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[quote=”DavidCMurray”]Think about the physical stuff you’ll want here — household goods, tools, a vehicle, etc. Start cleaning out the stuff you won’t bring and acquiring the things that’ll be difficult to find or expensive here. Plan to ship a container, so start making contacts with container shippers based in Costa Rica.[/quote]
I brought an entire wood shop and metal working shop and a 1980 Datsun pickup but we gave up some of the household furnishings we should have brought. Our 40′ container cost between $9,000 and $10,000 door to door. We paid $160 per month to store our goods until we closed on the house but brought the pickup out immediately for transportation.Great responses from you and David. Any suggestions of reputable shippers based in CR? Thank you,
7. Since I’m still working, our visits will be limited to a week or two at a time (or three weeks at most) per year. Is this realistic to find an area and locate a home to buy/rent?
We are in a similar situation. We are planning to move to CR in approx. 12 months. What we have done over the last three years is to watch and read as much about CR as possible, including this site and forum, which offer one of the most invaluable sources of info. We have been in CR several times.
For whatever is worth, here is our process of elimination. We divided the country by province or area. Then we decided we don’t want to leave in the Atlantic. So, this eliminated pretty much half the country. We love Guanacaste, but it is too far from the capital. We are not atracted to the Pacific area near Panama. We don’t want to live by the beach. So, this narrowed it down to the Central area. We decided we want to live 30-45 minutes from the capital, and 30-45 minutes from the beach.
We know we don’t want the hottest or coldest microclimate within this area. So there you have it. I hope it helps.We are going in early January to look for houses and towns. However, and taking the advise from many on this forum, we would like to rent first for 6 months to a year.
[quote=”markus”][quote=”DavidCMurray”] Any suggestions of reputable shippers based in CR? Thank you,[/quote]
Yup, I’d start with Arden Brink (www.shipcostarica.com or arden@shipcostarica.com).
Failing that, try http://www.shiptocostarica.com.
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