Pool Progress
ISSUE #815: June 7-14, 2020
2020-06-14
 Brian Timmons Dear friends, When I started Residencias Los Jardines, I started writing a weekly newsletter -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 re-sales and rental availability. Some readers may be interested in this information. Brian Timmons |
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Featured
rentals & sales Paradisus Condos / Rohrmoser 
Each of the units consists of two bedrooms / two bathrooms, and a large living/dining/kitchen area. The floor plan of each of these units has eliminated the optional "den / office" divider. The result is a larger area offering more flexible furniture arrangements while still maintaining the option of including an office area. At 105m2 plus two parking spots each and storage locker, they offer a great opportunity for someone seeking views, security, central location, and first class, all round living... PRICE REDUCTION |
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Market activity
sales & rentals Sales: Los Jardines: Units #114, #116 and #124 Rentals: Los Jardines: Available immediately: #160C $900 mo. / #125 $825 mo. |
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Residencias Los Jardines
property management, rentals & re-sales FOR SALE FOR RENT  For sale
UNIT #114 Total Area (Sq Ft): 1290 This 2 bedroom/2bathroom,1,290 sf single floor end unit home includes a 150 sf front terrace plus parking for one car. This house is fully air conditioned and has recently been professionally decorated by international decorator Alcides Graffe and has undergone a complete renovation—new modern furniture, finishings, window coverings, and art work by Carlos Gambino. It is arguably the nicest furnished unit at Residencias Los Jardines and only steps from the pool UNIT #116 Total Area (Sq Ft): 1290 This 1,290 sf single floor home includes a 300 sf front terrace plus parking for one car and a separate, secure storage locker. It is and end unit and therefore attached on only one side by a 6 inch cement demising (common) wall, which prevents sound transfer. UNIT #124 Total Area (Sq Ft): 662 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. For rent
UNIT #106C Total Area (Sq Ft): 1250 This is a fully furnished 2-bedroom unit situated in a 2-story building, which has two units on the ground floor and two units on the 2nd. floor. Each unit is the same size (1,250sf) divided into 800 sf of interior space and 450 sf of covered front and back terraces. Units 106A and B are on the ground floor; Units 106 C and D are on the 2nd. Floor. The solid masonry demising wall (common wall) as well as the 5” concrete slab prevent sound transference. UNIT #125 Total Area (Sq Ft): 662 This 662 sf, (62M2)+ parking for one car and 33sf locker is a one bedroom home on the 2nd floor overlooking the large pool. It is ideal for a single person or couple—or investment property. |
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Our Lives
What Happened This WeekWeather: Enough rain to keep all happy... garden is looking great. StoriesA Little More Progress: 1. Rentals: The would be client for 106C cancelled before moving in... why? Who knows? 2. Repossession: I expect this to happen this week. The owner of the shares has not paid. 3. Pool Work: This work is progressing as expected. The faux rock painting is 80% done and the tile work is probably 25%. We are taking advantage of the other work to do some other needed work. 4. Slippery walkway tile: The person who was suppose to show up, did not. We reached out to a company in Cartago who sent a person to assess. He believes what I want can be done and will provide us a quote. We will see if sand blasting the surface will be less expensive than replacing the tile. 5. BS!!!! #1: This continues: A friend of mine building a hotel in the Caribbean has all his construction permits... all of them. His harassment continues and now he will be tied up thru judicial process for ??? Who knows how long... and there is no basis for it according to him and his permits and re-surveying have verified everything... There seems to be a fight going on amongst government agencies over jurisdiction and perhaps bribes by previous government officials and he is caught in the middle. 6. Foreclosure (last week): Having bought out the mortgage on Jan. 21, I still await the assignment by a judge of my ownership rights. After complaining of the delay and receiving a court reply that the lapse time was "normal" and "reasonable" -more government BS. I was given a timeline... It would be dealt with in the first week in June... We have just completed the week... We will follow up next week... I have a person waiting to buy it... he is tico, he understands. This week when we followed up we were told that the court was 8 mo. behind... what a croc of ????? wow!!!!! liars, lazy bloody bas...ds!, the lawyer is hopeful that the latest msj is also a croc... He noted that he had just received adjudication on a similar case he had filed just a week or so before mine... we'll see... 7. Website: No progress... mmm???? 8. Internet: Our problem was that the modem from one of the service providers had tripped out... why? who knows? Probably a power surge... We reset it and again we are flying... |
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News Items of the Week
Comments: 1. The country is broke... tax revenue is not coming in; bills are to be paid, government wages are frozen (but the normal result of this is that everyone gets bumped up to a new job category so the salary outflow will continue), the government is considering rescinding some of the taxes it just imposed in their new tax structure, some have not yet taken effect so it won't make a difference, the other -a tax on the basic food basket will have an effect... less revenue, Moody's has downgraded CR to "negative" outlook, the government will have to borrow more money to pay their bills but the legislature will not approve it until the government reduces their expenses... which isn't happening... going abroad for borrowed money will be expensive (and the legislature continues to disallow this) with the "negative" outlook and borrowing from within the country will be even more expensive... the country's finances are really dismal..and unlike the US, CR cannot print it's own money... but still, the colone:US $ rate of exchange is about the same... so this may well change creating inflation... how much longer can the government obfuscate the obvious??? The number of cases and the number of hospitalizations has increased -especially in the northern area... Total deaths now stands at 12... CR is still doing very well. I spoke with one tico who seems a little aware of what is going on... he has two fears: (1) With Nicaragua seemingly not doing anything to stop the contagion, in fact, seemingly encouraging it by holding government sponsored rallies and maintaining that the Virgin, the Catholic church and God will save them. that many Nicas will flee to CR... The border is porous in many areas and CR does not have the means to patrol and control all aspects of the border... Whether this is what is happening or not, I don't know but this weeks has seen a substantial increase in the contagion in the border area... so, perhaps he is right. 2. He is concerned that CR will continue to close the border to tourism because of the expected increase in contagion in the US caused by opening too soon and the recent mass riots / protests... this will further hurt the country... since the country is so dependent on tourism. This person said his business was down about 60%. Another person operating a local chain of pizza places, seems to be having problems as well. |
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FOR RENTAL OR SALES INFORMATION Brian C. Timmons Costa Rica: Canada: Web: https://www.residenciaslosjardines.com |
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