When we closed on our house in Rincon, the owner gave us an envelope with some pictures of the wood house during its construction and when it was just finished. We think it was built around 1990 based on what we’ve heard and a diary we found left in the house written by the previous owner. These pictures are pretty cool, so I thought I would share them with you so you can get an idea of what it looked like fresh and new.
Unpainted and no windows but pretty much the same otherwise
The house during construction from the road
Look how fresh the deck was! (And the cute puppy!)
Upstairs bedroom during construction
Living room area during construction
Looking toward the kitchen and back bedroom
The house shortly after it first went for sale (2001)
What’s really surprising is how well it has lasted over 20+ years! It does need a new roof and a new deck for sure, but otherwise, everything that was protected from the rain has stayed remarkably well-preserved. It definitely could look at least this good again, and I think Britton and I have pretty good “vision” for properties, so we could make it even cooler. It’s kind of fun looking at old pictures like this and thinking about what we were doing in elementary school at that time. And how our life paths merged to this point. Kind of neat.
Cassie are former owners canadians or gringos? That tipe of construction is very common in cold weather places not common in the tropics
I like that for right now you are planning on fixing your property I think its
more cost effective and later you can do something else if you want I
think it would be a waste to tear it down. And if you are both handy you can do a lot of the work your selfs. From the bottom of my heart I wish you the best and a lot of sucess on this project. Best wishes,Don Jr.
Reinaldo, there is certainly more concrete in Puerto Rico, that’s for sure.
Don Jr., we really appreciate your encouragement! Thanks!
I want to make a comment about another blog if you dont mind. I think it
was real wise to wait andbuy this porperty instead the one in lares or isabela, you have a grat expat. community ,business opportunities, close to
the airport of aguadilllas,tourist area very nice. but like to let you know you probally already know the sell land in pr by meters and 4,000 meters equals a cuerda , you probally have 4 cuerdas. and hopefully they dont have many hurrricanes going tru rincon. you folks made the right choice
congrats, Don Jr.