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David, I don’t have a recent price for the cement posts but they are even higher when we replaced some a few years ago, but even these won’t keep the bad guys out …. but they definitely are straighter! We even made some ourselves, although much larger to support grape vines …although I just watched.:)
I will check with my [i]other half[/i] later if he knows the price.I do know that in our area ‘fence posts of local wood’ are not cheap. Definitely [i]much more expensive than 500 col[/i] each. More like $8-10 each and up so your ‘quote per post’ is not far off. When wood is chosen for fence posts, they are usually hardwood.
We are in the ‘midst’ of digging up and moving many of these posts to make a larger area for our goats and it is [i]too expensive[/i] to purchase new ones. We have hired an extra worker, just for this task.
But if [i]you can find descent fence posts for 500 col[/i], my hubby asks that you let us know!
* Note: not all ‘living fences’ will actually grow!A friend went for ‘something similar’ in San Jose. She had been in an accident, years ago, and was trying this to help control her eyes/vision. She went everyday for a month or so, but it hasn’t done much for her.
You would be better to contact a Optometrist or one of the private hospitals, such as Clinic Biblica, where Optometrists come from all over Costa Rica to use the facilities for Laser/Lasik surgery.In response to the quote [b]”It seems to me that any individual capable of purchasing a home for $200K US will be able to show income of $1,000.00/month per person. I am not a lawyer, but why make it difficult on yourself”[/b]
Many of those wishing to relocate, do not have a [b][i]guaranteed pension of $1,000 per month[/i][/b], but can purchase a $200,000 home.
I’m another one who doesn’t think that a $200,000 home or even a $500,000 home will get you a residency under the [i]investor status[/i] as this is very difficult to get.
Plus, you will have to purchase your property [b]before[/b] you apply…then keep your fingers crossed or apply under a different status which by then your required paperwork will be [i]’out of date’.[/i]This was why [i]I said it made sense …in a weird way![/i]
[b]If[/b][i][/i] a [i]$100 renewal fee[/i] was made available to the ’90 day visa holders’ why [i]bother[/i] to apply for residency? One could stay for a year, go back ‘home for a visit’ then start it all over again and this will totally defeat the objective for getting people to apply for residency and not be a perpetual tourist.
Jessica, I am definitely [i]’with you'[/i] in being glad [i]not to be part of this.[/i]I have copied this from a post on the [url=http://www.arcr.net/]ARCR[/url] website:
[b]”Please be aware that we are now 99% certain that the extension DOES NOT APPLY to those who by citizenship receive a 90 day visa. The Tourism extension is only available to those with LESS than 90 day visas. This can also now be independently collaborated in the Tico Times (March 5th) who discovered this week that the previous information they had received was incorrect.”[/b]This makes more sense…in a weird way.
The reported [i]Pacific Plaza[/i] near Liberia, it said to [i]’break ground'[/i] in May, but there are many others [i]’proposed communities’ [/i] that will probably never be actually started much less completed. The one [i]positive[/i] about the Pacific Plaza complex is that it will have CIMA satellite facility there. [i]If[/i] it comes to pass.
A Tico friend went on Monday to get his [i]carry permit[/i]. Never mentioned there could be some problems.
Even if you pick an area near the school, there is no guarantee that other kids attending the same school will live in your area.
Not many [i]school kids[/i] are forum members…
You will need to first check out where you would like to live in Escazu, then see what is available in the way of accommodation. And Escazu is an expensive place to live.
Consider a shorter visit, for a first trip, if you haven’t been here before.[b]dmarcelop [/b] have ever been to Limon, either? In another post you mention [i]’…but I’m looking at C.R. now’,[/i] which sounds that you [i]intend[/i] to come to Costa Rica.
That’s the problem with just [i]reading[/i] about a place instead of actually seeing it [i]’first hand'[/i].
It’s not as if it even has a nice beach or decent roads.Have you ever been to Limon? You should make an extended vacation, your first step if you have never travelled to Costa Rica.
This is nothing like Belize. And, yes, I have been there.Sometimes just easier to ‘copy’ the text/quote [b]before[/b] you ‘click’ on reply then paste the info. onto your post.:lol:
Back to the original question: Absentee landlords.
Some friends had an ½ Ac. lot with a 2 storey duplex and a cabina on it at Rio Bananito, 20-Km south of Limón.
And yesterday found that the duplex is gone!
Nothing to do with the government, just that [i]’persons unknown'[/i] have razed the building and removed the structures along with [i]everything[/i] else.
And, yes, they were paying a [i]caretaker.[/i]We have had many instances to view the fer de lance and other venomous and non-venomous snakes both in Guanacaste and in the Turrialba area.
We have ‘found’ live snakes in a file box, in a recessed ‘dish’ seldom of a seldom used stove, on a inside window sill, on rafters in the house on 3 occasions, and one crawled across our printer.
One dog was bitten by a rattle snake and another by a ‘big cat’, so, you just never know what you may find….:lol:
