Folks sometimes complain about real estate agents and their advertising being more than a little bit misleading, unnecessarily convoluted or maybe a lot misleading.I found this big sign on one of San Miguel's main boulevards, leading to the center of town. It's a banner about six by ten feet, professionally done. The seller doesn't mince …
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Fast forward to 2009
When the deal to buy the land in Taboada fell through in late 2006, our home building project went into hibernation for nearly 18 months. We were as exhausted as we were frustrated. Then in the summer of 2007 a friend who already lived in the country mentioned there was land for sale nearby. We …
A Home of Our Own
As long as we have been together--37 years and counting--Stew and I have fantasized about building our own house. But while waiting for that to come true, our lives often seemed like an endless series of remodeling projects.Our bookshelves clearly revealed our passions: Magazines about architecture, interior design and gardening (lots of those), along with …