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Regarding Grecia, I have visited about ten times, and really enjoy the cool climate, good people, the Saturday farmers market, restaurants, and within a few kms, you can find most everything you need. In my opinion, the upper roads still need to get better, downtown stop signs are faded to white, but overall a very well maintained place. If you need a car, Grecia is the Motor Mile of Costa Rica, with more than 70 used car dealers. However the bus goes everywhere. There seems to be no real advantage in lower land price, but you can easily find an older home, inexpensive to buy or rent.
It is hard to compare to Atenas, as I have only been there twice, however each time it was hotter than Grecia. Atenas looked like it had everything one would need as well, closer to the beaches, more central location. From what I have seen, San Ramon seems to have a lower price land, with some areas giving a view of the Gulf of Nicoya.Most municipalities have a Plano Regulador person that checks on the “uso del suelo”.
Hire a local architect to get the plano reviewed before you close on the property. This should prevent any surprises happening to you with your perfect property.Terry, Take a look at this place in Manuel Antonio, right on the beach. I know the owners and it is a great place for the dollar.
Javier Carvajal
Hotel Verde Mar
http://www.verdemar.comTao,
Did you find anywhere in your research of a Costa Rica department in charge of soil erosion from rainstorms? There seems to be little done in the way to prevent soil flowing all the way from the mountains to the ocean. For example, if you have ever been in an airplane on the approach to Quepos, you will see the Naranjo River outfall into the Pacific, (looks like the Mississippi) and it is orange soil erosion. Seems like Costa Rica needs a water resource management organization.
I believe it replaces dial-up and can serve places where cable is not available. I am going to learn more about the wireless broadband service at launch meetings:
Wednesday, May 30th at 2 PM
Saturday, June 2nd at 2 PM.
Location: Second Floor above Amnet, Centro Comercial Don Pepe, 150 meters south of Restaurante Oasis
Gene Warneke 339-2407, Faruk Muhti 817-2817There is a new wireless service starting up in Grecia in mid-July, called @Wireless Intelligence, based on directional antennas that allow you to receive a high speed internet connection by line of site broadcast. You have to have an existing high speed connection. Details have been worked out with ICE, and has backup by RACSA.
From central Grecia, radio antennae will broadcast high-speed internet bandwidth waves in all directions. Subscribers to the service will use small units mounted in their homes to receive and send internet signals regardless of whether or not they have a direct line of sight with central Grecia. The receiver unit plugs into a modem and the modem plugs into your computer or into your home WiFi router. If you have a video security system in or around your home, you will be able to monitor them from anywhere in the world where there is internet access. Monthly service varies from $25 -95 per month, plus $5 rental per month for the receiver and transmitter unit. For more details, call Gene Warneke @ 339-2407Scott,
The post recently about market food prices was very useful. I wonder if a listing of homebuilding material sources would be useful. Homebuilding is one of the biggest challenges, as a foreigner moving to Costa Rica.
David is right, there are few places in the Central Valley, known mostly by word of mouth. For example, other than the local ferreterias, are there other specialty stores, such as the Home Depot or Lowes here in the USA, that can be identified with categories of homebuilding products at competitive prices.
Thanks, GreciaBound ’08
