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My experience is that homes below 400K are available but please include a budget of 20K for renovations and or replacements. This is my recent experience. Rancho Viejo is a nice area. We don't like Eldorado too much because all houses are on septic and well water. I would NEVER buy in an area without covenants. They can be a hassle but there are some horror stories about county neighborhoods blighted without resolution. Agreement with other responders here: Stick if you can until you have retirement.
We don't like Eldorado too much because all houses are on septic and well water.
Towanda can correct me but I am fairly sure that they have a communal water system there in Eldorado. It seems like it has been in the newspaper quite a bit. It may be that some of the surrounding communities in the area rely upon individual wells.
What with the trends in water prices -- racheting up rapidly in many of the areas around here -- I feel lucky to have an individual well. Water prices are the local politicians' dream -- they can increase prices and pretend they are doing this to encourage conservation.
Most household water around here ultimately comes from wells -- individual and communal. Soon some should start coming from the Rio Grande. Have you looked closely at the river? That is another reason I'm glad I have a well.
Eldorado has a mix of private wells and homes on the community water system. It's a real municipal system though, not just a collective of users. Under control of Eldorado, not Santa Fe, but prices are high in comparison. All of the homes are septic, but I've never had a problem with that.
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Towanda can correct me but I am fairly sure that they have a communal water system there in Eldorado. It seems like it has been in the newspaper quite a bit. It may be that some of the surrounding communities in the area rely upon individual wells.
What with the trends in water prices -- racheting up rapidly in many of the areas around here -- I feel lucky to have an individual well. Water prices are the local politicians' dream -- they can increase prices and pretend they are doing this to encourage conservation.
Most household water around here ultimately comes from wells -- individual and communal. Soon some should start coming from the Rio Grande. Have you looked closely at the river? That is another reason I'm glad I have a well.
Yes Eldorado is on community water. There is talk of putting meters on all wells in the county. Of course they've been talking about that for a while.
The City of Santa Fe's water company's goal is to eventually reduce the number of wells on Buckman to rest them. That's where the Rio Grande treatment plant comes in.
Hi. I am wanting to relocate to Santa Fe. I am self-employed and work consulting so go into people's homes and help them with pet behavior issues. Most of my client base is middle class, single professionals, families, suburbanites et. al.
I rent so also am looking for a location and the characteristics of neighborhoods that are either in these areas and are easily drivable to these neighborhoods/sections as well.
Would love to have a sense of the character and different neighorhoods/areas in and around Santa Fe -- student sections, run down -- avoid sections, single professionals, soccer moms/suburbs and so on, since I will be having to do much of this long distance. I will be speaking with a realtor for rentals but need to gather good info.
I am wanting to live in a clean safe neighborhood that is residential -- not night life (I'm over 30) and work from home, and not where every street is a mixed bag.
I come from the city -- east coast, boston area and am familiar with NY and LA, and a bit of Seattle -- but not at all familiar with the Santa Fe culture or neighborhoods.
Also don't know how close Taos is from Santa Fe and what the population is like there.
I have no idea what the pet behavior market here is, but be advised... SF has very little middle class. We're a city of rich or poor. Many people have second homes here or have retired and don't need to work. On the other hand, there are lots of families that struggle to get by on tourism industry (hotels, fast food, etc.) wages. Other than the state government and a handful of small companies, we don't have many professionals. And... there are no suburbs here. SF is a small city with only 60,000 people.
You could work with the wealthier people who have pets... but your stated niche (middle class, professional, suburban) really doesn't exist here.
All that negative stuff aside, look into South Capitol as a neighborhood. It's residential, safe, clean, nice, and has a fair amount of rentals. From what I've read on here, I think going prices are about $1500 for a two bedroom.
Hm -- thank you very much for your help on that. I knew about the population size but not about the other (clearly). Nobody has ever mentioned that before.
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