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New Homes are being built all over the city, in every quadrant. The majority, however, are to be found on the Westside around Ventana Ranch near Paseo and Universe, and around Mirehaven, off of Ladera between Unser and 98th St. The Southwest Mesa also has lots of active subdivisions near 98th and Gibson and Atrisco Heritage Academy High School.
Infill plots and subdivisions often come online in older and more established areas of the city. For instance, a new 60-lot gated subdivision was recently announced in the South Valley, off of Atrisco. There's another on Sunset near Central. In the Sawmill Area north of Old Town there is also a subdivision of 78 townhomes called Sawmill Crossing which is almost fully built out.
In the Heights, there is Santa Monica Place off of Paseo and Louisiana with a subdivision of over 100 lots. There are also a couple of infill townhome developments off of Montgomery near Tramway that I'm aware of. Volterra in the Southeast Heights is probably the busiest subdivision that's not on the Westside in Albuquerque. It has single family lots and townhouse developments.
Mesa del Sol is another area south of the airport off of University Boulevard. It's a New Urbanist community being built up around Albuquerque Studios. It offers both townhouses and single family homes.
Los Lunas is the next biggest and busiest suburb of Albuquerque after Rio Rancho for new home construction.
I work on base, so westside is out of the question.
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If you work on base then Volterra is probably the best option. It's at the end of Juan Tabo about 1.5 miles east of the base and Sandia Labs and just beyond the Sandia Science & Technology Park. It's part of the Manzano Mesa area which is filled with newer developments and amenities like Costco, Home Depot, restaurants, etc. It has its own elementary school and a nice community center with a children's splash pad. The stores, restaurants, etc. are mostly along Eubank and Central. Juan Tabo is the next major street east of Eubank.
Is it just me or do a lot of newer houses in ABQ play up on the "plain on the outside, gem on the inside" motif? I've been to numerous friends' homes in the ABQ area that looked sometimes downright ugly from outside and then when you get in, you see hardwood floors, great furniture and decorating layout.
Is it just me or do a lot of newer houses in ABQ play up on the "plain on the outside, gem on the inside" motif? I've been to numerous friends' homes in the ABQ area that looked sometimes downright ugly from outside and then when you get in, you see hardwood floors, great furniture and decorating layout.
I don't think it's just you.
An "under-siege" mentality that grips much of America is boosted by Albuquerque's current summer crime wave. Just like a millionaire might drive an old beater of a car so it doesn't get stolen, he might make his house look a little shabby to hide the opulence within.
The outside of the house is also less a point of pride in NM than just about anywhere. Going outdoors may be popular, but outdoors in your own front yard is uncommon- with everybody inwardly focused (on the house and on themselves) there's no reason to dude up your dwelling on the outside, with the exception of Halloween and Christmas.
With just about every new house built in 1960's-or-newer carcentric subdivisions, no one has time to look at your house as they're driving by, so adornment is a waste of time and money. If people were constantly walking by, it'd be different.
As a last point, NM's culture has always been rustic/shabby chic in terms of buildings. Cracked stucco and one overgrown but still threadbare tree is just what NM tends to look like.
As a last point, NM's culture has always been rustic/shabby chic in terms of buildings. Cracked stucco and one overgrown but still threadbare tree is just what NM tends to look like.
Spot on - this pretty much exactly describes our Alamogordo rental house. We left in Feb. 2015. Scraggly housing look from the outside. Having said this - there are many good looking from the outside houses in Alamogordo, though.
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