•    Old or unwanted bicycles can be taken to the Community Bike Recycling Program (505)968-3444.  They will repair them or use them for spare parts then give them to homeless agencies and low-income children in the Albuquerque area.
•    What about a junker car that you would like to unload?  Donation Line (888)448-3345 will pick it up and sell it or the parts for their charity.  You can declare it as a deduction on your taxes.
•    Home building materials and hardware usually mean a trip to the dump but they can be put to good use. The Habitat for Humanity Restore (505)217-0130 will use the profits from selling them to build new homes for low-income families.

If you’d like any more tips on home recycling and where to go in Albuquerque, give us a call (505) 299-1500 or email us at builders@leemichaelhomes.com

Additional recycling tips from Lee Michael Homes of Albuquerque can be found here too:
2011 New Year Recycling Tips for Albuquerque

When you are ready to clear out old items around your house here are some suggestions for recycling your “trash” in Albuquerque:

•    Joy Junction appreciates all kinds of donations but linens and bedding are in high demand.  Their phone number is (505)463-4818.
•    If it is clothing you want to get rid of it can be taken to Big Brothers Big Sisters.  They have a drop box at 2917 Juan Tabo NE.
•    Have any old cell phones?  You can send them to ReCellular Inc., just visit their website at www.ncadv.org.  They refurbish and sell them and the proceeds go to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
•    And if you have any old computers lying around you can take them to Computer Reruns (505)343-7612.  They will get them up to date and donate them to nonprofit organizations or schools that need them.

If you’d like any more tips on home recycling and where to go in Albuquerque, give us a call (505) 299-1500 or email us at builders@leemichaelhomes.com

We know it’s because living in Albuquerque gives you at least 310 days of sunshine each year – never mind this week’s few gloomy days! The sun will be out soon enough! Then New Mexico gives tax credits and incentives to encourage film production in Albuquerque and surrounding areas of New Mexico which brings us some nice job opportunities and helps the State’s economy!

It’s great fun for us to see movies featuring our custom Southwestern style homes and the beautiful varied landscapes that allow for such creative expression. So, who’s filming here? – Mickey Rourke & Megan Fox are filming Passion Play right now in New Mexico. And Denzel Washington was there during filming of The Book of Eli along with Jackie Chan for the film The Spy Next Door. Which ones have you seen?

Yes… we do love living in New Mexico!

We will be showing our 2009 Parade entry next weekend – October 24 & 25 – so we are inviting all Parade of Homes participants to join us then. This newest home will be open next weekend at:

922 Camino del Rio NW
Rio Grande Estates
Albuquerque, New Mexico

2009 Parade of Homes - In Completion Stages of Building

We started the home 2 months past our schedule to start and realized that we would have to rush this custom home to complete it for the Parade. We just weren’t willing to compromise the quality and integrity of the house, so we decided to not have the home open for viewing and to have our last year’s Parade of Homes multiple award winning home open instead.

Lee Michael Homes - 2008 Award-Winning Home for Parade of Homes 2009

That custom home is located in Albuquerque at 331 Nuevo Hacienda Lane in the Village of Los Ranchos.  We are trying to direct traffic there with maps, but we are still getting a lot of traffic coming to the “still being built” 2009 Parade home. 

We will be open for the next 3 weekends at our 2008 Parade Home, and hope to see a lot of folks coming through.  We get so many people that come just to see Lee Michael Homes’ entries every year.  It feels strange not to have the new one open, and we missed being in the judging also.  We will have the new custom home open once it’s complete, and are asking Parade goer’s to e-mail us (builders@leemichaelhomes.com) their address so we can send out a special invitation to you when it is complete – which should be in just a few weeks! 

Visit Lee Michael Homes in the 2009 Homes of Enchantment Parade in Albuquerque

For more information on our 2009 Parade of Homes entry, maps and other check out: Lee Michael Homes at the 2009 Parade of Homes Event in Albuquerque

Hope to see you soon!

So… you ask, why live in Albuquerque, New Mexico? Well…because we are considered one of the top 10 best places to live and work. Don’t believe us, then check out Kiplinger’s report evaluating Albuquerque as the number 2 spot!

We are so proud! And it was no surprise to us! Most of our home building requests have come from people and families moving away from other states to come here. They have discovered that Albuquerque is a great place to settle for their business and raising their families.

Check out Kiplinger’s report in the Daily Real Estate News from this May: http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2009052802?OpenDocument