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Living in Aldea de Santa Fe
Welcome to Aldea de Santa Fe... New Urbanism in the Santa Fe Lifestyle; New Mexico’s most exciting residential real estate neighborhood in decades. Designed by world renowned Andres Duany, the grandfather of New Urbanism, Aldea is located in the desirable Northwest side of Santa Fe. New Urbanism is an intentional movement to create communities that are designed to encourage human interaction in an inviting public realm. While incorporating the time honored components that have made communities great throughout history, New Urbanism rejects suburban sprawl which results in extreme dependence on the automobile, roads that are unattractive and unpleasant for pedestrians, and long distances between places to shop, play and live.
It is only a few miles to the City Municipal Recreation Complex, including an award winning public golf course (watered with treated wastewater). It is a ten minute drive to the Historic Santa Fe Plaza, and affords quick access to I-25 for trips to Albuquerque and 285/84 for trips to Los Alamos and Northern New Mexico.
Aldea is approximately 345 acres, with 205 acres of perpetual open space.
Each lot owner owns an undivided interest in the open space, including an open space preserve of approximately 100 acres on the Northwest side. Sidewalks and internal trails throughout Aldea link to the open space, Aldea Plaza, and the Northwest Trail System. Narrow roads mean slower moving vehicles, which create a pedestrian friendly environment. People who want large lots, far from neighbors, are not attracted to Aldea. Aldea has been designed to facilitate the development of community. Our Community Building was completed in the summer of 2005. This building houses the Homeowners Association offices, and is available for community meetings, neighborhood gatherings, exercise classes and conferences. With the broad range of housing types and costs, the principle commonality among Aldea residents is an interest in community and neighborly values.
Although Aldea is in the County, it is connected to the City water and sewer systems. The vast majority of houses in Santa Fe County are on wells and septic tanks. The roads in Aldea are owned and maintained by the Homeowners Association. Santa Fe County Real Estate taxes are very low, and monthly Homeowners Association dues cover a private patrol service, and maintenance of private roads, open space, parks, and a community building. Professional, local management of the Homeowners Association ensures reasonable monthly dues, and responsiveness to residence needs and concerns.
Designed and engineered to maximize opportunities for views from private homes as well as from the sidewalks, open spaces and numerous pocket parks, Aldea has views of four mountain ranges as well as rolling foothills near and afar. The Aldea Design Code, created by Andres Duany along with local architects, works to produce attractive streetscapes that emphasize the public realm instead of calling attention to trophy houses.
The professionally managed Architectural Review Committee reasonably and aesthetically implements the Aldea design code, and will help ensure the integrity of real estate investments within Aldea. Owning a home and living in a village designed by Andres Duany in Santa Fe will help insure the integrity of Real Estate investments in Aldea. Not everyone desires a Village lifestyle, but those who do will be happy with Aldea’s virtues.
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