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Sorry to hear that especially outside one of my favorite hotel/restaurants. Good to hear that you were not hurt and that the young man only managed to lose his shoes….
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comI don’t mean to be rude but your not going to get legal advice in a Discussion forum so please do get yourselves an attorney that will work for YOU and protect YOUR interests
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comThe best attorneys are all in San Jose, but many of them travel and many of them have other offices…
If you search on this site for Fernandez you’ll find articles written by attorney Jose Rafael Fernandez whom I recommend highly …
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comAgreed! Dump this guy fast and email me privately the name of this attorney please –
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comYou may wish to see Ann Antkiws’ article ‘Learning Spanish in Costa Rica’ which you can find at:
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comI recently purchased a new Whirlpool gas stove for my Escazu home and had to convert it from natural to LP gas – it was failry easy to do but, the store – El Verdugo – failed completely to mention that this transfer had to be done when I bought it.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comAgreed Dwayne.
Having built a home here myself, having given a copy of my real estate book to the man who helped me build it saying that if he did a great job, we would recommend him (as we do with everyone that we see doing a great job) and he would get more business than he could handle… We will NEVER recommend him – ever.
This is not to say that I am not thrilled with my new vacation home – I am but, we butted heads on so many occasions about so many things it was amazing. Even items in our written contract had to be confirmed dozens of times because he simply ignored the written contractual instructions. And I wrote the darned book about buying real estate…
If you plan on building here and cannot be on site literally EVERY SINGLE DAY – I would suggest that it’s not a good idea.
There are exceptions, there are a few professionals that you can trust to build your home for you while you are back in your home country but, finding those trustworthy people now is very difficult because the demand for experienced construction professionals is so high so labor costs have increased significantly and as we all know, material costs have also climbed dramatically.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comSince so many people on the coast are short-term guests, the beach towns are not quite as much ‘communities’ as the towns around San Jose where people LIVE and WORK full time.
There are certainly a quite a few Americans in Escazu and Santa Ana
I do not beelive that “every unmarried girl is trying to find a foreigner to marry and escape the country.” 1. The majority of Ticas ands thei families do NOT want to marry a foreigner and 2. For the most part, Ticas don’t travel too well and they may go to the US for a few years but many of them want to come back after a bshort time.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comInteresting!
I will ask a residency attorney about this for you and hopefully will post a response by the end of the week.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comThere are many developments in and around Escazu with even higher prices.
I do not know which specific area you are referring to as there are a few ‘cero alto’s’ that I have heard of …
I’m assuming your goal is to build your own home or is this merely to hold and hopefully sell for a profit in the future?
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comYou can see the marina rates at Los Sueños at
The minimum size is 30 – 40′ which costs $20.00 PLF per month payable in advance meaning $600-800 per month
Would appreciate it if someone could confirm that they are fully booked with a significant waiting list – I believe.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comPOSTED in the wrong place and reposted here
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Posted Sep 19,2006 6:41 AM droth
We were just in Jaco a few weeks ago and drove through the Marriott Development. Looking at the marina from the ground, it will definitely look different than the areal view. Looks like the Los Suenos Marina to me, the size and layout of it is the same.Please visit the Help-U-Search page at and I would be happy to recommend someone
I’m sure they will be happy to show you around if you are a serious buyer but you will of course have to get yourselves to Quepos to begin with…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comYou might find this (13th September 2006) of interest – “The Housing Bubble and it’s Implications for the Economy” – which you can find at
The following people contributed:
1. Mr. Patrick Lawler, Chief Economist, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
2. Mr. Richard Brown, Chief Economist, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
3. Mr. Dave Seiders, Chief Economist, National Association of Homebuilders
4. Mr. Tom Stevens, President, National Association of RealtorsScott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comI PROMISE that I will let you know the day I see any earth moving at the Santa Ana end of this new highway.
My good friends, the developers of the CONCASA ‘Campo Real’ and ‘Bosque Real’ apartments are practically next door to that entrance and they seem confident that ‘this time’ it’s going to happen.
‘Vamos a ver’.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.com
