Buying a farm and building a homestead

Member since 20 June 2017

House TyrellMember20 June 2017 19:29:54

The property is in Chiriqui in Santa Rosa. There is a small house on the property, but my plans are to build a much larger walled hacienda using earthbags, CEB block, etc. I plan to do a lot of the work myself. any advice?

kristc99 Serial expat

Member since 09 December 2012

kristc99Serial expat20 June 2017 21:47:45

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I have no first hand experience, but from what I have heard there is the Panamanian way of building things. If you expect workers to do anything different you may have a frustrating process of teaching them and not getting the results you expect. But if you are hands on and working alongside them, that should help a lot.
I love Chiriqui. Best of luck and hope it works well for you too.