Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part III – Progress summary US$61,386.47 invested so far

We had been looking for the land to build on for some time and ended up paying for the land in August 2008.

My mother was then diagnosed with cancer so with a few trips to and from Scotland, and then with the move into my new apartment in San Jose, it wasn’t until the end of the year when I could focus more time and energy on building my home in the country.

It was around this time that we applied for the electricity and started working on getting connected.

We are building this home for our own use, we are not planning on selling this mountain home and the first week of the New Year 2009 was when the construction crew started on the foundations of the home.

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

As of the 26th January 2009 the total cost so far in building this vacation or retirement home in the country has been US$61,386.47 which includes the cost of the 5,000 square meters of land which was ready to build on.

Please forgive me as I neglected to include the not so little payment to the monopolistic Costa Rica insurance company Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) for a poliza de Riesgos del Trabajo (which protects the workers on the job and which must be purchased to get the building permit) in the previous article which I have included here:

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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.