Thursday, February 20, 2014

Helping my Friend Find a Home in Santa Ana Costa Rica

I am currently in Costa Rica for a short vacation to visit one of my friends in Costa Rica.  Since my friend knows that I am great at fixing and renovating homes, he asked me to come down for a bit of R&R and to check out some of the house he is considering buying in Santa Ana Costa Rica.

Jack has been living in Costa Rica for about 7 years now and he told me that it was time that he bought a house.  His favorite location is in Santa Ana because lots of his friends who work in online sports betting live in that area.

So he took me to his favorite Santa Ana Costa Rica real estate office where we met his realtor.  A very nice lady called, Gabriela who has helped him in the past find houses for rent.

She seemed very reliable and she showed us three fixer uppers in the Santa Ana area to look at.  All I can say is that we have different ideas of what a fixer upper is.

Let's just say that all three houses were almost brand new and that what they really needed was some finished work.

For example, the first home we went to look great from the inside but the interior was half finish as it had wiring sticking out of the walls some of the rooms didn't even have finished floors.

It looked like the builder started the house, ran out of money and just put it up for sale.

The other two houses were pretty much in the same situation.

In the end, my friend chose to not purchase any of these fixer uppers as he wanted a fixer upper where he could move in immediately and not have to wait for electricity!

Me, I'm just having fun in Costa Rica and tomorrow, I'm off to Manuel Antonio with Jack for some well deserved beach time.

To all my peeps in ATL, I hope you enjoy your winter weather!!!