Hey. This blog is to document the experience of building a house in Mexico. Specifically, we're building a house in Lo de Marcos, which is about an hour north of Puerto Vallarta.
We've owned the piece of property that we're building on for nearly 10 years. We've regularized it, converted for private title, surveyed, subdivided, built a wall, secured, surveyed again, and made plans. And made plans. And made plans. And jumped through the many flaming hoops of Mexican bureaucracy to bring them to life.
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| Panorama of the street and the house at 23 Emiliano Zapata in Lo De Marcos Nayarit. The beach is 200m left, the town square is 100m right |
But today is a milestone. It marks the day that we have enough approvals to be able to knock down the old house and start construction. The old house was crumbling, and if not for the poles we had inside holding up the roof, would have been entirely unsafe to even enter. It was still pretty unsafe even with the shoring.
I'll (hopefully) be filling in the rest of the back story of the last 10 years of this project as this blog progresses, but for now, here are some pictures of the old place coming down. We've been imagining this day for 10 years. If you have any questions about the build, don't be afraid to leave them in the comments.
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| Our builder, Jésus Silva, in front of the house as it comes down |
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| A worker cleans up the debris that has fallen into the street |
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| More demo, including the truck that will be hauling the debris away |
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| Backhoe-in' the house down. Nothing will be saved, including the original foundation. |
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| Worker watching as the last wall comes down. Yay! |
And here is the lot completely demolished! Thanks for the pic, Donna!
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Early evening, lot demolition complete.
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