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And the answer is as previously posted…[i]you can then vote, opt out of CAJA, apply for the travel deposit to be ‘returned to you’ and your cedula, will be renewed for free..[/i].:wink: if you decide on citizenship.
After marriage to a citizen you can apply for citizenship after two years of living here with your spouse, so then you can either apply for citizenship, and you once this has been granted, you can then vote, opt out of CAJA, apply for the travel deposit to be ‘returned to you’ and your [i]cedula[/i], will be renewed for free…or just stay as a legal resident.
Or after 3 years after marriage, you can apply for Permanent residency.
sstarky…a beautiful house!
Aren’t you [i]required[/i] to use an accredited CR architect from the College of Architects, and that plans from elsewhere couldn’t/wouldn’t be honored? Or did they just ‘finalize your design’ and translate it into Spanish?
Although I mentioned that it could be easier to enter a steel framed home, I should have said that we loved the one that we built, although not a ‘fancy’ as yours. 8)
Paying more for a decent kitchen, additional electrical switches & outlets, inside and out, plumbing actually in the wall, wider overhang, laundry area and even small closets would be nice. Make sure there is some storage.
[i]According to my friend,[/i] the house was expensive to build and they previously were unable to sell it, for half what it cost them. It is now a rental.A friends neighbor lives in one and I [i]think[/i] it is a ‘Concrepal’ prefab, since there is one of their building plants, near her.
She has columns on a large wall expanse, while none visible on a short wall. She did mention that the large sliding windows cannot be removed for cleaning since the weight of the roof on these very narrow walls, has jammed them in place…making it very difficult to clean them, since they are screened, and secured behind the security bars.Like most building projects, expect overrun costs to a budget, especially on these buildings, to bring them ‘up to par’.
We have used both methods in the past.
The problem with the steel and fiberglass exterior is that is much easier to break through the exterior walls…It could be more expensive than you would hope for…as when shipping as cargo uses a broker.
I understood that Air Canada did not fly pets as cargo, but if they are between 10-32 Kl, they travel as checked/extra baggage, as long as you are traveling on the same flight.
Check on ‘black out’ periods relating to weather temps….especally if flying as cargo.
johnr, the costs you quote are for a full time worker….and unfortunately for a part time worker, insurance costs are not determined in this way.
As an example at the farm, for one worker…not the main one…we paid approx $500+ a month,(above the minimum wage) plus his CAJA & INS which was an additional $200+ a month. This was a few years ago, so minimum wages have risen since then. In fact, just this week the [url=http://qcostarica.com/government-decrees-0-94-increase-in-minimum-wage-for-second-half-of-the-year/]public factor wage increase have been approved[/url].94% starting in July. This happens twice a year.
According to the article I previously posted , you would be required to pay a similar amount for a worker who may only work, part-time. In fact, the insurance can cost more than the salary.
We have an acquaintance who hired a worker and paid a similar amount per month, then after another worker left, he took over some of the work and received a pay increase. So, when he, too, was ‘let go’ the employer paid his severance package, he thought ‘it was finished. Now, two years later it is still before the courts, as the employee said, ‘that he had been promoted to ‘property manager, so he was entitled to [i]much[/i] more money’…which he hadn’t been.
You would be advised to go to the local Labor Relations office and the CCSS who will tell you what expenses you will incur. CAJA will also tell you if the employee is ‘up to date’, on his CAJA payments. This is very important to know, because if you are unaware of his lack of payment, and you sign him on as an employee, a few months later, you will receive a bill from the CAJA/CCSS office, hand delivered by the local police which you will [b]have[/b] to pay. 😯 We were once caught in this scenario.
You will usually see when ýou see a ‘help wanted’ ad in the community and it states that as well as bringing in your resume, you are required to bring a recent CAJA receipt.
This webpage says it all [url=http://www.costaricalaw.com/Labor-Law/labor-law-in-a-nutshell.html]’Labor Law in a nutshell'[/url]
***If you buy a property or business. make sure that the previous owner legally [u]terminates all staff,[/u] even if you wish to rehire them. This means that the previous owner will be responsible for all outstanding claims, and ask for your lawyer to check the paperwork…:twisted:
Unfortunately, the ‘companies’ that may/could provide the services, don’t want to pay these fees either…
The price quoted above is for a ‘slide together house’ that many [i]Ticos[/i] build, [i]I think, [/i]but there is a few other companies out there that offer more house plans and a better quality without the ‘slide in part’ showing.:wink:
Can’t provide much help on the prefab but a friends neighbor has one and the walls don’t offer much insulation as they are only 2.5 inches thick. You can feel the heat from the fridge through the walls… If you go this route, it is ‘advisable’ to have a wide overhang to keep out the heat and of course this undercover area is considered part of the house when applying for a permit and is priced the same as the interior.
Our [i]Tico[/i] friend is a builder of small homes, and was telling us yesterday, that the one he is presently building, a [i]very [/i]small and basic 2 bed, is nearing $100,000 in cement & blocks alone…much more than last years prices.
