Condo for SALE in COSTARICA++++
 

My cousin is selling a very nice condo in Tamarindo CostaRica, if you are interested you can contact me directly.



http://aptcostarica.com/

That is not bad looking at all. Good luck

It is very nice, It comes completely furnished. The stuff she put in it is quality furniture.

Price indication?

Are there any live in hookers or drug dealers in that building?

I like the small necessities in life, for when i catch a cold/wake up in a bad mood etc.

Hit me up on ICQ

Tico price or gringo price? I've heard of as much as a 400% markup for Americans, particularly in that area.

I'd love to own a apartement there... Too damn cold here in norway!

Give me a ballpark figure....I don't want to waste either of our time
unless I'm serious interested. Buying this requires me to get a lawyer
look into a lot of stuff as I'm a EU citizen so I need to figure out a number
of things before I can buy it, like immigration laws, property ownership for
non residents, etc, etc I don't need to know the exact asking price....
just an idea so I can make up my mind if it's worth looking into this and
possibly decided whether I'm interested to buy it......

gimme a range like $200K - $300K or whatever that's all I need to know
to see if I'll get on this or not before wasting both our time :winkwink:
Don't get me wrong I am interested in buying property overseas and I do
have the funds todo so :thumbsup

The Condo with furniture,TV,Kitchen appliances, Wash and dyer, cable , internet appraised for $ 350K so she is asking that price.

I just got back from coast rica.. It was great and I had a blast but I see no reason to buy when things are so cheap ane plentiful there. Just my 2 cents.

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Gringo price.

You're shitting me?

350k for a condo in costa rica?

isnt that a tad high?

well Hans do get your gringo price right?
if you are interested in Panama I have some contacts there, better deals can be made.

yeah by about 200K dollars :helpme


just messing with you mo :)

Two gay dudes on "Flip This House" on TLC bought a bad ass condo for $185k... 2200 sq ft.. and a pool shared by three other condos... So pretty much private for the area..

Def gringo price.

looks far from 1100 square feet

Thanks but no thanks.....I won't doubt that you'll find someone who'll pay
that price for it......but it won't be me. As mentioned that's a gringo price.
I've lived in south America before, know my way around and speak fluently
Spanish.....so you'll understand I'll be able to find a better deal.

But as I said....there's more than enough people that will pay such prices.
So I'm not trying to be a dick or anything......anyway thanks for the info
I appreciate that and sorry that I'll pass :winkwink:

That's unbelievable, I would expect something like that to cost $50k there, for $350k you can get a similar condo in the US...

The kitchen, dining room and living room was all one narrow room? wtf?

yeah, I agree...like I said already, it's not even close to the 1100 square feet they're claiming it is.

Sure..... but that is the market Price. Plus you are all talking about "Gringo" prices ...well then you got to thank the GRINGO Agencies like REMAX and Century 21 that are selling homes at those prices. So Gringos fuck Gringos
this is the truth...Plus thanks to Gringos that demand to have TCBY, Burger King, Subway, etc these small south American cities are becoming like friggin' Panama City or Daytona Beach ( with No rednecks). Delta flies directly to Liberia now and now it is explain wht the prices for a surf town like Tamarindo are that high

Plus you can talk Spanish as good as Óscar Arias Sánchez ( CR president) but at their eyes, doesn't matter if you are from the U.S. , Holland or Italy... you are still a "gringo".

Yeah a condo in the U.S. for 350K

Walls made of plywood, carpet from the 80's and a nice view of Walmart

Dude i love the U.S. but you can't compare the quality of the condos here with what you would get in Europe and YES even in CostaRIca.

it feels good to have walls in real concrete trust me.

Yea no shit.. It's not like the place is really big or nice. It's just a average condo IMO.

The $350 range I can buy one here on the beach.

lol sure ........

LOL @ walls made of plywood... if you want to seem creditable, at least know what the fuck you are talking about.

It's so funny how everyone is a real estate Agent all of a sudden....

For $350k, you can get a house with a pool in Tamarindo. Sorry, but if your cousin is expecting $350k for this, he's probably not going to find a sucker for another decade.

TicoRealty, who is OUT to fuck you... has better prices.

you are high on pcp.

I don't have to be a real estate agent Dude... i am just doing a favor here and YES the walls in the U.S. are made of Plywood ...Oh sorry maybe they use DRYwall..big deal..how do they make the frame of the house/townhomes that then they sell for 6 figures? WOOD....

oh no..sorry they put one layer of Bricks on the outside so now those wooden homes become Brick homes..so let's add another 50K ..LOL...

Dude i don't know where you live but if you live here in the U.S. i don't think this you have never seen what quality construction is....

That condo is lame and the price is a joke :2 cents:

Best of luck

This is very expansive. You can buy villa for same price.

I have no idea what your point even is... are you trying to say that a concrete home is better than a wood framed home? I think that is what you are trying to say, but not sure.

Land at Tamarindo (and the Pacific coast in general) is on the high side MOxxx and increasing at crazy levels each year, but sounds a shade on the high side for an 1100 sq ft unit.

Know the area well and would fall of my seat if someone offered us $350K for a 1100 sq ft unit in a standard condo complex - tho depends what other communal infrastructre is in place It's easy to spend $5mill on infrastructure and this would be reflected in unit prices.

But... suspect your cousin will get into that price range if the property is sat on for a while. Internet appraisals mean very little and much better to pull in an experienced local realtor for a saleable market value if there is a wish to sell right now.

For everybody who replied to my post and mentioned the "gringo" price..you are paying gringo prices here in the U.S. as well:

- if you want Granite/marble counter top you pay 4 times as much as you would pay in Europe..LOL. Or occasionally they give you poor quality marble from the local U.S. quarry but they tell you it's 'Italian" marble..and of course you believe it...the same happens with cheap U.S. wine that is sold in restaurant as French or Italian wine..and you buy It..
- The same happens for "Brazilian Cherry" hardwood that is probably made from a Beech tree from North Carolina, but they tell you that it si Brazilian..and you believe it.....
-About those expensive Italian leather sofas you buy for hundreds of dollars in the furniture store but in reality are made with Cheap leather from Mexico.

The list can continue...The truth is that the average U.S. Citizen get screwed every day by paying "Gringo" prices right here in the U.S.

Anyway i have seen the condo, it is very nice and most of all with all the paperwork....

Finally somebody posting a serious reply. But well i am on GFY i can't expect intellect

She had it Appraised by a local Agent and by a friend who is REMAX agent ( American Born agent to avoid confusion) .

I honestly think it is a little too much, but considering that the price is totally negotiable i am sure that the potential buyer can get it for less than that.

As i said everybody is talking about "Gringo" but it's the Gringo Agencies that are causing this price Rocketing.

you doing ok wolf?

now why in the fuck is there a tub faucet in a STAND UP shower? Don't tell me that's a tub because it's not lol

http://aptcostarica.com/images/008.jpg

There is some truth in what you are saying - the "gringo" price levels are the prices for real estate (unless ya want to live in a temporary beach shack) - and these prices are not decreasing.

Sure, there are less US buyers now, but these have been replaced by purchasers from other countries who are paying serious money for property and land is still increasing at around 50%/year, - so, the price is the price.

Can give you examples of land with no water selling in bulk for $100 sq meter - you want water? $200. Equally, fairly mediocre land for $1.2mill/hectare (2.47 acres) and any beachfront is around $1.5 mill for the plot alone - forget any construction on it. It's all relative :thumbsup

and personally, having the same tiles throughout the condo is to plain and not very attractive.

Ah.. got ya MOxxx :thumbsup OK thanks!

In that case if the local REMAX agent reviewed the property - don't doubt they will get a buyer for around that price.

One of our partners also runs her own realtor regional offices here for many years and spends most of her time in the Guancaste region. There is no doubt property values are increasing substantially and some selling for serious money - ie condos for $1.2mill etc. At the moment it's actually hard to get property on the books at realtors offices - there is just not enough construction completed and now into selling units at pre-construction prices.

Cleaning? Mops, buckets, etc, I think.

I haven't read all replies....so if I missed something forgive me for that....I'm busy tonight ;-) I thought you'd understand my remark about speaking Spanish
but obviously you didn't.....I meant to say.....I know the culture, I know the
language and I know gringo's get fucked......so instead of getting fucked
like everyone else I'm able to find a gestor, lawyer or a local "friend" who
will represent for me as the buyer......once price is agreed and docs have
be made up......my info will be given.....and I'll sign it........

I assumed everyone who knows they get rimmed on the prices is doing business in South America like this or something similar.......I guess I
assuming that was a bit too optimistic......

I gave you an honest and fair reply without insulting you, the seller and the
price he/she wants for it......I even explicitly stated that I didn't mean
to ridicule both of you for it......yet you try to be a smartass and attempt
to make me look as stupid or ignorant as ALL gringos.....

I wish you good luck with the sale....I think you reduced your odds selling
it to someone on this board with your attitude.....which shows how intelligent
you are.....coz the only one you fooled is yourself.....

You'll probably try again coz now you feel insulted by me making you aware
of your own stupidity......which I welcome you todo as again it will only be
you who will be effected by it.......apart from a little evening entertainment
it provides for me and the others that read this thread.......

I'm looking forward to your next reply........I'll give you a hint.....if I was in
your shoes.....I would take this advice and acknowledge your failure...and
leave it with that.............but that's what I would do.....Since you already
showed you're not like me........I'll put my money on a second attempt to
insult me for my logic.......at least try this time a little harder :thumbsup

Because the water pressure is probably so shitty that the shower is worthless, so you fill up the bucket with that to pour over you.

Where is Warchild. I want his input on this.

Seeing as he lives in Costa Rica

...and his take on this would be an interesting read no doubt.

That condo looks like shit. Everything looks really cheap to me.

heh, looks pretty nice... but not for that price. LOL

If you want some kind of answer aico - never seen a shower in CR yet which did not have a faucet installed - tho never really thought why this is. Suppose it helps the maid clean the thing.

One thing which is famous is the "Costa Rica Electrocution Shower" (tho doubt the shower in that pic is one of them) - they specialize in rigging up showers designed to electrocute ya :winkwink:

I was just going off my experience with the condo I rented in Manila... :1orglaugh

very nice looking place.