Beautiful Home for Sale, Yucatan Mexico

This is an unbelievable price reduction on a BRAND NEW HOME! Are you dreaming of a slower lifestyle in sunny Mexico? This is a must see, it is new construction, not a reno and offers spectacular views and a large outside living area. There are 3 spacious bedrooms and 3 baths, large kitchen with cabinets and a 16 sq meter pool. The American style kitchen and dining area open directly to the courtyard allowing for easy entertaining

The home is designed to take advantage of tropical living here in paradise, it is designed around a lanai area, landscaped with royal palms and there is plenty of room for entertaining family and friends. The 2 upstairs bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms and private balconies that offer stunning views of the Gulf of Mexico and the lagoon that is known for its pink flamingos. Imagine, sitting on your private balcony with a frosty drink watching flocks of Yucatan flamingos flying over! The terraces also overlook the lovely courtyard and pool area. Downstairs is a studio bedroom with bath, which could easily become an office area.

The home has pressurized city water throughout and a separate well for the pool. There is 220V electricity installed in case you want to add air-conditioning. Is air important to you? Let me see if we can make a deal with the owner! The 12 meter by 40 meter double lot affords plenty of room for parking and more landscaping, whatever your dreams may be. There is already a trust in place for easy transfer. This well thought out home is designed to be open and airy and allow natural light.

This stunning home is the best in beach living, very close to the beach, but with no beach maintenance. Only 30 minutes away is the beautiful "City of Peace" Merida, the safest city in Mexico. Merida offers world class health care, culture, theatre and shopping. If you are looking at living a more tranquil, peaceful life in a small fishing village of friendly locals and ex-pats, this is the home for you!
Call or email today, this one won't last long.
US/Canada: 302-200-0461
Mexican Cell: (011-521) 999-178-3606

                                    

Come and live the relaxed life in the Yucatan today! Don't forget to look at other beautiful homes on our website.

CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION!

This has been a week of holidays here in Chelem.  Monday was Children's Day, Tuesday was Labor Day (holiday for professionals, banks, lawyers office etc. were closed.  And then Thursday, low and behold is one more holiday, this one if for concrete workers, so supposedly none of them worked.  I want to give you a few pictures of my backyard in the past week or so and then show you some of our clients projects.

When we first bought our home 2 years ago, this is what the backyard looked like, don't be deceived, that is not grass that you see, it that horrible stuff that only grows those nasty stickers that attach themselves to anything that walks:

I was eager to get the pool up and running!  It wasn't filtered, which is a very common thing in this area, but we figured with daily maintenance it would be just fine!

 
All the nasty weeds in the yard had to be removed, and then I was ready to start planting in my very own private paradise.  I carefully took snippets of real grass, cuttings of plants and starting fixing up the backyard:

We decided that we needed electric run along our wall for a more romantic and resort style setting at night,

We had lots of fun in the pool and I loved watching my flowers and palm trees grow,

Finally we had a beautiful backyard living area,

Newly painted walls, Mexican wall sconces, plants growing beautifully, ahhh, almost paradise,

But as we humans are, we felt that we needed a couple of more things.........pool filtration and a concrete terrace on the same are where I had so carefully and loving planted grass.  So the construction starts again, we contact Joel Medina and the work begins.........

Here is where they are digging up my grass for the new terrace,

The pool is empty once again awaiting jets, skimmer and filter. The dirt that dug up all around the pool is in flower beds....

Supplies fill up my front yard, but, soon we will have a great filtration system and a new terrace.  As the work progresses I will post more pictures.

All of this happened over a 3 holiday week, pretty impressive for Mexico!  Now to check on our other crews and see what they are doing.

This is the front of Todd and Joys home that they purchased in January,

Veronica Torres is our administrative assistant as well as being our project manager.  This is Veronica on the days she works as our clients personal shopper and our administrative assistant,

 This is Veronica managing one of her crews at Joy and Todd's home,

The crew has added new windows, kitchen counters and more under Veronica's careful watch,

New pool being built too!

Veronica and crew invited us over on workers day to check out the progress, have some yummy chicken tacos and enjoy a soda or beer.  Remember, this is a holiday, no one is supposed to be working!

Now we move over to the next project being run by Joel Medina and his crew, they are installing a pool at Andrew and Jane's house. Once again a holiday, but all of our crews are hard at work! 

The pool is getting close to being finished, notice the square holes in the wall, that is for night lighting,

Just one more crew to check on.....we head over to Peter and Marie's home where they are having a new pool installed and AC put in.  This is Angel, one of Veronica's workers.

And of course, here is Eduardo who has been with us for years, he is starting the process for Peter and Marie's new pool.

We at Mayan Living are so happy to be able to offer you your choice of contractors to complete your dream home renovations.  Each and every one of the workers pictured above has worked on our home personally so we can attest to their competence.

If you are looking for your own dream home in the Yucatan and can't afford one that is totally redone remember that labor is so much cheaper here than what you are used to at home.  Find one that you like today and have the work done as money permits.

The Mayan Living Team is here to offer you their expertise, before, during and after the sale.

Until the next time, we are just "Chillin in Chelem."

SOME FACTS ABOUT LIVING THE DREAM IN MEXICO

Whether your dream is to live a in breathtaking colonial home with tropical gardens, to finally have that place on the beach watching the tides ebb and flow, or a historical hacienda with land  for horses, cattle and crops, the Yucatan is likely to be the place for you!

The Yucatan is full of the gentle Mayan culture, here men stand up when a woman enters the room, still open car doors for her and assist her up steep curbs. It is a land full of art, mayan ruins, underground rivers and cenotes, tropical foliage and pink flamingos.

The reports of violence in Mexico heard on the US and Canadian news is not part of the life here in the Yucatan. The local people are shocked and appalled by it. This is a state where you can walk safely down the street in the dark of night and still feel secure. You can attend the symphony, art festivals or enjoy late night dining with no fears.

Take a look at the map below; look how far Merida is from the unfortunate cities of Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez and Matamoras. Even Cancun with it's shimmering turquoise waters in 4 hours from us.



Not really sure about where the beach towns are? Once you find Merida on the map above, here is a smaller version showing the most popular beach towns below.

Here the local people are polite and smiling, the local beauty is seductive and the cost of living is amazingly low compared to many beach front towns and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Fresh exotic fruits are picked fresh all year, local seafood can be bought fresh from the boats and don't hesitate to try the Yucatecan specialities, panuchos, salbutes, queso relleno and more. Learn to slow down and enjoy life's' precious minutes. Don't expect things to be done in the same timely manner as north of the border, this is Mexico, savor it!

A local fruit from a cactus this is called "tuna" isn't it beautiful?


Here at the beach we watch dolphins, flamingos and pelicans. This year has been amazing with so many butterflies that it seems they are yellow clouds.
I never seem to have my camera or phone with me to catch shots of anything these days except for the pelicans.
A short ride of 4 hours and you can take a weekend break in the Caribbean!

Cenotes seem to be everywhere that you go, from small ones like this to large ones that many people can swim in at the same time.


Sunrises on the virgin beaches here are quiet and tranquil.


And every evening the sunset provides a unique experience.

Your dogs can still play on the beaches and take walks with you, unlike many other beaches in the world.


Mexico also is the closest retirement haven to the US and Canada, this was very important to me, I needed to know if there were a family emergency that I could be on a plane and back home in less than a day. There is an international airport in Merida (MID) and one in Cancun (CUN).

Many people are worried about living here legally, believe me it is easier to get a resident visa here than most other countries. I lived in Belize and trying to live there legally was a nightmare! Here you fill out a form on line, print out copies of a few things, have your picture taken, go to the local immigration office where they speak English and you are good to go! You can sign up for local health insurance called IMSS for about $300 USD a year.

I will be writing more about visa's, healthcare, senior discounts and more in my next blog so stay tuned! Until then check out our homes for sale and let me know if you have any questions about the customs here, the area, cost of living or anything else!

For now I'm just "Chillin in Chelem."