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$67,900.00 Don Jaime's Eden, Tixcokob, Near Merida
Three bedroom home on 30m x 40m park-like lot!

Where to start? This is a great, tastefully remodeled, yet understated, 3
bedroom home in one of the nicest pueblos, near Merida, that we have
seen or experienced. Tixcokob, about 10 miles out of Merida is bustling
yet tranquillo, has all of the services, markets, and especially
transportation one could ever need and yet it is still just minutes from
Merida Centro.

In fact the "Centro Bus Company" passes in front of the house and will
pick you up and drop you off there so you don't even need a car to live
here comfortably. This same bus system will take you to Centro Merida,
the airport, and even Cancun airport practically on your own schedule
and for much less money than the other major bus lines you have to go
into Merida Centro to access.

There are also the combi's (mini-vans) to Merida, nearby and wonderful
Izamal,and the beaches, as well as the local tricycles, pedal or motorized,
to get you around the pueblo so, as we said, your transport options are
unlimited, convenient and inexpensive.

The Basics:

As we said above, the house sits comfortably on an expansive
1200m2 lot in a quiet neighborhood, perhaps a 15 minute walk from
the center of town.

It's a corner lot so you only a neighbor on one side living in his own
piece of Eden which you will have to see to believe and appreciate.
Don Jose, the neighbor, is a retired, tri or poly-lingual, tourism
guide who now spends his days happily tending his garden, and
orchard/forest and keeping an eye on your's if you happen to be out
of town. Quiet and unassuming yet as friendly and generous a
person as we have had the pleasure of meeting in some time, and
that's saying a lot, given how very friendly and considerate the
Yucatecans are in general!

The House:
Entering the living room from a covered front porch, you find a
comfortable area of approximately 4 x 4m2 which continues through
an open arch either as part of the living room or which could be
used as a formal dining area. That second space probably measures
4 x 5 meters. On one side is an arched opening for a "breakfast bar"
opening into the kitchen, and which will comfortably seat 4 persons.

The arch, tiled breakfast bar and most of the tiled kitchen are new.
Pasta floor tiles, throughout the house, help keep things cool and
comfortable in the hottest months. All the electricity and plumbing
in the house are new, including the 220v electric service if you
should decide to install one or several mini-split Ac's at some point.

Speaking of Utilities:
Telephone and high-speed, DSL Internet services are available from
the street. That package, last we checked, was running, $386 pesos
monthly for unlimited use. City water costs roughly $50 pesos
annually and there are no meters! The house has a well, pump and
garden irrigation system shared with your neighbor Don Jose.
Electricity outside of Merida is a good deal less expensive, by the
way. Gas for your stove and water heater usually comes in 30-40
liter replaceable tanks although many clients are installing 300-500
liter stationary roof-top tanks these days. The plumbing system is
set up for a solar water-heating system, if and when you are ready
to install one..

All of the traditional steel windows have been painstakingly taken
apart, sanded down to the metal, primed and repainted, and had
their glass re-installed and caulked before having all new screens
attached outside throughout the entire house.

The first and largest bedroom enters off the living room and, the
dining room and measures approximately 4 1/2m x 6m. It's quite
frankly huge, and is lovely with its arched windows, colored glass,
and walls painted on two sides in vibrant "Rosa Mexicana".

The second bedroom shares a door with the first and also opens onto
a short hall which opens to the dining room and spacious and
tastefully remodeled bath. The second bedroom measures
approximately 4m x 4.5m., has it's own built-in "ropero" or closet
and a wrought-iron, gated, office space converted from the original,
in-the-wall closet.

Speaking of wrought iron, our friend and seller is a part-time
boat/Yacht builder/restoration specialist, part of the year, in the
States and spends the rest of the year, here in the Yucatan
pursuing his other passion, photography, especially nature and
Mexican culture photography which offers virtually endless and
ongoing possibilities in the Yucatan. We mention this for two
reasons: First, is that when you see the home, you will notice that
our detail-minded seller/designer has included a good deal of
under-stated yet lovely detailing in wrought iron from portable,
hanging lamps, which he made to hang from hammock hooks on the
walls, to vine and flower designs on several of the doors. Very nice,
attention getting, aesthetically pleasing, but never over-powering,
details we think you will appreciate as much as we do!.

The second reason we mention the above, is that many buyers
(including ourselves!) almost inevitably want to know the following,
and we think important, question: "Why is he selling?"
Glad you asked! Our client is selling so that he can move to and
spend more time in our mutually beloved Rio Lagartos where he
spends most of his time pursuing his photography in any case while
he is in country. After all of the work and personal investment he
has put in this home I know selling it was a difficult decision and
not arrived at quickly but his passion for nature and his
photography eventually seems to have won out....

Here below is a website our multi-talented seller is building for a
mutual friend and Rio Lagartos guide, entrepreneur, and
restaurant owner, Diego Nunez: Rio Lagartos Adventures