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Laurel27
  7/23/2015 23:05 EST

I'm moving my family to Barranquilla in December. I've visited this place every year since 2011. I love it there and I have many friends. I was curious to see how much money you all brought with you when you moved to Colombia. I booked a hotel and was looking at a few airbnb apartments but I don't think I could live in one forever.
Can you all share how you found a place and how much money (deposit) you had to put down... and basically the entire process.

I want to know all the details! It's one thing visiting and another to move there...

d1llon1982
  7/24/2015 09:02 EST

Hi Laurel,

Hope everything works out as good for you as it had for me.

I live in Barranquilla and have done for 4 years now and have lived in 5 different houses in my time here and had to move for various reasons. But the deal I have now with my landlord is definitely the best I have had. I pay my rent 6 months in advance COP 2.5 million per month and everything is great(he actually lives next door but doesn't bother us). Most times I have rented direct with the owner and had to pay a deposit, 2 times it was COP 12 million and another I had to pay 2 months rent in advance but had to pay in cash which was a pain in the as*. I have also been with the inmobiliaria. (estate agent in the UK) and I can honestly say they are pathetic, I had to put money in to a CDT (holding account) COP 26 million and then had to pay 4.3 million per month but it was a really nice apartment but still not worth it, about 200 meters from Centro comercial Villa Country. But when anything goes wrong with the place they don't ever fix it properly. I'm happy with the place I have now but it took a while to get hearl here. Apart from that I love Barranquilla. I only rent but buying property is really easy in Colombia you don't even need a lawyer and now is the time to buy with the USD,EUR and the GBP so strong against the COP. If you need any more info ask on here or PM me.

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