Y,ello Mike again. Apologies, I don't know why, but I didn't notice the title says Luque, which answers my question! I reckon rents will be less in Encarnación. All the best.
Thank you for the comment. You probably never figured that your innocent question would get you such a lengthy answer. Originally the owner wanted 250,000 USD. A great price for the zone, because the house is an older construction and needed some reapairs, mainly the roof. She is a Paraguayan living in the States, and REMAX was handling the property management. Unfortunately, she is elderly and unhinged, so REMAX ceased working with her. The property has been vacant for almost a year now. Back in August, my wife had a client from Bolivia, who was very interested in the house. My wife managed to get in touch with the woman, who sent her friend to open the place for a showing. The place had been gutted. Thieves had entered and taken everything, from cabinets, to bathroom fixtures, ac units, ceiling fans, fuse box and wiring in the walls. They even stole the pool filter. The Bolivian man is a civil engineer, who got his residency with my wife through SUACE, so he wasn't phased, He simply calculated costs, and negociated her down to 150,000 USD. The neighborhood is great and 150,000 is a steal even with the repairs. But then it came out that their was a problem with the paperwork in Registro Civil (National Records Office), so he backed out. It;s a shame because the house was great and we really enjoyed living there, but it highlights two points. One, you always have to check out the paperwork here before put down any partial payment. And, two, you can;t just leave a house abandoned for months on end like that. It invites more than termites.
Y, ello Mike. Would you mind telling me which town this house you just vacated is in? I'm guessing not Asunción... I've recently taken to viewing your videos. I'm considering settling in Pgy for retirement and I really appreciate your BS free style. I learned more insightful stuff in 10 mins watching your videos than hours of watching all the others. Nice. I'm English -American/dual national, and speak Argentinian Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese and Swiss German pretty fluently, no Guarani though. I don't know Pgy other than shopping trips via the triple frontier Iguaçu/Iguazú/Leste zone. I'm considering Encarnación/(Posadas access) as a base, at this moment. How would rental costs compare in Encarnación to the zone/town you just vacated? Any ideas? All the best, and cheerio for now.
Thank you very much for the kind words! I was very nice to hear. The house is located in a nice area of Luque, a couple of miles from the airport. While I don't know current rental prices in Encarnacion, my guess is that they are lower than an equivalent property in Luque. Everything in Paraguay is more expensive if located close to the Greater Asuncion are, and to a minor degree Ciudad del Este. Your plan sounds like a good one. I am assuming from the fact that you speak Argentine Spanish, that one of your citizenships is from Argentina. If so, your plan is great. You could try out life in Paraguay, while still having access to Argentina, especially for health care services. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need any advice.
@paraguaymike5159 hey Mike, for the record, no I don't have Argentine or Brazilian citizenships, I'm an ordinary English bloke from Worcestershire, no Latin blood or connection whatsoever, I just happened to pick up Brazilian Portuguese when I did a post varsity tour when I was 21, back then nobody spoke English in Brasil, so I had to learn it to get by... Years later at age 54, never having found Portuguese useful I decided to learn Spanish, and I did that in Cordoba Argentina... falling in love with Castellano rioplatense, and Italian influenced Argentine culture and I've been going back to Arg off and on for the last 10 years and know the country pretty well. Now that I'm actively planning retirement, Argentina is not a good bet due to taxation, and the pesky currency instability issues. Watching your and other Paraguay videos it looks pretty similar to rural northeast Argentina, asados, tereré, maté etc, so it kind of appeals, plus your great road trip videos have communicated to me the gree peaceful spacious land it is, now that's very appealing to me, space, fruit trees, greenery, warmth and sunshine... I could go on... All a very far cry from overflowing congested grey cold expensive UK. Here's an email address of mine for you to contact me on, (if it doesn't get moderated out by UA-cam) clivearlidge@duck.com if I get inundated with spam by other phishers, I'll just trash them and respond to yours. I'm also on Telegram if you wanted to use that. Cheerio for now, Clive
@@CliveT.Arlidge Hello Clive. Thank you for passing me your email. I will drop you a line tomorrow. It sounds like you have a good handle on how life is in the region. The fact that you already speak Spanish, and have been exposed to the culture during multiple trips to Argentina will make your transition to life here SO much easier, if you do in fact decide to move here. I'll be in touch soon.
La casa se ve enorme, y el barrio parece lindo. Espero que estén a gusto en la nueva casa.
Y,ello Mike again.
Apologies, I don't know why, but I didn't notice the title says Luque, which answers my question!
I reckon rents will be less in Encarnación.
All the best.
Very nice house and neighborhood 👍how much are they selling it for ?
Thank you for the comment. You probably never figured that your innocent question would get you such a lengthy answer. Originally the owner wanted 250,000 USD. A great price for the zone, because the house is an older construction and needed some reapairs, mainly the roof. She is a Paraguayan living in the States, and REMAX was handling the property management. Unfortunately, she is elderly and unhinged, so REMAX ceased working with her. The property has been vacant for almost a year now. Back in August, my wife had a client from Bolivia, who was very interested in the house. My wife managed to get in touch with the woman, who sent her friend to open the place for a showing. The place had been gutted. Thieves had entered and taken everything, from cabinets, to bathroom fixtures, ac units, ceiling fans, fuse box and wiring in the walls. They even stole the pool filter. The Bolivian man is a civil engineer, who got his residency with my wife through SUACE, so he wasn't phased, He simply calculated costs, and negociated her down to 150,000 USD. The neighborhood is great and 150,000 is a steal even with the repairs. But then it came out that their was a problem with the paperwork in Registro Civil (National Records Office), so he backed out. It;s a shame because the house was great and we really enjoyed living there, but it highlights two points. One, you always have to check out the paperwork here before put down any partial payment. And, two, you can;t just leave a house abandoned for months on end like that. It invites more than termites.
Y, ello Mike.
Would you mind telling me which town this house you just vacated is in? I'm guessing not Asunción...
I've recently taken to viewing your videos. I'm considering settling in Pgy for retirement and I really appreciate your BS free style. I learned more insightful stuff in 10 mins watching your videos than hours of watching all the others.
Nice.
I'm English -American/dual national, and speak Argentinian Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese and Swiss German pretty fluently, no Guarani though. I don't know Pgy other than shopping trips via the triple frontier Iguaçu/Iguazú/Leste zone.
I'm considering Encarnación/(Posadas access) as a base, at this moment. How would rental costs compare in Encarnación to the zone/town you just vacated? Any ideas?
All the best, and cheerio for now.
Thank you very much for the kind words! I was very nice to hear. The house is located in a nice area of Luque, a couple of miles from the airport.
While I don't know current rental prices in Encarnacion, my guess is that they are lower than an equivalent property in Luque. Everything in Paraguay is more expensive if located close to the Greater Asuncion are, and to a minor degree Ciudad del Este. Your plan sounds like a good one. I am assuming from the fact that you speak Argentine Spanish, that one of your citizenships is from Argentina. If so, your plan is great. You could try out life in Paraguay, while still having access to Argentina, especially for health care services. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or need any advice.
@paraguaymike5159 hey Mike, for the record, no I don't have Argentine or Brazilian citizenships, I'm an ordinary English bloke from Worcestershire, no Latin blood or connection whatsoever, I just happened to pick up Brazilian Portuguese when I did a post varsity tour when I was 21, back then nobody spoke English in Brasil, so I had to learn it to get by... Years later at age 54, never having found Portuguese useful I decided to learn Spanish, and I did that in Cordoba Argentina... falling in love with Castellano rioplatense, and Italian influenced Argentine culture and I've been going back to Arg off and on for the last 10 years and know the country pretty well. Now that I'm actively planning retirement, Argentina is not a good bet due to taxation, and the pesky currency instability issues.
Watching your and other Paraguay videos it looks pretty similar to rural northeast Argentina, asados, tereré, maté etc, so it kind of appeals, plus your great road trip videos have communicated to me the gree peaceful spacious land it is, now that's very appealing to me, space, fruit trees, greenery, warmth and sunshine... I could go on... All a very far cry from overflowing congested grey cold expensive UK.
Here's an email address of mine for you to contact me on, (if it doesn't get moderated out by UA-cam)
clivearlidge@duck.com if I get inundated with spam by other phishers, I'll just trash them and respond to yours. I'm also on Telegram if you wanted to use that.
Cheerio for now,
Clive
@@CliveT.Arlidge Hello Clive. Thank you for passing me your email. I will drop you a line tomorrow. It sounds like you have a good handle on how life is in the region. The fact that you already speak Spanish, and have been exposed to the culture during multiple trips to Argentina will make your transition to life here SO much easier, if you do in fact decide to move here. I'll be in touch soon.