Day In The Life – Living in Nicaragua With a 5 Month Old Baby Girl
The New Dipping Pool
The house is now mostly finished, and we have an 11 week old baby girl named Luna. Little Luna has occupied most of our time lately, so I'm way behind on blog posts. Eventually I'll get a chance to take some photos of the finished house (which still does need a lot of detail work …
Video Tour of the New House
We are six months into building our new 2 bedroom 2 bath house in Northern Nicaragua at Brisas Del Alma in Aposentillo, and it's just about done! All we're missing is a few little details that should be complete within the next couple of weeks, but the good news is that we'll be moving in …
Sneak Peak At our New House
I can hardly believe it, but the house is nearly complete. Way back in February our contractor promised to have it finished by the end of July, but as anyone who has ever built in Nicaragua (or anywhere else in the world) knows, a better estimate is to take whatever they say and add at …
House in Progress Tour
In Part 2 of our Nesting in Nicaragua series, Holly is one week shy of being six months pregnant and the house has been under construction for five months. The roof is mostly on and you can start to get a feel for what the house will look like. Take a tour of the interior …
Brisas House Progress in Late April
After four months of construction, we have walls completed to roof height, the roof of the bodega is finished, and we're starting to install the alfajias (rafters) that will hold the roof of the main house. It's the end of April. The official start of the rainy season in Nicaragua is May 15th, but rain can be …
Breaking in the Beach House
It was a long time coming (8 months to be exact), but the beach house is finally finished! Ok, so it's not totally finished. There are still plenty of details to be addressed. We've got trim to put up, painting to do, furniture to make, etc. but the basics are complete. We've got walls, a …
Planting Non-GMO Corn and Beginning to Build at Brisas
We are the proud owners of Lot #22 at Brisas Del Alma in Aposentillo, Northern Nicaragua. Since buying our lot a few months ago we've started making some improvements. The fence and some tree planting came first. Now we've hooked into the community water, have planted some non GMO corn and have begun building our …
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Beach House Roof Construction
The next step in the saga to build a beach house in Northern Nicaragua is complete. We've got a roof! When building anything in this country, you've gotta have patience. Lots of patience! A big issue has been our carpenter. We wanted to work with local people and keep jobs in this area, so we …
Beach House Progress – Slow and Steady
The whole process has been really slow, but at least it's been steady. We bought a beachfront concession lot back in April of 2012. It wasn't easy and you can read the full story here. Since then we've been working to improve the lot little by little. We hired a caretaker. We dug a well …
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