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Nicaragua real estate: Day 26 in the life of a Nicaraguan Earthship
2008-02-01 22:56:00 As our road is under construction, there are very small windows of opportunity to receive materials. And everyday is an opportunity to learn. Yesterday I was promised by one fellow based out of Rivas that the sand would arrive before 7:00am, an hour and a half before the road crew arrives. I was also promised by ... More About: Life , Estate , Real Estate , Nicaragua , Social responsibility
Green home construction - Day 25 in the construction of a Nicaraguan Earths
2008-01-31 16:21:00 The water catchment is taking form. In the next few days we will tie the finish coat on the middle dome into the gutters and cistern. We’re sloping the flow at 1 inch every four feet. Earthship, green building, green movement, green real estate, Nicaragua, nicaragua property, san juan del sur, sustainable construction, sustainable housing Bookmark It Hide ... More About: Home , Green , Construction , Day By Day , San Juan del Sur
Lot signs are going in on Day 24 of the construction of a Nicaraguan Earths
2008-01-30 16:32:00 It’s midway through the week and it looks as though we will accomplish our short term objectives. Today we saw two hits on the dome and both gutters built up significantly. Although the inside of the building is not currently a high priority, there are enough hands that we are able to continue with “packout” and adobe ... More About: Construction , Signs , Social responsibility , Day By Day , San Juan del Sur
Green building - Day 23 of the construction of a Nicaraguan Earthship
2008-01-29 16:32:00 The middle dome is ready to receive it’s first coat of plaster. Inside the building, Seth has been discussing the art of adobe plaster with the local Nicaraguan crew. The plaster work is coming along well. Lot’s of busy hands all around us. Sometimes it’s hard to believe it’s been only 23 working days. Earthship, green building, ... More About: Building , Green Building , Green , Construction , Social responsibility
Day 22 of the construction of a Nicaraguan Earthship
2008-01-28 19:41:00 Monday is always a natural time to lay out goals and expectations for the week, and with the addition of Phil and Seth, two of Earthship Biotecture’s finest, we decided to set our goals high. All in all it was a decent Monday. We were able to get a skeleton of rebar up and supported for ... More About: Construction , Social responsibility , Day By Day , San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua real estate: The buzz about the Nicaraguan Earthship is building
2008-01-28 06:24:00 We’ve been keeping a daily blog on the construction of a house made out of tires which cools itself passively, creates its own power and harvests its own water. Known as an “Earthship” the house design was conceived by architect Mike Reynolds from Earthship Biotecture, in Taos, New Mexico. Ever since the construction team arrived in ... More About: Building , Estate , Real Estate , Buzz , The Buzz
Green real estate in Nicaragua: Day 21 of the construction of a Nicaraguan
2008-01-27 19:30:00 The west dome has received its final coat. This morning we were hit with about a twenty minute downpour and decided that pounding tires would need to wait due to all the fresh mud. And since the dome was already wet and needed to be done eventually, we decided it was a sign. So with Camilo sifting ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Green , Construction , Nicaragua
Green real estate in Nicaragua: Day 19 of the construction of a Nicaraguan
2008-01-25 18:53:00 The greenhouse wall is ready to accept the bond beam. Fernando, Eliseo and Marlo will spend the first part of tomorrow plastering around the few bottles that are left while Eduardo, Freddy, and Miguel Angel (who has re-joined us for a few days) will pound out a few tires to channel water away from the ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Green , Construction , Nicaragua
Green real estate in San Juan del Sur: Day 18 of the construction of a Nica
2008-01-24 18:48:00 It always feels good to have work for someone. Today Frederico and Eduardo re-joined the work force. We are now six from the El Carizal community just south of San Juan del Sur and myself, a lucky seven for the rest of the week. Today the greenhouse wall received a nice smooth (floated) coat. The exposed ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Green , Construction
Nicaragua real estate update: Day 17 of the construction of a Nicaraguan Ea
2008-01-23 21:44:00 Today was the first day of work on the site after the holidays. Of the original 13 workers from the community, I am beginning to separate out the best of the best. I invited the top three (decided on when I left on December 23) to help me get started. Fernando, Marlo and Eliseo will ... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Construction , Update , Nicaragua
Choose Nicaragua: A real estate tour of the best Nicaragua has to offer
2008-01-10 19:55:00 Some of the best real estate deals on Earth “Nicaragua is virtually unknown to most people and usually misunderstood, which is why forward-thinking investors can find some of the best real estate deals on Earth in this country.” MSN Money We invite you to review the very best real estate in Nicaragua Over the past few months a ... More About: A Real Estate , Estate , Real Estate , Tour
Day 16 of the Earthship Construction ? A reflection by Dave Kniffin
2007-12-22 18:45:00 Since the conception of this project, people have asked me what we are doing here, “What is the vision?” or “What is the goal?” And at any given time, the best I can do is offer a snapshot of where we are, and where we are going. It’s an evolving dream. Still, at the base ... More About: Construction , Dave , Social responsibility , Reflection , Day By Day
Earthship construction: Day 14 and Day 15
2007-12-21 18:35:00 The building is taking shape and as hard as it is to put the project on hold for the holidays, we have made great progress. Since Monday, we have been working with a local crew of fifteen as well as three experts in sustainable building from Taos, New Mexico who have stayed to continue to ... More About: Construction , Social responsibility , Day By Day , Earthship
Earthship construction: Day 13
2007-12-20 00:09:00 The day was rainy but spirits were high. Luckily down here in Nicaragua the rain is soft and warm. Presently half of the house is harvesting water into the east cistern when it rains. This means that the oxcarts may not have to haul water for the construction of the project anymore. Part of the goal ... More About: Construction , Social responsibility , Day By Day , Earthship
Earthship construction: Day 12
2007-12-19 00:04:00 No fibers this morning. Lydia and Jo have volunteered to drive to Managua to buy fibers at the one store in the country that sells them. That drive is a minimum five hours return trip on a less than perfect road, so their efforts are appreciated even before they depart. At the job-site, the morning is ... More About: Construction , Social responsibility , Day By Day , Earthship , San Juan del Sur
Earthship construction: Day 11
2007-12-17 23:46:00 Today this unique Nicaraguan real estate project entered a new phase. Of the 11 Earthship experts from Taos, New Mexico, USA, only three remain. Ted Elsasser, Justin S, and Demian Larsen have all stayed on to continue to teach the local crew. Two new locals have joined the workforce. They had been observing the work on ... More About: Construction , Day By Day
Earthship construction: Day 10
2007-12-14 23:46:00 The nightly rains caused delays in the delivery of supplies and the lack of materials were today’s limiting factor. Everyone was acutely aware that it was their last day on the site together. The majority of the Taos crew departs this weekend and, as a result, the crew seemed to push harder than ever to realize ... More About: Construction , Day By Day , Earthship
Earthship construction: Day 9
2007-12-13 14:25:00 Day Nine dawns, another bright and beautiful morning in El Carrizal, Nicaragua. The Earthship crew arrives and the Nicas are already at it. They bring out all of the tools for us every morning, which is great. The building is starting to really take shape, highlighted by the main room with it’s twin arched entrance and ... More About: Construction , Day By Day
Earthship construction: Day 8
2007-12-12 14:28:00 Our inter-cultural crew continued its total dominance of all things Earthship . The twins have excelled in winning the love of the local builders as they have developed a strange pigeon language mixed with Taos slang and Nicaraguan highlander Spanish. Monkeys barked at me today as I drank a coke. The kids in the valley have been ... More About: Construction , Day By Day
Earthship construction: Day 7
2007-12-11 04:52:00 Today 25 crew members joined forces to lift and set the 22ft wide rebar birdcage roof on top of the living room. The birdcage roof was wrapped in chicken wire and wired together with hardware cloth. Rumor has it that the roof weighed over 1,000 pounds! Once the roof was raised, it was fastened to the ... More About: Construction , Day By Day , Earthship
Earthship construction: Day 6
2007-12-09 03:16:00 When I arrived this morning, the oxen were already busy hauling dirt from the building site for the next Earthship which has been completely excavated. Although Saturday is usually a day off, the thirteen local workers accepted the offer to put in a half day’s worth of work. The mixer was going within a half hour ... More About: Construction , Day By Day
Earthship construction: Day 5
2007-12-07 19:15:00 We were greeted this morning at the site by two teams of oxen pulling wagons. We have been using a back hoe to generate dirt from a nearby site, but we needed a more efficient way to get the dirt to the Earthship rather than having the back hoe trundle down with a scoop at ... More About: Construction , Day By Day
Earthship construction: Day 4
2007-12-06 17:08:00 Each day a few of the Carizal kids from the surrounding community eagerly wait at the river crossing for the construction crew to arrive holding a small collection of bottles and cans. A good portion of the crew enjoyed the local night life the night before, so morning arrived quickly for some. By 7:00 am ... More About: Construction , Day By Day , Earthship
Earthship construction: Day 3
2007-12-06 04:48:00 Work started at 6:00 am when the temperature was still cool. The back-hoe was found with a flat tire which was quickly fixed. Tire pounding resumed with a sense of urgency and good camaraderie among the locals and foreigners alike. The back-hoe was busy bringing dirt from the next Earthship site, for which excavation began yesterday. Mass ... More About: Construction , Day By Day
Earthship construction: Day 2
2007-12-05 04:25:00 Today the cooling tubes arrived. Cooling tubes are usually 20 foot long galvanized metal pipes, 10″ in diameter, that are buried in the earth and enter each room through one of the first few courses of tires. They arrived just in time. We are pounding tires at a rate that requires constant back bury. The galvanized metal ... More About: Construction , Day By Day , Earthship
Earthship construction: Day 1
2007-12-04 17:12:00 The crew arrived with sledgehammers, picks, shovels and tires in hand to help build Casa Llanta. This is day one of a project to build a house out of tires which cools itself passively, creates it own power and harvests its own water. Joining the American team of Earthship builders is a group of Nicaraguans ... More About: Construction , Day By Day
Can you build an Earthship in 16 days ? in Nicaragua?
2007-12-01 23:49:00 The construction team is congregating and getting ready to build an Earthship in 16 days on a beautiful Nicaragua n hillside with a view out towards the Pacific ocean. Dave Kniffen from Earthship Biotecture in Taos is leading the construction of Casa Llanta, or “House of Tires” as it is locally known. Earthships emerge from a bold vision ... More About: Days , Build
Nicaragua one of ?Five Top South American Investment Opportunities?
2007-11-24 23:58:00 Overseas property mall have highlighted Nicaragua as one of the five top South American Investment Opportunities. Joining Chile, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay here is the excerpt on Nicaragua. “Tourism in Nicaragua is booming, and along with it, many buy-to-let opportunities. Tourism is currently the second largest industry in the nation and over the last 7 years tourism ... More About: Data
Will Nicaragua real estate be the future for many baby boomers?
2007-10-17 18:15:00 How might Nicaragua real estate benefit from a generation of retirees? That discussion begins with an analysis of the U.S. market. Real estate is cyclical, though the U.S. has experienced extended periods of positive price appreciation. Taking any 10 to 20 year period, the U.S. home price indexes will look a lot like a stock ... More About: Baby , Retirement , Estate , Real Estate , Future
Find a great property investment and give back at the same time
More articles from this author:2007-09-03 01:32:00 We are very proud to be associated with Community REfund, an organisation with a practical mechansim to achieve an ambitious aim: to ensure that local communites benefit from the explosion of real estate investment activity taking place in the country. The “RE” stands for real estate Community REfund solicits contributions from real estate buyers, developers, agents, and ... More About: Property , Investment , Time , Great , Find 1, 2, 3 |
