Building Your Own Retirement Home Part XVIII. 18 weeks and US$69,111.35 invested in construction so far.

It was a misty day up at the mountain today when we visited the construction site. With two afternoon this week of very heavy rains in San Jose, the rainy season has most definitely begun.

So absolutely everything is covered in a thick layer of dust which makes us wonder why they wanted to install some of the lamps before sanding down the floors…

We had our first ‘little accident’ this week when the bathroom lamp fell and crashed to the floor in a million pieces when they were installing it but, we’ve been very fortunate so we’ll order another.

Juan Carlos has begun placing the river rocks in the chimney and the living room wall. With the help of the experts where we bought the river rocks, we have all seriously underestimated the amount of rocks required and have just ordered three times as much as we had been originally advised to buy…

This should hopefully be enough to finish this section as well as the bedroom wall and the part around the front door.

I’m honestly not convinced as to how good these river rocks will look in the end but, my lady tells me not to worry! When it’s all finished, scrubbed and cleaned with the half log at the front she assures me it will look great…

Women do tend to have much better imaginations for than men with this stuff so I guess “vamos a ver” or, “we will see!”

The sawmill has delivered all the remaining panels that are required for the garage area so he was paid the US$3,850 balance that was owed to him.

Build Your Own Log Styled Vacation Home – My costs in USD so far:

Construction began during the first week of January 2009 and as of the 7th May 2009 the total cost so far in building this vacation or retirement home in the country has been US$69,111.35 plus the cost of the 5,000 square meters of land.

You can see previous articles about building our own vacation home below starting from the oldest to the most recent:

1. Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part I – 1,775 square feet for under $100K
2. Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part II – A simple summary of progress so far…
3. Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part III – Progress summary US$61,386.47 invested so far.
4. Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part IV – US$63,373.47 invested so far.
5. Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part V – US$64,346.47 invested so far.
6. Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part VI – US$66,791.47 invested so far.
7. Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part VII – US$77,376.47 invested so far but the size has increased by about 25% and so will the cost…
8. Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains. Part VIII. The roof goes on next week
9. Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains. Part IX the roof goes on.
10. Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains of Costa Rica. Part X – Ten weeks and the roof is on…
11. Building Our New Costa Rica Mountain Home. Part XI – US$52,874.15 invested in the home so far plus the land.
12. Building Our New Costa Rica Mountain Home. Part XII – US$56,103.94 invested so far in the construction.
13. Building Your Own Home in the Mountains of Costa Rica – Part XIII – Inches and fleas…
14. Building Your Own Retirement Home in Costa Rica – Part IV. 14 weeks and US$58,696.34 invested so far.
15. Building Your Own Retirement Home Part XV. 15 weeks and $60,563.88 invested in construction so far.
16. Building Your Own Retirement Home Part XVI. 16 weeks and $63,945.35 invested in construction so far.
17. Building Your Own Retirement Home Part XVII. 17 weeks and US$64,385.45 invested in construction so far.

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Andrew Makarik

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Andrew Makarik is the main editor of WeLoveCostaRica, a fan of this sunny country. He is also a loving husband and a has a lovely daughter. By being a devoted family man and the biggest Costa Rica fan, he wants to make more people feel at home there. WeLoveCostaRica unites people and helps them find new home or a new travel destination. This website is a friendly community where everyone can find not only information, but also new friends and travel pals. Andrew is also passionate about IT and programming, so he himself maintains a friendly atmosphere in this cozy environment of WeLoveCostaRica.com.