| Pages:
1
2
3 |
sanquintinsince73
Super Nomad
Posts: 1492
Registered: 6-8-2010
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
I figure maybe I can drink Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays allotments in one sitting.
|
|
|
KasloKid
Nomad
Posts: 326
Registered: 8-29-2009
Member Is Offline
|
|
Electricity consumption... I seem to remember that if you exceed the first tier (the cheap rate), you go to the next tier, which is expensive. The
kicker is you stay at that expensive rate for a full year. Learn how to read your electric meter to stay below the magic number.
|
|
|
fishbuck
Banned
Posts: 5318
Registered: 8-31-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
Quote: Originally posted by KasloKid  | | Electricity consumption... I seem to remember that if you exceed the first tier (the cheap rate), you go to the next tier, which is expensive. The
kicker is you stay at that expensive rate for a full year. Learn how to read your electric meter to stay below the magic number.
|
Thank you! I will study this for sure.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
|
|
|
55steve
Senior Nomad
Posts: 857
Registered: 4-24-2006
Location: Warner Springs, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
I just picked up a place in San Quintin as well - (2) 30' trailers on a large lot - electicity & water included for $300/mo. I am in the process
of moving my brother into one of the units and the other one is for my getaway.
|
|
|
fishbuck
Banned
Posts: 5318
Registered: 8-31-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by 55steve | | I just picked up a place in San Quintin as well - (2) 30' trailers on a large lot - electicity & water included for $300/mo. I am in the process
of moving my brother into one of the units and the other one is for my getaway. |
Nice thanks.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
|
|
|
RnR
Senior Nomad
Posts: 836
Registered: 5-1-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck | | Quote: Originally posted by KasloKid | | Electricity consumption... I seem to remember that if you exceed the first tier (the cheap rate), you go to the next tier, which is expensive. The
kicker is you stay at that expensive rate for a full year. Learn how to read your electric meter to stay below the magic number.
|
Thank you! I will study this for sure. |
Here is the CFE price structure, to my understanding -
The electric rates/billing are charged in three tiers.
The first two tiers are subsidized rates well below the true cost of electricity production. The third tier is the actual cost of production to CFE.
The subsidies are quite significant. The subsidy on the first tier exceeds 80%, the second tier is about 70%. The third, unsubsidized, tier is quite
expensive compared to most US rates.
If you go into the third tier for twelve consecutive months, you will pay the third tier unsubsidized rate for all electricity used on subsequent
bills. This continues until your consumption remains below the third tier level for twelve consecutive months. A good way to avoid this vicious
cycle is to just leave Mexico for a month per year and let your consumption be minimal for one billing cycle per annum.
Rates and tier levels vary across Mexico. It depends on the climate and the local cost of production. Bajs Sur rates are high because most
generation is from diesel. Mainland rates may be lower because some areas have significant hydropower generation. La Paz is developing large solar
installations so the rates may change in the future if solar turns out to be more economical than diesel.
|
|
|
bkbend
Senior Nomad
Posts: 693
Registered: 11-27-2003
Location: central OR or central baja
Member Is Offline
|
|
Lights, 2 refrigerators, tv, stereo, computer, device chargers, ceiling fans all run for < 100 pesos/month.
|
|
|
Don Jorge
Senior Nomad
Posts: 638
Registered: 8-29-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
Looks like an Infonavit development but either way it is a locals dominant development. Go for it!
Calling that place home you will be living with the locals and will get a taste of life in Baja you would not be exposed to living in a walled, gated
expat colony.
You will learn Spanish quicker and and my guess is you will meet some great people in the barrio. Always say yes to the coffee invitation from your
neighbors. You will learn more about your neighbors and their families at the afternoon coffee tables than you could ever learn in any book or forum.
Good luck!
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
|
|
|
msteve1014
Senior Nomad
Posts: 941
Registered: 12-2-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by Don Jorge |
Looks like an Infonavit development but either way it is a locals dominant development. Go for it!
Calling that place home you will be living with the locals and will get a taste of life in Baja you would not be exposed to living in a walled, gated
expat colony.
You will learn Spanish quicker and and my guess is you will meet some great people in the barrio. Always say yes to the coffee invitation from your
neighbors. You will learn more about your neighbors and their families at the afternoon coffee tables than you could ever learn in any book or forum.
Good luck! |
+1
I love my neighbors. I could not imagine my life here without my new friends.
|
|
|
desertcpl
Super Nomad
Posts: 2394
Registered: 10-26-2008
Location: yuma,az
Member Is Offline
|
|
looks inviting, with a little elbow grease it can become a very nice home, nice area, I wish you well.
and yes keep us in the loop
oh forgot,, if you have read O'Gradys blog about moving to Mexico
its no uncommon, that the Kitchen and maybe the bath room
will have the cabinets removed, need to check thst out.
the first place they moved to with out seeing it,, the Kitchen was bare,, you might be renting a shell in the house
[Edited on 3-13-2018 by desertcpl]
[Edited on 3-13-2018 by desertcpl]
|
|
|
Alm
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2716
Registered: 5-10-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
Propane in setups like this: 2 options.
1) Permanent horizontal tank. Tanker truck comes to fill it up - not just for you, there are usually other people around needing it too. More upfront
costs, can't say about benefits compared to #2:
2) A couple (or 3) upright cilindros, 30 or 45 kg each (don't remember how this translates into gallons). 45 is fatter and heavier, same height as 30.
A different truck comes to exchange empty for full ones. You pay upfront deposit for 3 empty tanks, and then pay when refilling. Put some chain and
padlock on cilindro, it does have a value.
With #2 having an automatic regulator is a must https://www.walmart.com/ip/Camco-Propane-Double-Stage-Auto-C... You connect 2 tanks, and it will switch from empty tank to full when the time
comes. No need to interrupt the dinner.
Electricity rates use sliding scale, read it up on CFE official site or gringo sites. In a nutshell, you could pay few bucks a month if all you have
is lights and TV, or several hundred a month is you run AC or indulge yourself in electrical heating. I think they apply higher rate towards the whole
year, based on your consumption in previous year.
$300 on top of rent - probably, barely. Mex seniors card also gives discount on those big shiny buses going North (or South).
|
|
|
msteve1014
Senior Nomad
Posts: 941
Registered: 12-2-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by desertcpl |
looks inviting, with a little elbow grease it can become a very nice home, nice area, I wish you well.
and yes keep us in the loop
oh forgot,, if you have read O'Gradys blog about moving to Mexico
its no uncommon, that the Kitchen and maybe the bath room
will have the cabinets removed, need to check thst out.
the first place they moved to with out seeing it,, the Kitchen was bare,, you might be renting a shell in the house
[Edited on 3-13-2018 by desertcpl]
[Edited on 3-13-2018 by desertcpl] |
One of the first houses we looked at before buying was decorated really nice. My wife said something about how nice the cabinets and blinds looked and
they told us "oh no, we need those for the new house". They were also taking the pila, pump, stove and refer. They were sellind a bare shell.
|
|
|
chumlee57
Nomad
Posts: 133
Registered: 11-15-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
Congrats on the little slice of paradise, you will like San Q, its got a great year round tempreture, if you like it a little on the chilly side. Not
too far from the border should you need to scoot back across and some of the best seafood in Baja, not to mention the awesome year round bottom
fishing, buenos suerte, stay thirsty my friend
|
|
|
bledito
Nomad
Posts: 420
Registered: 7-6-2013
Member Is Offline
|
|
yep it's a cinder block box hot as hell in the summer cold at night in the winter. will probabally need to rewire the place, copper tends to
disappear. as well as toilets, sinks, fixtures, well everything. allow for cost to buy fix replace everything, recoat the roof etc.
|
|
|
chuckie
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6082
Registered: 2-20-2012
Location: Kansas Prairies
Member Is Offline
Mood: Weary
|
|
NOW! Theres a positive thinker....
|
|
|
willardguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6451
Registered: 9-19-2009
Member Is Offline
|
|
and crackheads next door and those dang bedbugs..
|
|
|
fishbuck
Banned
Posts: 5318
Registered: 8-31-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
Hi everyone.
Still doing it.
Stuck in Washington for a bit longer.
I would love to be on a Baja beach by May 1.
I hope it rains good until I get there. Then I want to see the green and flower explosion than can occur in the dessert.
Until then, it's a sunny warmish day here so I will go stare at Puget Sound and maybe it's warm enough to work on my tan.
Retirement gets more mellow everyday.
Dreaming of Baja always...
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
|
|
|
bajabuddha
Banned
Posts: 4024
Registered: 4-12-2013
Location: Baja New Mexico
Member Is Offline
Mood: Always cranky unless medicated
|
|
Fishy, if I had a green flower explosion in my dessert....  I'd order sumpin'
else! 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
|
|
|
mtgoat666
Select Nomad
Posts: 17282
Registered: 9-16-2006
Location: San Diego
Member Is Offline
Mood: Hot n spicy
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck | Hi everyone.
Still doing it.
Stuck in Washington for a bit longer.
I would love to be on a Baja beach by May 1.
I hope it rains good until I get there. Then I want to see the green and flower explosion than can occur in the dessert.
Until then, it's a sunny warmish day here so I will go stare at Puget Sound and maybe it's warm enough to work on my tan.
Retirement gets more mellow everyday.
Dreaming of Baja always...
|
you seem to be unable to make decisions, so how did you ever decide to be tied down owning a home in san quintin?
you should buy a 5th wheel or Class A RV, and hit the open road, and live wherever your whims take you...
stay mobile and you can chase the sun.
p.s. why leave the NW in May? that's just about the time the weather turns good!
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
|
|
|
chuckie
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6082
Registered: 2-20-2012
Location: Kansas Prairies
Member Is Offline
Mood: Weary
|
|
I don't think he is going anyplace....
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2
3 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
