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Brian Timmons

Dear friends,

When I started Residencias Los Jardines, I started writing a weekly news letter -determined to tell all the good, bad, and the ugly. I knew some readers would be interested in the construction process. I expected others might be interested in the lifestyle of two people who had decided to live outside the box. For others, the adventures of Lita, the parrot and the cat took on an entertainment saga all its own.

Residencias Los Jardines is finished. We periodically have resales and rental availability. Some readers may be interested in this information.

More and more, the content will be dominated by events of our new project, "El Dorado" for short. While the future is always uncertain, I again aim to tell it like it happens -the good, the bad, and the ugly, and that is what follows.

Brian Timmons
DEVELOPER:
Residencias Los Jardines / https://www.residenciaslosjardines.com
Hacienda El Dorado / https://www.eldoradocostarica.com
E-mail:
brian@eldoradocostarica.com
info@residenciaslosjardines.com
ResidenciasPropertyManagement@gmail.com

Construction Log
Updates about Hacienda El Dorado

Rio Oro: We bet on the wrong horse. He died at the starting blocks. We're talking with another builder. This is frustrating; we've wasted 6 wks; and the other client we could have chosen, is now gone.

Residencias Los Jardines
Property Management, Rentals, Re-Sales

Market Activity

Sales: Unit 121 -Sale Pending.

Rentals: One with a dog / it wouldn't work.

FOR SALE

FOR RENT

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HOUSE FOR SALE

UNIT #103
FOR SALE $157,000
Price Reduction from $164,000

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Total Area (Sq Ft): 1000
Total Area (Sq M): 93
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2
Floor(s): 1
Type: Detached
Furnished: Yes

1000 sf., single story, detached, two bedroom, two bathroom, with a nice covered terrace overlooking a nicely landscaped tropical backyard. Breakfast counter, dinning room table for 4, parking for one car. Vaulted ceilings in master bedroom and kitchen/dining area.

HOUSES FOR RENT

UNIT #106D
FOR RENT $1,350 mo.
Available November 1

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Total Area (Sq Ft): 1227 sf. + parking
Total Area (Sq M): 113 + parking
Bedrooms: 1 + den (bedroom possible)
Bathrooms: 2
Floor(s): 2nd. floor
Type: apartment in 4 plex
Furnished: Yes

This 2nd story, 1,227 sf (113 m2 + one parking space) )is a georgous home with one of the best views at Los Jardines. The very large front covered terrace faces west and is suitable for entertaining; the off-bedroom covered terrace faces east for sun sets. This very tastefully furnished and fully equipped home offers a lifestyle envied by many. The owner offers financing if desired.

UNIT #109
FOR RENT $1,450 mo.
Available until November 13

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Total Area (Sq Ft): 1506
Total Area (Sq M): 140
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2
Floor(s): 1 Story
Type: Detached
Furnished: Yes

This single story home (1506 sf. + parking for one car) is detached, has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, home office, living room wall / entertainment center along with a built in office and a semi-private terrace. In addition, it has a vaulted ceiling in the “great” room and two skylights. The covered entrance way is suitable for two chairs located next to a covered garden area. Once through the impressive front door, you enter the “great room” which houses the kitchen, dining room, office and living room. Upon entering, there is a built in wooden hutch surfaced with granite—it matches all the built-in furniture in the great room. There is a clothes washer and dryer off the 2nd bedroom. The owners have added many personal touches and have done a supurb job in decodrating the home.

UNIT #124
FOR RENT $1,000 mo.
Available November 1

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Total Area (Sq Ft): 662
Total area (Sq M): 61
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
Floor(s): 2nd Floor
Type: Semi-Detached
Furnished: Yes

This 662 sf, + covered parking for one car, is a one bedroom home on the 2nd floor overlooking the large pool. It is ideal for a single person or couple.

Our Lives

WEATHER: for OCTOBER being the wettest month -someone forgot to advise Nature... virtually no rain at all this week. We're watering.

All in a Week's Living in CR:

One Up: The pending sale of 121... I have to draft a rather complex agreement which will take most of the weekend and will probably take several revisions since neither the purchaser nor the seller have all the information they will need to include. But both have agreed on the major issue -price and method of payment so...

One Down: Failed Agreement with El Dorado Builder: We don't know what happened. They simply dragged out an agreed to process and then failed to complete the first step. We spent a lot of personal and legal time working on this, all for nothing. Now I have to unravel some things and move on... since I just made a run to the cheap booze place, I'll be o.k.... I never allowed myself the euphoria of knowing the project would be concluded because in CR, nothing goes as planned but I still have to deal with the disappointment -thus, the cheap booze store and hammock will be my pacifier...

Brian, Lita, the Late Hugo IV, irreverent Vicka, the pigeon toed parrot, Chico II and Chica II