Merida
Three things I wish I had brought:
Trader Joe's grocery store anything organic (food)
Three things I wish I'd left at home:
Can't think of anything
Bring as little as you need to, because moving is expensive. And you can get most things here. All the appliances work the same, etc. I would suggest renting for a few months while you look for a home, even though its a hassle to move. But that way you get to know the neighborhoods a little and will make a wiser choice. We love where we live but we just got lucky.
A renovated colonial stone house, about 100 years old. And it's very typical of the expats around here.
We wanted to be in the city, near the center. And we wanted a home that was old and renovated. We found lots of homes to choose from on www.jensyucatan.com and chose from one of those.
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Much lower. Average price of a home to buy outright is $100K USD
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Did you find any disparity in home prices for "gringos"? I searched on line in English and Spanish and found several comparable centro homes with higher prices on the English sites.
IGOYUCATANAverage cost of a home in Merida is 50,000 usd but many expats buy in centro historico therefor they pay much higher prices. Their are many neighborhoods and new developments that expats when 1st arrive dont now about because their realtor does not share this information as many of these developments to pay agents a commission.
kikiptA couple of points" 1) The average home price here in Mérida is NOT $100K. It is low, but not that low. 2) We read a lot of these sorts of comments about leaving everything and buying new things here. We found it to have been horrendous advice. Many things here are very expensive - more than than in the US, and some things just aren't that easy to find at all. Shipping most of our property by boat from Florida to Mérida was actually cheaper than moving in the US. There are many things we didn't bring that we wish we had. Unless your furniture is crap, you are better off bringing it.
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