Atrium/Sun room with water feature. The owners said this room was what sold them on the house

Lots of neat detail everywhere you look

THE NEW HOUSE WE TOURED

With only a 50-foot frontage nobody thought the single lady who built this home could have a courtyard type home. The home across the street has over 150-foot frontage. You judge how she did.

The dinning room chairs and table support are made from rebar

The kumquat tree grows thru the porch roof

Only a 50' Frontage The House Accross The Street Is Over 3 Times That

House On The Tour That's For Sale

This the courtyard view from the entryway
She is for sale in the $400,000USD to $500,000USD range we were told. Including the courtyard its about 8,000 sq. feet. Alamos has a private airport so you could fly down today and own it tomorrow.

Original Roof Beams
The width of every room and porch in this area and era was set by the length of a beam that could be obtained from a certain tree that is very resistant to termites. Not many original beams are left because they must be kept dry to be termite resistant. After the mines stopped producing and the revolution in 1910 most of the homes were abandoned, the roofs leaked and the beams rotted. It was not until the early 1940's that Americans started to restore these homes. The trees are now protected and cannot be cut down. Treated wood, concrete beams or steel is now used to replace the original beams.

The owner of the home is arranging the sunflowers

Sleeping Dog

 

Beautiful Mexico (3)

 

 

 

Home Under Construction (4)

 

 

 

 

The basement of this hillside home is large enough for three good size RV’s plus a few small rooms carved into the stone hillside that could be used to store Mom’s canned goods.

Unnamed Canyon At “The End Of The Road”

 

 

 

Part Of The Ruins From Filming “Catch 22”