In the summer of 2005 I engaged 3000 hours of construction labor to improve our new home. With a team of ten construction workers, I installed an in-ground ceramic swimming pool (15'x22'), erected about 300 feet of 6 foot high cement walls, added a fancy new front gate, significantly improved the electrical and plumbing systems, expanded the "casita and completed many other maintenance tasks.

Total cost about $15,000. Just the labor in New Jersey would have cost me more than $120,000.

In late 2006 and early 2007 I hired a crew of 8 workers to further renovate our house and to construct 4 guest houses.

Furnished House

The original house was fully furnished from dishes to high quality sheets, blankets, eiderdowns, pillows etc. There is one queen size bed in the master bedroom with a very large full bathroom plus bidet even.

A second bedroom has a two storey "bunk" bed with one single and one double mattress for the kids. The other two bedrooms each have two single (one meter wide .. about 40 inches) beds.  

The property includes a mature papaya mango tree. There are five coconut palm trees in the back "orchard" beyond the arched gate for your Thai dishes.

For comparison purposes, a 450 square foot two bedroom hotel suite at the Coronado Country Club, just next door to the house, in high season, rents for $300 per day without maid service and $350 per day with service. In low season it is $200 per day unless you rent by the month.

Below are a few pictures of our house with Lise in the pool.

The arched gate at the back leads to our private orchard (about 5000 square feet) which in turn backs onto the 18 hole Coronado County Club. The "Club" has four excellent restaurants.

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