A New Casa in 2017- Building A Place Of Our Own

We are now into year 6 renting in Sayulita.  I don't think a single person who comes here to live would question just how difficult and expensive it can be to find housing.  We are a family of 4 who is growing up and it is time for our kids , 9 and 11 years old, to have their own personal space.  Even for a fairly well connected family here year round finding a decent 3 bedroom, 2 bath home for long term rental is hard.

We spent three years in a great house on the north end until our landlord decided to remodel and rent the unit we were in nightly.  We are now in our third year on the south end of town and our landlord has also decided he wants to fix up and sell or rent the house nightly.  Such is the way of things.  There is money to be made with vacation rentals.  Less so with long term tenants.  Nearby towns like San Pancho and Higuera Blanca are the same scenario.

It is a very familiar story coming from a high end ski town up north.  A destination sees an increase in popularity and visitation.  Real estate prices go up, rents go up and the ability to find full time housing goes down driving people to find housing elsewhere or leave.

So what is a family to do?  We have a life here now.  We want to stay.  Do we take our chances every season trying to find a place to live?  No.  We build a place of our own.

2017 will be the year when we will break ground on our own house here in Sayulita.

...details to come.