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barquentine
  4/8/2019 14:19 EST

I hate gated communities -- like living in a prison -- is it realistic to expect to be able to buy a NORMAL (non gated) property in Nuevo Vallarta?

Cozumeldeb
  4/8/2019 14:45 EST

Substitute the word security for gated. Advantages to living in a condominium or gated community is sharing expenses, huge advantage. When we bought in 2001, we were not retired yet, had never lived in a condominium bldg, worried about other owners etc.
Best decision we ever made, on the ocean in a 32 unit bldg, share pool, other services etc. Really no different than a neighborhood, some people you like and some u don't.
Our backyard is the oceanfront, never could have afforded to build a house on the ocean.
It worked for us, weigh the pros + cons. Enjoy life.

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Retiree2
  4/8/2019 19:28 EST

If you are not going to be there almost all of the time or if you don't have somone living there when you are away I would not want a house on a street anymore had 2 and upgraded. I would want a house in a gated guarded community. We live in one. The average priced houses on the street usually are in areas where constant noise is a huge problem. The cheaper the house the more noise polution you get usually. It can be a big turnoff. Burgularies are s huge problem one house I was away for months at a time was broken into 3 times. The central alarm scared them off. It still didn't feel good.

barquentine
  4/15/2019 16:13 EST

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, it doesn't answer my question.

Retiree2
  4/15/2019 20:36 EST

https://casas.trovit.com.mx/casa-nuevo-vallarta

I have a feeling these houses are in gated guarded communities but check them out maybe some are not.

dmexx
  4/19/2019 21:12 EST

Like the other two who responded to your question, I may not understand your question.

However, I give you my thinking on non- gated vs gated. If you plan to be in N V year round, you may be okay with non-gated, but your property will be worth more and more marketable if it is in a coto privado.

I have been in Mexico for 15 years, about 3 of those in cotos privados in Ajijic and Manzanillo. The last 12 in a house without protection in Queretaro. I haven't lived in Nuevo Vallarta, so take that into account.

However, I do believe my experience is generally applicable to any city in Mexico.

Were I to buy a house again, I would want to be in a coto privado.

Why? Because when I want to leave, I want piece of mind. With its controlled access, the coto does that, plus maintenance of infrastructure is better. Your property will appreciate more in a coto privado. Yes, you have to put up with some unpleasant neighbors in the coto, but you have that outside the coto as well.

If you are not trying to get a response to gated vs non-gated,
maybe you should re-phase your question.

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mannem
  4/20/2019 10:56 EST

NV was created to be a planned resort development, basically a collection of gated communities. I do not believe any space inside NV was left open for organic growth. You probably will have to look elsewhere for "normal" neighborhoods, where each house has its own walls and gates.

hrlee7804
  4/20/2019 11:11 EST

My 2 cents worth on the subject. I am a gear-head and stay busy with projects of a mechanical nature. I need space and a shop to stay busy......and out of bars with nothing else to do. Soooo many retire and with nothing to do find drinking a way to do something. I don't golf, fish (boooooring) or have a burning desire to travel...(just show me the post card). I still have no idea of what a day looks like for condo folks. But I also have no idea of what a day looks like for city folks either. Some with no car or way to move around that does not revolve around a bus schedule or taxi. It goes against my grain to eat out every meal or spend time finding a new dining experience..YUCKKK! Folks it is just food to survive. Remember when eating out was a real treat and not an everyday happening. I still eat out 5 or 6 times a week...But never my first choice. My world revolves around family and my projects so gated folks really don't want me and I really don't have much in common with them either. We do have condo friends here but mostly the women are friends and I hang out with their husband when they go out. I am not the social animal my wife is but I do get roped into some/many events. But in truth I would rather be back in my shop fixing something/accomplishing something. All that said I have my reasons for not wanting a gated community. Around here in San Carlos, Son. the gate keepers just wave us 65 yr old white guys in anyway and not look twice. Maybe Original Poster has the same or different reasons

barquentine
  4/22/2019 10:55 EST

Yes that's pretty much it. If I want to smoke weed or have my dogs outside I do not want to deal with nosy neighbours saying 'you can't do that'.
However, after reading some remarks people have made about the humid summer I think it is not for us. The first thing I did when I moved to Mexico was escape Tampico because of the atrocious climate. Not wanting hot and humid ever again.

hrlee7804
  4/22/2019 16:38 EST

Then don't come here 2-3 mo a year. I will experience it this summer for the first time. We may have to leave for a while except this summer my contractors will be working so I have to stay....or they have to stop work.

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