Building a Home in Mexico. Summer 2022 Update. Construyendo mi Casa en Mexico. Chapala Jalisco
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2022
- Hello my friends,
Here is my latest update of mu house in Chapala Jalisco, we added the top edge of the house called techo de paloma, we also have some smaller updates inside the house, hope you enjoy.
I am trying my hardest to learn Spanish so I can move to Mexico! Your home and vibes are beautiful. Mexican culture has the nicest people in the world and I would love to live in such a wonderful country ❤
Hello. Chapala, Ajijic are surrounded by expats that know very little Spanish. That’s one of the reasons many expats move here. It’s good to learn Spanish, but you can get by with English. Thank you for leaving a comment.
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Hey I appreciate you trying to learn Spanish 🙂 that means a lot to folk like me . I hope your dream comes true! I also am trying to build my home in mexico. Super excited! ❤
Me gusto mucho tu video,con tanta informacion valiosa,por el Espanol no te preocupes,tu casa esta quedando hermosa y que bueno que nos motivas a muchos a hacer lo mismo en nuestro querido Mexico!Saludos desde California!
Love this house , Que bonito vivir tan cerca del lago y las vistas tan hermosas !!
Thanks for the update, you home looks great. I appreciate everything I've learned from you videos!
Thank you very much. 😊
House looks beautiful congratulations on your beautiful home 🏡 love the updates
Thanks Rey 😊
Looks amazing keep on going your almost there
I luv the palm trees directly in front of the house. Thank u for the home update.
Thank you very much 😊
The palm trees bricked fense and bricked floor really make a difference
Thank you 😊
House is looking great.
Your house 🏡 just keeps looking better and better Victor
Thank you 😊 😊😊
Gracias por compartir muy bonita casa felicidades 👍
Muchísimas gracias. 😊
Stunning!!
Absolutely amazing!! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you 😊
Victor. Thank you for share.
Great house. Lovely spacious rooms and really like the overall feel and materials. Incredible accomplishment.
Thank you very much. 😊😊😊
TE estoy viendo en Este momento Hermosa casa que me encanto todo.grscias thank.
Muchas gracias Celestte 😊
Been waiting a while for this update . Thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you for watching. 😊
First time watching your video. Thanks for posting.
Thank you 😊
Q Hermosa TU casa....muy Linda de verdad , felicidades 🙏🥰
Muchísimas gracias 😊
Congrats your home is looking beautiful.
Thank you 😊
Thumbs up 👍👍👍 You have a beautiful home. A place of blessing for sure. 🙏Saludos 👋a usted y su familia desde California. Elva Castellanos
Saludos Elva y muchas gracias por tus comentarios. 😊
Really nice house. I want to see it furnished. Can't wait. Gracias por los videos.
Hello Veronica. Here is a little bit that I’ve done. ua-cam.com/video/NoJ5dvhJ1d0/v-deo.html
Love the casa!
Thank you 😊
Very beautiful Mexican traditional home . Very nice and clean. I love your home
Thank you very much 😊
Ya lo vi hace unos días muy especificado me gusto se escucha muy caro pero ya convertido en dólares le da a uno esperanza no crees pero muy bonito video luego lo vemos juntos graciasFabi por compartirme luego lo vemos ok.
Beautiful home, love the way it turned out! hopefully i’ll build my own in Nayarit
Thank you very much 😊
Your home is beautiful. Congratulations 🙌
Thank you very much 😊
thank you so much for making these videos ! gives me ideas for the house i want to build in nayarit !
Thank you so much too. Hope you can build your home as well
It’s looking so good!!
Thank you very much 😊
The house is beautiful. I would put a big black hanging chandelier in the kitchen.
I can't wait to retire in Mexico. Good luck on completing your home.
Thank you very much. That’s a great idea 👍🏼😊
Looking good Victor. It won't be long now.
Thank you Jason
That's beautiful
Thank you
It's perfect, and no bright orange paint!
lol 😂. I don’t like the colorful houses either.
You have a very nicehouse
Thank you very much ❤️
Ur house is nice Krnal hopefully next year I will be starting my home construction in San miguel zapotitlan I've been watching ur videos y cada ves que los veo me gusta mas la idea de retirarme y irme a mexico a vivir good job bro love ur project...
Thank you 👍🏼. Life is just more tranquil in Mexico. People are nicer, money goes farther. And you don’t feel like an outsider. Animo! Build your home, try to run from the rat race as soon as you can.
I saw you video in the Spanish version (which you did very well) and to hear you speak English is amazing! Awesome that you have your home there and in a beautiful location. Thank you for sharing your home cost information! Jesus is my redeemer too!
Hello, thank you very much for your comment. God bless 😊
@@yeshuaismyredeemer I was surprised on how well you spoke spanish as it’s not your first language. The same occurred with my family as I’m first generation as my father was born in Chihuahua. I got my dual citizenship but it was so difficult having to go through the process without the knowledge of more sophisticated legal words that were not in my vocabulary, lol! I’ve asked my husband (he is second generation and not eligible for mexican citizenship) to move to Mexico but he is very reluctant but I see that it would be an ideal affordable option for us as we are now in our 70’s! Continued success on your exciting new journey!
Congrats Vic
good investment for retirement
Thank you very much.
Very nice
Thank you very much.
Watching your video with my cup of coffee ☕ !! Esa casa va a quedar muy hermosa! Enviame unas cuantas vacas a mi casa para que se coman el pasto también jajajaa. Saludos y bendiciones mi buen Victor.
Saludos mi amigo Nick. Espero que todo esté bien contigo. Haber cuando nos aventamos un café juntos. Yo creo que las vacas son los del pueblo. Ya me iba a quedar con una para hacer una buena carne asada. Jaja 😜
Congratulations very nice house , here in USA for that money you can't even get a mobil home with the land Wich are plastic boxes , this is a real house, how houses should be , great move , enjoy it , cheers
Thank you very much. When I moved back to the states a good size Mobil home was 20-30k. Now they are almost 200k. It’s insane
Dijistes que blanqueastes la casa pintala en Blanco con sus vetanas negras de hierro se ve muy Hermosa ASI en esos colores de contraste se ve sencilla elegante me encanto' muy bueno gusto .muy bien hechas esa casa aqui en estados unidos las casas no tienen esa extructuras que no las hara caer pot terremotos o perder por UN fire ⛈️👏👏👏.hisistes muy Bien en contruir ahi los tiempo s estan dificiles y de verdad hisistes UN trabajo excelente .bueno las personas que les pagastes para hacerlo.muy buen comienso para lo que SE viene ESO si ..las vetanas nesecitarian Otra proteccion ya que los son de vidrio son mas faciles de romper solo que allas puesto unos de muy Buena calidad mesclado con otros materiales mas duraderos.bueno El video muy Bien esplicado.👋🙋🇺🇸
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I’ve watched several videos and I believe you mentioned in one who was your architect. Do you have a link to that video, I can’t remember or who did you use? Thanks
very spacious!
Great videos. Estoy en ching haciendo la mia
Super, en donde estás construyendo el tuyo?
We didn’t get to meet on person last time I was at Chapala but hopefully we will one day sooner than later
I hope so too. Lord willing I’ll be back for Thanksgiving in Mexico
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Victor Saludos desde houston,cual es el video que salio tu hermano queremos ver la cupula,muchas felicidades te esta quedando muy Bonito todo!!
Hola y saludos! Desafortunadamente mi cuñada no se siente muy cómoda en que su casa esté a la vista pública y por eso ya no le hecho seguimiento a su casa. Si un día cambia de pensar, vuelvo hacer un video.
Nice job.! Saw another video (first time watching your video) where you just spoke spanish and i see you speaking english it threw me off. I bet it really helps when you are fluent in Spanish. Probably a good idea to take a local person when negotiating prices to try and avoid the gringo grab. Love the area, looks nice and quiet away from the busy town.
Thank you very much. It helps a lot to speak Spanish, there are good people in Mexico however there’s some slick ones too always trying to take advantage. My Pops helps me out a lot with those king of people. He can identify then easier then me.
i love the house we are in the process of moving to mexico and want to start building our home
Thank you very much, where about will you be going to in Mexico?
@@yeshuaismyredeemer well my dad is from jamay jalisco and we were thinking about building our home in cuquio jalisco maybe in a year in a half
@@jacquelinefelix2579 oh wow! My family is from Cucio Jalisco , well my Dad and grandparents. I remember it as a very small town. But it’s been a long time since I’ve been there. I’ve wanting to go to Jamay I have a coworker that is building her home there.
Cuquio… messed up spelling lol
@@yeshuaismyredeemer wow my husband's family has been there since the revolution and think he said they are natives from there
Beautiful house....congrats, man, you did fantastic work. How much can cost approx to build a simple house around 120 square meters?
Hello. I think it all depends on location north of Mexico is more expensive, the south is much cheaper. And here in Guadalajara is about medium price. Are you looking to build in a major town?
I love this style home!!! Please share this blue print with me🙏 I’m here in Mexico now and would love something like this. Any way you could share with me?
Hello. I have my blue print in Mexico. I’ll be back this month. So I’ll try to have it ready in April. Message me then so I can send it to you
Time to go to Zacoalco for some equipales. House looks great. Does that price include lot? Or just the build. Keep ‘em coming.
I wish I could they are pretty nice, they sell here in chapala as well, the problem is that we have alacranes 🦂 and they love to go into those types of chairs. The price includes the lot. The lot cost was 22,500 dls
Hi Victor, I really enjoy watching your videos. I'm also building my retirement house in Jalisco and was wondering were you purchased the curtains? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated 🙂
Hello and thank you. I bought them in Amazon in the states then just brought them over. It’s funny because my dads wife called them plastic curtains, I told her that hey are sun blocking curtains, she had never seen them.
Hey Vic. They have these curtains / black out curtains at Walmart in Ajijic. They also have more variety in Home Depot....this is in Mexico of course. Also, they have the nice curtain rods as well. We bought some for our house last time we were there.
Hola Victor, muy bonita la casa, podrías compartir los planos?
Hola. Si como no, mándame un correo a iDiscover.México@gmail.com
I watched your video in Spanish and I understood it (pocho myself); you would be great on specifics on a build for me.
Hello Manonlo. Are you building soon?
@@yeshuaismyredeemer I am at the stage to go over there and check it out; finishing up my career. I got the money.
Hello, awesome project you got there. My father in law just bought a lot in San Marcos, Jalisco. There is no electricity or sewer. How would he go about getting it and is it expensive to get power out to his place? Thank you
Did her buy in a fraccionamiento? If he did he has to get together with his neighbors and go to the ayuntamiento to ask what is need in their community to get electrify. If the place is already established he can go by him self to the ayuntamiento and asked for it to be installed. It’s not that expensive it cost me about 300$ to get meter put in and establish an account
Your home building venture is great. Was the facade design your idea or your architect's?
Hello Alec, I did the floor plan design, took it to the architect, he made some adjustments to keep the cost down, mostly on the beams. I wanted a more open concept but the steel beams would of cost way more then having the pillars as a hallway.
Hello, I've been following you for the last few vidos, I love what you have done with the property.
I have a small question so I to recently purchased a lot in Mexico, you know how it's measured in metros not in square feet. Well I just want to know what 20 × 21 metros are in square feet, No one can give me a answer.
Thanks in advance and keep sharing your vidos there amazing.
Hello Cesar, it’s sad no one gives you an answer. But it’s pretty easy. 20 x 21 is = 420 meters. 420 meters is = to 4520 square feet. 👍🏼. Anything I can help please let me know.
Bad placement of palm trees move them or knock them down.. palm tree roots are strong and moves the ground.. roots will push out the base of your fence.. and the one by the front of your house 6 years down the road will make that wall have cracks
Thanks for feedback 👍🏼
Very nice.
I’m trying to build my house in in Mexico also. However my biggest trouble is sending money there. How did you handle that part.
Hello tocayo
For large sums I just go to the bank and send money to my dad. If you don’t have anyone there I suggest opening a Mexican bank account. You will need INE or residency. When sending only. 9k and under I use Xoom by PayPal. The ask questions validating employment and so, and what the money is being used for. But it doesn’t take long to get approved.
Oye 👋 creí que ibas hacer videos en español también.
Hey Victor, do you know if the Vista del Lago lots are still available with facilities? I am coming to GDL next weekend so I was thinking about checking those lots, I am undecided about buying in Jalisco or Yucatan.
Hello. I think I saw one last time I was there. Im not sure if you watched this video. ua-cam.com/video/wpvP7O4UiKE/v-deo.html In this location there were still a lot of properties there. I would recommend this area.
Question about Ethernet cable. I believe I saw your house wired for Ethernet. Is that common now? I was thinking of buying a spool and taking it down there and all the female wall connections but it’s it’s common I will let the contractor worry about it. Thanks.
Hello. If your in a neighborhood like mine there’s no cable in the area yet. It’s all vía satélite. We use star link, here is the link, check it out. The unit is about 450$ and about 55$ a month. You will need address where to send it. Create and account and all that
www.starlink.com/
Then you will need a contractor to run the wires into your house. Mine was built in when I built it
Since the foundation is so big, do you have a basement or crawling space underneath your home?
Hello. No the foundation was completely filled, it was done in most part to be level with the street since the property has a good amount of pitch.
Are iron window bars required in MX? Not getting a good vibe from that. I imagine that break-in resistant windows would be too expensive?
Hello. Nope they are are not a requirement. In fact a lot of modern homes are being made with double Paine aluminum windows. My end goal is a Spanish style home. That’s the reason mostly got the Iron windows.
Im guessing is because he doesn’t reside in this home permanently, if you leave a house alone for some time, even if you live in the US it could attract robbers, so extra safety measures are required, but since this house is in a Pueblo is kinda safer, but still, what many people do is paying someone(usually old-good manners-trusted rural men) to go to your house periodically to take a look and do some maintenance, and is not that expensive.
Muy bonita casa. Una pregunta. La casa la diseñaste tu? O contrataste un arquitecto para que te diseñara la casa y te hiciera los planos?
Lo diseñé you, luego contraté un arquitecto para poder registrar la propiedad
Great job. 1800 sqf ? It's a lot.
Thank you very much 😊
I have a question dear.
It's possible buy a lamp fixture home in example, lamp plus and put it in México it it's some electricity frequency?
Ejm una lampara de techo.
Hello, yes 👍🏼. Everything runs on 110 v. Same as US.
I often see bars on the windows and doors on homes in Mexico. Is that due to safety concerns or more that it’s just standard for most designs?
Hello. Mostly due to safety. However it’s also traditional from the time the Spaniards invaded Mexico. There’s options for aluminum windows which I will use but it will be in the upper room Lord willing I will build one day. There’s a lot of homes being built with aluminum windows but that have good security systems
would you have the plans and SF of home for compar
Square feet is about 1800
Where are the stairs gonna go
Lord willing. My back patio will turn into a stair case and hallway to the back yard. I will have to open up the wall to make it look like one area.
Hi Victor, have been following your videos for a while, good info. My wife and I are starting to look to buy land in that area and Ajijic. We really like Ajijic! Do you know of any area that they are selling larger lots? Over 900 sq meters? Doesn't have to be a gated area. Want to build a mini hacienda. Any info would be appreciated!
Hello. As much as I know there isn’t much land for sale, I’ve seen some buy small 10x20 meters lots. But that was a while ago. That’s why most people are buying there are buying homes instead of land. I’m some cases they buy the older homes and rebuild them.
@@yeshuaismyredeemer thank you for the info! Good idea! Do you know of any trust worthy realtors in that area? We've bought property before in Mexico Los Altos area, so we are aware of the lengthy process.
Thanks again
@@lurjr from what I’ve heard. Access chapala has a good reputation, works with a lot of expats and been around for some time.
Victor you have shown videos of new construction. Could you show video of a remodel. When you can. Ive heard pros and cons.
That’s a good idea. I’ll keep an eye on one that I could make a video of.
@@yeshuaismyredeemer Victor I have a cousin doing that right now. He goes back and forth like you. Contact me if you would like his info.
@@RaulCIbarra where is he building?
@@yeshuaismyredeemer San Nicolas de Ibarra. On Juarez Street. Cross street is Morelos. Juarez is the street the Church is on. My other cousin next door is also ReConstructing. At a slower pace. My Email is in the about section. I can give you his phone #.
@@RaulCIbarra I couldn’t see it in the about section. Message me in Instagram. idiscover_mexico
I’m buying land but how do you go about getting builders and a layout ?
Hello, when you don’t have the help of family like I did. I recommend contacting an reputable architect around the area you are going to build, hiring an architect sounds expensive but it’s not compared to the US or Canada. Usually an architect will charge about 600-1000dls for rendering of what you are looking for. An architect can supervise your construction and some can even bring their own builders. The way the architect get paid when supervising is by charging 10% if the cost of materials and not by the cost of the building it self. They will also be vale to give a rough estimate of your total cost. I say rough ,because a construction usually takes a year, and building materials can change through out the year.
What state of Mexico is that, if you don't mind me asking, and how much does the land cost?
Thank you in advance.
Hello. It’s in the state of Jalisco in Chapala. About 45min west of Guadalajara. Land varies on location and size. For example properties in Ajijic which is the city most sought out by expats 10x30 meters can cost anywhere from 50-100k. A lot in my location which is east of ajijic and about 20min away is about 50-100k for a lot 20x60 meters. And lots 10x30 in town could be as low as 20k.
@@yeshuaismyredeemer thank you.
Are you going to keep showing videos on this home. Landscaping ect.
Yes till people stop watching lol 😂
Raul are you the guy Bill the Geek interviewed?
I'm Victor's brother BTW
@@471CDA Yes
@@raulibarra1089 Nice. So you are a descendant of the original Ibarras. Are you still planning on building in San Nicolas?
Pregunta requeriste arquitecto?
Gracias
Hola qué tal. Para adquirir tus permiso de construcción se requiere a lo mínimo una reducción arqueológica. Pero un arquitecto no es necesario para realizar la obra.
Este is on english.teestoy viendo en spanish
Hola Victor! Im thinking about living in Mexico also. I just retired from teaching. Question? Are Mexicans able to pay the prices you are spending for your house? Or would it just take them longer? It seems very expensive for Mexico. Are these gringo prices?
Hello. And congrats 🎉. The issue is that Mexico has a lot of rich and poor people. The middle class is minimal. For example under a normal teachers salary pension you would be placed more in the upper middle class. There’s plenty of Mexicans that can build a home like mine and even more. And there’s a lot of Mexicans that only dream of it. Moral of the story is to always be thankful and willing to help other. God bless and best wishes. Where are you planning to live in Mexico?
@@yeshuaismyredeemer Thank you Victor for your kind words. I plan to come in January 2023 and rent in a few places for 1 to 2 months. I want to start in Xalapa, Veracruz because I will take a Spanish course at the University of Veracruz. Then, I want to experience Mazatlan and maybe somewhere in the Yucatan. I want to see the Mayan culture. My dream is a house with a small pool, rooftop terrazo and walled backyard with plants and fruit trees. Gracias!!
Será que me puedes textear tu plano me gusta tu casa
Hola qué tal, perdón no lo tengo disponible, se quedo en Mexico. En marzo regreso y podré dártelo. Recuérdame más o menos en Abril. Saludos
@@yeshuaismyredeemer ok gracias
lo que pasa es que los mexicanos si tienen nuevas casas asi