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We were the first to build our home at Brisas, a small community in Northern Nicaragua, and we're looking for good neighbors! Here's a quick tour of a few of the lots still available. The benefit to these lots is really beach access to a beautiful empty beach with great waves - the Boom. It …
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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 …
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 …
Ok, I know you can barely see the house in this picture, but it's just such a classic shot of me telling the dogs that they cannot eat our caretaker's pet squirrel "Simon" (named for one of the chipmunks). You can see a tiny bit of the house that our caretaker will move into once …
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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We're in the process of installing infrastructure for a small 16 lot housing development in northern nicaragua called Tierra Del Sueno. In order to provide water for the development we decided to drill a community well at the top of the hill. Unfortunately even at 300' deep we did not find enough water for all …
If you happened to notice our post from a couple of months ago, we bought a beachfront concession lot in North Nicaragua. To catch up on that dramatic story, click here. After finalizing the purchase, the next step was to find water. The lot is located right on the beach, with an estuary that goes …
In part 2 of the bodega construction process the floor is poured and the roof is on. If you want to refresh your memory with the purpose of this building and our strategy for building it, click here to read the blog post of Part 1. This is what we came back to after being in …
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It’s been brewing for a while and now we’re going for it. We’re planning an eco-friendly community on an amazing piece of land consisting of two ridges, a hilltop, and valley situated behind a bay with great waves and a beautiful beach within easy walking distance. There’s an estuary on one side of the bay …
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The video footage of the Eucalyptus plantation experience and the start of the roof assembly.
Lately our home base has been a thatched roof cabana at El Coco Loco, the Eco-hotel where we run our women’s surf and yoga retreats. Since the guys at Coco Loco have been letting us crash there in between retreats, whenever their 5 cabanas are full with paying guests we get relocated to a tent, …
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