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I second [b]jdocop’s[/b] suggestion. We bought a single one there for a student and also purchased a good mattress.
I,too, agree.
On one website, they asked businesses from that country to link the their companies and very few responded. From the folks I know that operate businesses here, the #1 business is B&B’S.
And most are [i]not busy[/i]….I will go further than another responder in saying that there is a whole lot of venomous and nonvenomous snakes, thousands of different creepy-crawlies here, including scorpions, tarantulas, many different types of ants, etc. If you [i]cringe[/i] at the [i]idea[/i] of insects, this is not the place for you.
San Ramon, although a nice place, will suit you fine if you like cooler temperatures but with lots of low-lying fog for the better part of the year. A little like Seattle. After a time, it can get to you….
While we have both meat and egg chickens, I do purchase the chicken here and have found it to be very tasty. We also purchase pork, veal and beef and have no problem with that either.
I [i]do not understand[/i] why you feel you may become a vegetarian after residing here. The ease of purchase, variety and price of veggies is good though, and I do cook many meals that do not include meat.
Over at the Pacific beaches one can see paragliders, go here for some [url=http://www.paraglidecostarica.com/launch.html]Launch Sites[/url].Oops, sorry, salamander!
[b]Minuit[/b] on a forum, a few years ago it was ‘discussed’ with many [i]pro’s and con’s[/i] that when one hires anyone to look after a property they should pay their CAJA/INS but of course most people don’t, but if an accident happens on your property, you [i]could be held responsible[/i].
How long since you applied to build?
Also hope you manage, to get your land taxes reduced, as that is getting to be as bad as Canadian taxes! Well almost…:lol:John, I remember you mentioned this before, and if I remember right you were one of the few if not the only one that managed to do this. At least of those of us who was discussing this issue. Am I correct? However, yours was I recall was for a small property so possibly it would/could depend on the amount required and how much one put down.
As a new resident to CR it would be hard if not impossible for you to get a mortgage here. Plus the interest will be higher than North America.
If you have the funds, you can bargain, and since you won’t be able to work to help pay it….
An owner [i]may[/i] consider 50% down if they are desperate to sell.
But, most of us on the forum recommend renting first to see if this is the place for you, especially if you haven’t spent much time here.No, you didn’t, but I am sure you understand what I meant since you are obviously pleased with what she done for you, in the past and performed what was expected of her.
My answer was more to anyone who recommends a company halfway though the process rather than after completion.
I think the original poster was meaning land not a house, according to another post he made.[b]twinzor1[/b] I don’t mean to sound [i]disbelieving[/i], but shouldn’t you wait at least a few months before you recommend your manager, after she has done what she said she would do? Unless you meant [i]Jan 2009[/i]?
I personally don’t think that anyone should recommend any company or person that they personally haven’t used or had experience with and the job [b][i]completed[/i][/b]
It is easy to ‘talk the talk…’:lol:John is right, that only legal residents are eligible to join CAJA and if one has obtained residency after March 1st [i]one must join and pay the fees for CAJA[/i] but do not have to actually use it.
I [i]think [/i]you did post this question on the other forum, but where you posted it only [i]certain people[/i] can answer your query and which they haven’t done.Be [i]very careful[/i] when offering to lease your property because they could claim ‘squatters rights’ if you have given them permission to use it.
This is what many do though, while actually living on a property, especially if growing coffee, so that for a $1 a year, ‘someone’ will work the farm and reap the benefits, saving you the [i]’time and effort’ including CAJA/INS.[/i] They will do the physical work but [i]probably not pay for[/i] fertilizers, etc.I had just wrote out a long reply to your post, then opened up another page to re-read it, when I read your second post.
Now, I don’t understand why you are ‘complaining’ if you are happy with the results?
Yes, he must give you the plans with stamp, so you can use another builder if you want. All plans must be stamped when you deliver them to your municipality along with the paperwork that states that there is water to the property.
A [i]new[/i] rules is that you must also present permission from the Highways regarding access to your building site. This must be done in SJ. Sorry, I don’t have the correct name/info of this as our [i]’paperwork is presently still there…’.[/i] We were told this takes about 8 days.We too live a quiet life, here on the farm. Very seldom eat out, or purchase packaged food, but we do buy meat & chicken (even though we have meat chickens) but there is a few very good restaurants near us, so we use them. Also we have vehicle and its never ending costs.
So, it is definitely do-able, [i]if you don’t have to pay rent or the on-going expenses of a car.[/i][i]On that amount you can even take us out for dinner![/i]
Rent, car and the extra costs that go with it is the ‘killer’.Yes, a single person can live in CR on a $1200 per month (which is [i] more[/i] than required of a pensionado) check, if he has a reasonable rent, no car and it’s expensive maintenance. Add in a family and most of the modern conveniences that most North Americans expect and it will be more difficult.
