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MATA ORTIZ CALENDAR OF EVENTS |
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The Window on the Mata Ortiz World |
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Updated June 1 2010
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SPANISH LANGUAGE:
Language and cultural immersion in Casas Grandes/Mata Ortiz area. Pamela Kahlo-Fina,
Recursos Travel & Education (520-327-1087), 3550 Camden, Tucson AZ 85716.
See paragraph under “Tours and Classes.”
mpmermaids[at]aol.com
www.rtemexico.com/spanish.htm
AGAVE LINDO TOURS:
Expert travel consulting, translating, guiding regional tours, catering
traditional food, coordinating business and artistic events, by Diana Acosta
(24-hour Cell 636-103-6004). Offices at La
Casa del Nopal in Casas Grandes.
diane_hsd[at]hotmail.com
www.AgaveLindoTours.com
BILINGUAL ASSISTANCE WITH VISIT OR TOURS:
Consult Xavier and Paco Guajardo (636-694-9565), owners of the Algremi
Restaurant at Avenida Benito Juárez #4807 in Colonia Dublán, opposite the Hotel
Trébol on first entering Nuevo Casas Grandes
paco_guajardo[at]hotmail.com
ALL MEXICO TRAVEL:
Norma Solís Payán (636-694-0111, Spanish)
Manager, Viajes American Tours, Avenida Hidalgo 601-B, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chih.
viajesamericantours[at]prodigy.net.mx
SELLING ORIGINAL ART
from my children’s book, Juan Quezada: As Told to Shelley Dale by Juan
Quezada. Also, small paintings, archival photos of Mata Ortiz and Paquimé
for sale and/or exhibit. Email me for images. Shelley Dale (310-899-9310)
shelleydale[at]roadrunner.com
REAL ESTATE
Contrary to popular belief, Americans can own real estate in
Mexico as much as any Mexican citizen provided it is more than 50 kilometers
from a coastline or 100 kilometers from an international border. Both Nuevo
Casas Grandes and Casas Grandes fall outside the restricted zone, which ends in
Dublán. Lic. Hector Jaurrieta (636-694-6822, Spanish only), Nuevo Casas Grandes,
does our legal work and is recommended. Two useful summaries of Mexican real
estate are:
www.mexperience.com/property/prop_buying.htm
www.nuwireinvestor.com/article.aspx?id=200
While land in Casas Grandes (Pueblo Viejo) is private title (privado),
equivalent to fee simple, much of that in Mata Ortiz is collectively owned (ejido),
but can be converted to privado under certain conditions. Since one never really
owns ejido land but holds it at
the pleasure of the ejido council, buying land that has not been fully converted
can be hazardous. The ejido council can revoke a foreigner’s title without
cause, notice or recourse. See an analysis of ejido land law by the Rural
Development Institute, a private organization of American lawyers, at
www.rdiland.org/PDF/PDF_Reports/RDI_120.pdf.
The Calendar maintains a partial list of properties local owners have
asked us to list for sale or rent. While we have no interest beyond guiding
properties into the best hands, we are glad to point out such properties to
visitors. Phone us (USA 915-261-0502, local 692-4402) or email (sm@look.net). We
ourselves have acquired and restored several old adobes near the plaza in Casas
Grandes and furnished them with local antiques for extended-stay rentals. We
stockpile old architectural salvage items and encourage and work with any who
would like to help preserve the historic aspect of this town.
Nuevo Casas Grandes
Casas Grandes
(Pueblo Viejo)
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SALE:
Historic Ojo Vareleño, a tract of 823 acres adjoining Casas
Grandes on the north. Contains grounds extensively landscaped for family-outings
in a park-like setting of 150 large shade trees and five swimming pools in
series fed by a large artesian spring of potable water on the property. This
spring was the water source for prehistoric Paquimé and today for irrigating the
gardens of the older parts of Casas Grandes. The tract is flat and developable,
backing against hills to the west and opening on the east to a panoramic view of
the Casas Grandes Valley. 1,300 feet of
acequia (irrigation channel), 3,000 feet frontage on a planned highway.
Municipal power lines in place. This is
privado land, not ejido, and
has no zoning, building, or other restrictions. It has been in the Varela family
since the late 18th century. All papers are in order. Asking
$1.5 million USD. To reach the
property, entering Casas Grandes from Nuevo Casas Grandes, turn right at the
second stop sign onto Victoria and go 1.6 miles, then left on an unmarked,
unpaved road 1.5 miles to the end. For information in Spanish, contact Antonio
Varela, owner, at 636-694-5608, Cell 636-699-5948. For English, contact Spencer
MacCallum at 915-261-0502 or by email at
sm[at]look.net.
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SALE:
Property north edge of town near Ojo Vareleño: 64 acres, 2”-diameter
well, large house suitable for subdivision clubhouse: 4 bdrms (15x20 ft, 13x20,
16.5x16.5, 13x20), two baths, hall, living room/kitchen 33x50 ft, outsize
fireplace. Pool 20x40 ft, 6.5 ft deep; dependency with 4 rooms and bath; large
barn or bodega; horse barn 6 stalls of 2 rooms each; 5 large corrals. Asking
$190,000 USD.
Contact Miguel Méndez (636-694-6476), Manager, Banorte,
Avenida Benito Juárez #100 at Avenida 5 de Mayo, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
71700.
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SALE:
Master residence and two large studio apartments opening onto a 100-foot covered
porch and private park with full-size, covered pavilion, thick grass, roses, 120
mature trees (sycamore, mulberry, cypress, willow, elder, poplar, walnut), broad
cement walks, illumination, acequia
water rights with full, back-up piped irrigation system. Lot 27,000 sq ft,
protected by 8-foot security wall, vehicular entrace from back street. Master
residence has large kitchen, living room, two bedrooms each with bath, the
master bedroom with large walk-in closet. House tiled throughout, fully ducted
for air conditioning. Large storage space. Additional salon and bath under
construction. 150-foot ornamental iron fence fronting the property and lined
outside with 20 mature Italian cypress. Asking
$150,000 USD. Contact Lydia Iliana Bustillos Esquival
(636-692-4062), Casas Grandes.
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SALE
or Rent:
Large furnished house, 4 carpeted bdrms, the rest of the house tiled—kitchen,
dining room, living room, 2 baths (one exceptionally tiled) on paved street near
downtown. Includes a cottage and 50 bearing pecan trees (300 kilos crop) on a
parcel 0.6-acres enclosed by a six-foot concrete wall with three truck
entrances. Papers are in order.
Asking $120,000
USD. Contact Anacleto Fernando Garivái García 692-4089.
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SALE:
Tastefully renovated adobe home two blocks from the plaza. Two bedrooms, bath,
living room, kitchen, dining room, three-car garage with remote-control doors.
All new landscaping, walled garden, four mature shade trees and a planting of
premium orange trees. $65,000 USD.
Owner will build additional bedroom and bath if desired. Contact Rafael Peña
Morales (Cell 614-184-3745).
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SALE:
Partly restored, mid nineteenth-century adobe near the plaza, some original
furnishings. Seven rooms, bath. Includes a large, semi-subterranean, secret room
built expressly to hide women and children when Apaches attacked and later used
to hide young women from Pancho Villa’s troops. Original wood floors. Large back
yard walled on three sides, shade trees.
$47,500 USD to a caring party. Contact Spencer or Emi MacCallum at
915-261-0502 (rings in Mexico) or locally at 636-962-4402.
sm[at]look.net
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SALE
OR RENT:
Tastefully designed new adobe home, viga ceilings, two bedrooms, bath,
large living room, kitchen-dining area, walled yard, secure gate. Rent furnished
or unfurnished. Sale $35,000 USD. Contact Emalie MacCallum (USA 915-261-0502, local
636-692-0502),
sm[at]look.net
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SALE:
Newly built brick-stucco house: Kitchen, hall, 2 bedrooms, bath, tiled
throughout. Separate brick building 12x18 ft for secure storage. Yard approx.
90x90 ft, young trees. Located on Santos de Gollado at Callejón Juárez (two
blocks on left after turning south at the ferretería).
$35,000 USD. Contact Carmelo
Calzadillas at Cell 636-110-3115.
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SALE:
New, small adobe on west side of Flores Magón at Zapata. Living room/dining
area, two bedrooms, bath, laundry room (could be a bath for the second bedroom).
$9,000 USD. Contact Olga Sanchez Mora at the property.
Mata Ortiz
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RENT
OR SALE:
Newly
built, stuccoed adobe home close to Adobe Inn Hotel. Two bdrms, bath,
kitchen/dining area, living room (with fireplace), storeroom. Has water,
electric, septic. Ready to move in. Papers in order. This is
ejido property that can readily be
converted to privado. Asking
$30,000 USD. Owner has resettled in
Nuevo Casas Grandes for better educational opportunities for her children.
Contact Miriham Gallegos (636-109-0741) or her parents, Hector and Graciela
Gallegos (636-661-7099) in Mata Ortiz.
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