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I have hundreds of people per month asking for recommendations and where possible I recommend the best possible real estate professional in an area or, as you can see from the new section about developers at , we will recommend a specific developer.
This new feature was created at the request of numerous VIP Members who have asked us repeatedly to recommend proven Costa Rican real estate developers building quality homes.
These Costa Rica developers have been INVITED to participate and I will have personally met with them, I will have taken the photographs and after significant research (which they do pay for) must conclude without doubt, that the developer has PROVEN experience in Costa Rica of delivering a QUALITY real estate product.
If during our investigation, it becomes apparent that for whatever reason I feel I can not recommend them, our contract stipulates that I will refund 100% their money within 30 days.
For legal reasons I can NOT state which project are “bad”. Libel and defamation are CRIMINAL offences in Costa Rican law and not civil offences. This means that I can get royally screwed even if I am telling what I feel is the truth about something.
Scott
Here are just a few of the questions we ask BEFORE recomending a real estate professional at
1. What is your ideal temperature? There are many micro-climates in Costa Rica
2. How good are your Spanish speaking skills if any?
3. Is education a factor? Do you need schools nearby for young children?
4. Are there physical considerations? Does the home have to be on one floor?
5. How much land do you want?
6. What amenities exactly are important to you to have nearby? Shopping? Movies? Theatres?
7. Do you have pets that will be here with you in Costa Rica?
8. How many hours do you spend online weekly?
9. What hobbies and or interests are important to you?
10. Are there any medical requirements or disabilities that must be considered? Do you have to be close to good medical care?
11. How many minutes would you be willing to travel to buy your groceries & supplies?
12. How far (in time) would you be willing to go to the nearest international airport?
13. Would you prefer to live near a specific church or a temple? Is that important to you?
14. Is this a property that you will live in full-time or only part-time?
15. Will you be retired? Or, planning to work or start a business?
16. Some area s are MUCH more affordable than others so knowing your budget is crucial.Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comSteve
Would you please start a new posting on this? SMaybe something along the lines of:
How To Decide Which Area Is Best For Me?
You’ll get more help with a new posting and it’s new….
Scott
Savings?
I would not recommend shipping appliances to Costa Rica at all… If you have somehting very unique and special – maybe! But standard appliances can be bought here no problem.
Can’t help you with specific site but if you Google for “Costa Rica electrodomesticos” you’re bound to find some …
Scott
54 years young, single with a great attitude towards life and Costa Rica?
You are going to have a wonderful time here…
Scott Oliver
PS. I met Roberto Umaña (same Roberto?) at a lunch a few weeks ago and he is a delightful human being.
Heck! Of course you’re young. At 38 you’re young and only a few years younger than I am at 46…
Hopefully you saw the Heredia apartotel postings on the forum today, that might be a good place to start:
The bus system throughout Costa Rica is really extraordinarily CHEAP and widespread! Take a look at the Costa Rica By Bus article at
If you would like to learn more, the two best websites about getting around using the bus system can be found at and which will give you all the information you ever wanted to know about the terrific Costa Rica bus system.
Scott
Unfortunately it is just a “special”.
With a huge number of American type restaurant franchises in Costa Rica, it is a shame that we don’t have a a typical British pub here somewhere.
I really do miss a good old fashioned British pub but having said that, my alcohol tolerance is now so low that I would be all done with one pint of decent ale…
Scott Oliver
Heredia has just about everything you will need and a wide choice in real estate.
You will be able to rent a place for $400 per month or $3,000 it’s all up to you. Utility costs are increasing but are amongst the lowest in Central America.
Some live on much less but, I would suggest that as a young North American (forgive me for making assumptions) that AFTER paying for your accommodation, you should be able to live fairly well on US$1,000 per month.
The thing to bear in mind is that it is VERY difficult to find furnished real estate to rent! Some rentals don’t even have lightbulbs and you’ll certainly not find good kitchen appliances!
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comOil is a physical substance and like most natural resources, it is limited in the amount that is available. We can not continue to use an increasing amount of oil every day without seeing it become more difficult to find and very much more expensive to extract.
For those of you who doubt the stories about “Peak Oil’ – You may wish to read the following article
Some of the very serious quotes to note would be:
“Exxon is saying the last year when we found more oil than we burned was 1987. So, the handwriting is on the wall that we are not finding it,” said Kenneth Deffeyes. He is the emeritus professor of geosciences at Princeton, a former Shell oil geologist, and author of two books in a growing list on the subject of peak oil.
According to a report commissioned by the Department of Energy, the peaking of conventional oil “& will cause protracted economic hardships in the United States and the world. It is a problem unlike any yet faced by a modern industrial society.”
One oil company, British Petroleum, has even moved to change its name. BP now means, Beyond Petroleum.
But it’s more than just our cars according to Senator Norm Coleman.
“You’re going to lose your job,” Coleman said. “You’re going to lose your ability to pay for heating when it’s very cold in Minnesota. We’re talking about catastrophic, we’re talking about, and I’m not a ‘the sky is falling’ kind of guy, but we’re talking about cataclysmic impacts upon the American economy.”
This is potentially the most cataclysmic event in the history of mankind which could shortly become the catalyst that helps cause BILLIONS of deaths yet, few people are talking it seriously.
When Exxon and BP are planning on a future with dramatically less oil, when Chevron CEO David O’Reilly announced, “The era of easy oil is over.” I would suggest we all make plans to protect our loved ones when this occurs.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comI did a lot of research on this about a year or so ago and discovered that Costa Rica uses an ENORMOUS amount of pesticides but, what they did not specifiy in the vast majority of the articles was “who” uses all those pesticides?
The biggest culprits by far are the American multinationals who grow fruit here…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comHmmm! Now you’re getting us worried Maravilla 🙂
If he was Welsh, I’m assuming that he would want miniature sheep eh? 🙂
Can you buy lingerie for sheep and other farm animals?
Scott
Since someone in Reston, Virginia and someone else in Atlanta, Georgia tried to log on to my site using your AJPIII username and password AGAIN this morning – The security system has AGAIN automatically blocked your access for 24hrs.
This is a computerised system which I did not build and I can not change and this will continue to occur if you and your colleagues at Paragon continue to do this…
Scott Oliver
PHENOMENALLY useful feedback Michael – thank you
Don’t know if you guys saw this in La Nacion – I have just added it to the site:
“For the first time ever, women will be the speakers for the leading parties in the Legislative Assembly.
The party that will rule for the next four years, National Liberation, will be lead in Congress by Mayi Antillon, who sees new times coming to the legislature now that women will be in charge of the negotiations between parties.
The major opposition party, Citizen Action, has Elizabeth Fonseca as its leader, while the other two main forces, Libertarian and Christian Unity, have Evita Arguedas and Lorena Vasquez, respectively, as their leaders. The four agree that women’s ability for dialogue and understanding will be the major assets of the leaders of the next legislature.”
Scott Oliver
Another PERFECT example of why people need to do their homework THOROUGHLY BEFORE deciding to try living here… She didn’t appreciate that the beach was hot & humid or that Spanish was the most common language here – Jeez!
I had a strange email from someone about two weeks ago that was simply mind-boggling …
He had bought my book ‘How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your Camisa’, he said he had read and enjoyed it over a period of ten days and then emailed me asking me A: In what language could he find the word ‘Camisa’ and B: What did it mean?
I would have thought the title of the books mnight have given him a clue wouldn’t you?
Yours dumbfoundedly
Scott Oliver
