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CoachTrana

CoachTrana

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American looking for information about Puerto Rico

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American

Lives in Aguada, Aguada

Speaks English

Registration: 28 January 2018

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CoachTrana replied to a thread
2 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

We have been working with Casa Bella to build our home. We were modifying the floorplan for one of there models. This process has been going on since July 2021. We just received a text from Casa Bella telling us that the company needs to take a ... Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
2 years ago
Ana R. Knote

Home builders by Ana R. Knote

Buying a parcel of land in Naguabo. It's on a downward slope. Looking for builders or even prefab concrete home sellers.

CoachTrana

I am working with Casa Bella. They were slow to respond to begin with. However, now we are finishing the changes to the Paula model. They are communicating with us very well. We are hoping to move forward to the permitting process in the next ... Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
3 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

Have you been able to make any progress on building your home? We are currently working with Casa Bella on modifying the Paula model. It has been a slow process. We are currently waiting for them to build the new blueprint with our changes. They ... Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
3 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

We started talking with Casa Bella in July. We are modifying the Paula model. The process has been slow. So far we have met with Kystal to discuss the building process, they did an inspection of our land to verify that they could build the Paula ... Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
4 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

Has anyone worked with the building company Casa Bella? I would like to know about the experience that you may have had with them. Thanks Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
4 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

We have been trying to build in Aguada for over 2 years. We hired the wrong architect and have been having trouble ever since. We had a very specific plan in mind which should have made his job very easy. We have talked to several different ... Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
4 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

The company is call Pura Ennergia, the system included: Sun Power Solar panels, Inverters, Sonnen Ecolinx Storrage, Pura Energia Automatic Transfer Switch and permits. It has a 25 year guarantee for Solar Modular Production System. They said it ... Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
5 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

I am looking at the possibility of putting Solar power into our new home build. The first quote we recieved was $46k for only a 6.0kw. I am wondering if anyone else has looked into solar? Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
5 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

Hello Everyone, We have talked with several builders in the area of Aguada but have not selected the right one for us. In the meantime our lot which is ocean front. We added dirt and had the lot completely cleaned up. But in less then a year it ... Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
5 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

Our plans have been approved by the city of Aguada, but we are running into cost issues. We reduced the size of the home to lower the cost. We can not find a builder that is reasonable priced. We are looking to simply have the home ... Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
5 years ago
mike hoch

home building in puerto rico by mike hoch

I am planning to build a home in santa Isabel,pr.i own the land out right and will be paying cash for the house to be built.((no bank loans)it is my understanding that after you have permission to build any one can erect the house. my question is do ...

CoachTrana

That is very interesting. I have considered doing a container home. I will look into these company more. Thanks for suggesting them. Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
5 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

Does the $125 per square foot price that you are seeing include the inside finishing work as well? Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
5 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

The architect that I used charged me $15,000 and has worked with the Permit office to get the approval, which is not an easy process. I used Justiniano Urban Systems inc in Aguada. Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
5 years ago
mike hoch

home building in puerto rico by mike hoch

I am planning to build a home in santa Isabel,pr.i own the land out right and will be paying cash for the house to be built.((no bank loans)it is my understanding that after you have permission to build any one can erect the house. my question is do ...

CoachTrana

Has anyone built a new home in the past year? I am looking for a rescent price per square foot for a cement home. Thanks Read More

CoachTrana replied to a thread
5 years ago
Live2sparkle

Building Homes in PR by Live2sparkle

I have seen a few posts from people who have built a house or will build a house on the island. Rey, I know you have a beautiful lot that you posted a photo of. And a few others, whose names escape me at the moment, have mentioned building. I am ...

CoachTrana

I am attempting to build a 2400 sq foot home with a 750 garage on the coastline near Aguada. I have had 3 builders give me quotes with the lowest being $360,000. That is without finishing the inside. The price per sq foot is ridiculous. Can ... Read More