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SPANISH CLASSES: 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

BILINGUAL ASSISTANCE WITH TOURS, VISITS: Xavier and Paco Guajardo (636-694-9565), owners of the Algremi Restaurant located opposite the Hotel Trébol on first entering town—at Av. Benito Juárez #4807, Col. Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes   paco_guajardo@hotmail.com

ALL MEXICO TRAVEL:  Norma Solís Payán (636-694-0111, Spanish; fax 4888), Manager, Viajes American Tours, Avenida Hidalgo 601-B, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua.  viajesamericantours[at]prodigy.net.mx

SALE: Outstanding riding horse. Uriel López of Mata Ortiz, Mexico’s national roping champion, will let his favorite horse, Marcado, go to a loving home. Because of a sore tendon, Marcado is no longer suited for roping or racing, but is extremely gentle for riding. $1,300 USD. Will email photos and all papers. Contact Spencer MacCallum at 915-261-0502 or sm@look.net.

SALE: Nineteenth-century covered wagon, Chihuahua manufacture. Photos available. $1,500 USD. Contact Ramón González (636-692-4139), owner, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua.

SALE: Three vintage aircraft (George Law’s Eaglerock 1926; Star 1925; Porterfield “Flyabout” 1935) Asking $5,000 delivered to El Paso or vicinity. For information, contact Hernando García Contreras, owner, c/o Spencer MacCallum (USA 915-261-0502, local 692-4402). sm[at]look.net.

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 like any Mexican citizen provided it is more than 50 kilometers from a coastline or 100 kilometers from an international border. Lic. Hector Jaurietta (636-694-6822, Spanish only), Nuevo Casas Grandes, does much of our legal work and is well 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 privately owned (privado), equivalent to fee simple, much of that in Mata Ortiz is collectively owned but can be converted to privado under certain conditions. Since one cannot really own collective, or ejido, land, but holds it at the pleasure of the ejido council, buying land that has not been fully converted is hazardous. Agreements between the council and a foreigner can be revoked or cancelled 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 that local owners have asked us to list for sale or rent. We have no interest beyond guiding properties into the best hands, but are glad to point out such properties when you visit. Phone us (USA 915-261-0502, local 692-4402) or email (sm@look.net). We ourselves have bought and restored several old adobes near the plaza in Casas Grandes and furnished them with local antiques for short-term and extended-stay rentals. We encourage and work with others who would like to help preserve the historic aspect of the town.

Casas Grandes (Pueblo Viejo)

• FURNISHED RENTALS: Enjoy “The Adobe Experience.” Restored nineteenth-century adobe homes near the plaza, furnished with local antiques—for artists, writers, or to catch your breath in Casas Grandes. $150-250/week or part thereof, $400-700/month. Phone Spencer or Emalie MacCallum (915-261-0502) or email us at sm[at]look.net)  www.CasasGrandesMexico.com

·         SALE:  Historic Ojo Vareleño, an 823-acre tract adjoining the pueblo on the north, containing grounds extensively landscaped for family-outings in a setting of approximately 150 large shade trees and five swimming pools in series fed by a large artesian spring of potable water on the property—the water source for prehistoric Paquimé, the 17^th-century Franciscan mission, and for irrigating the older part of modern-day Casas Grandes. The tract is flat and developable, backing against hills to the west and open to a panoramic view of the Casas Grandes Valley to the east. 1,300 feet of acequia (irrigation channel). 3,000 feet of frontage on a planned paved highway and adjacent to a private airport with 8,000-foot runway. Municipal power lines in place. Note that this is private land (not ejido), and entirely free of zoning or building regulations. The property has been in the Varela family since the late 18^th century. Papers in order. Asking $1.5 million USD. To reach the property, entering one-way on Revolución from Nuevo Casas Grandes, turn right on Victoria 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.

·         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.

·         SALE: Large furnished house, 4 bdrms carpeted, the rest of the house tiled: 4 rooms, kitchen, dining room, living room, 2 baths (one tiled exceptionally), on paved street near downtown. Property is 0.6-acre parcel enclosed by 6-ft concrete wall with 3 truck entrances, a cottage, and 50 bearing pecan trees (300 kilos crop). Papers in order. Asking $120,000 USD. Contact Anacleto Fernando Garivái García 692-4089.

• SALE:  Old adobe home with walled garden (fruit and shade trees, flowers) two blocks from the plaza on the historic Camino Real. 22” walls, vigas. The oldest section, once a dance hall and brothel, dates to the nineteenth century. Newly roofed and re-wired. $65,000 USD. Contact Lin Waldron (707-824-1486), Eidell Wasserman (Cell 858-204-7025, bluecorn[at]earthlink.net) or Emalie MacCallum (USA: 915-261-0502, Mex: 636-692-4402, sm[at]look.net).

·         SALE: Historic, partially restored, mid-19th-century home two blocks from plaza, some original furnishings. Six rooms, bath, plus a large, semi-subterranean, secret room built to conceal women and children when Apaches attacked. Large back yard with shade trees, walled on three sides. $65,000 USD, only to someone who will respect its historic character. Contact Spencer or Emi MacCallum at 915-261-0502 (rings in Mexico) or locally at 636-962-4402.  sm[at]look.net.

• SALE:  Late 19^th-century adobe, thick walls, a block from the plaza and presidencia.. Six rooms and bath. Large, walled yard and wagon shed. Property half-a-block in size, bounded three sides by streets. City sewer and utilities. Irrigation acequia along lower side. $50,000 USD. Contact Rudolfo Varela (692-4239) at the property.

• SALE:  Old adobe, 4 bdrms, bath, large kitchen/dining area. Approximately quarter-acre bisected by acequia (irrigation ditch) with permanently flowing water crossed by a foot bridge. Lower half has lush grass and fruit trees including apricot, peach, plum, quince, pomegranate, apple. City sewer and utilities. $45,000 USD. Manuel Esquer #74 and Callejón Chihuahua. Contact Ramón Reyes (692-4418), owner, at the property.

• SALE:  House facing the Museum, ten years old, 4 bedrooms, large bath, large kitchen/dining/living area, tiled throughout. Ten years old, block and concrete construction, grated windows, all city utilities. Corner lot with 8 shade trees. Asking $40,000 USD, papers in order. Contact Celso Subillo (636-692-4512, Cells 636-115-5366, 636-111-5624), owner, or wife Verónica Melero (Cell 636-114-0660) at the property at 903 Manuel Esquer and Pascual Orozco.

·         SALE:  Newly built brick-stucco house: Kitchen, hall, 2 bedrooms, bath. Tiled floors 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.

• SALE: Fixer-upper (two structures) on 0.62 acres. Mature fruit trees and shade trees. Permanently-flowing acequia curving through the middle of the property makes for quite unusual gardening possibilities. $23,000 USD (owner will accept vehicle in part payment). Contact Tomás Cabanilla, owner, Saturday evenings at 625-581-4394. Because this owner lives in another town, Spencer and Emi MacCallum (USA 915-261-0502, local 692-4402) will show the property.

• SALE:  Adobe home ten years old, 2 bdrms  (large and small), bath (big enough to make into two), wide hall, kitchen, living/dining area with large field stone fireplace, walled yard 82’x100’ (eucalyptus, pecan trees). Tiled floors except bdrms, tin roof, sheet-rock ceilings, iron-grilled windows, telephone poles close, sewerage this year. Ready to occupy. Excellent neighbors can dependably keep an eye on things in your absence. $20,000 USD. Extreme western edge of Casas Grandes as you leave toward Mata Ortiz: turn left on Calle Segunda, and it’s the second house on your left. Contact Blanca Olivas (692-4042), owner, next door, or Spencer MacCallum (692-4402),  sm@look.net [Blanca is the daughter of the late, noted potter, Manuel Olivas.)

• SALE:  Historic, seven-room adobe two blocks from the plaza, built by the same builder as Luís Terrazas’ Hacienda de San Diego. Large porch across the back with pastoral view. Utilities in, sewer connection available. No bath or kitchen, limited lot. Needs and deserves careful restoration. $20,000 USD. Contact Payín Escudero (Spanish, 636-692-4383), or Spencer MacCallum (USA 915-261-0502, Mexico 636-692-4402), sm[at]look.net)

• SALE:  Rancho Santo Niño, just beyond the northern edge of Casas Grandes, consisting of two small, fixer-upper adobe houses, a small, ruined chapel, on one hectare (2.5 acres) of land with mature shade and fruit trees and a panoramic view of the valley. City potable water plus two hours irrigation water monthly. This is an island of privado land surrounded by an expanse of undeveloped ejido which will likely remain open for many years. $20,000 USD. Contact Marcos León, owner, in care of Spencer MacCallum (USA 915-261-0502, local 692-4402). sm[at]look.net

• SALE:  Moderately new, stuccoed adobe on a small lot with both shade and fruit trees (peach, two pecans) and small grape arbor. Two bedrooms, bath, hallway, kitchen, living room. East side of Avenida Diez de Mayo, second lot from corner of paved Calle Emiliano Zapata. $10,000 USD. Contact in Spanish Magdalena Perea (636-109-1652), owner, at the property.

·         SALE: New, small adobe on west side of Flores Magón at Zapata. Kitchen/living room area, two bedrooms, bath, laundry room that could be a bath for the second bedroom. $9,000 USD. Contact in Spanish Olga Sanchez Mora (Cell 636-115-1317) at the property.

• SALE:  Unfinished house (13x26 ft brick enclosure with steel roof) on lot approximately 50x110 ft. Utilities available. Avenida 21 de Marzo. $4,250 USD. Contact Reina Fajardo (692-4033).

• SALE: Six-room, unfinished adobe (walls up but not roofed) on lot approximately 65x82 ft. City water, sewerage. Calle 21 de Marzo one block north of paved Avenida Zapata. Asking $4,000 USD. Contact Noelia Hernández Quezada (602-472-5222) in Phoenix AZ or Rosa Quezada Celado (636-661-7019), sister of Juan Quezada, in Mata Ortiz. Also may contact Spencer MacCallum (USA 915-261-0502, local 692-4402). sm[at]look.net

Col. Cuauhtemoc

(Between Col. Juárez and Mata Ortiz)

• SALE:  1¾-acre parcel fertile land near highway and the Piedras Verdes River, neighboring master potter Tomás Quintana. $3,500 USD ($2500 down, balance later). Contact Tomás Quintana (698-7561) or the Calendar (915-261-0502, sm@look.net).

Mata Ortiz

·         APARTMENT FOR RENT IN PARIS: Virginia Gift rents her Paris apartment for as long as three months while in Mata Ortiz. Small but saturated with charm in a 17th century building in the historic center of Paris. Phone her (Paris 01-42-33-20-74, Mata Ortiz 636-661-7138) or email virginiagift[at]yahoo.com. If not available, locate her through her son Chris in Laguna, CA (949-244-5033).

• RENT:  Two furnished quarters, one with two bedrooms and bath, the other one bedroom and bath, in Mata Ortiz on the property of Manuel Mora, Barrio Porvenir. Fully equipped with 220 electric: washer, dryer, refrigerator, microwave, toaster oven, other conveniences. Help available for cleaning/cooking. Contact Pamela Kahlo-Fina (520-327-1087), 3550 Camden, Tucson AZ 85716  mpmermaids[at]aol.com    http://www.rtemexico.com/

• SALE:  Old adobe with 18-rooms, two-baths, store/bodega. Very large courtyard with some trees and a 30-ft well affording constant water supply, ample for garden irrigation. Total area 15,000 sq. ft, located half-block from old plaza fronting tracks and cattycorner from Posada de la Olla. Store currently grosses $20,000 USD/month. Asking $60,000 USD, will consider terms. This property is privado, not ejido, and the papers are in order. Contact Manuel Molina (Cell at the property 044-636-100-0742), owner. Father-in law Hector Peña lives on the property and can show it when Manuel is absent.

• SALE:  House fronting on the river, north of the library in Barrio Centro. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, kitchen, studio. Large courtyard with unfinished guest cottage, all enclosed by nearly finished security wall with steel gates. Two septics, one for kitchen, one for baths. Asking $38,500 USD. Papers still need some work (in process of conversion from ejido to privado). Contact Stewart McClure (760-598-8855), 2259 Lone Oak Lane, Vista CA 92084. stewartmcc[at]cox.net

·         SALE:  Newly built adobe/stucco house: 2 bdrms, bath, kitchen/dining area, living room with fireplace, storeroom. Located close to Adobe Inn Hotel. Ready to move in. Water, electric, septic. Papers in order. This is ejido property that is ready to be converted to privado. Asking $30,000 USD. Seller wants to move to Casas Grandes for better educational opportunities for her children. Contact Miriham Gallegos (636-661-7099), owner, at the property.

• SALE:  Spacious adobe home on large lot in Barrio Porvenir, partially stone-floored. Three bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths, kitchen with skylight, large dining room/living room area with fireplace, two skylights. Garden patio with porches on three sides. Public power and water, holding tank, septic. Hand-dug well for irrigating (needs pump). Papers in order. $27,000 USD. Contact Debbie Flanigan (661-7035 or caseta 661-7027).

• SALE: Small business consisting of a laundromat (lavasolas) and five studio units in good condition fronting the old rodeo ring from the west. Units contain two double beds, hot water, shower, stove, refrigerator, and rent for single occupancy $25 daily or $75 weekly, double occupancy $35 daily or $100 weekly. Owner is a widow, wants to sell due to advancing age. $16,500 USD. Contact Amelia Martínez de Tena (voice/fax 661-7007), Farmacia Paquimé, Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico.

• SALE:  Adobe fixer-upper at Calle Iturbide #60, two doors south of the church on the same side of the street. Set apart from neighboring houses in a large yard 90x130 ft, bounded on three sides by roads with view of river trees and hills to the east. Three of its seven rooms are roofed with old, round vigas (ceiling beams), the others are open. Asking $8,000 USD. Renovation estimated conservatively at another $20,000. Contact Luz Elva Ramírez, owner, c/o Spencer MacCallum (USA 915-261-0502, local 692-4402). sm[at]look.net)

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