This Northern New Mexico style pitched roof mostly adobe dwelling with detached pitched roof adobe studio sits on 9 plus acres at the edge of the historic Lamy Village. This Karen Terry-designed and built, off the grid offering has three bedrooms and three full bathrooms. The main house has a dramatic entry hall, a high ceilinged-living room with vigas and a fireplace, a large sun room for passive solar gain and a roomy eat-in kitchen with slab granite counter tops and a wood stove. The first level has brick floors with oak flooring in one bedroom and the upstairs bedroom. An outside staircase takes one to the private third bedroom and full bath on the second level. The detached studio is heated, has a brick floor, running water and houses the generator for back-up electricity. In addition, there is a two-stall run in barn with tack/feed storage. The front of the house and the portal are cottonwood-shaded and there is a large stand of old oaks near the back of the house. Water is supplied by a shared well. There is also a roof-sourced water catchment system with approximately 4500 gallons of storage.
The 2,500 or so acres that comprise this area immediately south of Eldorado are part of the old Sebastian De Vargas Grant and include Lamy, Galisteo, Camino Valle Street, Los Caballos, Los Vaqueros, Old Road Ranch, Pinon Street, Ranchitos de Santa Fe, The Ridges and Cimarron. Lovely tree-covered artist and ranching villages are surrounded by gently rolling hills.