Looking for a rental home in Costa Rica.

[quote=”gomiqueen2″]Hola all out there in CR – I am looking for a furnished rental in the central valley area with cool weather. It would be for myself and my darling cat Mimi. We are planning on moving to CR o/a 16 Nov 2012. I found such a wonderful place I thought in Grecia – unfortunately, it is now gone. I will be looking for a car as well but would like to have a place that is cool or air conditioned – not a tiny but moderate place. If you know of any – please contact me – George Lunquist – gave such a wonderful tour back in 2005 – he sold me on CR – Blessings always friends, Pj[/quote]

We have some apartments in Atenas – Please check out Scott’s rental listings to see our ad. Pete & Stef

Hi PJ….

Forgive me for butting in, but I live near Puriscal and love where we are….I know there are some rentals available here, that go in the $900/Mo range and are really beautiful homes. We’re high enough that the air is cool and always fresh beyond belief.

I know that ALL of the rentals aren’t on Craig’s list and some of the “We Love Costa Rica” recommended realtors might not even have them all, as great as these guys are.

If proximity to town is a major consideration, Grecia is a good spot, but if you don’t mind some VERY scenic views while driving and friendly small town atmosphere, I would recommend our little slice of Paradise, and with the Forum’s permission, I will give it a plug.

Brian McLane is the developer, and a SUPER good guy. He and his wife are in Canada for the next 10 days for a wedding, but he will be easy to talk to when he’s back in CR. His number is on the site.

I hope Scott and the forum don’t mind this minor plug, because I don’t think Brian is a member or anything….he’s been busy building nice houses and carving a beautiful neighborhood out of these incredible mountainsides.

We moved in here in early May and truly love the place…at the end of the valley, of which we have breathtaking views, lies Manuel Antonio and the Pacific, which we can see all the way from here. (It’s like 30 miles away +)

I hope this is some small help, and I know that if you stick here, you will receive LOTS of good information, besides what I have to recommend.

I wish you all the best, and hope you find that perfect place for you and your feline friend…Feel free to reply or PM me and I will be glad to help if I can, you are in the RIGHT place to find the information you need. Our own journey began about 4 years ago, right here, reading about CR living, and without this site we might never have been able to do it…I’m glad we did.

Best of luck!

Dan.

[quote=”maravilla”]dan — i thought you were living at the beach somewhere in guanacaste???[/quote]

LOL…Hi Trisha! We WERE at the beach, and I thought you caught my earlier updates…Sorry.

We got there and loved the area, but we found that we had been somewhat misled about the condition of the house and the facilities….The schools didn’t want to take our kids and we found ourselves in a tough spot, but we found this beautiful place and now we’re outside of Puriscal.

We love it here and all is well so far!

The Pizza oven CALLS us BTW…we’ll make the trip when we can, but right now we’re trying to figure out our moves for our first Visa Run later this month, any recommendations?

Dan.

[quote=”maravilla”]wow, i missed all of that. well, at least you found a better place to land. i’ve only ever done one border run with my girlfriend last year and we took the bus to granada. we had a great time and the trip was pretty painless. i don’t know about other places since i’ve never had to do this.[/quote]

Do you know a good yet inexpensive hotel in Granada, you wouldn’t mind taking family to? I’ve got 4 to worry about, and my Spanish still sux…..I’m TRYING tho…

Sorry to hijack the thread….

[quote=”maravilla”]go to trip advisor and see what they have. as i remember there were lots of nice places, not too expensive, to stay in. i chose the Vivaldi because it had the longest swimming pool in granada, and that was about $75 a night but i split that with my g.f. there are plenty of places cheaper than that, tho. i remember looking at the Posada del Sol which had apartment type accommodations in a really nice historic building on the main walking street.[/quote]

Trisha, I started a thread, so I don’t bog down this one, but thanks for the info…I have other minor questions that can be found in that thread if you wouldn’t mind checking there…I’m sorry I sort of Hijacked this thread…..