cristo and the Jemez Mountains. 5 bedrooms, 3 full, 2 three-quarter and 1 half baths with a total of 6,000 sq ft on 2.66 acres

MLS# 201103977 Offered at $2,785,000

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SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY SANTA FE BROKERAGE326 GRANT AVENUE I 505.988.2533 231 WASHINGTON AVENUE I 505.988.8088 417 EAST PALACE AVENUE I 505.982.6207 sothebyshomes.com/santafe

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Moo Thorpe, 505.780.0310 • Chris Haynes, 505.660.6121 • Jennifer Gallagher, 505.660.8793

571 GARCIA STREET $975,000

1145 EAST ALAMEDA $1,050,000At the end of a private lane among tall trees is this charm-ing 3BR, 2 3/4BA hideaway. A spacious living/dining roomwith high ceiling and tall French doors looking out to alarge courtyard serve as the central core of the homewhile a country-style kitchen with sitting area and kiva fire-place is a causal entertaining area. MLS# 201205178

653 CANYON ROAD, #10 $895,000A lovely 3BR, 3BA home in the quiet and lushly landscapedCompound Condominiums steps from Canyon Road. Fea-tures a spacious living room looking out to a private court-yard, a quaint dining area that opens to a bright kitchen, amaster wing that overlooks the courtyard garden, and 2 guestbedrooms and baths. Large 2-car garage. MLS# 201103602

1647 WILDERNESS GATE $795,000A truly exceptional value for the discriminating buyer whois looking for privacy and a convenient location. Situated on5+ acres with gorgeous tree coverage in the prestigiousWilderness Gate subdivision, this property would be adream for the artist. Includes 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths.MLS# 201203286

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!

Designed and constructed in 2005 by architectRandy Falk, and located blocks from Canyon Roadthis private compound on the historic Eastside is atasteful blend of Santa Fe style and clean contem-porary lines, plaster walls, beams, poured concretefloors and natural light. Completely renovated andtransformed in 2005, the main house features twobedrooms and baths which open onto a privatepatio, a gourmet European-style kitchen, and astunning living/dining room which opens onto twoadjoining patios. A one bedroom guest house in-cludes a cozy living/dining/kitchen area.

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Marion SkubiABR, CRB, CRS505.660.8722

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COMFORTABLE ELEGANCE IN LAS CAMPANAS38 Via Pampa $1,220,000

Panoramic Jemez Mountain and western sunset views, private Las Campanas Park Estates location, renowned Michael Kern & Associates construction, high-end architecturaldesign and stunning owner furnished appointments all combine to make this one of those few unique and stylish offerings. This immaculately maintained home includes a gatedentry courtyard with putting green; grand foyer art gallery; formal living room; built-in sideboard dining room; an inviting gourmet kitchen/wine and pantry storage/windowedbreakfast nook/comfortable TV/media relaxation den; elegant master suite with fireplace sitting area; and a separate guest wing containing two cozy bedrooms. #201205310

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120 CANTERA CIRCLE $1,250,000First time ever offered. Remarkable mountain vistas from this stately in-town 4,400+ sqft residence. In gated La Cantera close to Canyon Road, it boasts traditional style on alavish scale. An entry gallery sets the tone for gracious living and entertaining, indoorsand out. Featured are a sumptuous master with gym, spacious guest quarters, family room,private office, center-island kitchen with breakfast room, large studio/bedroom, and hugeportal with terrace. High ceilings, impressive wine cave, rich custom detail. #201205099

12 AVENIDA HERRERA $785,000Enjoy informal Southwest elegance and luxury appointments in this divine 3 bedroomvilla with fairway and mountain views, on a private Las Campanas brick-paved lane. Fea-tured are a dramatic galleria, great room with huge Cantera stone fireplace, exquisitelimestone floors, pigmented plaster, custom cabinetry, a very private master suite, andgorgeous kitchen. Banks of 8-foot French doors open to both terrace with deep portaland spacious patio with fireplace and gardens, for fabulous al fresco entertaining. Theideal escape! #201201319

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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.

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UNIT #102$349,000Great location for aPlaza home. 2BR, 2BAsplit floorplan withlarge patio facing thecentral plaza. Steps tothe club house. Gaslog fireplace, viga ceil-ings. Private end unit.#201201583

UNIT #240$352,500Resort living at its best.This charming Plazahome is located juststeps to the club andall amenities. 2BR, 2BAbeautifully maintainedlight and bright inte-rior/south facing loca-tion. #201204939

UNIT #709$534,500Casita at Quail Runwith exquisite detailsthroughout. This 2bedroom, 2 bath, 2-cargarage home is situatedadjacent to the golfcourse with nice viewsof the abundant land-scaping. #201204322

UNIT #685$619,000Free-standing home atQuail Run. 2BR, 2BA,2-car garage. Beauti-fully maintained withmany custom finishes.All club amenities in-cluded with 24-hourhosted security gate.#201201750

UNIT #511$454,900This is a very speciallocation for a Casita.Located high abovethe 6th green over-looking a green spacewith trees and lovelyviews. 2BR, 2BA, 2-cargarage. #201203500

UNIT #669$799,000Stunning Pinon F unitwith views. 4BR, 4BA,2-car heated garage,tile floors, plasterwalls, new furnace andhot water heater,wired for speakers.Landscaped front andback. #201205006

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1110 Old Santa Fe Trail$3,800,000

Elegant Eastside Estate withLuxury in Abundance

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15 Callejon Alegre$80,000View Lots

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January 1, 2013

With the usual excitement and energy that I experience after the greatly-enjoyed holiday season,my team bounds into 2013 with great anticipation and enthusiasm. We had a wonderful and veryproductive 2012 and we hope you had the same.

2012 was an unusual year. A mixed-bag of sorts. Quite a few very positive outcomes occurred.Nationally, we witnessed the end of the 5 year slide of the real estate market. Good news washeard often. Cautiously delivered, but still heard frequently. That was very refreshing and impor-tant. Property values not only stop dropping in many markets, but some markets actually sawincreases in values. In a few cases, markets saw very significant increases in values. These werenormally the markets that were hit the hardest. Interest rates stayed very low. Record low mortgageinterest rates benefitted many buyers for much of 2012. The U.S. saw significant improvements inthe rate of unemployment, to levels that we hadn’t seen for 5 years. Homebuilding saw its firstsigns of recovery since the market began to slide. Not universal improvements, but it happened inenough markets to signal that the corner on new construction had been turned. And to top it off,the expected slowdown that was anticipated between Thanksgiving through the New Year didn’treally happen. The post-election period saw buyers coming to Santa Fe, engaging and being excitedby the environment of attractive values and very low interest rates. We ended 2012 pretty strongly.

2012 was not without its challenges. In the months leading up to the November election, we saw asignificant slowdown in our local market. This was especially true in the higher-end segment of themarket. While the market priced under $1,000,000 saw a 26% increase in sales in 2012, themarket over $1,000,000 experienced a decrease in sales of 12%. That certainly was unexpected.We also continued to see lenders making the buying and selling process unnecessarily difficult.Working through the short-sale process remained far too painful. Buyers seeking loans to financetheir purchases experienced the dreaded inefficiencies of the loan process.

As is usually the case, the Neil Lyon Group had a truly wonderful year. We sold listings priced aslow as $60,000 to as high at $4,800,000. I added to my staff to improve our turnaround time onkey activities. We engaged professional consultants to improve our tools and services. We soldproperties for 21 of our sellers, which was close to a record number of listings sold. We also saw alevel of civility between buyers and sellers that we hadn’t see for quite a few years. That fact alonecontributed immensely to 2012 being a really wonderful year.

And the sprinkling on the cake…Vanessa Rios y Valles celebrated her 8th anniversary with myteam. She is such a valuable asset to all with whom we interact.

Here is to wishing everyone a great 2013 and thanking our clients inadvance for making 2013 another great year.

2012 CLOSED TRANSACTIONS

1054 Encantado Drive (B) $1,595,000

44 Lamy Downs (S) $599,000

1055 Old Santa Fe Trail (S) $1,350,000

7 Greywolf (B) $1,495,000

114 Thundercloud Road (S) $110,000

11 Sonrisa Court (S) $570,000

545 Vista de la Ciudad (S) $895,000

15 Calle Ventoso East (S) $60,000

111 Coronado Lane (SB) $449,000

1776 Fort Union Drive (S) $509,200

964 Old Santa Fe Trail (S) $1,235,000

10 Bluesky Circle (S) $1,037,000

1 La Traviata (SB) $2,100,000

1433 Old Sunset Trail (S) $1,375,000

2558 Atalaya Hill Trail (S) $995,000

7 Bluesky Circle (S) $899,000

18 Calle Noble (S) $2,975,000

7 Tano Point Lane (S) $4,800,000

817 Camino del Este (S) $859,000

76 Paseo del Coyote (S) $595,000

16 San Juan Ranch Road (SB) $1,375,000

105 Valencia Road (S) $895,000

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1023 Sierra del Norte (S) $1,295,000

245 Rael Road (B) $299,000

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2.5 acre view lot, close in La Tierra! $120,000

PALACE AVENUEMichael Mahaffey produced twocondos – five years old,absolutely gorgeous finishes.Hard-troweled plaster, brickfloors with radiant heat; travertinebaths and walk-in closets; kivafireplaces, bancos and skylights.Two bedrooms and two baths.NOW $695,000One bedroomNOW $475,000

NORTHSIDE ESTATEMagnificent 360˚ views from thisunique villa. The 6,130 sq ft homeis poised on 1.3 private, woodedacres on a hill minutes to the Plaza.Antique doors, diamond finishedplaster, high ceilings with coves,vigas, corbels, and beams. Hand-carved stone windows. Five fire-places, skylights and a comfortablefloorplan. Owner is a NM RealEstate Broker. $1,795,000

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P.L. Travers, author of Mary Pop-pins, once lived here! 1898 adobehouse, guest house and art studio.Off Canyon Road. SO special!High old trees. Plenty of parking.Ambiance, charm, character. Newwiring, plumbing and unseen ne-cessities—authentic, original inte-riors! One of a magical kind!

$950,000

SINE QUA NON!Architectural Digest design, detail,and quality join a magnificent his-toric double adobe hacienda in arare downtown setting on the OldSanta Fe Trail to create a master-piece. Rare 4.5 acres with views inthe heart of the historic Eastside.Classic Spanish floorplan includes4-5 BR plus a full guest house. 18thCentury doors, 12 fireplaces, pool,and chapel! $4,850,000

MINUTES TO THE WILD WEST2.5 acres with unspoiled views of the Sangre deCristo Mountain range. $149,000

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MAGICAL SANTA FEBeautiful and luxurious 3,000 sq ftcustom home! Surrounded bygreen hills and blue sky, yet justminutes from the Plaza, this lovely3 bedroom, 3 bath property hashigh ceilings with vigas and beams,hard-troweled plaster, 4 fireplaces,a sumptuous master suite with avery luxurious travertine bath-room, and an open plan entertain-ing kitchen. $895,000

CASA SOLANAYour furniture will look fabulous inthis stylish, well maintained 3BRhome in charming Casa Solana!Bright and sunny, with hardwoodparquet floors, an oversized, ro-mantic master bedroom, and a wellplanned, cheery kitchen, this housealso includes a studio for the artistin you! Lovely landscaping with ma-ture lilacs and old trees, there isalso a huge, walled backyard!

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255 VUELTA ROBLE $471,500Beautifully appointed, spacious and luxurious three bed-room, three bath home. Located 1.5 miles to the Plaza.You will be surprised by the views from this 2003 cus-tom, close-in charmer in El Robledo. #201205385

10 AVENIDA HERMOSA $410,000Shangri La in La Cienega. 2.25 acres of trees, pond andserenity. With 2,700 sq ft, three bedrooms and twobaths this charming home boasts beams, Saltillo tile andplaster walls. A true sanctuary! #201204917

With Great Appreciation andThanks I Want to Wish All MyClients and Friends a Great 2013

38 Calle San Martin106 Valley Drive217 Vuelta Roble1013 Flora Drive

2803 Camino del Bosque223 Spruce858 Magee Lane29 Paseo del Coyote610 Rio Grande

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

680 GARCIA STREET $1,800,000Adobe residence on one acre in the HistoricEastside not far from the Plaza and Museum Hillwas originally built in the 1930’s and has grownover the years to a 4BR, 5BA, 5,600 sq ft homewith 5 fireplaces plus an indoor swimming poolin a 1,570 sq ft heated room. Enjoy wonderfuloutdoor living with a fabulous portal and walledgarden. 680GarciaStreet.com

616-B PASEO DE LA LOMA $595,000Rare offering downtown a few blocks from thePlaza with Amazing Views! Spectacular city lights,and remarkable vistas over Santa Fe to the Sandiaand Ortiz Mountains, as well as gorgeous viewsof the Sangre de Cristos! Relax in this 2BR, 2BAresidence with bountiful light in an open-conceptliving room, kitchen, and dining room/sunroom.MLS# 201201987 616PaseoDeLaLoma.com

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954 CERRO DE LA PAZ $3,375,000Elegant Estate with stunning views on 12.5 gatedacres near the Plaza comprised of an impeccableresidence built by Doug McDowell in 2005 withsuperb finishes, 11 fireplaces, 8 baths includingdual master baths, fabulous kitchen, 3,000 sq ftof portales, 1BR guest casita, and gorgeous swim-ming pool with cabana and bath.MLS# 201005922 954CerroDeLaPaz.com

12 VALENCIA RANCH $749,000An absolutely stunning adobe home in ApacheCanyon, this fabulous residence is really a treat!Experience elegant living in a wonderful settingon 8 acres with picturesque views of ApacheCanyon over the Galisteo Creek. Over $240,000in thoughtful and gorgeous improvements havebeen added. 20 minutes to the Plaza.MLS# 201201017 12ValenciaRanch.com

100 MOUNTAIN TOP ROAD $835,000Extraordinary 9.5 acre property has a captivatingfeeling from gorgeous rock outcroppings, hugeboulders, tall pines, and spectacular panoramicviews. Bill Lumpkins designed residence, wonder-ful studio, and writer’s cabin. High in the hillsabove SF with crystal blue skies, awe-inspiring sun-and moon-rises, and incomparable starry nights!MLS# 201204731 100MountainTop.com

322 MAGDALENA ROAD, #6 $619,000This Pied a Terre with the utmost in Santa Fe Styleis two blocks from the Historic Plaza! Designedby Blaine Young and built by Sharon Woods, this2BR, 2.5BA residence in the beautiful MagdalenaCompound has an elegant yet comfortable feeling.Extra thick adobe walls, brick and hardwoodflooring, gorgeous kitchen, and lovely bathrooms.MLS# 201201992 322Magdalena.com

2844 PUEBLO BONITO $249,000Three BR, 3BA home, 15 minutes from the Plaza,near shopping, public schools, and the SF Com-munity College. This Pueblos del Sol charmer hasbeen refreshed and features a comfortable floorplan with many Pueblo-style accents such as vigaand plank ceilings, beautiful Southwest solid wooddoors, newly refinished Saltillo tile floors, and akiva fireplace. MLS# 201202330

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33 AVENTURA ROAD $439,500Lovely and private home with lots of light and awonderful feeling! Beautiful brick floors, viga andherring bone ceilings, hand-carved front door,striking granite counters and stainless steelappliances. Large, comfortable family room andbig working studio. Gorgeous landscaping andgreat backyard with fabulous outdoor living area.MLS# 201204671 33Aventura.com

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842 CAMINO DE JEMEZ #201202376 $640,000

41 BLUESTEM DRIVE #201102623 $689,000

603 OLD TAOS HIGHWAY #201203839 $565,000

852 CALLE DAVID $839,000This is a well thought-out, like-new Las Estrellas, Ridge Canyoncontemporary home sited on one of the best view lots in SantaFe, with up-close, superb views of the beautiful Sangre de CristoMountains and Santa Fe city lights. The property includes 2,400sq ft, single level, 3BR, 2 1/2BA, a desirable bedroom separation,the master suite includes dual offices, the high-end kitchen is de-signed for efficiency, an attached oversized 2-car heated garage,and beautiful low maintenance landscaping all around, including afabulous entertaining area overlooking the spectacular views!#201205143

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144 GONZALES ROAD, #4 $559,000

610 CAMINO SANTAANA $399,000

3600 CERRILLOS ROAD, 401B $99,000

913-915 DON GASPAR $498,500

144 CERRITODEBACA, OJOCALIENTE, NM $375,000Open concept 2BR adobe main house with wraparound deck.1,100 sq ft, 2BR attached guest house/studio pictured. Vigas, kivafireplaces, tongue & groove ceilings, and Saltillo tile. #201201156

A Realtor since 1992 and consistently in the top 5% of Brokers inSanta Fe. Aggressive, Intelligent, Ethical.Born in Pueblo, CO, Bob has a BA in Mathematics and Philosophyearned while a Benedictine monk, an MA in Art from the U ofNorthern Colorado, and a Doctorate in Art Education from ArizonaState U. He has been a professor at the U of Northern Colorado, OhioState U, U of Arizona, and Boston U (where he was Director of theProgram in Artisanry). He has been president of the San Antonio ArtInstitute and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. He is an ex-hibiting artist of his wood sculptures of churches of New Mexico andfrom around the world. I’ve sold almost all of my listings and if

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15 BACKROAD, MADRID, NM $699,000If you’ve always dreamed of living in a wonderful old church,this is your opportunity to own one of the most unique proper-ties in Northern New Mexico. #201204903

8 FIRST STREET, CERRILLOS, NM $699,000Incredible double adobe with guest house, originally built in1886, has been a saloon, dance hall, and movie theater. Nowa beautifully renovated 4BR, 3BA luxury house and professionalgallery/studio. #201204967

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1021 Mansion Ridge Road $1,200,000 mls# 20120530817 Camino Monte Feliz $1,100,000 mls# 20120186886-B Arroyo Hondo Road $1,075,000 mls# 20120172313 Marcelina Lane $650,000 mls# 20100068510 Petroglyph Place $619,000 mls# 201201769189 County Road 113 $500,000 mls# 201102698314 Artist Road #1 $499,000 mls# 2012035167 Blue Jay Court $487,000 mls# 20120453510 Casita Drive $175,000 mls# 2012039247 Casita Drive $150,000 mls# 201203914

Representing over $25 million in Santa Fe Real estate in 2012Who are you going to use in 2013?

345 Delgado Street $1,295,000112 La Vereda $865,000104 Calle Poco $865,50013 Raindance Court $690,0001313 Don Gaspar Avenue $625,000653 Canyon Road #16 $625,00064 Rancho de San Juan Road $575,000231 Artist Road $570,00086 Leaping Powder Road $570,000960 Acequia Madre $549,0001121 North Plata Circle $545,00022 Tierra Grande $520,000426 Mission Road $452,500223 Spruce Street $415,000

207 Closson $386,300644 Canyon Road #4 $379,00039 Azul Loop $366,500903 Don Juan Street $351,2004161 Big Sky Road $351,025610 Agua Fria #D $345,0754154 Midnight Owl $340,000100 Three Rock Road $335,0001144-D Canyon Road $325,000133 Del Rio Drive $233,00023 Aventura Road $194,9004684 Contenta Ridge $175,0002210 Miguel Chavez Road #1211 $119,0002210 Miguel Chavez #617 $70,000

SOLD IN 2012

850 Camino de Chamisa $659,9006 Camino de Colores $510,000

1026 Stagecoach $485,0001551 Kokosari $275,000

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1520 CERRO GORDO $999,000Oldest farmhouse in the Historic Cerro Gordo district. Doubleadobe with green and sustainable features. Pitched roof, vegetablegardens, fruit orchard, 300-year-old wooden floors, 5 fireplaces.Southern exposure and views. Studio outbuilding. MLS# 201204516

520 DEL NORTE LANE $495,000Hidden 2,524 sq ft, downtown jewel with great outdoor spaces.This 3BR, 3BA home has a newer addition that affords you anamazing entertaining area with 3 fireplaces, beamed ceilings, andwonderful play of light. Minutes to the Plaza. MLS# 201204828

8 CAMINO BOTANICA $399,000Beautiful Aldea patio home. High-end finishes including granitecountertops, stainless steel appliances and Indian sandstone floors.Excellent views from the front portal. Very charming and intimate,yet close to town. MLS# 201204500

931 ALTO STREET, UNIT C $589,000Final Unit! Contemporary new Condo being built in an incredibleurban location, along the Santa Fe River. Very close to parks,restaurants, shopping and schools. Three bedroom, two and a halfbath with attached 2-car garage. Close to the Plaza and the Rail-yard. MLS# 201204536

7 OWL CREEK $775,000Endless mountain views from this 2-story home with a casita. Bor-dering the National Forest, this double adobe home has naturalstone, granite, and Saltillo tile floors, diamond plaster finishes, andhigh ceilings. The living room, study and casita have fireplaces.MLS# 201204615

208 WILLIAMS STREET $675,000Exceptional Territorial-style 2 bedroom, 2 bath home just minutesto Santa Fe Historic Plaza. Custom finishes and hardwood floorsthroughout. A wraparound portal looks out to the landscaped gar-den and sunset views. Gated entry, coyote fence and wall surroundoffers plenty of privacy. MLS# 201202628

349 CALLE LOMA NORTE $422,000Beautiful single level, end-unit condo in the North Hills Com-pound with views. Two master suites, each with a full bath andwalk-in closet, plus a third bedroom that could be used as a guestroom or office. Very private and minutes to downtown Santa Fe.MLS# 201204618

111 MICHELLE DRIVE $1,495,000Enjoy stunning Sangre de Cristo Mountain views from this in town,gated, elevated pristine property. The home is 5,033 sq ft, on 1.31tree-covered acres, with 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath, and multiple gar-dens and fountains. MLS# 201203547

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EDGE OF NATIONAL FORESTAworld of its own on Big Tesuque Canyon adjoiningthe forest and the Rio Tesuque, this stunning com-pound includes a gracious Territorial-style 3BR,3.5BA, 4,239 sq ft main residence with wraparoundportal, pitched-roof Tesuque farm-style 1BR + den,2BA, 1,744 sq ft guest house, studio/guest quarters,treehouse + painter’s shed on 3.59 acres in an un-paralleled one-of-a-kind lush setting. MLS 201200912

OFFERED AT $2,895,000

VIEW-FILLED AND STYLISHTano Road Area–Wedding Santa Fe style with anoutstanding open floorplan and commanding viewof the Sangres, this remarkable 3BR, 3.5BA, 3,710sq ft residence includes an entry gallery, greatroom, gourmet kitchen, gracious master, den, familyroom and sunset view deck on 2.5 acres. Openingto portales and enclosed gardens, it’s perfect forentertaining and everyday living. MLS 201203832

OFFERED AT $989,000

HEART OF THE EASTSIDEAuthentic and exquisite 2BR, 2BA, 2,240 sq ft mostlyadobe main residence circa 1920+ with formal livingroom, dining room and kitchen overlooking a won-deful portal and lush gardens, updated with care andgraced with a handsome master suite, 4 fireplaces,alcoves and nichos plus a free-standing 1BR, 1BA,1,247 sq ft guest house with kiva circa 2005 in an in-comparable setting. MLS 201202834

OFFERED AT $1,625,000

NORTHWEST ELEGANCEWrapped in landscaped courtyards, grand portalesand views west, this elegant 3BR, 3BA, 3,174 sq ftSanta Fe-style home in gated Colinas Verdes in-cludes a splendid living room with Anasazi stackedstone fireplace, travertine floors, formal dining,deluxe kitchen with family room and home officegraced with lofty archways, wood ceilings and vigas.One-level living with 3-car garage. MLS 201201865

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My Current Listings851 Camino de Las Trampas (B) $695,0001046 Encantado Drive (B) $865,0002304 Calle Corta (B) $698,0001144-D Canyon Road (B) $375,000705 Galisteo Street (S) $350,000956 Camino Oraibi (B) $265,00036 Raven Ravine (S) $675,00018 Calle Alejandra (B) $689,00018 Remedios Road (B) $739,00033 Monte Alto Road (S) $225,00038 Vista Hermosa (B) $649,00031 Glowing Star Road (S) $795,00048 Camino de Milagro (S) $899,00015 Avenida de Sevilla (B) $799,90025 Mountain Top Road (B) $399,000

707 East Palace Avenue, #7 $550,000 MLS# 201201955901 Allahna Way $845,000 MLS# 201204805604 1/2 Galisteo Street $388,000 MLS# 20120480274 Camino San Cristobal $375,000 MLS# 20120390923 Calle Alexia $1,500,000 MLS# 20120309162 East Wildflower Drive $575,000 MLS# 20120144481-B La Barbaria Road $620,000 MLS# 201204701706 Camino Militar $395,000 MLS# 2012034892 Wildflower Way $595,000 MLS# 201200381

Land ListingsCalle Vistoso, Lot 7 $660,000 MLS# 201000957Soaring Eagle Drive $58,000 MLS# 201201464

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15January 2013HOME

OutandAbout

Column loses one of its biggest fansDarlings,I must tell you I’m in a bit of a fog. My

mother died last month. She was 96, so it’snot that she wasn’t old enough to die, but,rather, she had such a life force about herthat it really didn’t occur to me that deathwould be the final outcome for her. Untilit happened. I think it even surprised mymother, because as unafraid of death as shewas, she really preferred sticking aroundso she could continually be in the midstof everything going on around her. And,yes, Butter Beans, she was definitely alwaysthere in the middle of life: mine, as well aseveryone else’s. My sisters and I called herthe Motherboard.

Among her many admirable qualities, mymother had staying power. She was happy totell you she hated exercise, and her favoritestress-reducing food was marshmallows.When the “godfather of fitness,” Jack LaL-anne, died two years ago at 95, my motherwas still standing. It was then I decidedthat it was time for me to quit lecturing herabout diet and exercise.

Her dying has temporarily left a big voidin my life. Maybe that’s the way it is witheveryone and their mothers. After all, ourmoms have been with us since that first daywe opened our eyes to the bright lights of“earth calling.” No matter what age you arewhen your mother dies, it’s life-changing,that’s for sure. For instance, this is the firstcolumn I’ve written in a few years that shedidn’t expect me to read to her when it wasfinished. (Cupcakes, she found all of youso interesting, even though she’d never metyou.) So I guess you might say that I’m now

walking the tightrope of life without a safetynet. Gulp. Here goes.

Christmas. What did everyone do thisyear? For one thing, we defied the Mayancalendar doomsdayers’ predictions andwere alive to enjoy chestnuts roasting onthe open fire and Jack Frost nipping at ournose(s). I know that Marilyn Foss (SantaFe Properties) was out in Phoenix, enjoyingwarmer weather with her old Santa Fe Real-tor friends who have migrated to Arizona:Fran Hill, Jeff Harakal, Deborah Douglas,and Suzanne Fuqua.

Trudi Conkling and Jenny Bishop(Barker Realty) enjoyed their first Christ-mas as newlyweds. Sweethearts, they weremarried on September 16 in New York, onthe steps of the NY Supreme Court Build-ing. Kristina Lindstrom, Robin Zollinger,David Rulon, and David Barker werethe “Barkerites” who flew in for the vows.Afterwards, the wedding party hopped onthe subway and went to a Yankees game,enjoying a lovely sit-down reception dinnerof hot dogs and beer. A couple of firsts forTrudi: her firstwedding and her first MajorLeague Baseball game. My goodness, dearhearts, all in one day. I should be so lucky.

Chris Haynes (Sotheby’s InternationalRealty) carried on in his usual way. (Heloves the comfort of traditions and oldfriends.) For over 30 years, his friend, GailZweigenthal (former editor of Gourmetmagazine), has been flying in from NewYork for the holidays, and together theyplan and execute a delectable ChristmasDinner (spelled with a capital D) for around100 of their closest friends. Snowflakes, I’mexaggerating. It’s always more modest thanthat. (Not that they don’t have 100 close

friends; don’t get me wrong.) For instance,this year, it was a lively table of around 15guests who simply adore Gail’s cooking, andwho were on their best behavior in hopes ofreturning next year.

Now you have a peek into how Real-tors spend their holiday time. How about apreview of 2013? I do know that the KellerWilliams office is moving to a new locationvery soon. Jama Fontaine (team leaderand CEO at KW) is putting lots of energy(which she has, by the way) in coordinat-ing this move so that her precious Realtorswill be disturbed as little as possible by thechange of venue. Speaking of Jama, I dobelieve she must have three grand trines inher chart. At the Realtor of the Year dinnerlast month, her name was randomly pickedout of the hat for ALL THREE of the neck-laces given out as prizes. This included thegrand prize: a John Hardy design donatedby Packard’s. Gumdrops, Jama is nothing ifnot generous. She gave two of the necklacesaway (one to our Realtor of the Year, Bar-bara Blackwell), and kept the grand prizefor herself. (That’s generous AND smart,don’t you think?)

This January marks the first year anniver-sary of Paco Arguello’s reign as chief execu-tive for the Santa Fe Association of Realtors.Paco had been the Association’s finance di-rector for 14 years prior to this position. Inaddition to his financial acumen, Paco wasrecognized a couple of years ago by the NMAthletic Association for his accomplishedskills as a basketball referee. Angels, I thinkthis makes him perfect for the vexing task ofmaking out-of-control Realtors stay withinbounds. Keep up the good work, Paco.

So long, Sweetpeas. Until next time…Oakley

(Oakley can be reached at [email protected])

OAKLEY TALBOTT

My mother on her 95th birthday with three ofher 22 great-grandchildren

Jeff works on his tan in preparation for Mari-lyn’s visit

Trudi and Jenny, after their vows, before theYankees game

The one whogoes home withthe most jewelrywins. That’s you,Jama.

Our Realtor of the Year, Barbara Blackwell, andher husband Bill

Our fearlessReferee and ChiefExecutive, Paco

HOME16 January 2013

For those who want to capture as muchrainwater as possible yet don’t want tospend a ton of money, a combinationof above- and below-ground cisterns isthe optimal solution. The below-groundsystem is sized to capture only winterprecipitation, so the tanks can be smallerand consequently less expensive. Thesetanks can be augmented with above-ground tanks that are kept empty duringthe very cold months but are used the restof the year.

Typically in these hybrid systems therainwater drains automatically into thebelow-ground tank. All the tanks are in-terconnected so that those above grounddrain to the subterranean tank and waterthere can be pumped to the above-groundtanks.

As spring, summer and fall storms ap-proach, water is pumped out of the belowground-tank into the above-ground tanks,allowing ample room in the former forincoming rainwater. The water levels inall tanks must be monitored and activelymanaged to optimize rainwater harvest-ing.

With this hybrid approach, it is pos-sible to capture water year round withoutworrying about freezing valves, pumps ortanks — and your system can be as big asyou need without busting the bank. It is

less expensive and easier to install than atotal below-ground system. The catch isthat it requires active participation of thehomeowner to monitor and manage thewater levels in the tanks.

Two such water devotees are FredNugent and his wife Yasuyo, who activelymanage their combination system. In anormal winter, the below ground tanksare full with winter precipitation. In theearly spring, as the threat of hard freezeshas passed, they start moving water to thetanks on the surface. As our normal late,wet, winter storms move through, theyare able to capture this moisture and holdit until the irrigation season begins.

When the summer monsoons ap-proach, they pump any remaining waterout of the below-ground tank into theabove-ground tanks so they have a readyreservoir to capture any and all the rainthat may fall.

This active approach maximizes thewater stored and minimizes costs. A sidebenefit is that you are extremely awarehow much water you use and how muchis available for your garden. “My wife andI believe that conservation of all naturalresources is an individual and seriousresponsibility,” Fred said. “Prior to mov-ing to Santa Fe, we had never lived in aplace where an adequate water supply was

an ongoing concern. Now that we haveacclimated to desert living, water conser-vation has become the ‘new normal’ forus. Harvesting rainwater in Santa Fe is anobvious, logical, and efficient extension ofour overall conservation philosophy.

“We actively manage our rainwatercatchment system through both under-ground (1,100 gallons) and above-ground(300 gallons) storage tanks. The rainwateris initially captured in the undergroundtanks. When those tanks reach approxi-mately 80 to 85 percent of capacity (whichis monitored by in-tank gauges) wepump water to the above-ground tanks.This transfer process is very simple andonly takes a few minutes to initiate. Weprimarily use this stored water througha drip irrigation system for our vegetablegarden that naturally thrives on the un-treated rainwater. During the milder, drierwinter months we use the rainwater andsnowmelt to water our landscape.

“We believe that our system is a win-win solution. Not only are our plants re-ceiving natural, unchlorinated water, butwe are making our individual contribu-tion to a worthwhile, and much needed,water conservation program.”

The suggestions made in this articlecan seem overwhelming and they can beif started all at once. Instead, think of it

as a far ranging, life-long project duringwhich you will use less water and energyover time, not more. How low can yougo? Start in the areas that interest you andprocrastinate in the areas that seem hardor uninteresting. The important thing isto start. Know how much water you useand then start saving today! You will savewater and money and the planet. Andwhat could be better than that?

Doug Pushard, founder of the websitewww.HarvestH2o.com, has designed andinstalled residential rainwater systems forover a decade. He is a member of the SantaFe Water Conservation Committee, alifetime member of the American Rainwa-ter Catchment Systems Association, andan EPA WaterSense Partner. He can bereached at [email protected].

WaterenergyNexus

Let’s get into active water catchment

DOUG PUSHARD

Recent Home & Land SalesSales data for the periodNov. 19-Dec. 18 from SantaFe Association of RealtorsMLS reports. Not all salesare reported.

Homes$245,000$280,000$330,000$400,000$484,500

$643,000$715,000$779,500$810,000$995,000

Land$100,000$125,000$220,000$299,500$325,000

Homes$98,500$167,450$185,000$252,500$325,000$355,000$379,000

$436,000$465,000$480,000$481,000$522,500$575,000$585,000$590,000

$648,000$835,000$870,000$1,051,425$1,438,000$2,200,000Land$150,000

Homes$277,500$370,000$387,500$430,000$463,500

$485,000$485,000$685,000Land(none)

Homes$30,500$50,000$90,000$118,250$128,500$129,000

$130,000$135,000$138,000$142,900$143,939$145,000$150,500

$152,500$159,000$169,500$171,999$172,000$173,500$178,500

$180,000$180,000$185,000$185,000$193,000$195,000$195,000

$205,000$235,000$235,500$239,000$240,000$265,000$310,000

$325,000$435,000$460,000Land$50,000$85,000$430,000 county

Homes$117,900$165,256$215,000$225,000$250,101$265,000

$337,000$400,000$410,000$545,000$700,000Land(none)

Homes$189,000$189,900$296,000$480,000$605,000

$650,000$695,000$705,000$710,000$793,000$879,000

Land$50,000$80,000$157,900

Homes$185,000$280,000$289,700

$330,000$354,000$371,000$403,500

$404,000$410,000$420,000$540,000

Land$95,000$125,000 Homes

$135,000$230,000

$239,000$245,000$248,500

$292,500$360,000$360,000

$385,000$390,000$398,000

$421,689$440,000$469,000

Land(none)

Homes$477,880$480,000$675,000

$975,000$1,495,000$1,725,000

Land$37,000$75,000$75,000

$100,000$110,000$118,000$185,000

$600,000

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HOME18 January 2013

Photos by Paul WeidemanThe Zane Fischer residence by Autotroph Design

The new handmade houseAresidence with the nickname“Modern Ruin” took the top prizein the annual design competitionsponsored by the Santa Fe chapter ofthe American Institute of Architects.Alexander Dzurec, Autotroph De-sign, collaborated with owner Zane

Fischer for the latter’s home in Agua Fria Village.Completed in 2012, the residence has two wings — one

holding the living/dining room and the other (a long,Quonset hut-type building) holding a workshop and artstudio — articulating off of a central tower that incorpo-rates the entry, bedroom, and rooftop garden.

A carport, still to be built, will connect the corrugated-steel wing to the tower (rusted-metal panels on concrete)and the other wing (rammed earth).

“Zane brought a photocollage of ideas, things he liked, toour first meeting,” Dzurec said about the process of design-ing the Fischer house. “Then I came back with options,computer models, for very simple massing. We both likedan L-shaped plan and he has a thing for ruins and clean,contemporary architecture.”

Thus the house’s clean lines, and its study in emotionalcontrasts: the more industrial rusted-metal element withhard-edged slot windows warmed up by the adjacentrammed-earth building.

Fischer has an affinity for the Brutalist qualities appar-ent not only in the vertical metal box of the tower but inthe form marks visible on the naked concrete walls on itsinterior. Even the slablike rammed-earth surfaces perhapsposit sort of a “Santa Fe brutalism.”

“That’s right,” Dzurec said. “Zane said he likes the littleimperfections you see as remnants of the constructionprocess.”

And in dialogue at the property, Fischer said, “WheneverI’m in a parking lot, I feel like I want to live there. Hope-fully what we have here is kind of a balance: some of thoseharsh materials but put together in a way that feels warmand inviting.”

Some of the dwelling’s softness comes from the interiordoors and staircase made of Brazilian cherry wood pur-chased from Plaza Hardwood Inc.

The rammed-earth walls are two feet thick, providinga level of structural integrity so that no buttressing wasneeded. “We both liked the thickness of those walls, whichwe thought also was ‘ruin’-like,” Dzurec said.

Fischer has an added level of satisfaction, because he didthe rammed earth himself.

“After getting bids from a few contractors here, it seemedlike rammed earth is subject to a real sort of Santa Fesurtax, so my girlfriend [artist Katherine Lee] and I went toArizona and took a class with Quentin Branch, a contrac-

tor with a lot of experience in rammed earth, includingon houses Rick Joy has done, and the Univision studio inPhoenix.

“So we ended up doing the work ourselves in barn-rais-ing style with friends and pizza and beer.”

Much of the earth for the walls came from the build-ing site; it was augmented by some imported soil, and thebuilders added about 9 percent Portland cement.

The house includes some south-facing glass for winter-time solar gain. The earth walls act as thermal mass, retain-ing heat. Some houses also have thermal mass in interiorwalls, but there aren’t many interior walls in the Fischerabode. “Zane had a big thing against drywall and woodframing, so the interior walls in the tower are six-inchconcrete block.”

“I was a house painter for a long time and I didn’t wantany painted surfaces, either,” Fischer added.

The homeowner indulged a childhood dream with thedeck outside his bedroom and a bed on wheels, which hecan push out and sleep outside whenever he wants to.

He fabricated some unique ceiling lights using molds forconcrete bases for rail ties. “There are some things that areslightly funky, but we had fun doing it ourselves,” he said.

Autotroph also won the AIA-Santa Fe Merit Award foran unbuilt project called “Re-Barn.”’ Dzurec, who alsomaintains a Maryland office, has always loved the old

19January 2013HOME

rendering courtesy alexander dzurecRe-Barn, an adaptive re-use proposal to create a residence based on a historic Maryland tobacco barn

tobacco barns, some dating to the 1750s, in that state. Theseare basically barns built with extra lumber structures insidefor hanging tobacco leaves, and having gaps in the siding,and sometimes shutters and flaps, for ventilation.

He identified one of the barns, probably dating to the1930s, that had a good solar orientation. He developed a setof plans that describe building a home inside, using struc-tural insulated panels, then cutting out large parts of theskin and rebuilding them as operable flaps. Those would beraised to shade the building, and porch/patio spaces below,in the summertime. A solar array would be added flat ontoa south-facing portion of the roof.

It represents a creative example of adaptive re-use.Dzurec’s references (outside of his own brain) include aKentucky tobacco barn that now serves as a visitor center— “although that was just inserting a glass cube into partof the inside space,” he said — and the Australian architectSean Godsell, who has incorporated flaps into some of hishouses.

Autotroph is currently at work on several projects, onea series of Santa Fe Trails bus shelters featuring designsbased on the traditions of Hispanic punched-tin works andNative basketry. The firm did two prototypes, installed onSandoval Street and Guadalupe Street, and has submitteddrawings to the city for 40 more bus stops.

Autotroph also is designing tenant improvements in theMarket Station building in the Santa Fe Railyard for 50 cityemployees who are schedule to move out of the buildingnext to the main post office on Federal Place.

The other winners in the 2012 AIA-Santa Fe designawards, announced on Dec. 13, are AOS Architects, Ar-chaeo Architects, and Spears Architects/Fentress Archi-tects. (Please see separate story on Pages 34-35.)

————————————Anna van Schayk of the AIA-Santa Fe reports that the

organization is on the verge of launching a new entity,Friends of Architecture Santa Fe. The Friends group, aseparate entity from AIA, will highlight the local builtenvironment through lectures, exhibits, online and papermaterials, workshops, and design and architecture tours.Watch aiasantafe.org for news.



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21January 2013HOME

Despite all the predictions, the worlddid not end last year and in light of thetragic events that marred the holidays formany around the world, we would like toshare a reprinting of the article we wrotelast year since it still represents our feel-ings towards the New Year and the newtime in which we live.

The holiday season in Santa Fe is thebest time, with snow-covered streets,the smell of piñon wood burning in thefireplace, the cold mountain air. Withthe holidays come good feelings towardhumanity and hope for world peace. Andthen, before you know it, it’s January andit’s freezing outside, the cold wind keepsblowing, the roads are slick and icy, andthat warm feeling of comfort and solidar-ity slips. But the most notable difference:what happened to all those nice people?

During the holidays they were every-where. People were greeting friends and

strangers with the warmest of salutationsand everybody was nice, really nice. Whatchanges in January? Is it because we startthinking about politics, taxes, what wearen’t doing that we should be doing, andall those yucky kinds of things? Why notmake this year different? Why not makeit a nice year? For those who make NewYear’s resolutions, here is an idea for howwe can all start the year off right. Resolveto be nice. That’s it: just be nice.

If you have already made your NewYear’s resolution you can simply take whatyou already have and attach the words“and be nice” to the end of it. For instance,I will quit smoking and be nice. I will lose15 pounds and be nice. I will read morebooks and be nice. See how easy it is?

It seems that our generation has grownup believing the unfortunate myth that“nice guys always finish last.” Well, wethink its time to debunk this untruth and

replace it with a more positive message.No matter what area of life we’re talkingabout, it all gets better by adding nice-ness on top. How do we achieve all ourpersonal goals? Simply identify what theyare, focus on them daily, and be nice. Allyou need to do to make the world a betterplace is build a great family and be nice.To make a difference in the world today,all you need to do is give, care, share, andbe nice.

Who knows, maybe in a generationor two we will hear the young folks saysomething like “Only the nice come outon top.” The heart is really what’s at heartin the holidays. The heart opens our sens-es to appreciate everything from the coldair to the snow-covered streets and. mostimportantly, to appreciate each other, solet’s keep it open year round. On behalf ofthe Carson family, we wish all our SantaFe friends and families a healthy, prosper-

ous and nicer New Year. Be marvelous, bebrilliant, be inspired, and be nice.

Roger Carson and Melissa Pippin Car-son are Realtors Carson & Carson at KellerWilliams Realty Santa Fe. Call them at505-699-3112 or email them at [email protected].

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As the New Year rolls in, SFAR wel-comes a new team of leaders to help guidethe association’s vital work. Incomingpresident Victoria Murphy of Santa FeProperties took the helm on Jan. 1. Mrs.Murphy has served as a board memberand officer of the association since 2009.She has served as chair of the SFARGovernment Affairs Committee and as amember of the Grievance and Educationcommittees. Victoria holds seven realestate designations and certifications andis a member of the National Associationof Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. Shealso serves in a variety of leadership rolesas NE District vice president with theRealtors Association of New Mexico andwith the Council of Certified ResidentialSpecialists. She is a National Associationof Realtors certified mediator. Her familyhas roots in Santa Fe dating back to 1598,her grandparents built and named manyof the streets on the historic Eastside.

Coleen Dearing with Coldwell BankerTrails West Realty serves as president-

elect in 2013. Coleen’s colleagues rec-ognized her as the 2011 Realtor of theYear for her service to the industry andcommunity. Coleen hails from a Realtorfamily with both of her parents operatingas successful brokers in Colorado, whereshe recalls dinner conversations revolvingaround real estate. She has a degree withthree majors and began her career in thetheatre performing and eventually servingas an administrator for the New MexicoRepertory Theatre here in Santa Fe. Sheis active on many committees within thelocal and state Realtor associations as wellas a number of local charities. Coleen alsoserves as past president of the Santa FeWomen’s Council of Realtors.

The 2012 Realtor of the Year, BarbaraBlackwell with Keller Williams, wasvoted in by members to serve as first vicepresident in 2013. At the local association,Barbara has served as a member of theboard of directors and served on vari-ous committees, including chairing theCommunity Services Committee. Before

becoming a Realtor, Barbara worked forIBM for over 30 years in a number ofproject management roles. She is active inthe community, serving as team leader forthe American Cancer Society’s Relay forLife over the last nine consecutive years.She has a degree in business administra-tion from the University of Nevada.

The Santa Fe Association of Realtorswelcomes four new board members in2013. Margaret Bertram of Keller Wil-liams has been in the industry servingas a closing officer or Realtor for threedecades. She grew up in Santa Fe, gradu-ated from Santa Fe Prep, and was voted asAffiliate of the Year in 1999. Gary Bobol-sky, affiliated with Sotheby’s InternationalReal Estate, is a native of Virginia and agraduate from Clemson University serv-ing the real estate community in SantaFe for over 20 years. Debra Hagey withSanta Fe Properties grew up in Vermontand graduated from the University ofCalifornia-San Diego with a degree in finearts. Debra has been active on the associa-

tion’s Government Affairs Committeeand chairs the candidate selection andcontributions committee. Paul Stenberg,Sotheby’s, hails from wine country nearSonoma as well as the coast of Men-docino in California. He is a graduate ofSt. Mary’s College in Moraga and had hisfirst work experience during college in thebustling atmosphere of a local real-estatefirm.

Paco Arguello is chief executive of theSanta Fe Association of Realtors. Contacthim at 982-8385 or [email protected].

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HOME22 January 2013

As we begin 2013, the BIG questionarises once again: where do I put my sav-ings? As always, this is a difficult question.But now, after an economic struggle thatwill define our history, safely investingour savings presents a challenge like wehave never known.

The facts show that the stock market isperforming poorly. Interest rates on sav-ings and U.S.Treasury Bonds remain low.Many of us have faced dropping valuesand yields in our retirement IRA or 401Kover the last 12 months. Economists arepredicting a recession in 2013 as a resultof the congressional and presidentialstalemate, which could further depressstock-market investments.

After reading the pessimistic forecastabove, we have to be asking, what can wedo? Where do we go from here? What issafe? Is it gold, silver, or a foreign curren-cy? The most obvious answer is that thesingle best investment is still home own-

ership. Realtors say Santa Fe real estate isstill at bargain basement prices. But, goingwith the idea that history is the only truepredictor of future events, Realtors expectreal estate to inflate in value in 2013.

Remember the mid 1980s in Santa Fe?Home values slid downward at recordspeed. Then from 1990 until 2005, valuesappreciated from 12 percent to 20 percentannually. Everyone who had any savingsinvested in Santa Fe real estate. Valuesboomed and a lot of money was made.

Francesca Stedman with Sotheby’s In-ternational Realty agrees. “The real estatemarket in Santa Fe is stabilizing. Real es-tate investments have always been profit-able.” Janet Rousselot, with Karen WalkerReal Estate, says, “From my personalexperience over 40 years in real estateownership in Santa Fe, I would say realestate is the best investment. The SantaFe market has certainly stabilized and agradual increase in values is expected.”

Judy Camp, Keller Williams Realty SantaFe, is looking forward to “buyers that arecoming to Santa Fe soon because proper-ties they were interested in are selling.”

Last month, a client purchased a$440,000 home here and withdrew$200,000 out of an IRA for the downpayment. The client expects a far greaterreturn on the investment, and I agree.

When exploring this idea of investingin real estate, be sure to discuss your op-tions with a financial advisor. Also, yourCPA and your stock-market advisor willhave plenty to say. Listen to them all andmake an informed decision.

My advice, to buy a home right now,is redundant. I have written article likethis before. But, now, at the end of anextremely trying year financially, I feel Ineed to say again, “While interest rates arestill low, go for a home purchase.” Ratesare predicted to remain low through 2013while values rise. A no-brainer! Believe in

the old, tried-and-true adage, “Buy now,profit later.”

Have a happy and prosperous year in2013.

Jim Gay was a real-estate broker for 20years and has been a consultant to Fortune500 companies. He is currently a broker/owner at Home Buyers Mortgage and canbe reached at 986-9080 or [email protected].

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One tool in our interior designer bag oftricks is art or object framing. This is onearea in most homes that is often over-looked or undervalued. Framing has theability to turn an inexpensive print into agreat statement or, conversely, lessen thebeauty of a great piece.

Framing also allows us to displayunusual pieces of artwork or artifacts. Forinstance, we have mounted Depression-glass plates on linen, and in another proj-ect collected a few meaningful “artifacts”from our client to tell a visual story usingan old photo and memorabilia mountedto a nubby silk background, each con-tained within a shadowbox to createunique wall art.

We often find that re-framing isneeded, the most common reasons be-ing the frame and matting are outdated,damaged or faded, or the frame is notwell suited to the interior or grouping itis situated within. The options are manyand we recommend seeking the advice ofa trusted framer.

The molding is the first considerationand should speak to the color, texture, orfeeling of the piece, and overall shouldadd to the beauty but not outshine thework. The importance of the work isalso a factor. A valuable oil paintingmight warrant a hand-leafed, rather thanfactory-made, molding. Even if you areframing a poster or an inexpensive piece,a metal frame kit is almost never theanswer. Black frames are often overusedand create too much of a visual barrierfor artwork. Rather, try warm gray or asimple wooden frame instead, especiallyif you are working with a black-and-whitephotograph. You should also consider theframes on other framed work that willhang in the vicinity.

Alongside the molding, consider a matthat matches or enhances the work, pro-viding a necessary transition or breathingspace between the work and the mold-ing. We always use archival mat board toprevent yellowing over time, or damage tothe artwork. Layering with different colors

is always an option, as is adding texturewith a linen or silk. We err conservativelyand stay away from bright mat colorsto avoid the framing from becomingoutdated. If a work on paper has a deckleedge (an indicator that the work on paperis most likely an original versus a print),or a signature close to the edge, considerfloating the work on top of the mat.

If the work requires glass (most workwill when not on canvas), consider thearea where it will be displayed. For anarea without much direct sunlight, we usea non-reflective glass to prevent any glarefrom overhead lighting. Where sunlightstreams through windows or skylights, asis often the case in New Mexico, we useMuseum Glass, which is both nonreflec-tive and has an ultraviolet coating thatprevents damage to the work.

We encourage you to look around andsee what needs to be re-framed, or tobe framed for the first time. Art often ispassed down to another generation, somake sure that your selections will remain

timeless as well as extend the life of theartwork.

Heather Van Luchene, ASID and Stef-fany Hollingsworth, ASID are partnersin HVL Interiors, LLC, an interior designfirm offering professional residential andhospitality design services. Both are NewMexico licensed interior designers. Theycan be reached at (505) 983-3601 or [email protected].

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Turnkey Building OpportunityIn the gated Summit Ridge, this 1.5 acre lot comes with a full set of working architectural drawings. Minutes from downtown and the Santa Fe Ski basin. MLS #201203360 1112 Summit Ridge, Lot 32$299,000

41.5 Spectacular Secluded AcresLocated in the prestigious original Cash Ranch. This 41.5 acre lot has more than 12 buildable sites for your home. Mountain views from almost every location the best of the wild west. MLS #800753 21 Allucia Lane $175,000

Build Your Dream Home on this 5 Acre LotIn La Barbaria canyon, this parcel is nestled amongst ponderosa pines with gorgeous canyon views and interesting rock formations. At least 3 possible building sites.MLS #201203368 Lot 2 La Barbaria Canyon $168,000

Sanctuary on Opera HillSanta Fe style, views & adobe at their best in the community of Casas de San Juan. Beautiful portal facing the Santa Fe Opera with views and kiva. Main home, guest house and studio apartment. MLS #2012029609 Camino Del Alba $1,550,000

Ride into the Sunrise 3554 sq.ft. on 5.8 acres with mountain views, 3 beds/3 baths, chef’s kitchen, 5-stall barn, view portals, significant landscaping, 3-car garage and 500 sq. ft. studio/workshop all behind private gates. MLS #201204259208 Arroyo Hondo Trail $1,100,000

Fabulously Romantic Historic Galisteo Village. This walled acre has 3 unique dwellings. The 1800’s adobe has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths restored, and a spacious guesthouse. Studio has a chef’s kitchen, theater & bath. MLS #201205400 12 La Vega $1,910,000

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SuNFLOWeR MOdeL. Aptly namedfor its bright, sunny and open design, theSunflower invites you to enjoy the bestpossible combination of private spaceand gathering places, inside and out. Thegourmet kitchen serves at the hub of thisextraordinary home, with the impressiveliving room and formal dining room. Twoof the bedrooms and the 3 car garage areon one side of the home and the luxuriousmaster suite on the other. (To be built)

28 bosqueCillo (Home to be Built)desert Marigold Floor Plan - 1415 +/- sq.ft., 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Kiva Fireplace, Carpet and TileFlooring. 2 Car Garage. Barrel vault entrance into family room opens to kitchen and dining. MasterSuite with large closet, full tub and separate shower. 2 Car Garage. Engery Efficient. Front AreaLandscaped with drip Irrigation System..MLS #201205266 $245,900

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44 bosqueCillo (Model Home Now Available)desert Marigold Floor Plan - 1415 +/- sq.ft., 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Kiva Fireplace, Carpet and TileFlooring. 2 Car Garage. Barrel vault entrance into family room opens to kitchen and dining. MasterSuite with large closet, full tub and separate shower. 2 Car Garage. Engery Efficient. Front AreaLandscaped with drip Irrigation System. $245,900

33 Canto del Pajarito (Model Home Now Available)evening Primrose Floor Plan – 1522 +/- sq.ft., 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Kiva Fireplace, Carpet and TileFlooring. Forced Air heating. Welcoming entrance with gracious curb appeal. Open Floor Plan.Master Suite separate from guest bedrooms. Front Area Landscaped with drip Irrigation System.2 Car Garage. Energy Efficient. $249,900

bond streetMixed use commercial building contains a medicaloffice, which is approx. 2684 +/- sq.ft. with a 7 yearlease in place with 5 remaining (and with increases). Inaddition, this property offers a 722+/- sq. ft. residential1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment upstairs. Strong leasehistory. Call Listing Broker for info. do not disturbtenants, please call for a private showingMLS #201103936 $349,000

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716-a nortH riverside driveGreat commercial opportunity in the “Heart ofespanola” Commercial district. This propertyconsists of 3 buildings: 3850+/- sq.ft. main buildingwith loft area and all utilities. Garage/warehousebuilding contains 1584+/- sq ft. 0.7 acre lot.MLS #201102299 $379,000

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2 Calle amistosaThis custom built home is located on a largecorner lot. Open concept living. Wet plasteredwalls, kiva fireplace, high ceilings, some vigas& beams, tile in living areas and bathrooms.Granite countertops.MLS #201204196 $425,000

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2950 Plaza azulPartially backs to open space. updated heating/air-conditioning system and roof in 2003. Newwood windows installed 1997. Cozy living/diningroom with Kiva Fireplace, carpet, high woodbeamed ceilings.MLS #201203252 $215,000

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2555 Camino CabestroLarge 4 bedroom home plus family room.Situated on an oversized lot in an establishedneighborhood. New carpet, paint, hot waterheater, garbage disposal and new heater in familyroom. excellent price per sq. footage ($91.46+/- sq. ft.) Conveniently located near shoppingcenters, hospital, parks and community services.MLS #201203614 $189,500

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255 Camino de La SierraJust what you’ve been looking for... bright andcharming townhome close to the Plaza. Thisend-unit has been upgraded and boasts largemaster bedroom suite, guest bedroom, officeand a private courtyard. 2 Br, 2 Ba, 1-cargarage, 1700 sq.ft.

MLS #201205041$439,000

234 Camino de La SierraCity, sunset and Sandia/Ortiz mountainviews are just icing on the cake for thisspacious, light-filled Valle del Sol townhouse.Upstairs master suite, custom Talavera tileaccents, and a spacious porch.3 Br, 2 Ba, 2-car garage, 2,200 sq.ft.

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7 Two Trails Road Tons of potential!!A great opportunity to buy a 3 br home, with den plusadd’l studio/br - enough space to garden, tinker… Pricedto allow updating. Convenient to El Gancho, Harry’s,Bobcat Bite. Chicken coop, greenhouse, garden, fruit trees,carport and a large storage/workroom.MLS # 201204032 $339,000

1713 MontaÑo Modern design passive solarhome, designed to qualify for State Sustainable TaxCredit. Light-filled design makes the home feel larger thanit is! Green home features high efficiency heat, hot water.1450 sq. ft., 3br, 2ba, 0.21 acre.MLS # 201202124 $299,900

855 Camino Francisca Lovely soft contemporaryhome just minutes from downtown, privately sited andoffering views of Sun and Moon Mountains and city lights.2508 sq. ft., 3br, 3ba, 1.64 acre.MLS # 201205304 $649,000

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198 Sunny Slope DriveUpper Casa Solana lot close to downtown on a quietcul-de-sac. Views across the city to the Sangres withlarge evergreen trees on southwest of propertygiving privacy and shade. Utilities at lot line.MlS #201201728 $90,000

530 Garcia #3Charming condo in the heart of the historic Eastsidein one of the most beautiful compounds available.Lovely setting with beautifully-landscaped groundsand fabulous gardens.MlS #201203649 $225,000

1040 Sierra Del norte1.5 acre lot with sunset and city light views. Goodbuilding site with easy access. No association dues,or association building restrictions. Plans availablefor a 7,400 square foot house.MlS #201204369 $350,000

15 caMino ancon #7Rare opportunity to own a piece of one of Jacona’smost beautiful compounds. This adobe/straw balehouse and guest house sits on a very private part ofa ten acre compound.MlS #201205315 $495,000

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22 Entrada La Cienega Price reduction!Charming southwestern style adobe home overlooks the nearly 20 acre property to embracedramatic 360º views. Property includes an 8600 sq. ft. heated car storage facility with small officeand bath and a mobile home used as a caretakers house or office (both strategically located soas not to be seen from the home). The 3 bedroom, 4 bath home has a magnificent master suite,office/library, formal living/dining, comfortable kitchen, wet bar, and spa room. It is surroundedby walled courtyards, beautifully landscaped gardens on drip, outdoor kitchen and dining areas,sweeping portals and patios. 3 Bedroom / 4 Bath / 19.6 Acres#201204490 $1,700,000#201204490 $1,700,000

3900 Old Santa Fe Trail Price reduction!Tucked away off of one of Santa Fe’s most historic roads, this spacious double-adobe home,with traditional Northern New Mexico architectural features, offers cozy living and tons ofcharm. The kitchen has been remodeled with granite counters and a breakfast nook. Thehome has many extras including oversized master bedroom with separate sitting area andfireplace, a garden room, wine cellar, and views from patios on east and west side of thehouse. 3 Bedroom / 2 Bath / 1.5 Acres#807479 $1,100,000

27 VEREdA MESITA | MLS#201203945 | $525,000• Andrew Greer Designed Adobe • Solar Thermal Heat• Photovoltaic Back-up • 5 Acres• Main House, 2-story Studio and Fantastic Shop

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unique and Beautiful hoMe in naVa ade4205 Big Sky road -. This home affords privacy behind gated courtyard wall.1544 sq.ft. is inclusive of a 3 bedroom, 2 full bath main house and a 252 sq.ft. guest housewith a full bath, 1-car garage and hot tub.MlS # 201204061 $299,000

PerfeCtion, CloSe to dowtown!207 Calle roble - 2000 sq.ft., 3br, 2ba, single story, evap. cooling, radiant heat, open livingroom/dining room. High end finishes include brick floors, beautiful cherry cabinets, granite tilecounter tops, double ovens & stainless appliances.MlS #201204576 $475,000

exquiSite uPPer Canyon riVer Cottage and additional lotS1463 upper Canyon road - A remarkable and rare setting for this utterlycharming cottage on the always flowing section of the Santa Fe River. There are twoadjoining lots available all with high producing wells.MlS #201204149 0.67 acre, 55% well share of 3 acre foot well. $1,575,000MlS #201202907 2.24 acres, 3 acre foot well. $695,000MlS #201203849 Cottage $897,500

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CuStoM Built laS BarranCaS Beauty603 Vista de la Ciudad - This single-level home has great sunset views andan impressive outdoor kitchen and deep portal. A truly superb gourmet kitchen is thecenterpiece of this elegant and comfortable residence. Fantastic close-in Northside location.MlS # 201203302 $849,000

ConteMPorary SouthweSt hoMe high aBoVe Santa fe1204 ojo Verde - Impressive contemporary Southwest architecture, hugemountain and city light views from this superb and well located home. Amazingchef’s kitchen with all the amenities; great master suite with its own private portal;all guest bedrooms have en-suite baths. Lower level exercise room has a steamshower. Consistent, high-end finishes throughout this rare example of contemporarySW architecture in Sierra del Norte.MlS # 201102786 $1,745,000

exquiSite uPPer Canyon riVer Cottage1463 upper Canyon road - A truly remarkable and rare setting for thisutterly charming cottage on the always flowing section of the Santa Fe River. Thereis ample room to expand on the .56 acre lot. There is an adjoining .67 acre riverfront lot available for $695,000. These two properties are served by a highproducing private well!MlS #201203849 $897,500

Beautifully reStored eaStSide geM403-405 Sosaya - Perfect downtown location. This was once the print shop andresidence of famous Santa Fe artist Willard Clark. Superb gourmet kitchen withhigh-end appliances. Elegant main living room and a secondary social gatheringSalon room with high ceilings and clerestory windows. Incredible grounds.MlS # 201204407 $1,045,000

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Architecture resourcesAmerican Institute of Architects, Santa Fe ChapterAIA Santa Fe periodically holds lectures, exhibitions,

tours, workshops, and luncheon presentations. Check in ataiasantafe.org. (There’s also a Jobs bulletin board.)

aiasantafe.org

Santa Fe Community CollegeSFCC offers the Associate in Arts (AA) in Architectural

Design, a degree meant for transfer to a 4-year architec-ture program; and the Certificate in Architectural Design,providing courses necessary for a student to build a designportfolio for use in applying to a 4-year architecture pro-gram.

Continuing-education courses at our community collegeinclude:

Off-campus Earth Architecture course with Bart Kalten-bach ($155), eight sessions starting Monday, Feb. 18.

Field trips with William Neuwirth to Chaco CanyonMarch 17 ($129) and early-May course with classroom andChaco visits ($149).

Introduction to Green Building, 3-hour class with DanielClavio ($49) on Feb. 5.

Great Southwest Design in an Energy-Efficient Home, a3-hour class with Daniel Clavio and Robin Dorrell ($49) onFeb. 12.

Also, in the School of Trades and Technology, SFCC of-

fers classes in construction, drafting, energy efficiency, solarenergy, and other building-related subjects.

sfcc.edu

Santa Fe University of Art & DesignOffers courses on the history of architecture.santafeuniversity.edu

Cornerstones Community PartnershipsWorks with local communities to save important historic

buildings, through joint adobe preservation projects.cstones.org

Historic Santa Fe FoundationFounded in 1961, the foundation owns eight historic

properties, including the James L. Johnson house (El Za-guan) on Canyon Road and the Felipe B. Delgado House onW. Palace Avenue; holds historic-preservation easementson seven others; and is involved in preservation educationin Santa Fe.

historicsantafe.com

Old Santa Fe AssociationEighty-seven years old this year, the association’s mis-

sion is “to promote the prosperity and welfare of the Cityand County of Santa Fe and their inhabitants; to preserve

and maintain the ancient landmarks, historical structuresand traditions of Old Santa Fe; and to guide their growthand development in such a way as to promote that uniquecharm and distinction, born of age, culture, tradition andenvironment, which are the priceless assets and heritage ofSanta Fe.” The Old Santa Fe Association actively advocatesfor the preservation of Santa Fe’s built heritage; cur-rent concerns include St. Catherine Indian School, PlazaChamisal, and Manderfield School.

oldsantafe.org

Creative Santa FeThe nonprofit organization is dedicated to the growth

and vitality of the region’s creative economy. Projects in2013 include Plaza-to-Plaza, a walk between the Santa FePlaza and the Railyard; and El Parque del Rio, involvingimprovements to the Santa Fe River corridor through town.

creativesantafe.org

Santa Fe Public LibraryThe Southwest Room has a wealth of materials about

architects Isaac Rapp, John Gaw Meem, Katherine Stinson,W.C. Kruger, Myrtle Stedman, and Bill Lumpkins, as well ascontemporary practitioners and researchers such as ChrisWilson, Corinne Sze, and Beverley Spears.

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Ah, New Year’s resolutions. So easy tomake, so hard to keep. Let’s get down tobusiness and do something that can makea tremendous difference in your life andfor your family for years to come. Takecare of your personal mortgage NOW.Refinance while you can.

A year ago the average rate on out-standing mortgages was 5.098 percent.The U.S. government continues to buylong-term bonds weekly as part of itsmission to keep rates low through 2013.The question is: how low is low? Andwhen will the government end the bondbuy-down that is temporarily keepingrates down? The most recent trends showthat the American economy is starting toimprove, and rate increases will follow.

Many people assume that they cannotqualify for a home loan. They think theydon’t have enough income, or their homeis underwater, or they don’t have enoughequity. Don’t assume. Check with yourlender this month. You may find that

there are ways to lower your paymentsor pay off your home faster as you takeadvantage of historic lows with annualpercentage rates in the 2’s and 3’s, even forjumbo loans.

If you don’t qualify, find out what youneed to do to position yourself to get ap-proved later this year. Here are some ideasto consider.

Convert an adjustable-rate mortgage(ARM) to a fixed-rate loan to take advan-tage of fixed, stable rates.

Move credit-card and other debts toyour home loan. Maybe you think youdon’t want to borrow more money. Butguess what? You already have borrowedthe money and chances are your credit-card rates are in the double digits. If youfeel you are not disciplined enough toover-pay your new lower-rate mortgage topay off the old credit-card debt, then seg-regate the new debt with a home equityline of credit (HELOC) to pay it off andget your financial house in order.

Get free and clear! Even a loan with arate in the mid 4’s with 28 years remain-ing could be moved to a 20- or 15-yearfixed-rate loan, cutting many years off themortgage and saving tens of thousands ofdollars.

Cash out equity in your home to buy aninvestment property or second home forretirement. How? Refinance your primaryresidence and take extra cash out for thedown payment on your additional homepurchase. We are seeing a combinationof low rates and low home prices, but itwon’t last. Rent your new purchase and letyour tenants pay your mortgage.

Consolidate your first and secondmortgages into one low, fixed-rate loan.

Address family matters now while themarket is in your favor. If you are divorc-ing or need to take former partners off amortgage loan, or need to remove your-self as a co-signer on a loan, refi now.

You’ve heard it for a couple of yearsnow: refi, refi, refi. Even if you refinanced

a few years ago, rates in the 2’s and 3’swarrant one last look as you plan yourfinances for the next 10 to 30 years. Don’twait and be sorry later. Contact your locallender to see how you may qualify.

Francis Phillips ([email protected])is senior mortgage loan originator withFirst Choice Loan Services in Santa Fe. Hehas served as director of business develop-ment for national mortgage companies.He and his mortgage partners have fundedand built three homes for Santa Fe Habitatfor Humanity.

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HOME32 January 2013

The New Year has arrived in spite of notbeing on the Mayan calendar. Now it istime again to take a look at what is hap-pening on the social networking calendar.One thing for certain is that mobile socialmedia use will continue to grow beyondexpectations as social networking soaredon smartphones and tablets in 2012. Ifyou were active on Facebook and Twitter,you experienced a leap in social sharing aspeople posted their views on nearly everynews headline to their sphere of friendsand followers. The past year’s stream ofdigital conversations on trending topicscontinued to change how we commu-nicate and influence each other in ourmarketplace and political arena.

What does this mean for you, yourbusiness and your job? The answer isto change and adapt and get involved.Social-media sites and social networkingwill always be changing. The key is takingadvantage of new opportunities for you as

a connected consumer, business owner oremployee. Here are some trends:

Social networking is mobile. In 2012,over half of Facebook’s members accessedthe site from a smartphone or tablet. Next,even small businesses are now aware ofYOU, as a customer, and your tendency topost a picture of your lunch or a commentabout the service. Most likely, the CEO oryour boss is using Facebook and Twit-ter. They want to track customer activity,future buying habits, and what peopleare saying about you and their company,product or service.

Here are some resolution tips to con-sider for 2013. Remember how masteringusing a computer and the internet becamea skill to learn for your career and job?Now social-media skills and literacy arebecoming a workplace and career neces-sity. Social-media compliance training isin vogue in industries such as health care,real estate, media, law and finance. Re-

specting someone’s privacy and privilegedinformation are now more important thanever. Just learning how to post on Face-book or send a tweet on Twitter does notmean you passed Social Networking 1.0.

If you are a small business, there is noway to continue to believe social media isa fad. If you are not using social network-ing to connect with, listen to, and engageyour customers, you are missing oppor-tunities to build business relationships. Ifyou are still push marketing, you are mostlikely losing customers. People do busi-ness with people they know, like and trust.The best way to promote your companyor service or product online in 2013 is tobe YOU on Facebook and Twitter. Post acurrent, friendly looking photograph toreinforce your image. Take advantage ofthe tutorials on these sites before you startfriending your entire email sphere.

Make a resolution to learn more aboutsocial networking. Why not use it in ways

the Mayans and their calendar neverimagined? Participate to make a differ-ence. After all, we made it to 2013. Seeyou next online.

Emily Medvec is an associate brokerwith Santa Fe Properties. Emily’s passionis how social networking changes how wecommunicate. Follow her on Twitter @emilymedvec. To buy or sell real estate, call505-660-4541.

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It’s the New Year, a time many flower-lovers dread. The fresh pine boughs youpainstakingly placed upon mantles andstaircases must now come down, tak-ing with them your memories of a morefestive, happier time. Sadly, January is amonth known for little else than its blar-ing beginning. Our homes are put backto normal, holiday décor is placed intoboxes, and the 2013 social calendar looksas empty as a new sketch pad.

Just when you think there’s nothing leftto look at, you glance at the poinsettia,hoping it will hang in a bit longer. But itsleaves are curling and, what’s worse, thelast bloom on the amaryllis has flowered,and you know all signs of botanical lifeare coming to a very abrupt end.

It’s depressing, to say the least. (Unless,of course, you’re a Capricorn or Aquarius— Happy Birthday to you!) But you don’thave to wait till springtime’s bloom seasonfor the dopamine to kick in. There areways to continue beautifying your space

until that first tulip pops up in your rockgarden.

OK, so you still have some houseplants, those old staples that have alwaysmade our lives a bit greener and morelivable. But now you are craving colorand FLOWERS, and that Ficus tree inthe corner just isn’t cutting it. What’s agardener to do?

Poof! As if by magic, there is a placeon the outskirts of town that is waiting totransport your winter blahs into an exoticexperience. Exotic experience in Santa Fe,you say?

Yes, New Earth Orchids, a greenhouse,located on Jaguar Drive, is a charming,one-of-a-kind, locally owned businessthat, believe it or not, grows orchids. Wait,orchids growing in a desert? Yes, againyou heard right. Owner Ron Midgett hasbeen in the orchid business for 43 yearsand moved his business to Santa Fe justover two years ago. He is committed toexposing and educating Santa Feans on

all things orchid and a visit to his dewygreenhouse may be just what you needduring this dry, cold time of year.

Midgett, a longstanding member andjudge for the American Orchid Society,can help you replace the paperwhites witha perfect exotic specimen. Whether youare looking for a cascading Dendrobiumor a fragrant Phalaenopsis, he can guideyou in the right direction.

Unlike large grocery stores, Midgetthouses a wide and diverse variety oforchids. The best part about his business?His plants are locally grown. So are hiscontainers: New Earth Orchids now offersan exclusive line of pots by Ginny Zip-perer, Baca Street Pottery.

Just when you thought you’d have tosuffer through a month of drabness, theorchids come to the rescue. Maybe you’llfind a rare lady’s slipper for your January-born BFF or a fragrant chocolate orchidfor your New Year’s love. Don’t forget thatValentine’s Day is just around the corner.

Supporting local growers was nevermore exotic. New Earth Orchids is inPlaza Contenta, 6003 Jaguar Drive, 983-1025, www.newearthorchids.com.

Carole (443-257-8833) has been in thefloriculture industry, from wholesale andretail sales to public outreach and eventsplanning, for over 23 years. She is a MasterGardener and is an advocate, lecturer andsupporter fo New Mexico’s sustainable,local flower farms. Her floral design studioA Garden of Earthly Delights is located inSanta Fe and Baltimore.

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Nix the winter blahs with orchids

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By Paul Weideman

The designers of a new Santa Fe building for Easter Seals, tworesidential projects, and the Santa Fe Community ConventionCenter were all winners in the 2012 design awards of the Santa FeChapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Jamie Blosser and Faez Soud, AOS Architects, won a CitationAward for the Easter Seals Santa Maria El Mirador commercialproject.

“I think the challenge and the opportunity was primarily aboutthe owners, this fabulous nonprofit that’s been serving the devel-opmentally disabled community in Northern New Mexico for thelast 30 years,” Blosser said.

The new building is arranged around a south-facing courtyard,with ample openings for solar gain in winter, according to projectmaterials. The courtyard is paved with masonry to act as a heatsink and extend the comfortable seasonal use of the space. A newkitchen encourages training in cooking and baking, and a com-puter lab is used for technology training.

“There are some therapies that focus on bringing the outdoorsindoors and we wanted to focus on having it be as warm a spaceas possible, with some natural materials and colors and connec-tion to the outdoors with landscaping,” Blosser said.

The architectural program called for spaces for Easter Sealsclients, for administration, and for a new training component.

“They’re so excellent at what they do that they have beguntraining other nonprofits from around the country.”

The training center has a butterfly roof, a form the late SamuelMockbee liked using in his Alabama-based Rural Studio.

“That’s interesting; he’s someone I admire tremendously,” Bloss-er said, but added that if there was a Mockbee tribute intended,it was only subconscious. “We really just wanted to provide aninteresting space, rather than a simple box. We were trying to staywithin a modest budget but not look like that.”

Jon Dick, Archaeo Architects, won for two projects: the VanDrimmelen/Gore Residence and an unbuilt El Paso residence. Thehome for John Van Drimmelen and his wife, Shelly Gore, built byGianardi Construction, also won the Grand Hacienda Award inthe 2011 Parade of Homes. It’s a very open plan, the living roomand kitchen well-exposed to the outdoors via large windowsand portales. The master bathroom is a standout space, with anunwalled shower and cabinets of lyptus wood.

“The idea is because the views are so present to build a veryrestrained, minimalist architecture,” Van Drimmelen said in 2011.

Photos courtesy Patrick coulie architectural PhotograPhyAbove and below, The new Easter Seals building

Photo by Paul WeidemanThe Van Drimmelen/Gore residence

AIA awards forAOS, Archaeo,Spears/Fentress

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He and Gore studied architectural design, and selected theirarchitect, before they bought their Santa Fe lot.

The Power Point presentation provided by Dick to AIA-SantaFe noted, “This was an exercise in keeping things minimal. It wasa reductive process where we explored reducing the design downto its essence in an almost Zen-like manner… The site is steepand narrow and the hope was to keep the house as close to onelevel as possible. This required close attention to the topographyso there was as little intervention onto the site as possible. Theresult is an expression of anchoring into the landscape on theback side, countered with elevated portals on the front that liftsone’s eye…”

His El Paso project was designed for “a very difficult site, steepand rocky, a classic desert environment,” Dick said. “The clientsbought the site for a particular view south to the city, and it’s alsopanoramic, taking in western sunset views.

“The project is on the back burner right now, but I felt veryfortunate even getting the job, because they interviewed a lot offirms, including Lake Flato and Rick Joy.”

The handsome design shows a number of horizontal slabs,some of which are cantilevered roofs over patio areas. “At theAIA awards,” Dick said, “jury chairman Emily Little [of theAustin, Texas, firm Clayton & Little] pointed out Richard Neutradetails and when I accepted the award I said I stole from Neutraleft, right and center. The client loves architecture and he lovesNeutra.”

Beverley Spears, Spears Architects; and Michael Winters, Fen-tress Architects, won a Citation Award for the $51 million SantaFe Community Convention Center.

“Sensitivity to the city’s scale and careful exterior elementsingeniously disguise the building’s massing,” according to materi-als provided to the AIA jury. “Flexible, adjustable interior andexterior spaces provide the ability to comfortably host a diverseset of concurrent users.”

The architects’ design objective was a state-of-the-art conven-tion and community center deeply rooted in the spirit of SantaFe.

They “followed Spanish Colonial building form as well asPueblo Revival detail and massing,” Spears wrote in a guest col-umn in The Santa Fe New Mexican in October 2008. “We broughtthe building to the street edge in the Spanish Colonial custom;we added portals, doors, windows and other elements of visualinterest at the level of the sidewalk; we tried to save the old cot-tonwoods along Marcy; and we created a central courtyard linkedto Marcy by an open-air but covered zaguan, a standard spatialarrangement in Spanish Colonial towns.”

The community center was designed and built to achieve aGold rating in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership inEnergy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Greenfeatures include underground rainwater cisterns, energy-efficientheating and cooling systems, and a reflective roof.

They employed salvaged timber from the Sierra Blanca forestfire for exterior lentils, corbels and portal woodwork. And nearly90 percent of materials from demolition of the old Sweeney Con-vention Center was salvaged and recycled — including 65,000bricks for the new center’s outdoor areas.

RendeRing couRtesy Jon dickThe proposed El Paso house by Archaeo Architects, south elevation

Photos: nick MeRRick ©hedRich BlessingAbove and below, the Santa Fe Community Convention Center



13-B Paseo C de BacaAdobe Compound on Arroyo Hondo Canyon

Two Exquisite Residences Minutes To Town

530 S. Guadalupe St., Santa Fe, NM 87501 | (505) 982-9836 | BarkerRealtySF.com

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This beautiful adobe compound is perched on the edge of ArroyoHondo canyon with awe inspiring views.

Mature gardens surround the 3000+ sf main house and 1000+ sfguest house. The portal off the chef’s kitchen has a kiva fireplace, creating agracious space for outdoor entertaining. The living room has 11’ ceilings withvigas and large view windows which overlook a zen-like garden and beyond.Hike on a groomed trail into the canyon, or drop into downtown Santa Fe.

$1,295,000 MLS # 201203456

This beautiful Northern New Mexico house and guest house is locatedon two lush acres. Handcrafted with double adobe, with details that includecoved ceilings with vigas, plaster interior walls, hand carved doors, tall win-dows and kiva fireplaces.

The light filled chef’s kitchen is in a French Provencial style. There is a3 car garage and a fruit tree orchard.

$950,000 MLS #201203780

Downtown Commercial Landmark $6,225,000Located in downtown Santa Fe

and only several blocks from the Plaza,this Class A building has over 29,500 sfand 100 parking spaces. It can be usedas office, retail, gallery, hotel or any com-bination of the above. Currently used asthe offices of the Santa Fe New Mexican,interior spaces include large open roomswith high ceilings, private offices, confer-ence rooms and mezzanine.

An award winning remodel wascompleted in 2006 with new HVAC, elec-trical, plumbing, roofing systems, win-dows, stucco. This is a fabulous buildingin a superb location.

MLS # 201205068

By Paul Weideman

“I’m way more productIve here than I amat home, and It’s defInItely payIng off.”That’s Eric Genesoto, founder of SEO Conquest, talkingabout his office space at CoLab at Second Street Studios.CoLab is based on the CoWork model of shared officespace.

Genesoto does search-engine optimization. He’s freshhere from Reno, where he also had a CoWorking space,although that one was just oriented around long tables.“This is much better for me, because I have my own deskand filing cabinet.”

He and the other tenants at CoLab — among themfreelance writer Roger Snodgrass and LEED certificationreviewer Melanie Dubin — have 24-hour access; networkedprinter, scanner, and copier; broadband internet; a sharedmeeting room with projection-enabled conferencing, and alounge and kitchen area.

“We took one of our older spaces and created a big,contemporary-style open area with 15 work stations,” saidCoLab’s Wayne Nichols. “This is 2,700 square feet. It was aspace that was available and we added a garage door to letlight in. In the summer, the tenants can open that and haveall that light and air.”

A CoWork adjunct at Second Street was a logical movefor the Nicholses, who created the studio complex a littleover two decades ago with Jonathan F.P. Rose, with projectdesign by architect and planner Peter Calthorpe. It wasthe country’s first live-work, loft-type project built fromscratch. Today, there are 80 units there. CoLab’s neighborsinclude artists, architects, designers, lawyers, doctors,fitness studios, the Northern New Mexico Group of TheSierra Club, Mothering Magazine, and Back Road Pizza,among many other businesses and organizations.

Nichols’ grandfather founded the Urban Land Institute,which gives the $100,000 J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries

in Urban Develop-ment. Past winnersinclude Calthorpe,former Chicagomayor Richard M.Daley, His Highnessthe Aga Khan, andlandscape architectPeter Walker.

Spaces such as Co-Lab are in step with the ULI’s mission to promote respon-sible use of land and create thriving communities.

CoWorking, according to the rap at colabatsecondstreet.com, is “the gathering of a group of people, who are stillworking independently, but who share values, and who areinterested in the synergy that can happen from workingwith talented people in the same space. A 2007 surveyshowed that many employees worry about feeling isolatedand losing human interaction if they were to telecommute.”

Nichols said there are three CoWorking sites in Albu-querque; this is Santa Fe’s first. “CoWorking spaces aregenerally about this size,” he said, standing in the mainroom at CoLab. “The philosophy is to create a sense ofcommunity. It’s for people who don’t want to be in theirgarage or bedroom.

“Susan and my daughter-in-law, interior designer Jenni-fer Langsdale, did the design and my son Sebastian did theconstruction,” Nichols said. “We had our opening on Feb.11, 2011. We were aided by a $20,000 grant from the City ofSanta Fe’s Economic Development Division and that gaveour tenants free IT consulting, legal consulting, marketingconsulting, and financial consulting.”

CoLab work spaces for independent professionals andsmall-business entrepreneurs are $250 a month.

CoLab also offers four private offices for those desiringa less open arrangement but sharing the same amenities.These range from $400 to $600 a month.

Second Street Studios is located at 1807 Second Street.For further details, see colabatsecondstreet.com or contactWayne Nichols, 699-7280 and [email protected].

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By Paul Weideman

The living room in Maxine Chelini’s new house offers great views of the RicardoLegorreta-designed Zocalo condominium community and beyond to Cerro Gordo,Atalaya, Pichaco Peak, and Sun and Moon mountains. The handsome, scored-

concrete floors are warmed with a radiant-heating system.The open-feeling kitchen is outfitted with beautiful, and sustainable, horizontal-grain

bamboo cabinets, and glass-tile backsplashes. Shower surrounds and vanities in slate tilegrace the bathrooms. The contemporary design of the home includes well-placed windowsfor views and daylighting.

And it’s an affordable, zero-energy house.The goal of such houses is to use no imported energy, averaged over the year. That can

be achieved through the employment of energy-efficient lighting and appliances, a super-insulated building envelope, photovoltaic and solar-heated-water systems, good design(including making use of passive-solar gain for wintertime heating), and conservativeutility use by the homeowner.

Developer Alan Hoffman and contractor Dennis Niedermier built the Chelini home inthe Piñon Bluff development on Santa Fe’s north side.

“We had an architect helping on the drainage and grading,” said Chelini, who moved inDec. 5. “There’s a six-foot drop on the site. At first they wanted me to do it all at the frontdoor and I said if we do that, my friends will never be able to visit me when they get older.So we divided it into two levels: the garage and living level and the kitchen-bedroom level.

“We used Alan’s basic plan, but shifted it so that it forms an irregular rectangle and givesyou interesting spaces inside.”

The home of a little over 1,500 square feet includes a closet holding compact, efficientutilities: a Lochinvar condensing modulating boiler and a Kubix whole-house heat-recov-ery ventilator.

“These houses are so tight they would become toxic if they didn’t have whole-houseventilators,” Hoffman said. “And the heat exchanges: it takes the warmth from the stale airand transfers it to the fresh air, reducing your energy use.”

Hoffman, a longtime advocate of New Urbanist planning and green homes, was thedeveloper of the 470-acre Oshara Village project near Santa Fe Community College. Thatproject had its grand opening in August 2007, when Hoffman envisioned building morethan 700 homes in two years. The recession halted progress, and Hoffman filed for bank-ruptcy last summer.

But he has never wavered in his commitment to sustainable building.The Chelini house is certified under the Build Green New Mexico program. Nieder-

mier’s super-insulated, tight building envelope, energy-efficient appliances and lighting,and 1.7-kilowatt photovoltaic system on the roof is all designed to dramatically minimizeannual energy costs.

Another important aspect of these houses is the employment of nontoxic materials, suchas soy-based insulating foam and low- or no-VOC paints and finishes.

On Dec. 2, State Sen. Peter Wirth visited the site and spoke to about 40 people aboutthe virtues of sustainable construction. He quoted a recent Albuquerque Journal storythat reported, “Green home construction has gone mainstream in Albuquerque, where 67percent of all permits issued for single-family homes from Jan. 1 through Sept. 26, 2012,were green-certified.”

Wirth, Hoffman, and Santa Fe resident and arts educator Amy Summa were guests on aKSFR radio show in December. Summa praised the performance of her zero-energy home,built by Niedermier in 2010-2011.

At the Chelini house, the owner has added handmade touches here and there, includingthe fruits of a welding class she took at Santa Fe Community College. These include patiovine structures and a steel fence woven with willow branches.

“I looked for a home for six months and couldn’t find anything I liked,” Chelini said.“Now I have a zero-energy home, the way I wanted it, and it was in my affordabilitybracket. This is under $400,000.”

Hoffman has three other zero-energy houses going up in Santa Fe. ”If you’re a mass

producer and you design a green home and train your crews to built it, it’s the exact sameprice as an energy-wasting home,” he said.

Perhaps more importantly, these houses promise to be less expensive to live in.“Everybody who’s bought my houses so far, they were all happy about the environmental

thing, but when I ran the savings for them, it was like, ‘Let’s do it,’” Hoffman said. “No one’sgoing to complain about lower heating bills.”

For more information, see newvillage.com.

Photo by Paul WeidemanMaxine Chelini with her welded-steel/willow branch fence

Photo courtesy maxine cheliniThe homeowner captured her zero-energy house under an awesome mountain scene

Photo courtesy alan hoffmanBamboo cabinets in the kitchen

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A s young children, Desiree and RyanHanson both dreamed of findinglove and getting married. Yet, wheneach was born, doctors provided

little hope for the child’s future, let alone fordreams.It was the norm back then to expect that

a child born with Down syndrome wouldnever walk or talk. In 1983, the year Desireewas born, the life expectancy for a personwith the disorder was only 25.With the support of their families, how-

ever, the newly married Desiree, 28, andRyan, 25, are looking forward to a long futuretogether.When Ryan talks about Desiree, words

aren’t enough. He clutches his chest,squeezes his hands into fists and pumps theair. He looks at her adoringly, holds her handin both of his, then strokes her arm.“She lets my soul come out,” he says.Desiree and Ryan’s wedding has served as

an inspiration for parents who have children

with Down syndrome, such as Gay Romero,a friend of Desiree’s mother, MagdalenaRomero.“Thewedding is more of an illustration that

these things are possible and to not let some-one else tell us or tell her that her dreams andambitions are limited,” Gay Romero said ofher 11-year-old daughter, Elena.

Beating the oddsby defying the doctorWhen a doctor told Magdalena Romero

that her newborn, Desiree, had Down syn-drome, she had never heard of the condition.

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Desiree Romero’s bridesmaids help her prepare for her wedding day at her mother’s home in Tesuque. Desiree and Ryan Hanson, whoboth have Down syndrome, were married Sept. 3 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Hanging on the wall to the left arethree of the 100 Special Olympics medallions Desiree has won over the last 18 years. PHOTOS BY NATALIE GUILLÉN/THE NEWMEXICAN

A rare romanceBuoyed by families’ support and encouragement,

couple with Down syndrome say ‘I do’ to love and life

Ryan helpsDesireewith herdressbefore theytake theirweddingvows atthe cathe-dral. Theirceremony,attended byabout 700people, wasfollowed bya receptionat the Buf-falo Thun-der Resort& Casino inPojoaque.

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Funding school at Tierra Contentacould delay work at other sitesBy Robert NottThe New Mexican

Santa Fe Public Schools is considering a plan tobuild a new elementary school on the south side oftown as the city’s population continues to grow inthat area, but funding the project could affect renova-tions and expansions planned at other school sites.The district would pay for the $19 million project

with funds from current general obligation bonds.The Board of Education is scheduled to vote Tues-

day on a recommendation by the district’s CitizensReview Committee— an advisory board comprising11 citizens— that would re-prioritize the financing ofsome current school-construction projects to pay forthe new building.The new site would ease overcrowding at south-

side elementary schools, eliminate most of the por-tables on south-side campuses and diminish the needto expand other sites.“It will relieve overcrowding in a part of the district

that has needed a new facility, and it should have acascading impact on the school population and den-

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Dems say proposal meets rulesfor population, minority strengthBy Barry MasseyThe Associated Press

Republicans are lining up against a Democratic-backed proposal for redistricting NewMexico’s utilityregulatory agency.Republicans complained Saturday that proposed

district boundary changes for the Public RegulationCommission will make it harder for GOP candidatesto compete in some parts of the state.The House Judiciary Committee endorsed the pro-

posal on a party-line vote and sent it to the full Housefor consideration. Speaker Ben Luján said the Housemay debate the measure on Sunday.Two Republicans and three Democrats currently

serve on the PRC, which regulates utilities, telecom-munications and insurance.“I believe quite firmly that we should make it pos-

sible for voters to elect their elected representativesand not have elected representatives basically pre-determine the outcome,” said Rep. Cathrynn Brown,R-Carlsbad. “I really believe there could have beenan effort, if there had been a spirit to do it, of making

GOP: Plan forPRC districtsshuts party out

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ObituariesDolores M.Archuleta,Santa Fe, Aug. 22Jacob “Jakethe Snake”T. Chavez, 38,Aug. 20Elmer J.Sanches, 73,Santa Fe, Aug. 21Lucille S.Whitehead,89, Las Cruces,July 31

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SUSPECT FLEES WITH 5-YEAR-OLDSON; MOTHER KILLED AFTERCELEBRATING 34TH BIRTHDAY

A dredger pulls burned debris out of Nambe Lakeon Tuesday following recent flooding in the wakeof the Pacheco Fire. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEWMEXICAN

Romero, Luján deny allegations byex-detective at arbitration hearingBy Tom SharpeThe New Mexican

A former Santa Fe police detective says he believeshe was fired because he was working on a federalinvestigation into cocaine involving City ManagerRobert Romero and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M.Romero and Luján, who both grew up in the

Pojoaque Valley, denied the allegations, saying theyknow of no such investigation and believe it is a ruseto distract the public from the former detective’sproblems.James Vigil, 31, made the allegations at a Tuesday

arbitration hearing at which he seeks reinstatementas a police detective. The off-duty officer was chargedwith driving while intoxicated after he was stoppedby a state police officer for swerving between lanes onN.M. 599 onMay 29, 2010. His blood alcohol level wastested at 0.15— nearly twice the legal limit for driving.

Fired cop: Citymanager, U.S. replinked to federalcocaine probe

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Nambe Reservoir: Pueblo pullsout debris, but fishing takes hit

Bandelier: Visitors center sparedfrom Sunday flash floodingBy Staci MatlockThe New Mexican

On opposite sides of the broad basin between theSangre de Cristo and Jemez mountain ranges, NambePueblo and Bandelier National Monument are dealingwith the aftermath of summer wildfires and recentfloods.Rains in the last couple of weeks sent tons ofmassive

logs, whole trees, ash and branches intoNambe Lake,the 56-acre reservoir in the Sangre de CristoMountains.The reservoir is owned by the pueblo and provideswater formore than 700 downstream irrigators.A thunderstorm in the JemezMountains over the

weekend sent a wall of water down Frijoles Canyon,turning over concrete barriers and threatening toflood into the Bandelier National Monument visitorcenter.Crews were at both places Tuesday, removing

debris, taking stock of the damage and trying to pre-pare in case another deluge arrives.

Lake, parkclean up,brace formore rain

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Police arelooking forJosé Melé-ndez-Trillo,aka JoseSoto, and hisson, César, 5.

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By Geoff Grammer andSandra Baltazar MartínezThe New Mexican

Patricia Cisneros celebrated her34th birthday onMonday night.The working mother of three spent

the evening out with family and thenenjoyed a snack of red-chile enchiladas— herfavorite dinner prepared by her mother— earlyTuesday morning in her home off Airport Road.It was her last meal.Police say her ex-boyfriend, José Meléndez-

Trillo, 39, an undocumented immigrant fromMexico who used the name Jose Soto whenworking around Santa Fe and on his state-issueddriver’s license, shot and killed Cisneros around3 a.m. Tuesday.Her family says the shooting caught them

off guard, as Meléndez-Trillo was having aconversation with Cisneros—who had been

at her home, watching their three childrenfor the evening—when he walked out to histruck, retrieved a rifle and returned to shoot thewoman before abducting their 5-year-old son,César.“In a second he came back in [the home]

with a rifle and shot her,” said Josefina Durán,Patricia’s mother. “Oh God, it was awful. I frozeand sawmy daughter fall to the ground, coveredin blood.”An arrest warrant charging one open count of

murder has been issued for Meléndez-Trillo.Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Lt. AdanMendoza

admits investigators are still trying to pinpoint amotive for the shooting, as Meléndez-Trillo hasno known criminal history and the family mem-bers report they are unaware of any physicalharm he has committed in the past.Cisneros andMeléndez-Trillo are both from

Police: Ex-boyfriendshoots, kills woman

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By Melanie Mason, Richard Simon and Tina SusmanChicago Tribune

MINERAL, Va. — Buildings emptied, monumentsclosed, trains and planes were halted, and people ranin terror into the streets after a rare earthquake mea-suring 5.8 jolted the Eastern United States, stunningmillions who consider temblors a California problemand who, in many cases, simply couldn’t believe whatwas happening.“This is an ACTUAL EARTHQUAKE ALERT,”

read a notice posted on New York’s emergency man-agement website minutes after the quake sent thecity’s high-rises and bridges swaying and promptedrumors that theWashingtonMonument was tilting.“Simply not correct,” said Bill Line of the NationalPark Service, which closed the monuments onWash-ington’s National Mall just in case. But late Tuesday

East Coast jitteryafter rare temblor

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WASHINGTON—PresidentBarack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, van-quishing former Massachu-

setts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weakeconomy that plagued his first term andput a crimp in the middle-class dreamsof millions. In victory, he confidentlypromised better days ahead.Obama spoke to thousands of cheering

supporters in his hometown of Chicago,praising Romney and declaring his opti-mism for the next four years. “While ourroad has been hard, though our journeyhas been long, we have picked ourselvesup, we have fought our way back and weknow in our hearts that for the UnitedStates of America, the best is yet tocome,” he said.Romney made his own graceful con-

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a huge crowd gathered waving smallAmerican flags and cheering. Supportershugged each other, danced and pumpedtheir fists in the air. Excited crowds alsogathered in New York’s Times Square,at Faneuil Hall in Boston and near theWhite House inWashington, drivers joy-fully honking as they passed by.With returns from 84 percent of the

nation’s precincts, Obama had 53.7 mil-lion, 49.6 percent of the popular vote.Romney had 53 million, or 48.9 percent.

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Another busy year for CornerstonesBy Paul Weideman

Cornerstones Community Partnerships, the Santa Feorganization that works with local communities inthe Southwest to restore historic adobe buildings,

had a good year in 2012. Cornerstones staff and volunteersrepaired the south wall at the 300-year-old San MiguelMission — they completed adobe repairs on the otherthree exterior walls the previous three years.

One of the reasons behind Cornerstones’ recent suc-cesses is its focus on young people.

“We’re fortunate because, although historic preserva-tion is pushed somewhat into the background when theeconomy is depressed, youth training is not,” said executivedirector Robin Jones. “Working with youth, trying to givethem leadership skills, teaching basic safety and teachinghow to value themselves as part of a work force and as partof the community is so important. We work regularly withBosque School and Youth Shelters, and we’re working withthe Leadership Institute at Santa Fe Indian School.”

The youngest children learn about adobe while havingfun playing with mud. Tiny bricks made by tots from GirlsInc. have been sold as candle holders at the Oldest Housegift shop, raising hundreds of dollars for the San Miguelproject.

The older kids working with Cornerstones see careerpossibilities as a contractor or architect. Many have learneda lot about the material through hands-on experience atSan Miguel Mission. Jake Barrow, Cornerstones programdirector, said more than 500 volunteers have contributednearly 6,000 hours of work there.

The adobe church in Santa Fe’s old Barrio Analco sectionwas originally built in the early 1600s, but it was partiallydestroyed during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The chapel wesee today (or at least some of it) dates from 1710.

The damage Cornerstones has been addressing wascaused by inappropriate cement stucco added in the past,which trapped water in the walls, and by drainage prob-lems.

“All the adobes for the work we’ve done at San Miguelwere made there onsite, some with earth from the oldbricks,” Barrow said. “We did whole sides, taking the oldstucco off all the way to the ground. Our new plaster onthe facade [the first wall tackled] is three years old now. Welearn as we go, and the plaster gets better and better.”

How much effort goes into finding the right kind ofearth for making adobe bricks and the right kind of mudmortar and plaster?

“We always have to play with that, but there’s a bigrange of satisfactory materials,” Barrow answered. “We dotests and if it’s cracking, we add a little more sand. There’sno perfect formula, because it also depends on the typeof sand. At San Miguel we’ve been using pure clay fromNambé. We’re very happy with our plaster there.”

The last part of the exterior restoration is the bell tower.As it did on the walls, Cornerstones is planning to removethe stucco, evaluate the adobe, and probably install somestabilizing elements.

Photo by Erika SErrano/thE nEw MExicanSan Miguel Mission: the bell tower is the next preservation target

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Photo courtesy terrence mooreThe trading post at Santo Domingo, photographed about 40 years ago

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Cornerstones willassist the Galisteocommunity inadobe repairs to theold dance hall

Architect Beatriz Yuste, an International Councilon Monuments and Sites intern from Spain, whois helping at Cornerstones, has been up in the belltower several times.

“That tower is complex,” Barrow said. “The draw-ings we have are not very accurate. Bea is measur-ing and doing accurate architectural drawings.”

Also assisting is St. Francis Hotel, which isdesignating a percentage of its income to the belltower project. Barrow has also discussed it with theArchbishop’s Commission for the Preservation ofNew Mexican Churches.

Barrow was in Lima, Peru, this year, making apresentation about Cornerstones at the XIth Inter-national Conference on the Study and Conserva-tion of Earthen Architecture Heritage. He thenheaded south into Chile, where the organizationhas had an ongoing relationship with the Fun-dación Altiplano.

Yuste has worked in Chile for two years. Sheand Barrow will talk about their work in the nearfuture in Santa Fe.

“We’ve had this relationship with the Fundación and[preservation specialist] Pat Taylor goes down there andhelps on the workshops,” Barrow said. “He has inventedtechnology having to do with basal erosion and he teachesthat and plastering.

“In Peru, we learned that the early Spanish were educatedvery quickly about earthquakes, probably from the Incas.They would build very thick first-floor adobe walls, thenthe second story was made with quinche, something likewhat we would think of as wattle and daub. It’s strong andlightweight and flexible; in an earthquake, the plaster willfall off but the structure stands.

“The other thing we learned, and the reason we wentdown there in the first place, is all the seismic-retrofit workdone there. The engineers at Catholic University in Limahave been recognized as experts in providing stability toadobe walls and pinning a roof to the walls. And that isapplicable to San Miguel, where a lot of times we find theold vigas just sitting on the walls with no connections. Weknow New Mexico has seismic events and we’re thinkingabout safety.”

Another ongoing New Mexico project is rebuilding theold trading post at Santo Domingo, which suffered a fire in2001. Cornerstones helped Santo Domingo Pueblo secure a$1 million economic-development grant for the work.

“The adobe walls have all been repaired — Pat Taylordid all that — and the wood-frame roof will be in placelater this month,” Barrow said in early December. “Pat is asubcontractor with Avanyu Construction, which did a lotof work on San Miguel.”

The Santo Domingo restoration was designed by SpearsArchitects. “We have the adobes stabilized and lumbercoming in,” said architect James Horn with Spears in mid-December. “We’re looking to get trusses put on next week,anxious to get the roof on and decked in before we’re toofar into winter.”

The job includes rebuilding the interesting front parapetand restoring the many inscriptions on the facade, and atsome point adding a café.

The trading post will likely be more vital than ever, since

the New Mexico Rail Runner Express stops there.“It’s going to be incredible with the Rail Runner and a

café not a part of the gas station there, or the traditionalvillage,” Horn said.

“The first phase will be done in thespring, when we’ll open the doors.We’ve had limited funds. Hopefullythere will be support monies comingin for later phases.”

A third Cornerstones project inthis area is La Sala de Galisteo, theold dance hall in Galisteo south ofSanta Fe. “A committee there is re-storing it and we’re helping,” Barrowsaid. “We’d like to have adobe-repairworkshops there this summer.”

Jones said Cornerstones has a grantto develop a curriculum in earthenarchitecture. It will be a distance-learning program managed by AdobeIn Action, Santa Fe, and the Earth-builders Guild, Albuquerque. “Wehave been in touch with the SantaFe Community College Trades &Advanced Technology Center andthey’re enthusiastic about it. We’realso interested in the certification ofworkers after they’ve had this train-ing.”

Skill in earthen building is most appropriate for botharchitects and contractors working in the Santa Fe area.“There are a lot of adobe buildings in this region and weknow that many are not being well cared-for,” Barrowsaid. “Ed Crocker [Crocker Ltd., Santa Fe] has been a verysuccessful contractor, including with major repairs on thesignificant churches at Isleta and Santa Ana pueblos. Histeam has done a beautiful job and it’s not as if the work isnot there for people who know how to do it.”

Cornerstones also is doing workshops for National ParkService volunteers and interns at Organ Pipe Cactus Na-tional Monument and Walnut Canyon National Monumentin Arizona, Mojave National Preserve in California, andArches National Park in Utah.

For more information, call Cornerstones at 505-982-9521 or email [email protected].



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43January 2013HOME

Is purchasing title insurance obligatory?It is if you need a mortgage, because allmortgage lenders require such protec-tion for an amount equal to the loan. Itlasts until the loan is repaid. As with anymortgage insurance, it protects the lenderbut you pay the premium, which is asingle payment made up-front, once andonly once.

Title insurance does not protect yourinvestment or equity in the property. Itis advisable that you purchase an owner’stitle policy because the additional cost isrelatively small.

Title policies are indemnity policiesthat protect against loss arising fromproblems from the past. Claims may sur-face from such issues as forged signatures,unpaid real-estate taxes, or other liens.A lender policy only covers the lender’sloss, not the owner’s. Title insurance isnecessary because no search of title is 100percent dependable.

Title insurance protection lasts as longas the owner or heirs have an interest orobligation with the property. If the prop-erty is sold, the new lender will requirea new lender policy that protects againstliens or other claims against the propertythat may appear since the date of the lastpolicy. When a property is refinanced,a new search is required to issue a newlender policy. The existing lender’s policyterminates when the mortgage is paidoff. The new search will evidence the oldmortgage to be paid off. This is a condi-tion of the refinance.

Title insurance companies pay out verylittle in claims. But that is not an indica-tor that title insurance is overpriced orthat it is not necessary. The majority ofthe expense incurred by title companiesis in loss reduction because they performsearches. They research to reduce lossesby finding and fixing defects before thepolicy is issued.

According to the U.S. Census, theaverage American moves 11.7 times in alifetime. A recent survey by the Na-tional Association of Realtors shows thatAmericans move on the average of everyfive years.

The average sale price, based on theSanta Fe Association of Realtors Novem-ber 2012 sold statistics, was $413,465.The premium for an owner’s title policyissued for that sale would be $2,382without any credits (although credits maybe available). The commitment premiumis $100. The lender policy premium forthe mortgage of $113,000 is $30 plus $50for mechanics lien coverage and an EPAendorsement. The additional premiumfor the owner’s policy for survey coverage,lien protection is $382. The total title in-surance premium to pay is $2,944. Spreadout over five years, the title insuranceannual cost is $589 in contrast to home-owner insurance with annual premiums

of not less than $1,000 annually.A loss because of the past or future is

catastrophic no matter how you look at it.

Otis Phillips is the business developmentofficer for Stewart Title. He has been in thetitle business since 1978 and has servedin the independent title agency, directoffice, and underwriter arena in 14 states.Contact him at [email protected] 505.954.3334.

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What should we expect in the yearahead with respect to water quality andquantity? Changes. Currently the waterdelivered to city customers by the Buck-man direct-diversion (BDD) projectis of the highest quality residents haveexperienced in recent years with respectto lower levels of hardness, silica, arsenicand uranium. The simplest explanationis that the surface water diverted fromthe Rio Grande does not move throughaquifers and have the same exposureto the mineralogy of host rocks as doesgroundwater. That is of particular concernwith the Buckman wells as compared tothe city wells, which were drilled in oldermeanders of the Santa Fe River. Waterfrom the latter source generally requiresless treatment than Buckman well water.

A recent warning shot fired by theBureau of Reclamation — that subscribersto the San Juan-Chama Project may belooking at 20 percent reductions of theirentitled distributions in 2013 — raises theissue, in combination with low reservoir

levels and the prospect of continuingprecipitation at half-normal levels, thatSanta Fe may have to go back to using theBuckman wells. One of the major objec-tives in building the BDD was to capital-ize on the city’s rights to San Juan-Chama(Colorado River drainage) water to restthe Buckman wells and diversify the watersupply portfolio.

There is about the same amount of wa-ter on the planet as when it was created,but drought dramatically brings home thereality that water is not always where manlives or can achieve affordable and practi-cal access to it.

The City of Santa Fe, in conjunc-tion with the Bureau of Reclamation, isplanning to accommodate future climatechange as specified in the draft docu-ment “Climate Change and the Santa FeWatershed: A Preliminary Assessment”(at http://nm-santafe.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=2577). On that same WaterResources webpage, I strongly encourageyou to have a close look at the slide pre-

sentations from the Interactive ClimateChange Workshop hosted last March bythese organizations and Santa Fe County.I call your attention to the presentationof Park Williams et al. of Los Alamos Na-tional Laboratory. Piñon, ponderosa pineand Douglas-fir forests in the Southwestwere almost entirely eliminated by pinebeetles and wildfires as consequences ofmajor stress during the megadroughts ofthe late 1200s and late 1500s. Drought isnot unexpected in our area.

We need to ramp up our resilience andlearn to live with drought. Although wehave water restrictions in place from May1 to Oct, 1 each year, the restrictions gov-ern watering hours and not the amountof water used. It is time we concernourselves more with not only how muchwater we use, but what our priorities arefor using public water supplies and whatis important to us as a community. Iwould like to see the city at least considerlimiting the days of the week, based onthe ending number of an address, for

landscape irrigation. It could start out as avoluntary program. We need to put poli-cies in place to avoid another summer ofdrought denial.

Stephen Wiman has a background inearth science (Ph.D. in geology) and he isthe owner of Good Water Company. Healso serves on the City of Santa Fe’s WaterConservation Committee. He may bereached at 505-471-9036 and [email protected].

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Tierra Concepts Inc., 54 Paseo Aragon. $485,000.— 56A Paseo Aragon. $480,000.Brenda Ortega, 97 Las Estrellas. $280,000.Univest-Rancho Viejo, 46 Victorio Pk. $291,000.E.J. Jennings, 32A Cam. Don Patron. $250,000.Ed & Linda Goff, 5 N. Stargazer. $400,000.

Manuelito Salas, 705 Calle Beatrice. $180,000.Sharon Starkey/Steven H., 2095 Piñon Bluffs Dr.

$246,413.Infinite Ambitions, 5325 Joshua Ln. $185,000.Roger Said, 3005 Monte Sereno Dr. $465,000.Thomas Hughes, 1409 Hickox St. $289,000.Richard & Laurie Meyer, 2940 Aspen View. $700,000.Pulte Dev’t., 3018 Floras Del Sol St. $195,106.— 4221 Vegas De Suenos. $171,240.

— 3840 Montana Verde Rd. $254,557.— 4224 Plaza Sonata. $118,176.Homewise Inc., 1604 Ave. De Luna. $228,000.— 1605 Ave. De Luna. $145,000.— 1608 Ave. De Luna. $159,000.— 1609 Ave. De Luna. $209,000.— 1635 Ave. De Luna. #$217,000.— 1633 Placita De Luna. $209,000.— 1637 Placita De Luna. $134,000.— 700 Luna Vista. $135,000.— 705 Luna Vista. $223,000.— 717 Luna Vista. $209,000.

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Time to submit for $10K Harnar AwardBy Paul Weideman

FEB. 14 IS DEADLInE DAy FORTHE 2013 JEFF HARnAR AwARD FORCOnTEMPORARy ARCHITECTURE.

Santa Fe businessman Garrett Thorn-burg, a fan of good architecture, createdthe award in 2007 to encourage creativityand excellence in design and to honor thememory of Santa Fe architect Jeff Harnar.Architects with New Mexico buildingscompleted within the last five years may en-ter the award competition. The 2013 winnerreceives a $10,000 cash prize.

Previous winners of the award includeSuby Bowden and John Morrow, Calott +Gifford Architecture/Urban Design, BakerArchitecture + Design, Kramer WoodwardArchitect, and — last year — AntoinePredock Architect in association with JonAnderson Architecture, for George PearlHall, home of the School of Architectureand Planning at the University of NewMexico.

The Harnar Award jurors are architectsand landscape architects from the South-west, primarily, as well as a UNM School ofArchitecture faculty member and graduate

student. Last year’s jury included architectsLarry Speck of Austin, Texas, and MarilysNepomechie of Miami Beach; and land-scape architect Christine Ten Eyck, Phoenixand Austin. The 2012 Harnar Lecture,presented on awards night last Feb. 24, wasdelivered by Marion Weiss and MichaelManfredi, principals of Weiss Manfredi Ar-

chitecture/Landscape/Urbanism, New York.“Since the Thornburg Foundation has

been collaborating with the UNM Schoolof Architecture on the Harnar Award, we’vehad an outstanding speaker each year,” saidSuzanne Barker Kalangis, executive directorof the Thornburg Charitable Foundation.The speaker for the 2013 awards program

had not yet been selected, she said.The world financial crash came not long

after the Jeff Harnar Award was established.Since late 2008, business has been slowfor many architects who depend on newconstruction.

“It has been a little difficult,” said RogerSchluntz, former longtime dean of theUNM School of Architecture and Planningand professional advisor for the Harnarcompetition. “We don’t get as many submis-sions as we did five years ago, but I’ve beensurprised and impressed at the entries wedo get.”

Barker Kalangis added, “We are con-cerned that what has happened in thefinancial world has had a substantial impacton architects, which makes the award evenmore important.”

The winner of the 2013 Jeff HarnarAward for Contemporary Architecture willbe announced at an evening event, opento the public, at Pearl Hall on March 1. Forcompetition details, contact Roger Schluntzat [email protected] and see jeffharnara-ward.com.

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TWO PARADOXES OF SETTLEMENTFailed footings and massive movement are often associatedwith water from broken utility lines, drip irrigation systems or rainfall.During the current drought it has been different: The extraordinarily dryweather has resulted in the desiccation of soils that, as they shrink, place stresson the loads imposed on them.

As counter-intuitive as settlement caused by the absence of moisture seems,there is another seeming paradox emerging from the pattern of failures we areobserving: It is newer houses that are failing far more frequently than olderones. Our largest underpinning jobs on existing adobe homes have been forhouses that are less than 15 years old. Huge remediation expenses leave newhomeowners feeling legitimately cheated.

You may reasonably ask how this can be, given that building standards andcodes are more stringent now than they were 50 or even 20 years ago.

Here is part of the answer: An older adobe tends to be characterized by asingle story, few and typically small window and door openings, and a lowroofline. The tendency now is to increase the height and build sensuouslythick walls broken by lots of large openings. Modestly sized vigas have givenway to massive, whole trees. Concrete has replaced wood as a bond beam. Inshort, houses are heavier and more brittle now.

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