SOLD-Building Our New Costa Rica Mountain Home. Part XII – US$56,103.94 invested so far in the construction.

This last week was spent doing homework into the kind of windows and doors we wanted to install in our new log styled vacation home located 80 minutes from San Jose.

We asked five different companies and received three different proposals. We negotiated with one of them to eventually decide on their bronze coloured aluminium framed windows and sliding doors with clear, 6mm thick tempered glass.

• Kitchen window X 1 – 1,56cm (width) x 1,03cm (height)
• Kitchen window X 1 – 1,79cm x 1,03cm
• Master bedroom X 1 – 1,83cm x 1,31cm
• Master bedroom X 1 – 2,35cm x 1,31cm
• Guest bedroom X 1 – 1,56cm x 1,31cm
• Guest bedroom X 2 – 1,60cm x 1,31cm
• Office window X 1 – 1,39cm x 1,31cm
• Office windows X 3 – 1,25cm x 1,31cm
• Living room sliding doors x 2 – 2,00mts x 2,12cm
• Master bedroom X 1 – 0,99cm x 2,12cm
• Bathroom X 2 – 0,85cm x 0,41cm
• Closet X 1 – 0,85cm x 0,41cm

I’m a bit of a softy for people that have already done excellent work for me and Jimmy Chacon has done great work in the past so even though I could have had these windows and doors done for less, I feel more comfortable paying a little more to Jimmy because he’s a perfectionist and I KNOW that he’ll take hims time and do a great job.

Total cost including installation is estimated to be around c2,000,000 colones which today is about US$3,540 and Jimmy was paid 50% up front to start the work and he’ll be paid the balance upon completion.

We have not decided exactly what we’re doing for the garage, pila and bodega yet but will probably have to buy some windows for that too which are not included here…

Talking about wood, I took a nice walk around the 5,000M2 property again to check out some of the goodness-knows-how-many trees we have on the property. I love trees…

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

As of the 25th March 2009 the total cost so far in building this vacation or retirement home in the country has been $96,103.94 which includes the cost of the 5,000 square meters of land which – as part of our purchase negotiations – was made ready to build on.

You can see the home we built (and sold) previously in the same geographical area at: Mountain Home For Sale By Owner – Fully furnished with one acre of land. Three online videos.

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

• Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part I – 1,775 square feet for under $100K
• Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part II – A simple summary of progress so far…
• Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part III – Progress summary US$61,386.47 invested so far.
• Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part IV – US$63,373.47 invested so far.
• Building A New Log Styled Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part V – US$64,346.47 invested so far.
• Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains – Part VI – US$66,791.47 invested so far.
• 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…
• Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains. Part VIII. The roof goes on next week
• Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains. Part IX the roof goes on.
• Building Our New Vacation Home in the Mountains of Costa Rica. Part X – Ten weeks and the roof is on…
• Building Our New Costa Rica Mountain Home. Part XI – US$52,874.15 invested in the home so far plus the land.
• [custom_script adID=97][custom_script adID=153]Written by Scott Oliver, author of How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your Camisa and Costa Rica’s Guide To Making Money Offshore.

   

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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.