Tap water is nowadays pretty clean in the dry season and very affordable. Depending on where you live. Most households do not pay more than $30/month for Costa Rican tap water. If you spend more than that, you have a large household or you have a leak. No matter where you will buy or rent […]
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Some buyers look to buy a property in Costa Rica and don’t want to hire a realtor. They prefer to purchase FSBO for a reason, which is very understandable, but a mistake. First of all, it’s important to know that the word REALTOR®, is a registered trademark. Very few real […]
There are lots of retirees in Costa Rica and some way or other, they all communicate with their children and grandchildren back home. If the Queen of England can use email to communicate her decisions to her subjects as you can see in the photo, you can too. The computer age has changed us all […]
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes Costa Rica punctuality, or so-called Tico Time, will be a very important part of your lifestyle if you plan to move to Costa Rica and maybe even buy a home here. Tico time is part of the local culture. I consider myself a punctual person, even after living in Costa Rica for […]
I’m pretty sure it was a Tico who came up with “Patience is the mother of all virtues”. Do you have any patience at all? If you plan to move to Costa Rica, I hope you have patience. Lots of patience. In my first years of living in Costa Rica, I was always surprised that […]
Once in a while, we have an abusive buyer. You didn’t know they exist? Becky Clower of Blue Water Properties in Tamarindo wrote an article for We Love Costa Rica “how not to treat your realtor”. For some time, I have been thinking about writing a blog about an abusive buyer of Costa Rica real […]
Today, I showed a client some Costa Rica real estate and I found the perfect seller. This was probably for the first time in my real estate career. The buyer is looking to buy a property in Costa Rica that offers views and security. I listed this incredibly nice condo in Escazu that looks like […]
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes More than 680,000 turtles or Atlantic Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) have nested in 2010 on Ostional beach. This beach is located 65 miles from downtown Santa Cruz de Guanacaste. This was confirmed with Laura Brenes, manager of the protected area. On January 16 000 animals arrived and in February 9000. In […]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes Toro 3 Hydro-electric Project promoted by ICE, BCR, and Jasec. The Banco de Costa Rica (BCR), the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), and the Administrative Board of Cartago Electric Service (JASEC) signed a trust agreement, reported yesterday by these entities. This agreement is to build the Toro 3 hydroelectric project. […]
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by Ivo Henfling 
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