Building our Ocean View Dream Home Part 2

We are now five weeks into construction and things are moving along on our ocean view home near Pirate’s Bay (Bahia del Pirata) in Guanacaste. The main highlights of the last week is that our waste water treatment plant by Eloy was installed. While we are happy about doing something that is better for the environment, the treatment plant itself is not very pretty to look at. Having said that, we came up with a solution to plant bamboo and some flowers around it and that way you won’t even know it’s there. The workers who live on site constructed a bathroom and shower and those are connected to the treatment plant, which is great.

The only part of our home that is going to be block is the foundation, the retention walls (both for the pool and the land) and the garage. You can now see the garage taking place, as well as the pool. The retention walls are almost complete. One of the retention walls for the pool should be complete within a week. The steel frame structure is in route from Canada, so we hope to start with that next month. I have to say things are definitely moving fast. We have a crew of about 12 men working on our house daily. The workers are usually working 10-12 hour days, and as you may know, the beach is hot. They are doing a fantastic job thus far.

We ordered our light and plumbing fixtures, electrical, and the outdoor kitchen from Canada and shipped these things to Calgary to be included in our shipment. Nothing like shopping online! It was nice to be able to pick things out online and send them alone with our other building materials. My husband Keith went to the Expo Casa (Home Show) in San Jose last week and also got some great deals on our outside patio flooring (Coralina—looks like marble, but cheaper) and our roofing (which is made to look like rustic Mediterranean clay tile, but is actually 100% recycled plastic). The roofing material is the same one that was used on a big restaurant called El Choza del Laurel, near the Liberia International Airport. We chose this roofing because, unlike clay tiles, this roof does not crack when you walk on it and has virtually no maintenance. That, and the fact that the roof is 100% recycled material and more energy efficient, appealed to us. The roofing company also gave us a 10% discount at the home show, which was a plus.

We will be picking out our brick pavers in a couple weeks. We’ll be using brick pavers for the driveway and garage areas. The flooring for the home will also be picked out. We are currently thinking tile for the main living area and wood floors or solid bamboo for the third level of the home.

I hope that part 3 of this story will have us starting with the steel frame structure of the home. If the container gets here when it’s supposed to, we’ll be slightly ahead of schedule…which seems to be rare in Costa Rica!

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The house has a superficies of m2 area of a total of 440 m2 on two floors.
The building has a building permit from the City of Santa Cruz / Guanacaste and is  built in California earthquake standards with concrete and steel. The roof has double insulation, between the Walls of the apartments / premises are double for a future change in condominiums. the black water tank has three chambers and is approved under the rules of the Ministry of Health.

The house has two water meters connected to the Tamarindo Association AYA (supplier of drinking water) and has installed 5 more water meters for each apartment provide independent / local. The Building complies after the law.

Each apartment / local has an electricity meter of Coopeguanacaste and telephone lines and pre-installation for fast internet access. (now existing connection with glass facer cable)
On the first floor are 3 premises / shops with windows and 2 apartments / offices with access from a hallway covered with ceramic floor, on the second floor connected by a covered stairway are two apartments / offices, separate accessible by a covered walkway .

Of the three shops / stores (29/30/30 m2) Local No.1, 2,3, on the first floor have a living room and two with baths and washing and one with two rooms with baths, washing and shower.

Apartment No.1 on the first floor office has a room with kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and a bathroom with toilet, washing and shower, with access to a courtyard and garden of 52 m2 with two terraces.

Apartment No.2 office on the first floor has a lounge, three bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen (60 m2), and a patio with 20 m2 terrace.

Apartment / office No3 the second floor measuring 72 m2 with living room with kitchen, 3 bedrooms, and bathroom with shower.

Apartment / Office No.4, measuring 86 m2 with entrance room, conference room, fitted kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and bathroom with shower.

The common carrier access before the house 200 m2, this concrete and floor opposite the hall and next to the winery (5 m2) with electricity and water meters and rubbish bins area and has 7 parking spaces.

All rooms are equipped with Air-condition

Specification of areas:

Common area:

Parking           200 m2
Bodega                5 m2
Area 1+2 floor 74 m2
Stairs                    7 m2
Total Area       286m2

Area apartments / offices and / shops:
Shop N.1    29 m2
shop N.2    30 m2
shop N.3   29 m2
N.1 APARTMENT/ Office, 58 m2 with garden / patio of 52 m2
N.2 APARTMENT/Office   60 m2 with 20 m2 patio
N.3 APARTMENT 72 m2    1.floor
N.4 APARTMENT 86 M2    1.floor
TOTAL AREA CONSTR. 440 M2

Price: 385.000$ US

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Once in a lifetime opportunity to own an ocean front resort. This expansive property is situated on the pristine beach of Junquillal. Villa Serena is a turnkey opportunity because the property has a professionally trained staff and excellent reputation.

Fourteen cabinas, give you a maximum occupancy of thirty three guests. Many of the cabinas can sleep up to 6 adults and feature two bedrooms and they all have private bathrooms. Some units have adjoining rooms for larger families or groups. The cabinas are fully furnished, air conditioned and include all linens

Villa Serena showcases, Land Ho, the resorts restaurant. Land Ho is situated on the second floor of the large main building. The large open air dining area has wonderful ocean views from every table. The restaurant is completely staffed, and fully stocked. It features a professional kitchen, full bar and walk in cooler. Also on the 2nd story you will find lounge areas, tv rooms and an owners suite.

Villa Serena’s lush and immaculate grounds spread out from the main building, where you will find cabinas nestled within the 9,188 ms of property along with a large pool with bar, a fully equipped gym, spa and massage area, laundry area, storage and guard quarters.

Junquillal is a small pacific ocean town with a beautiful white beach stretching in both directions. Turtles nest here, local surfers enjoy the waves and every sunset is memorable. The new international airport in Liberia is just ninety minutes away, all paved until the last four kilometers.

Price upon request

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Costa Rica Real Estates

Costa Rica is the major tourist attraction for people from all around the world primarily the Canada and United States of America. Indeed, the tourism accounts for nearly 8% of its GPS and the number of tourist travelling to it is dramatically increasing. This tiny country which is only about the size of the West Virginia is very famous for its warm and sun drenched beaches and their beautiful tropical landscape and mountains. More and more people are taken with the country’s fabulous views and end up relocating here. The massive number of retirees from United States who choose to live in a tropical paradise like Costa Rica leave behind their pressures that has contributed  a lot to the increase in the property prices in some coastal areas in the country. Costa Rican real estate has been continuously a good investment because of the country’s very stable political system and a growing economy. This has brought more Americans to come in the marvelous paradise of Costa Rica.

The Real Estate in Costa Rica touches properties both in coasts and around its capitol. The Costa Rica beach front properties have seen and there’s an increase in price over time. Most of the real estate in the country is fee simple. The property taxes are only .25% of the property’s registered value, and the closing costs are about 3.5% of the purchase price. The foreigner’s property rights are equal to those of the citizens of Costa Rica when they purchase fee-simple property. But there are some restrictions for those people who are interested on purchasing beachfront properties. Foreigners enjoy equal property rights with the Costa Rican citizens in most circumstances. Most of the Costa Rica real estate is registered with the Public Registry through a computer system known as the Folio Real. The real estate hot spot is the Guanacaste Gold Coast especially the 38 miles between the city of Peninsula Papagayo and Pinilla. Nearly 3,500 luxury and deluxe hotel rooms are on the Gold Coast plus the area is easily accessible to the tourists because of its proximity to the international airport in Liberia. The Costa Rica real estate is based on the US dollar which means that US investors won’t feel the pinch and more likely to buy. In the Central Valley and the Greater San Jose Metropolitan, strong growth is predicted even though the prices in the US keep adjusting downward.

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Nestled in the tree-tops on the Riverfront, enjoy a pristine location in a gated ocean-front community. This charming 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom cottage has upgrades including a pool, 320SF Covered patio overlooking the river, 2 balconies, fully renovated contemporary bathrooms, travertine flooring, granite kitchen counters and more. Enjoy the protected mature forest surround with abundant wildlife and easy walks to the beaches. One of the best local snorkeling beaches is 4 minute walk, and a 10 minute stroll on gated community paths will take you to the world-famous Play Negra Surf Break, Sandy Beach and ocean-front dining. Fully Turn Key with a professional décor, the cottage is a top-rated Playa Negra Rental on Trip Advisor and 3 additional international rental sites. Home boasts a well maintained, 1200SF interior living space with a utility room, washer & dryer + 400SF storage with room for 2 ATV’s, landscaped yard and private gated parking area. The perfect tree-top home on a cul-de-sac of gated community could be your full time Costa Rica home or yield excellent rental potential.

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Reserva Conchal is located right on the Pacific Coast and Costa Rica’s most beautiful beach, Playa Conchal.

The home is located directly on the 4th hole of the world-famous Robert Trent Jones Jr. championship 18-hole golf course, with sweeping views of three ponds and the ocean in the background.

This – the largest private home in Reserva Conchal – is set up with entertaining in mind . . . there is a huge gourmet kitchen with a large granite counter-top bar with seating for four people.

Next to the kitchen is a custom made kitchen table and also a nice sitting area. The dining room table is big enough to seat 12 people and is connected to the living area where there are three full-sized leather couches and a 52 inch flat screen TV.

Just off the Kitchen and great room is the huge covered patio with a BBQ grill, a large table big enough to seat 10 to 12 people. All of this overlooks the five-person spa that overflows into the private infinity-edged pool.

The master suite is also on the main level and has a huge private bathroom with “his and hers” showers and a private toilet with bidet.

Moving upstairs, you travel up a curved classic wrought iron stairway that is part of a stunning three-story tower. Here you will find four bedrooms, all with their private ensuite bathrooms. Also on this level is a huge upstairs family room with three leather couches and a 52 inch flat screen TV. Off of this family room, and two of the bedrooms, is a very large covered balcony.

Daily maid service is included, as well as discounted golf rates!

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Costa Rica Hotel

At the beginning of 2011, the Costa Rican Tourism Board revealed the record taking figures. An estimate of 1 million tourists came to Costa Rica in 2010. This is the highest recorded number in the history of the country. Within the close proximity to the United States and low airfares with green lush landscapes and great weather, investing in Costa Rica hotels like Costa Rica Beach Hotel can maximize your field. Possessing an international reputation for their first class service and vacation packages, purchasing Costa Rica hotels for sale is an excellent investment in the booming tourism sector. Plus the infrastructural improvements have ensured that more tourists will be visiting the South Pacific of Costa Rica, taking into account that the prices of the real estate in Costa Rica are at the most affordable price considering the benefits about the Costa Rica hotels for sale.

Hotel Bahia Del Sol, located at the Playa Potrero, Guanacaste is an exclusive 4 star beach front boutique hotel for sale. The hotel is conveniently situated that all of the adventures and the peaceful environment will be at hand for the tourists to enjoy. The price is $8,500,000 with 50 beds and has a 1 hectare lot size. Bahia Del Sol Beach Front Hotel and Studios is settled in the Potrero Bay that overlooks the Catalina Islands and it has large native trees and colorful gardens. European Style Boutique Hotel with 250 acres of land is another Costa Rica hotel for sale. This hotel is located close to San Jose and Manuel Antonio Parks in Central Pacific, Costa Rica. This property is so perfect for natural investors or ecologists who want to preserve or develop the 250-acre of unexplored mountains and tropical forest offering a variety of unique fauna and flora.  The cost of this property is about $8,500,000. It’s features include, bungalows with 645 sq. ft size, 20 rooms, private bedrooms with showers, full service restaurant, 24-hour room service, salt-water infinity pool, wet bar, telephone with direct dialing, has internet connection and on request movies and TV.

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Potrero Real Estates

At the northern end of the beach, you will find the tiny fishing community of Potrero. In close proximity to Playa Potrero is the small harbor from where you can have the chance to hire a local fisherman to go for marlin fishing or maybe just arrange for a short day trips to surf to the hot spots of Playa Naranjo and Witches Rock. There are numbers of diving facilities in the area like jet skis and other water sports equipment that you can just rent. For many years, the Flamingo Marina was the Costa Rica’s only decent harbor on the Pacific Coast. The calm of Potrero Bay together with its close proximity to the abundant marlin made Flamingo the perfect spot for marina. Potrero is an up-and-coming area with a wide light grey sand beach good for fishing and restaurants. The Flamingo Marina site is actually in the Potrero, so the real estate on the beach has a wonderful view of sailboats and fishing in the marina. The marina is an important source of development as stated by the Costa Rican politicians.

There are many perfect condos for someone who has always dreamed of overlooking the ocean every day. These condos have bedrooms that has straight on views of the Potrero Bay and the Flamingo Marina. A beautiful mural in the master bedroom adds to the enhancement of the tropical feel of the home. The marina resort is one of the best communities around with all its well maintained properties plus an onsite management with all the great rental demand. Guanacaste Property management work in conjunction with the Guanacaste property, cater the same market, and have a common mission and that is to manage like their own. Guanacaste offers exceptional luxury beach side vacation properties to those who want to rent in the paradise along with some of the beautiful inland properties like Guanacaste Real Estate. Beside the vacation rentals, there are also long term rentals for those people that decide to stay longer in the place. It also helps to personalize the management process by offering the wide variety of service options like babysitting, maid service, and other services to make certain that your vacation is perfect and sound while enjoying the marina site.

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