Estancia Ranchettes

No. This entire area was subdivided over sixty years ago into one acre lots. There is nothing larger, and the only way to get something larger is to purchase adjacent lots.

Only where listed. If we have two 1 acre lots that are adjacent and could equal 2 acres, we will sell them that way. 

If you look at the property list on this page, you’ll see the Legal Descriptions of the properties. These are written logically. Unit 1, Block 1, Lot A would be adjacent to Unit 1, Block 1, Lot B. So on and so forth. If you’re looking at two properties wondering if they’re adjacent, simply review the legal descriptions.

Yes.

While all the properties in Estancia Ranchettes have legal access, the road conditions throughout the subdivision vary greatly depending on where you're at and where you're attempting to get to. For instance, County-maintained roads can be found throughout the region, most of which will get you to within a couple hundred feet of any individual lot. Of the roads that are not maintained by the county, most are bladed or have been preserved to some degree by regular traffic. The worst road conditions you are likely to find here are simply roads that are overgrown to the point of being difficult to discern. Having said that, the parcels in this subdivision remain ones which can still be accessed and driven. Anyone scouting a property here is encouraged to take a larger truck or off-road capable vehicle.

No.

The Estancia Ranchettes subdivision is zoned Rural Residential and defined as a Pre-Platted Lands District. What this means is that the subdivision was created prior to the more modern zoning restrictions developed in the early 1970's and adopted statewide. Because the subdivision pre-dates those regulations, the County could not retroactively apply the same rules to property owners who had already developed their land in this region as they would for future residents. Because of this, Estancia Ranchettes has persisted all these decades later under less rigorous ordinances and enforcement. It is with this in mind that many people have been able to use these lots recreationally or for developing structures which would be hard to get permitted elsewhere in the County.

It should be noted, however, that this is not to suggest that there is no zoning out here. Torrance County has a fairly detailed set of ordinances for most of the land within its borders. That said, land in Estancia Ranchettes tends to endure less scrutiny.

Yes.

According to the Torrance County zoning ordinance, people are allowed to park/live/camp in their RV for up to 90 Days. And with that said, it’s questionable anyone is enforcing this timeline in Estancia Ranchettes.

Probably, but questions like this are best addressed to the Torrance County Planning & Zoning office,  whose number is (505) 544-4390.

While residential power lines have a presence in this region, that presence is limited to the areas closest to the highway and other developed home sites. That said, power lines are not common in Estancia Ranchettes. They do not line every road or even every other road and anyone purchasing land in this region should plan to rely on solar panels or other alternative forms of energy. 

Anyone purchasing land within a reasonable distance of residential power lines, can investigate the cost of getting service extended to their property by contacting the Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, the local utility company servicing this region.

This question is best addressed to well drillers local to the region. Those companies will have a far better sense of water table depth and drilling costs than we would.

Holding tanks are a popular alternative and are used by a number of landowners in this region.

Having no first-hand experience with it ourselves, we can’t speak to this issue directly. That being said, we’ve had a number of people scout properties in this region and no one has ever reported any problems using their smart phones to locate the lots. Additionally, our photographer has reported cell reception to be surprisingly reliable for such a rural region.

Yes. Please do. We encourage anyone who’s going to buy from us to view the land they’re interested in prior to purchase.

No. We’re investors, not realtors. Additionally, we have no office in New Mexico nor staff on standby waiting to give people guided tours.

It’s easy. Each listing page will have an interactive map you can study to locate both the property as well as the best route to take to access it. In addition, there are a number of mapping apps which can help with locating vacant land or land which doesn't have a formal address. MapRight is one our photographers use all the time and recommend highly. 

In addition, anyone purchasing from us will be provided with GPS coordinates for the four corner points and center of the parcel. While these are not a substitute for having the land professionally surveyed, they can provide a reasonable sense of the property's location.

No.

Not recently and not by us, no.

This entire region was platted out years ago. Stakes or pins may have been used to mark property boundaries but it’s questionable whether they still exist or can be found. While they may be there, we’re not making that guarantee to our buyers.

The GPS coordinates we give you to locate the lots are fairly accurate and should get you to a location that will give you an excellent sense of precisely what chunk of land it is that you’d be buying. For a specific sense of where the lot begins and ends, it is ultimately best to hire a local surveyor.

Three reasons:

1 - For our purposes of creating listings, we have software that tells us everything we need to know about the property’s size, shape and location.

2 - We never know if our end buyer will want or require a survey.

3 - If the survey costs us $1,000 we’re simply going to increase the price of the land $2,000. Hence, it’s ultimately cheaper for the buyer to pay for the survey themselves.

Yes and No.

The only plat maps we've ever been able to acquire from the County for this region are not terribly detailed. What little detail they do attempt to communicate has been marred by County officials digitizing photocopies of photocopies of the originals. The few legible ones we've been fortunate enough to retrieve have been provided on the listing pages for the properties they cover. For the remaining properties, we've provided whatever we were able to get from the County. That said, given the quality and condition of these plats, you're unlikely to get much out of them.

Simply click the ‘Buy Now’ button at the top of the listing page of the property that interests you most. 

Yes. We are currently offering affordable financing options on all of our Estancia Ranchettes properties of $400 Down + $100/Month x 24 Months with 90 Days Same As Cash.

Only if you pay it off as slowly as humanly possible.

When financing is offered, our contracts contain only pre-payment incentives and no pre-payment penalties.

Additionally, every contract will come with a 90-Days-Same-As-Cash clause.

To see an example of one of our Estancia Ranchettes land contracts, click here.

If you pay us all the money at once, it will be deeded into your name immediately. If you elect to finance the land, we will not deed it into your name until such a time as all the payments have been made. Until that time, the land contract will be the document that demonstrates your equitable interest in the property.

As soon as you pay us money, it’s yours to do with as you please.