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Castle on the Beach for rent.

gonetobaja - 12-30-2009 at 11:02 PM

Castle on private beach for rent, short term only. $150 per night up to 10 people.
Solar power system, 600 gal water included.
Ocean view from every window in the house. Good fishing right out front.

2400 sf, two towers, two levels.

Just north of Puertecitos BCN. South of San Felipe by 50 miles.

23' Charter also available on location with guide.

Contact me PM for details.

[Edited on 12-31-2009 by gonetobaja]

[Edited on 12-31-2009 by gonetobaja]

gonetobaja - 12-30-2009 at 11:07 PM



gonetobaja - 12-30-2009 at 11:10 PM

From the outside.





tjBill - 12-30-2009 at 11:14 PM

Wow, that really looks like a Castle.

noproblemo2 - 12-31-2009 at 05:53 AM

Now that's sure unusual to see on a beach....

Bob H - 12-31-2009 at 09:49 AM

Wow, 10 people for this place.... that's only $15/night for each person!!! Where is the nearest deposito? :tumble:
Bob H

gonetobaja - 12-31-2009 at 09:58 AM

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Originally posted by Bob H
Wow, 10 people for this place.... that's only $15/night for each person!!! Where is the nearest deposito? :tumble:
Bob H


Bob,

I have another home in Alpine CA just east of San Diego. I live there part of the time and Baja part of the time. If you would like to rent it PM me. Deposit is $300 dollars and is refundable as long as the place is clean when people leave. My Partner Naty takes care of all the trash bags for you.

Paved road to within 1/4 mile of the house and then its a dirt road. 2wd will make it. There are more improvements that have been made after the pics. A large parking area to the right holds up to 6 cars now.

D

smlslikfish - 12-31-2009 at 04:16 PM

That is one UGLY out of place casa!!!

Thank You

Bajahowodd - 12-31-2009 at 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by smlslikfish
That is one UGLY out of place casa!!!


Obviously if there was an architect, which I doubt, there would be a different motif here. That said, and I completely understand that money may have been an issue, but you might have actually been able to pull it off with the castle motif, if you didn't go with all those cheap windows. Then, inside, you have a bunch of patio furniture, complimeted by resin chairs and couches from an inner city swapmeet. Hey. If it was all about building a space that you could rent to large numbers of people who only wanted to get drunk, swim and fish, kudos!

woody with a view - 12-31-2009 at 06:34 PM

i'm worried about the slider on the second floor. it says, "broken neck!" like none other.

but Howodd's descriptions sounds like fun, too!

gonetobaja - 12-31-2009 at 07:23 PM

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Originally posted by smlslikfish
That is one UGLY out of place casa!!!


Why thank you very much!!:lol:

gonetobaja - 12-31-2009 at 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Quote:
Originally posted by smlslikfish
That is one UGLY out of place casa!!!


Obviously if there was an architect, which I doubt, there would be a different motif here. That said, and I completely understand that money may have been an issue, but you might have actually been able to pull it off with the castle motif, if you didn't go with all those cheap windows. Then, inside, you have a bunch of patio furniture, complimeted by resin chairs and couches from an inner city swapmeet. Hey. If it was all about building a space that you could rent to large numbers of people who only wanted to get drunk, swim and fish, kudos!


I am the arkutek. I designed it and had it built to my specs. the walls are 8inches thick and the roof is built into the concrete to prevent it from ever blowing off from high wind. Its designed for me and my family of 4 kids and my friends to come in and have a great time and not worry about stupid stuff like

"theres so much sand on my marble floor, whatever shall we do lovey....(thurston howell)

I will call extreme home makeover and let them know I plucked up the "motif" of my castle by furnishing it wrong.

As far as getting drunk, swimming and fishing when Im in baja...well you got me on that one.:P

gonetobaja - 12-31-2009 at 07:37 PM

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Originally posted by woody in ob
i'm worried about the slider on the second floor. it says, "broken neck!" like none other.

but Howodd's descriptions sounds like fun, too!


That slider is designed to access the balcony I will be building off of he second floor. The entire top of the large tower is a master bedroom.

But for now its a doorway to pain!!

Packoderm - 12-31-2009 at 08:18 PM

I like the castle. I wish I could get enough friends to go south to make the rental worth while. Are there good dirt biking trails nearby?

woody with a view - 12-31-2009 at 08:22 PM

i do too! think what a party palace that castle could be, balcony or not!

we're trying to get a group together as we speak...

well butt of course.....

capt. mike - 1-1-2010 at 10:56 AM

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Originally posted by smlslikfish
That is one UGLY out of place casa!!!


beauty is in the eye of the butt holer, ye who smells of pescas.....

Dale's place ROCKS! Cause it's made of rocks...sorta.

speaking of unique.....
i'd like to go there for a week and shack up with my Ho's Monique and Unique!!

let's plan a spring party.
riders, fishers, divers, and ...drinkers....:bounce:

there are 30 reasons not to go there. Maybe Dale will post them all.

Bob H - 1-1-2010 at 11:03 AM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
Quote:
Originally posted by smlslikfish
That is one UGLY out of place casa!!!


beauty is in the eye of the butt holer, ye who smells of pescas.....

Dale's place ROCKS! Cause it's made of rocks...sorta.

speaking of unique.....
i'd like to go there for a week and shack up with my Ho's Monique and Unique!!

let's plan a spring party.
riders, fishers, divers, and ...drinkers....:bounce:

there are 30 reasons not to go there. Maybe Dale will post them all.


Capt Mike.... we're IN!!!!!! Bob H

ELINVESTIG8R - 1-1-2010 at 11:08 AM

I for one think it is a unique house! I like it!

DENNIS - 1-1-2010 at 11:17 AM

Crenulations are a common motif in Mexican architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright probably never used them but, Barrigán might have.
I give the design an A+ for not showing one stinking over-used arch.
Raise the rent. At that price, the locals will want it for a fish camp hangout.

Bajahowodd - 1-1-2010 at 12:18 PM

I looked at the photos again. While I still think that different windows would have made a big difference in the overall appearance, at least for me, this place looks like Death Valley meets the Sea of Cortez. Think Scotty's Castle.

Howard - 1-1-2010 at 02:46 PM

Lets examine the facts.
1: House on the beach in the Sea of Cortez.
2: Large enough to have a very nice and large partaaay.
3: Very cheap once you split it several ways.
4: Same time zone, (or maybe one away) not jet lag, etc.
5: A long or short drive from your home, but reachable for most of us in a day.

They are not trying to sell it to ya, just rent it and have a great time. It could look like San Quentin Prison to me and it would be all right for my needs to do a get away, party, fish or whatever.

Lighten up on the poor guy!

woody with a view - 1-1-2010 at 02:50 PM

ok. so Wodd is out!!!!

we (2) are in. maybe 2 more. any dates for the fiesta?

Howard - 1-1-2010 at 02:58 PM

I have a very limited schedule. I am only available from Jan 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010

Bajahowodd - 1-1-2010 at 02:59 PM

Geez. Comparing it to Scotty's Castle is a good thing.

Howard - 1-1-2010 at 03:00 PM

Seriously, what is the road condition from San Felipe? I assume it is paved at least to there then how are the last 50 miles to the house?

woody with a view - 1-1-2010 at 03:02 PM

scotty's?

capt. mike - 1-1-2010 at 03:06 PM

i'm in with 2 planes so far.

dibbs on a mattress.
i'm bringing my dive bag.
and a barf bag.

woody with a view - 1-1-2010 at 03:07 PM

he said it was paved to within a mile.

gonetobaja - 1-1-2010 at 11:07 PM

The road is paved all the way past Puertecitos. Our campo is Playa Escondida. It is the last campo on the beach before you hit the town of Puertecitos. To be exact, the town is Ejido Matiomi. Puertecitos is the next campo to the south of ours. The road from the entrance of the campo to my place is dirt. The preferred vehicle is of course 4wd. But 2wd cars and trucks make it all the time. I have also have built a road and parking area around the back part of the Castle now. there are two entrances. one from the back from over the mountain, and one from along side the beach.






I have been working on this thing for years now. It keeps getting better and better. The next stage is hardwood flooring up stairs and a bathroom with a jacuzzi upstairs in the master bedroom of the big tower. You can also see the airconditioner units on the roofs of each tower. They run off the generator so if you guys need the place in the summer you can sleep at night. The generator eats gas but you stay cool. The bottom story will end up stained concrete. Although I had thought of stone flooring or large pavers in the future. The reality of living on the edge of the federal line on a beach is of course sand. We have tried everything to seal up from the weather but somehow sand still gets in.

Mike, I am very interested in setting up an Air con system using wind power and solar to add to my system that is already set up. I just put in a new bank of batteries last year.
I have a bunch of air mattresses and sleeping bags already there. I also have an Ocean Kayak there. You can go off the front and catch dinner and lunch off the kayak pretty much every day. If its real windy you can still fish off the rocks.

The window design is such. When I decided to build a place I wanted as many windows as I could possibly fit into a structure and still have enough integrity to be a solid two story and withstand a hurricane. What you see is the result. There are 25 windows, 2 sliding doors and a main entrance. the idea is to have it possible for the entire structure to be vented with wind. Each window has a view of the ocean, even from the bathroom. they are modern dual pane argon gas filled vinyl windows and sliders. Over time I may add some akerratekserel detale but for now I need to finish my upstairs balcony and bathroom and get some of those low voltage AC units from Captn Mike.

But here is the real reason we go there. To have some fun, go fishing and enjoy life.

Castle on the beach with private 80m of beachfront land $XXX,XXX.XX

Pictures of you and your buddy with huge snapper you got off the beach in front of your house... Priceless....



Dale

[Edited on 1-2-2010 by gonetobaja]

gonetobaja - 1-1-2010 at 11:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Howard
Lets examine the facts.
1: House on the beach in the Sea of Cortez.
2: Large enough to have a very nice and large partaaay.
3: Very cheap once you split it several ways.
4: Same time zone, (or maybe one away) not jet lag, etc.
5: A long or short drive from your home, but reachable for most of us in a day.

They are not trying to sell it to ya, just rent it and have a great time. It could look like San Quentin Prison to me and it would be all right for my needs to do a get away, party, fish or whatever.

Lighten up on the poor guy!


Howard, these are the same reasons I built it. I can get off work at 2 or 3 on friday and by 9pm Im drinking a beer with my toes in the sand watching the moon rise over the water. If Im feelin real crazy I may even throw a line out and try to catch a whatever. I spend all day saturday having a great time and then sunday I hang out and then leave around 2 or 3 and Im home by 9 (depending on border traffic).

If I have to and am down for a few weeks I drive into San Felipe to check my messages and use my cell phone.

Thanks for your support, although people have implied much worse when I told them I was spending everything I ever made on a self designed castle on the beach in Mexico. To say they called me crazy is an understatement, so critique on my theory of design in regards to architectural motif dosent bother me much. In fact it inspires my mind! Why did I design a structure so devoted to simplicity with so little detail to true castle design, with complete disregard to the teachings of the worlds architectural masters?

I shall ponder this thought over a mixture of lemon lime gatoraide and cabo wabo silver over ice on my next visit.



:light:

the magical pyramid

smlslikfish - 1-2-2010 at 10:13 AM

Hey Dale, is that building under the pyramid your's too? I'm sensing a theme!

capt. mike - 1-2-2010 at 11:31 AM

Dale i sent you some stuff via eSmell.

is your PV system based on 24 or 48 V.?
and i mean the panel string DC voltage balanced load to your inverter.
it makes a diff on AC hardware - air cond., not elec.

gonetobaja - 1-2-2010 at 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by smlslikfish
Hey Dale, is that building under the pyramid your's too? I'm sensing a theme!


No, I cant claim responsibility as the rouge builder that made that thing. He came in one year, built it. and then never came back. Go figure.

To be honest my entire building is a puzzle. You drink gatoritas and try to find how many 90 deg angles you can find....When you get the answer you divide it by the number of drinks it took to figure out the number. You take that number and place it in the equation for cold fusion and it then completes the sequence and cures the worlds energy crisis.

The truth is Im a genius that expresses my theoretical mathematical equations through architecture, using local materials as the catalyst for my overall execution. Its truly beautiful when you can finally see it clearly...

Can you see it now smellyfish...can ya...its pluckin beautiful man...

:spingrin:

gonetobaja - 1-2-2010 at 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by capt. mike
Dale i sent you some stuff via eSmell.

is your PV system based on 24 or 48 V.?
and i mean the panel string DC voltage balanced load to your inverter.
it makes a diff on AC hardware - air cond., not elec.


Mike,
My entire system is 12v into a 2400 sine wave inverter. 4 panels and a wind turbine that I need to set back up. Other than that the DC balance vs input vs ac hardware...ya might as well be speaking to me in japanese. Im pretty helpless past the 12 v into an inverter stuff. I have the 110v line to the house, and a breaker box there.

I need to insulate the inside of my roof on both towers and drywall it shut. That will make a huge difference in the AC for sure. But I have no idea what my string panel volatge is. I would want to get a system that the panels or whatever I get from you would cover the AC you suggest. Then add it to what I got. I think....

docsmom - 1-5-2010 at 08:42 PM

GTB,
How utterly unique and charming. Wish I had the time to visit. I'd be there!

That roof

bajaguy - 1-5-2010 at 08:53 PM

......is just crying out for some cannons or maybe a golf ball launcher or two.................

fishbuck - 1-5-2010 at 10:46 PM

Damn that's a cool house!:coolup:

i'll help you

capt. mike - 1-6-2010 at 05:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by gonetobaja
Quote:
Originally posted by capt. mike
Dale i sent you some stuff via eSmell.

is your PV system based on 24 or 48 V.?
and i mean the panel string DC voltage balanced load to your inverter.
it makes a diff on AC hardware - air cond., not elec.


Mike,
My entire system is 12v into a 2400 sine wave inverter. 4 panels and a wind turbine that I need to set back up. Other than that the DC balance vs input vs ac hardware...ya might as well be speaking to me in japanese. Im pretty helpless past the 12 v into an inverter stuff. I have the 110v line to the house, and a breaker box there.

I need to insulate the inside of my roof on both towers and drywall it shut. That will make a huge difference in the AC for sure. But I have no idea what my string panel volatge is. I would want to get a system that the panels or whatever I get from you would cover the AC you suggest. Then add it to what I got. I think....


need to go to micro inverters.
everything is changing.

BajaWarrior - 1-6-2010 at 06:22 PM

Nice spot Dale! We're at KM31 Playa Hermosa/Bahia Santa Maria just north of you. I've seen your place before as we explore the Puertocitis area. We'll be down again this 15th thru 18th.