This chapter has discussed architectural styles and legal structures, with a view toward describing your options and so that you can begin to define what it is you want. In the following paragraphs, we revisit a couple of other things to keep in mind as you further refine your own wish list. If home (and

Although assisted living communities are a new phenomenon to Costa Rica, investors have begun buying land with the idea of creating them here. The country’s temperate climate—along with the many private hospitals in the Central Valley that offer reasonable prices—make it a prime location for such developments. Pura Vida Life Care—located in the Central Valley

“What exactly is an eco-community?” you may fairly ask. At a minimum, one would expect any eco-community worthy of the name to have the following features: solar panels and/or thermal water heating rain water collection and water recycling use of native plants in landscaping low density construction no use of rare hardwoods in construction reforestation

A condotel, or condo hotel, is essentially a hotel is which units in the hotel are owned privately. Condominium owners make money by renting out their property when they are not staying in it themselves. The hotel operator manages the rental program and property management, all for a fee, of course (fees vary from project

Riverside Condominiums, Escazú (Central Valley) This luxury condominium project is located in Escazú, one of the most expensive areas in the Central Valley. Each of the project’s two towers has 30+ units, of one, two, and three bedrooms. A first-class security service means that this project is ideal for anyone who travels a lot or

Condominiums—along with gated communities and residential projects within a hotel resort—are usually governed under condominium bylaws that are registered in the national registry. Some developments, however, don’t function according to a set of bylaws but instead have a homeowners association that outlines a set of rules and that residents agree to abide by: you should

As most people know, condominium owners are sole owners of their home—either a unit in a multi-unit building or a stand-alone building—but joint owners of the land on which the condominium sits. Condominium bylaws specify such things as the amount of maintenance fees; frequency of community meetings; regulations for use of common grounds; processes for