Acreage projects and outbuildings
Building in Sandia Knolls tends to mean a shop, a barn or a garage before anything else, because storage out here matters as much as living space. A Sandia Knolls project takes one standard unit near the slab, and it stays through a schedule that stretches with the weather.
Owner-built work is common across Sandia Knolls, so the pace is weekends and evenings rather than a full crew. We run those Sandia Knolls rentals open-ended with a weekly service visit rather than to a date.
Gravel roads and the last half mile
Addresses in Sandia Knolls sit down gravel roads that wash and rut after a monsoon storm. A Sandia Knolls delivery needs a word about that last half mile, since a loaded truck is the heaviest thing that road will see all week.
Where the road is doubtful we set the Sandia Knolls unit at the firm end and let the crew walk in. A Sandia Knolls rental that strands a service truck costs everybody a day. Cattle guards and narrow gates on a Sandia Knolls property are worth mentioning too, since both decide the approach.
Water, wind and the seasons
Some Sandia Knolls properties haul their water and others run shallow wells, and none of that helps a working crew clean up. A handwashing station goes out with every Sandia Knolls job for that reason.
Wind comes across the Sandia Knolls flats hard in spring and the cold sets in early in the fall. Every Sandia Knolls unit is staked or ballasted, and we plan the service route around snow on the gravel in winter. Juniper and rock give a Sandia Knolls unit a firm base once a level spot is found, which is the easier half of the job.