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David & I used Javier Zavaleta for our immigration process, we had a slightly complicated situation as we don’t have a straight forward pension and Dave is English and I American. Javier did a great job getting all of our paperwork together and through both the CR Consulates in London and Los Angeles. The cost for the two of us was $1,800.00 and that included a full day in San Jose with his sister taking us to get certificates from the US Embassy, fingerprinting by the CR police, doing something with a lawyer etc.
You can get in touch with Javier at jzava@yahoo.com.
Ruth
Maria,
I am sure there must be others but there is a good bookstore in the Multiplaza mall in Escazu.
RuthTom,
There is a straw bale house in the Lake Arenal area, don’t know who owns it now, it was on INTERTICA web site when we started looking about 2 years ago. It is called “Casa Salamander”. I am checking with our real estate agent to see if they know where it is and how to contact the owner.
We were going to build strawbale here in the Desert of So. California but ended up not doing so as we made the decision to move to Costa Rica. While moisture is not supposed to be a problem, I would be concerned building with bales in such a humid climate.
If I can find out more about Casa Salamander will post the info.
Ruth
Thank you everyone, glad I asked the question, now I will have to bring my dvd player as well as the discs I have collected.
Ruth
Cindy,
If you go ahead with the purchase, could you possibly post how much the total cost was – we are also interested but knowing how much you spend might save us a trip from Lake Arenal down to SJ to look at prices. If it is a bad as I am afraid it is going to be we may stick with a croquet pitch in the front lawn!
Thanks,
RuthWhat is really scary is that the many Costa Ricans that this woman comes into contact with will be getting their impressions about Americans from her. Hope she soon packs up her attitudes and takes them elsewhere.
Ruth
We are asking the same question, just a point to think about, when we lived on isolated properties in Paraguay with no TV, books were vital and we never, never had enough. We do plan to ship, just not sure how or how many. Where are you moving from? We are in Southern California, perhaps if it is of interest to you we could consider sharing a container.
Ruth
Scott,
Sincere apologies, it was not intended to be a commercial post, Wilika & Kaas did not ask me to post the info, after having stayed in two or three hotels around the lake and paying rather high prices for indifferent rooms & service, I thought that it would be of interest to other travellers.
RuthJulia,
It sounds lik one of those impossible situations, billions of dollars are wired all around the world daily but when you need to wire your however small portion of that, it is impossible. We have had the same problems wiring money between the UK and USA! Hope you managed to find a solution.
Ruth
juliab,
When we wire money we use a SWIFT number, which of course I cannot find at the moment but if it helps have the following phone number for Banco Nacional, I believe it is for the Tilaran Branch but they should be able to help you the number is 011 (from the US) 506 212-2000.
Ruth
Suggest that you find the area in Florida that has the closest climatic conditions to the area where you plan to plant your Mango in Costa Rica, find out what is the best mango for that area in FL and then check with the nurseries in CR if that particular mango is grown in Costa Rica. Also tour the nurseries (this is presupposing a rudimentary command of Spanish) and talk to people, ask the staff what the best plant for your area is, usually there is nothing a nurseryman likes more than to talk about his plants!
Let us know what you find out.
RuthChristine,
Allready it sounds like you are in over your head, you need a reliable lawyer to check out the property. I am a newbie and pretty inexperienced at buying real estate in Costa Rica, but without knowing who has “rights” and why, I would run a mile from the deal. Find someone who can research the property title before you commit to purchase, the money spent now could save you heartache later. Just for your info – the folio #’s on our properties end in -000.
Good luck,
Ruthdkimball141,
Where is your property? Did you buy it through a real estate agent, if so could you get them to help you?
Is there a house on the property, are you planning to move down and straight into the house or could you rent for awhile while you get those utilities taken care of once you get there?
