Amenities
The essentials, done well, with Taos Mountain out the window.
El Cerrito keeps its promises simple: a well-equipped home that is inexpensive to run, a community center at the heart of the property, and management that lives up to the setting.
01 · Your home
Inside your apartment home.
- Full kitchens, fully applianced
- Passive-solar design in every home
- Energy-efficient certified construction
02 · Community & grounds
Shared spaces that bring neighbors together.
- Community center with the leasing office
- On-site management
- 24-hour professional management
- Open sagebrush surroundings with mountain views
03 · Green-built
A community that works with the high-plains sun.
Long before it was fashionable, El Cerrito was built green, and you feel it every month: steadier temperatures, quieter rooms, and lower utility bills.
El Cerrito · built green in 2006
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100% passive solar orientation
Taos sits at 7,000 feet: cold winters, but sun almost every day. Every building at El Cerrito is angled so that free winter sunlight does part of the heating work, which keeps homes comfortable and utility bills lower.
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Underground rainwater catchment
In the high desert, water is too precious to lose. Rain that falls on El Cerrito is captured and stored below ground, then put to work in the landscape instead of running off down the hill.
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Grid-tied solar array
A solar array feeds clean power back into the grid, putting the same mountain sun that lights Taos to work for the community.
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Recycled building materials
Built with recycled and responsibly sourced materials as part of the Enterprise Green Communities program. The weathered steel on the community center wears its recycled story on the outside.
El Cerrito is part of a New Mexico family of green-built affordable communities whose sister properties have earned Enterprise Green Communities certification and LEED ratings up to Platinum.
El Cerrito · Taos, NM
Affordable Apartments · Taos, New Mexico
Come see it for yourself.
The best way to know if El Cerrito feels like home is to visit. Call us and we will answer your questions and set up a tour.