Finally! A House of Our Own!!

[Michele]

Well, we have finally decided it's time. We found a lot and we are going to embark on a new adventure. Building our own home in Playa del Carmen!! Want to watch the process from beginning to end? CLICK HERE. I'll be keeping you all updated regularly. Wish us luck!!

[jsotherj]

Too cool Michele and Rob! Congratulations! Looking forward to watching your progress!

[HoneyB]

I'm so envious - congratulations!

I really enjoy your blog, BTW.

Beatrice

[Cosmo]

How cool for you guys, looking forward to watching things progress.

[banzoomba]

This will be fun to watch

[Michele]

Thanks everyone!! We are cautiously optimistic that all will go well.

[Tony&Cheri]

Congratulations, Michele! That's very exciting news. Did you not have enough stress in your life? Seriously, how cool is that!

~Cheri

[Maverick69]

I hope I'm down for the house warming.

[Michele]

Originally Posted by Tony&Cheri

Congratulations, Michele! That's very exciting news. Did you not have enough stress in your life? Seriously, how cool is that!

~Cheri

Stress?? Bring it on!! Seriously though, when is there ever a good time to undertake something like this? The good news is, we won't be really in the thick of it when high season rolls back around. Ha!

You know the old saying "If you need something done, ask a busy person."

[Michele]

Originally Posted by Maverick69

I hope I'm down for the house warming.

Oh, I think there will plenty of house warming festivities!!

[PlayaLove]

Congratulations looking forward to following your progress

[TAPPY]

Wow - way cool.

Looking forward to progress reports

[Nick and Nora Charles]

Michele--this is awesome. Please keep us updated.

Nick and Nora Charles

[SUNBABY]

Congratulations to you both. How exciting. I looked at your blog and some of those designs are awesome. But..my negative old real estate agent starting looking for warnings...you know what I mean..... Just how much jungle is there going to be? I think about mosquitos and jungle noises..and Jaguars!!!! I'm sure you have considered alll that too.

It would be really cool to have water from a cenote running thru the house for those really hot muggy days.

[Michele]

Originally Posted by SUNBABY

Congratulations to you both. How exciting. I looked at your blog and some of those designs are awesome. But..my negative old real estate agent starting looking for warnings...you know what I mean..... Just how much jungle is there going to be? I think about mosquitos and jungle noises..and Jaguars!!!! I'm sure you have considered alll that too.

It would be really cool to have water from a cenote running thru the house for those really hot muggy days.

The day I went into the jungle with Carlos, I got bit by a tabano. Now having been raised with horses I have suffered my share of deerfly bites. Let's just say my elbow swelled up about 2 times and itched like a ........!!

We have plans in place to avoid the mosquitos and I have been reading about "tabano traps" on the SacBe thread on PI. In Playacar, we had terrible problems with scorpions WHICH I HATE and ticks on the dogs. I think we will have similar issues to contend with here. Campestre is a largely walled neighborhood, so large predators are not an issue. We plan to keep our back property line and the vista as open as possible for as long as we can. Smaller critters will be able to get in , coatiis and agouti, but once they see the dogs, I don't think they will find our gardens so appealing.

I think the positives outweigh the negatives. We'll just have to figure out solutions as we go along.

[SUNBABY]

I'm sure everything will be fine. Probably sooner or later the jungle will become a developement. Everything here is developed. I sure miss all those "parking" spots we used to hang out as teenagers.

Glad to hear there ain't no big people eaters around.

[redhairgirl1]

Sounds great Michele!! I envy all you who live there. Sounds like a great plan!