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BajaGringo

Apr 27, 2009, 7:08 PM

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Building a Beach House in Baja

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Cristina and I have lived the last several years in the Rosarito Beach area of Baja but decided to move a bit further south to seek slightly warmer climate, fewer people and clean, remote beaches that we love. We ended up choosing the Pacific coastline outside San Quintin and are in the process of building our house.

It is too much to post here but if anybody is interested at seeing a step by step photo story of the process and progress, you can find it here where I am updating it weekly:

http://www.talkbaja.com/showthread.php?t=82

Our House Building Project in Mexico...
Lomas de San Martin
Loving Life on the Baja Peninsula

(This post was edited by Rolly on Aug 19, 2009, 5:15 PM)

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Apr 27, 2009, 7:34 PM

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Absolutely great! Thanks for sharing your adventure. I am sure you will be glad you have taken the time to document your story. I am glad I did mine this way.

I look forward to weekly visits to your Baja.

Rolly

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BajaGringo

Apr 29, 2009, 10:59 PM

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Thanks Rolly - it is funny how many emails I have gotten from that thread. I have probably answered at least 10 just this afternoon. A couple of them asked me if I would design/build their house for them - ha!

Should have some more updated photos in a couple of days.

Take care my friend, hope all is well with you...

Our House Building Project in Mexico...
Lomas de San Martin
Loving Life on the Baja Peninsula

ken_in_dfw

May 1, 2009, 10:44 AM

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This was really informative, BajaGringo. There are a lot of great lessons to be learned and some pitfalls to be avoided.

I am especially interested in the discussions on graywater and the calculating solar power needs thread was very helpful. Lots to study and think about. Hopefully, given the fact that it will be at least a couple of years (or longer) before I build, I'll have the time to bone up on all this.

I never cease to be amazed at the pure wealth of knowledge and experience to be found through MexConnect (and the other great discussion forums that are out there). Thanks!

Ken

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BajaGringo

May 25, 2009, 1:52 PM

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Here is an updated photo as to our progress taken from the back of the house looking out towards the ocean. You can see the first load of rock that was just delivered and which will be used to cover the house exterior. The salty air of the Pacific Ocean is very tough on even the best of paints and I hate to be constantly scraping and repainting...

Our House Building Project in Mexico...
Lomas de San Martin
Loving Life on the Baja Peninsula

jreboll

May 25, 2009, 2:32 PM

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Wouldn't the heat hitting those rocks all day make the house hot at night? How high are your ceilings?

BajaGringo

May 25, 2009, 2:45 PM

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Heat collected on the rocks, warming the walls and home interior is a good thing. We are in northern Baja on the Pacific side, about a four hour drive south of the border where it is San Diego weather year round. It is not to be confused with the hot desert weather of southern Baja and the Sea of Cortez.

For the warmest days in summer you simply open a few windows and the prevalent NW breezes will keep the house quite comfy inside. The interior ceilings will be 11 feet high at center. We will be installing a wood burning stove for the coldest days of winter which are thankfully, relatively few...

Our House Building Project in Mexico...
Lomas de San Martin
Loving Life on the Baja Peninsula

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BajaGringo

Aug 19, 2009, 6:34 PM

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The house is coming along and we are in the process of getting the roof on now...

Our House Building Project in Mexico...
Lomas de San Martin
Loving Life on the Baja Peninsula

BajaGringo

Nov 11, 2009, 7:20 PM

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The house now has a roof, doors, windows and the water tank installed. We hope to be moving in before Christmas...

Our House Building Project in Mexico...
Lomas de San Martin
Loving Life on the Baja Peninsula