Life is Good in Placitas, NM

OUR FIRST DECADE

2012-02-10T16:13:00.000-07:00

Valentines Day is the 10th anniversary of La Puerta Real Estate Services having been in business. We are throwing a party for ourselves and inviting the community to join us. It will be Saturday, February 11th from 11AM to 4PM. We're going to have lots of great food and giveaways, so I hope to see you there!

NEW FOOD OPTION IN PLACITAS

2011-11-03T16:07:00.000-06:00

Oh Yay! Oh Yay! We have a great new addition to the Placitas Food Scene! Kimberley Calvo, a seasoned chef and Placitas resident is parking a food truck in the west La Puerta parking lot offering lunch and dinner Tuesday through Friday and breakfast on Saturdays, though this schedule is not yet set in stone. She's just started this week and welcomes feedback and suggestions. She is very excited about her new venue as are we, here at La Puerta. Her food is fresh and seasonal, tending towards organic as much as possible and definitely healthy and delicious. The menu changes regularly so we won't get bored and she may be posting her menus on her website. She says she'll also have a selection of kids' food so when you're driving starving children home from town, you can stop by and pick up a healthy meal for them without your having to rush to prepare their dinner while they're becoming little grumps. We welcome Kim and her assistant chef Alan to our neighborhood and hope you'll all come out to support this fine new local endeavor.

Good news on Home Values

2011-10-11T14:05:00.000-06:00

Wow, I was really surprised this weekend when I did a market analysis on a 1900+ square foot home in Placitas that I had also evaluated 16 months ago and the value had gone up $36,000. So things really are looking up around here! What a relief.

Placitas Open House Sunday September 18, 1:30-4:30

2011-09-14T12:13:00.011-06:00

view from deck

2 Tejon Canon

I am holding 2 Tejon Canon Rd. in Ranchos de Placitas open on Sunday, September 18th from 1:30 to 4:30. This cozy, contemporary, ENERGY-EFFICIENT home was built with pre-stressed concrete and it is bermed into the north side of a hill. It has HUGE Sandia Mountain, Cabezon & city lights views from an expansive view deck, and from the kitchen, livingroom & the flex room downstairs. There are no square rooms in the entire home! Pick up a flyer at the La Puerta office building which is the second building on the right after you get off I-25 at Exit 242.

QR Codes

2011-09-01T16:38:00.001-06:00

OK, now I'm really moving into the 21st century! I have a QR code which will link those with iPhones, iPads, Blackberries & Droids directly to my website by pointing their device at this interesting piece of graphic art. If you have one of these devices, you need to download a free app to read it. It's all magic to me, but I will now attempt to upload it to this blog..... It worked! Welcome to Placitas Property.

Hottest August on Record

2011-08-31T15:39:00.000-06:00

It’s the last day of the hottest August on record in Albuquerque since 1905. Of course, Placitas is a little cooler, but it’s been hot nonetheless. Whew! Tomorrow begins my favorite month of the year which will hopefully herald in cooler temperatures. It’s been a huge relief that the monsoon pattern has finally taken hold and we are getting cooling rains some afternoons and/or evenings. Right now we’ve even got a great breeze blowing which is helping to cool things down. That is one of the many good things about Placitas-our cooling breezes sweeping down the north slope of Sandia Mountain and refreshing the hot air pushing up from the river valley. Hopefully, it will be nice and cool when I meet with my out-of-state Buyers later this month and we can look at Placitas homes in comfort! PlacitasProperty.com