BajaNomad - humble casa for sale in Asuncion by owner

humble casa for sale in Asuncion by owner

shari - 9-25-2007 at 11:34 AM

An amigo of ours, Felix needs to sell his house here to move to Sta.Rosalia to squid fish with his brother, who already sold his house to Bajaboy! The house is 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, septic system, full kitchen, sunken living room, and a larage garage. It is at the back of town near the road to san roque and is a 600 square meter lot with bushes planted all around it. He wants to sell it with all the furniture and appliances for $18,000 but will sell it without for $12,000. The lot does not have a title so you can buy the lot from the municipality to have a title for around $1,500. u2u if interested for more photos. this is the view from the house front of the lot...i have to resize the others...

[Edited on 11-9-2007 by shari]

David K - 9-25-2007 at 07:09 PM

As you said Shari, soon Asuncion will be called 'Nomadlandia' !

The place really is nice! After two and a half days of driving down the cold, overcast Seven Sisters coast before heading to your place, the blue sky days and star filled nights were great...

shari - 9-27-2007 at 02:48 PM

I love it that it is still possible to purchase a house near the beach for $15,000...like the real old days..it gives normal people a chance to own something and not have to go in debt for the rest of your life on earth. Probably wont last for long though....sigh

Minnow - 9-27-2007 at 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by shari
I love it that it is still possible to purchase a house near the beach for $15,000...like the real old days..it gives normal people a chance to own something and not have to go in debt for the rest of your life on earth. Probably wont last for long though....sigh

Amen, and you are helping many Nomads realize there dreams. Saludos Shari

shari - 9-27-2007 at 04:31 PM

gracias Minnow, but I'm not really doing it for Nomads, I like to help our amigos here (mexicanos) sell their places...many want to move but can't because no one here has any money to buy places so the only solution is to somehow let outsiders know of these opportunities. It is nearly impossible for them to do this themselves due to language barriers and literacy issues so I'm happy to do my part and help everyone realize their dreams. I am also so happy to have a few more paisanos here to play with...I'll find a backgammon partner yet..and let me tell you, I sure appreciate the things they bring me like bagels,hummus, tapioca pudding, maple syrup, dog & kitty stuff etc....and the carpenters and builders are extemely happy to have more work as well...it's working great for everybody and prices haven't gone up much yet. Nomadlandia is growing. (Those of you who don't like the idea...GOOD...stay away!!!)

Diver - 9-27-2007 at 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by Minnow
Amen, and you are helping many Nomads realize there dreams. Saludos Shari

You are so right !
For whatever reasons Shari does it, she and Juan have been a wonderful resource and help in obtaining a "piece of the dream" for our family and others. Shari and her family will always hold a special place with us.

Backgammon, eh ?
Can't wait; I will kick your butt, girl !! :biggrin:

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Bajaboy - 9-27-2007 at 05:23 PM

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Originally posted by Minnow
Amen, and you are helping many Nomads realize there dreams. Saludos Shari

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Yeah but I hear that horseshoes will be played in Asuncion Hills Estates. You'll have to come by and check us out.

Zac

a new pic of the kitchen

shari - 9-27-2007 at 06:27 PM

OH reaheheheheaaallllly Ira...I don't THINK so

so looking forward to horshoes at CLUB Z
and crunching organic veggies from Z RANCH

here is the kitchen of humble casita

[Edited on 9-28-2007 by shari]

pretty in pink sunken living room

shari - 9-27-2007 at 06:32 PM

with some tile this would be nice

docsmom - 9-27-2007 at 08:29 PM

" The lot does not have a title so you can buy the lot from the municipality to have a title for around $1,500. "

Shari, I know there have been previous posts about this and I've read them but I'm still not quite sure about the details. Would you elaborate some more? What are the requirements for someone who's 10 years from having any time to occupy the property?

Thanks so much for your input!

shari - 9-28-2007 at 10:43 AM

I will try to explain this...this area until recently didn't have a plan so everyone just built their houses where they wanted and no one had a title to the property...so in the last few years the village came up with a plan and everyone just put rocks or fences around where their houses were so determine the lot lines...so these people can sell the houses but they don't own the land so if you buy a house from them...you now have to buy the lot too which means it never had a title so they have to come and measure it and make a brand new title in your name or whoever you decide to put it in. This paperwork all costs around a $100 to do and can be done at the village office here..but is much easier and cheaper than buying a lot that already has a title. A lot with title you hae to go to a Notary to change the title over to you and you need an evaluation, and some letters, and it costs more. What some friends of ours have done is buy now while prices are still cheap and they just sit on it until they retire...or rent it out. The property taxes are cheap...like 200 pesos a year or something like that. So hte house has its price and so does the lot....I hope this clears things up

DENNIS - 9-28-2007 at 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by shari
I will try to explain this...this area until recently didn't have a plan so everyone just built their houses where they wanted and no one had a title to the property...so in the last few years the village came up with a plan and everyone just put rocks or fences around where their houses were so determine the lot lines...so these people can sell the houses but they don't own the land so if you buy a house from them...you now have to buy the lot too which means it never had a title so they have to come and measure it and make a brand new title in your name or whoever you decide to put it in. This paperwork all costs around a $100 to do and can be done at the village office here..but is much easier and cheaper than buying a lot that already has a title. A lot with title you hae to go to a Notary to change the title over to you and you need an evaluation, and some letters, and it costs more. What some friends of ours have done is buy now while prices are still cheap and they just sit on it until they retire...or rent it out. The property taxes are cheap...like 200 pesos a year or something like that. So hte house has its price and so does the lot....I hope this clears things up

Sorry for putting up your entire quote but I didn't know where to start disecting.
For a foreigner, what you mention above is required before a fideicomiso is applied for. Is that correct? Surely, a foreigner can't own the land with simple city registration. The bank trust has to be the next required step to control the title.

DianaT - 9-28-2007 at 11:39 AM

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For a foreigner, what you mention above is required before a fideicomiso is applied for. Is that correct? Surely, a foreigner can't own the land with simple city registration. The bank trust has to be the next required step to control the title.

Some people buy in other people´s names for at least a while, but yes, you are correct. Either a fideicomiso or corporation is still required here for foreign öwnership.

In our case, there was title to the land under our house, so we did the fideicomiso---with our agent in La Paz, Alonso, the one Shari suggested, it took about 4 months which we think was quite fast.

In our case, we paid for everything in the beginning---did not hold back anything waiting for the fideicomiso. But our seller is a local business man and is not going anywhere. We are the first foreign buyers he has dealt with, so it was his first experience with a fideicomiso. He learned a lot and was very cooperative.

John and Diane

[Edited on 9-28-2007 by jdtrotter]

DENNIS - 9-28-2007 at 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by jdtrotter

Some people buy in other people´s names for at least a while

Thanks, Diane. The process you mention is the Prestanombre. I believe it is technically illegal but, you're right. Many people do it.

shari - 11-8-2007 at 05:14 PM

My amigo Felix came by today and is getting anxious about selling his casa..so I thought I'd bump this back on the board to see if there were any takers.

dccf - 11-9-2007 at 10:57 AM

Shari,

Have you been able to resize any more pictures of the house? More inside and also outside would be nice.

Thanks.