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Karyn_UK

Dec 8, 2003, 3:56 AM

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Building on Isla Mujeres

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Hello all

When we first thought about building in Mexico we accessed this forum and found it very helpful. Rolly in particular gave some insight intot the process.

Anyway, we went ahead with our dream home and we bought land on Isla Mujeres in September. We have now been building for a few weeks and it has been going very well.

We've contructed a website to cover the build progress and you can have a look at it at www.islabuild.com

Hope the link works!!??!

If anyone has any questions we'd be happy to answer them.

All the best

Karyn

bfwpdx

Mar 19, 2004, 7:55 AM

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Has anyone else been following this particular building saga? It seems there have been,some,...well....to put it delicately.....some snags. It would be nice to get some comments from others experienced in building in Mexico (like our guru Rollo)

Barbara

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Mar 19, 2004, 8:38 AM

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Barbara, thank you for bringing this project back into view. It is so sad. Read here for an update on the problems: http://www.islabuild.com/february04.htm

Building in Mexico, or anywhere else, is very, very risky if you are not on the scene all the time. Even on my projects where I was there every day, some screw ups happened. Of course, nothing like what happen to these good folks.

Here are three simple rules for building:

If you are not there to watch all the time, don't expect things to turn out as you want.

Don't advance money beyond immediate needs. Paying for a project up front will surely leave you stranded later on.

As an outsider you are not in a position to judge a man's abilities or character. Too many guys in the building business are better at selling themselves than they are at building. (I hired a couple like that.)

Rolly Pirate

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Marlene

Mar 21, 2004, 11:14 AM

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Excellent advise Rolly. I have seen a bit of that here in too, where folks will purchase, head back north and leave the project in the hands of whoever. It isn't worth the stress if things don't go well. One lady I know is fighting long distance to get her project completed as per her agreements, but nothing like what happened to these people. That is a really sad turn of events for these folks. I hope everything turns out okay for them in the end.

tntex

Jun 25, 2004, 2:31 PM

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Does anyone have any up-dates on this project? I send a private e mail but didn't get a reply. I just don't want to get into a similar situation when I build
tntex

terralobo

Jun 25, 2004, 7:09 PM

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Like, this is really bad. I could not find anything that looks like a good private address. I'll be available for some free labor say mid August / 1st September if it can help.

garron bailey