Roy just sent me a video he took on the lot this morning. I was discussing the “cut height” with him and Maria so he sent us this video of the lot so we have better idea at what we’re discussing. Here it is with some annotations I’ve added for orientation:
It’s very exciting to see the lot so luscious and green. Back when I was there there was a lot of green around, but since it was the “dry season” I couldn’t appreciate how green the place is after some rains. It looks like a real jungle!
M25 -- view from the road
M25 -- view from the road – 21-Feb-2010
The cut were talking about is leveling the ground down to the height of the road. When the camera is tilting towards the south (11th second) it’s easy to see that the car is standing about 2.5 meters above the road. The plan is to cut down to that height to allow a bigger building area for the house.
I just heard from Roy that all the paperwork was signed yesterday. I still haven’t heard from my lawyer but it seems that we’re officially off.
More than three months have passed since I arrived to Nicaragua
I just got the first layout from Maria, the Nicaraguan architect I hired.
She and her partner made several rough sketches and send me the one that made most sense in terms of the guidelines I gave.
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I’ll give it a good look and send my feedback soon.
Just heard from Marc that all the legal documents were signed by my lawyer. This means that we are officially starting the project.
It’s been three months since I’ve arrived to Nicaragua and first lay eyes on lot M-25. Back when I made my final decision I thought it would be much faster to close the deal, since the contract cover both the land purchase and the financing for both the lot and the build phase I feel pretty good about the time it took the whole thing took.
M25 -- view from the road
