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Location: Northwest Pacific area of Costa Rica.

We chose this location because it is in the “Tropical Dry Forest” area of Costa Rica, which is one of several eco systems.  In Costa Rica there is also a Cloud Forest, Rain Forest, and the Central Valley area where San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica is.

The advantage of this area is that it has the best weather for those that like it hot and dry. This means fewer mosquito’s and more sunny days. The “dry season”, when the weather is the best, and nice breezes come in from the Pacific is from late December to May. The rainy season is from May thru December, with the most rain in Sept. and October.

The Colinas del Sol retirement/vacation development is approx. 15 miles, or 20 minutes, from the International Airport in Liberia, Costa Rica. This makes it easy to get in and out of the country, and easy to get to the airport to pick up friends and relatives who are sure to come to visit.

The capitol of Guanacaste province is Liberia, which is about 25 minutes from our project, and has modern facilities. There is also ambulance service within a few minutes. Our project is between the airport and the beaches.   We are about 8 miles, or 15 minutes from the beach communities of Playa del Coco, and Playa Hermosa. There is a large population of American’s and Canadian’s in both beach communities.

We are in a rural setting, so it’s nice and quite, but close to everything.

Features:

A gated community with full time security and maintenance staff on site.  Video systems for additional security will be installed.
The development is unique in that we will have fruit orchards, and veggie gardens for the owners so the cost of living will be much less.  We will also have an in-house store for meat and fish and other items at a greatly reduced cost.

Unlike the ocean view properties that cost up to 10 times more, there will be things to do on this development, as we will have a clubhouse with a full service bar and restaurant.  A large pool, tennis, basketball, volleyball courts, horse shoe pits, a fishing pond, nature hiking trails, an area for people to keep horses if they want them.

We will also have the clubhouse bar/restaurant be for profit, and rental units to help offset the Association costs for members.  There will also be a pavilion/bar in the mountain for enjoying the view, and another pavilion for meeting with friends near the fishing pond.

We will have a rental service so when members are not in their homes, they can rent them if so desired.  Maid service and maintenance are offered to keep owners property in top shape when they are not there. We will also have a storage area for boats, ATV’s and motor homes at no cost to property owners.

Other advantages to this project:

The problem with most of the expensive “ocean view” lots is that they are only a view, and one cannot even walk to the beach from most of them.  Ocean view lots are primarily on mountain terrain, so development cost is much more, and after the expense of building, there isn’t anything to do all day except sit by one’s own pool.  Boring after awhile?

A Community:

No need to leave the development to find something to do.  With all our activities and facilities, and other people to socialize with, one will only be bored if that is what they want to do.   We don’t have to put up with the crowds and traffic around the beach communities.   Because we will have our own fruits and veggies at no cost to owners, and other items we get from local farmers and fishermen, meats and fish and other items will be available at a very low cost.  

Like golf?  The Papagayo Golf & Country Club is located less than two miles down the road from us.  Lifetime membership is available to our members for a short time as there are only a few memberships still available and the cost is $5,000.  They have a clubhouse, a pool with swim up bar, and soon will have the lockers, tennis courts and other amenities completed.  There is a breakfast and tournament every Sunday morning, which offers our members a great opportunity to meet their neighbors in the area.  In fact, the owner/developer is our project manager.  He has developed property in Costa Rica for 9 years, and is a very talented individual.    

In summary, this community will offer luxury living at the lowest cost one could imagine as we will be providing so many things. 

I suggest anyone first get on the internet and read up on Costa Rica to see that the country is beautiful, has outdoor activities available for all tastes, and the government is safe and stable, and has executive, judicial and legislative branch’s just like the USA.   Crime is low, and most involves petty theft.   We are 4-5 hours away from San Jose, the capitol, which is a very large city where most violent crime in the country occurs.   Our Pacific beach area is safe and the people are friendly and the cost of living is much less than that of other retirement areas in the USA.  There are a very large number of Americans and Canadians in this area.

There are many luxury resorts in the area already, such as the new Four Seasons Resort across the bay, Occidental Grand Papagayo, Premiere Fiesta Resort, and many more.  Major American hotel chains are building new resorts, and the entire area is growing. 

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