Comments on: I have not bought the farm,. but I am trying to rent the house… http://www.uruguayliving.com/2006/12/04/i-have-not-bought-the-farm-but-i-am-trying-to-rent-the-house/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: maxalto http://www.uruguayliving.com/2006/12/04/i-have-not-bought-the-farm-but-i-am-trying-to-rent-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-451 maxalto Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:44:08 +0000 http://www.uruguayliving.com/2006/12/04/i-have-not-bought-the-farm-but-i-am-trying-to-rent-the-house/#comment-451 I have been enjoying your blog for a few weeks now. Great stuff! I was born in New York but my parents are from Uruguay and I travel there often . You mentioned you might be looking at the coast as a possible place to buy a place. My mom recently bought an apartment in Atlantida and is planning to retire there. Since then she has taken friends who have also bought an apartment a few blocks away. It turns out that they met 2 more American couples who lived in the building and they in turn knew a German couple who were retiring to Atlantida as well. The proximity to Montevideo, the airport and hospitals swayed them over Piriapolis and Punta Del Este for "year- round" living in a sleepy beach town. Having spent many summers there I agree! My wife and 2 children travel every year and have also bought a place (just behind the Hotel Rex) and absolutely love it. We'll be back in February. After reading your blog I will also try to stop in at the Old Maz Deli on a Sunday in February to say hi! Thanks for getting the word out on a great place like Uruguay... I have been enjoying your blog for a few weeks now. Great stuff! I was born in New York but my parents are from Uruguay and I travel there often . You mentioned you might be looking at the coast as a possible place to buy a place. My mom recently bought an apartment in Atlantida and is planning to retire there. Since then she has taken friends who have also bought an apartment a few blocks away. It turns out that they met 2 more American couples who lived in the building and they in turn knew a German couple who were retiring to Atlantida as well.
The proximity to Montevideo, the airport and hospitals swayed them over Piriapolis and Punta Del Este for “year- round” living in a sleepy beach town. Having spent many summers there I agree!
My wife and 2 children travel every year and have also bought a place (just behind the Hotel Rex) and absolutely love it. We’ll be back in February. After reading your blog I will also try to stop in at the Old Maz Deli on a Sunday in February to say hi! Thanks for getting the word out on a great place like Uruguay…

]]> By: invisiwill http://www.uruguayliving.com/2006/12/04/i-have-not-bought-the-farm-but-i-am-trying-to-rent-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-447 invisiwill Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:29:17 +0000 http://www.uruguayliving.com/2006/12/04/i-have-not-bought-the-farm-but-i-am-trying-to-rent-the-house/#comment-447 It seems like you could hire a 'local' you trust to help you find a home up until the point of signing. So, you could keep a Uruguayan rate. >>We try to do that as much as possible, but since nothing is agreed upon here until EVERYTHING  is agreed  upon, it doesn't do you much good, espeically if the other side is greedy.  They simply change the terms.  That can, and sometimes does happen up until minutes before the contract is signed. It seems like you could hire a ‘local’ you trust to help you find a home up until the point of signing. So, you could keep a Uruguayan rate.

>>We try to do that as much as possible, but since nothing is agreed upon here until EVERYTHING  is agreed  upon, it doesn’t do you much good, espeically if the other side is greedy.  They simply change the terms.  That can, and sometimes does happen up until minutes before the contract is signed.

]]> By: Steve Fitzhugh http://www.uruguayliving.com/2006/12/04/i-have-not-bought-the-farm-but-i-am-trying-to-rent-the-house/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Steve Fitzhugh Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:53:48 +0000 http://www.uruguayliving.com/2006/12/04/i-have-not-bought-the-farm-but-i-am-trying-to-rent-the-house/#comment-446 I'm curious. You have now lived in Uruguay for a year and have even written a book about living there. Why do you want to continue to rent when it seems like buying a home or having one built would be the wiser thing to do. By the way, my wife and I both love your blog and are working on getting financial affairs in order so we can take a trip down your way. Wishing you and your visiting family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Your friends in a very cold Idaho >>The first reason is that I don't violate my own rules, and it is still too early!  I simply have not seen enough yet to determine where I want to buy. The second reason is my peculiar circumstances--I am in a wheelchair, I am also running two businesses from my home and have people working for me come in every day.  As such it is better to have the whole thing a business expense than a capital investment.  My plan is to start looking for a "house" after the high season, some where on the coast.  Perhaps something I can rent in the summer and retire to in my dotage. The third reason is that I am personally gunshy.  I lost everything when I was forced out of Montenegro at gunpoint--it was a country I really loved and had planned to stay in forever.  While there is not a scintilla of evidence that such a thing could happen here, it now takes a longer time for me to tie up a chunk of capìtal anywhere--I would not buy a house in the US at this point in my life, nor in Switzerland, nor Heaven--just yet... --The Southron I’m curious. You have now lived in Uruguay for a year and have even written a book about living there. Why do you want to continue to rent when it seems like buying a home or having one built would be the wiser thing to do. By the way, my wife and I both love your blog and are working on getting financial affairs in order so we can take a trip down your way. Wishing you and your visiting family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
Your friends in a very cold Idaho

>>The first reason is that I don’t violate my own rules, and it is still too early!  I simply have not seen enough yet to determine where I want to buy.

The second reason is my peculiar circumstances–I am in a wheelchair, I am also running two businesses from my home and have people working for me come in every day.  As such it is better to have the whole thing a business expense than a capital investment.  My plan is to start looking for a “house” after the high season, some where on the coast.  Perhaps something I can rent in the summer and retire to in my dotage.

The third reason is that I am personally gunshy.  I lost everything when I was forced out of Montenegro at gunpoint–it was a country I really loved and had planned to stay in forever.  While there is not a scintilla of evidence that such a thing could happen here, it now takes a longer time for me to tie up a chunk of capìtal anywhere–I would not buy a house in the US at this point in my life, nor in Switzerland, nor Heaven–just yet…

–The Southron

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