BajaNomad - Mulege- 105 new houses to open by Christmas (they say)

Mulege- 105 new houses to open by Christmas (they say)

CasaManzana - 10-16-2011 at 11:11 AM

A little south of the Mex 1 Pemex are 105 houses just getting the finishing details. The guard said yesterday they will all be occupied by years end. All 2/1's and just under 500 square feet so the rooms look quite small as you would imagine. My understanding is that these are offered to Mulege folks in the flood zone-

This one taken from the livingroom window. The back room to the left is the kitchen -

Ah yes....the kitchen-

I didn't walk through the school area, but from this position it looked ready to go-

bajario - 10-16-2011 at 11:45 AM

Or for workers from the Boleo project in Santa Rosalia?

Nueva Mulege

Mulegena - 10-16-2011 at 11:57 AM

This project was begun after Hurricane John some five years ago
by the Governor Narciso Agundez Montano.
I recall he made the announcement publicly during one of his open meetings with residents which were held in the cancha.

These "Pies a Tierras/Feet to Earth" homes are available for purchase by anyone, I've heard.

Glad to see this come to fruition.
Good Luck, gente de Nueva Mulege!

capt. mike - 10-17-2011 at 03:37 PM

are these the ones made from the shipping containers imported by the canadian?
hell i could live in one of those.
a little far to drive to work in STA rosalia tho?

mcfez - 10-17-2011 at 04:15 PM

Very cool homes. We toured a few of these in San Felipe while the entire complex was going up. What a great deal for many Mexican families.

Hey...what are the silver (?) color pipes(?) on the house at waist height?

Posa Grande

tehag - 10-17-2011 at 04:15 PM

They did something like this over at Posa Grande a couple of years ago. Posa Grande was also very flood prone. The new places seemed pretty much completely occupied last spring. It was eerie and kind of sad to wander through the stripped down town, much of which was still standing in the original place.

tripledigitken - 10-17-2011 at 04:39 PM

A business owner in Mulege told me not many locals want to move in to them. They don't want to leave the shade of the palms, and proximity to town. Time will tell.

Ken

Pescador - 10-18-2011 at 07:18 AM

They have one of these stupid projects just south of the Technology College in Santa Rosalia. They also have numerous houses in each of the small towns like San Lucas and San Bruno. My best friend in San Bruno was talked in to being the coordinator for San Bruno on who qualified and who received these houses. In turn he was given one also since his house was pretty much destroyed in Hurricane Jimena.
As with government housing everywhere, they go with the lowest bidder and the houses were the basic minimum that a person could get by with. For the most part the construction is shoddy and second rate. The fixtures were bid on as the lowest price available and will soon start falling apart. The windows that were put in were flimsy and when the wind blew, they shook and whistled. Lots of places the stucco was not applied properly and started falling off. And of course, the paint was such good quality that fading started before it was completely dry.
Everyone hates being in exactly the same house and the first thing they do is start to change things or alter the look. Some do a little add on, others put a fence around, or something to break up the monotony.
My take is that, as usual, the government has done a great job of building tomorrows slums today. I really prefer the tar paper shacks which have more personality than these ticky tacky boxes.

wilderone - 10-18-2011 at 08:39 AM

I have to agree with Pescador - they look like storage units. Maybe emergency shelter, but for a Mexican family? 500 sf? They've created a low-income "project" - at least they have a decent school. I think the money would have been better spent by giving it to the individuals whose homes were damaged or destroyed so they could rebuild or fortify their homes.

J.P. - 10-18-2011 at 09:31 AM

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Originally posted by wilderone
I have to agree with Pescador - they look like storage units. Maybe emergency shelter, but for a Mexican family? 500 sf? They've created a low-income "project" - at least they have a decent school. I think the money would have been better spent by giving it to the individuals whose homes were damaged or destroyed so they could rebuild or fortify their homes.

Maybee so, We know a young Lady that bought one several years ago and it is a Matter of Pride to Her. In that purchase she found a sense of purpose and a point of pride in ownership. she works hard to suport herself and her family.
When you come from nowhere and have nothing one of those homes in my opinion would be Quite a step up in life.

BajaBlanca - 10-18-2011 at 09:37 AM

I think this is a great opportunity for some and it would be nice if they ut some trees up .... cause right now they reallfy look like "little boxes, on a hillside, little boxes littel boxes, and they all look just the same ..."

Bajahowodd - 10-18-2011 at 01:49 PM

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Originally posted by tripledigitken
A business owner in Mulege told me not many locals want to move in to them. They don't want to leave the shade of the palms, and proximity to town. Time will tell.

Ken

That is a very interesting point. Mulege is the oasis in the desert. Would that they developed some project that could control the flooding during the heavy rains instead.....

Cypress - 10-18-2011 at 03:21 PM

That Mulege housing project is a recipe for disaster. Too many people, too little water, and no jobs. Trees will be the least of their worries.

mtgoat666 - 10-18-2011 at 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by Pescador
...as usual, the government has done a great job of building tomorrows slums today. I really prefer the tar paper shacks which have more personality than these ticky tacky boxes.

aahhhh,... always interesting when a member of the 1% opines on his preference for living accommodations of the 99%.

really, as a rich person living in mexico (yes, in relative terms, you are rich by local community standards), you display shocking lack of empathy when you say you prefer the poor to live in tar paper shacks rather than modern buildings.

Pescador - 10-19-2011 at 06:49 AM

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Originally posted by mtgoat666

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I knew somebody with your limited world view would come up and say look how caring the government is that they are providing housing for the people that need it.

My point is that the government should not be in the business of building houses because customer satisfaction is a non existant force. My contractor who builds for just about the same square foot cost as these bozos who came in and worked a contract knows that he has to do a good job because I want a good job and he knows that if he does a good job for me that I will share that with other people who might use his services in the future.

The Bozos on the other hand came from somewhere else, did a half assed job and moved on.

The development south of the Technological College in Santa Rosalia still has almost half of the houses where the water does not work right, problems with electricity, plumbing problems, and stucco that falls off in patches.

Before some great government official came up with the boxes idea, they actually had a program where you could get assistance with materials and some guidance in terms of who could do certain types of projects.

We have some houses in our little town that are poor, but the owners are very proud of their houses and you can see them working on them when they get a little extra money. Those houses certainly have more personality than a collection of boxes.

Finally, they did put some houses up in San Lucas Ejido, San Bruno, Santa Agueda, and Jose de Magdelena and they were put on separate tracts of land. With the additions that most of the owners have put up, they are fairly attractive and take on the personality of the owner.

[Edited on 10-19-2011 by Pescador]