My Story
I am moving to Chile. I have spent time setting up contacts and
resources to make moving a much simpler task. I purchased a house near
Pucon Chile. That is about 400 miles south of Santiago. I have found
this is a very popular place both in beauty and peaceful living. I have
purchased property and am now selling all my property in the US.
My expense and time that I have encountered after 3 trips to
Chile can be greatly reduced, which would save thousands of dollars and
months of time for anyone wishing to move to Chile. Which leads up to
what I will be doing in Chile. First of which is to help others. My
first trips to Chile were with much fear and apprehension.
My discoveries so far are the houses in Chile are for the most part are
unacceptable for Americans. The standards of building in Chile are non
existing for the most part. Most basic building codes that we expect to
find in a house are totally non existing in the locations outside of
the cities. I couldn't find anything in the area I wanted to live in,
that I could reasonable expect to be standing after 10 years. The
structural, electrical, plumbing, and insulation was very poor for the
most part. Houses in general were small, even though they had 3 or 4
bedrooms with 900 to 1200 sq ft. of total living space.
I found a American contractor living in the area that was
building a house for himself, but was selling his unfinished house
along with a 900 sq ft small house on the property. I have upgraded the
small house to close to American standards and will add 1000 sq ft to
the unfinished house making it 2500+ sq ft. when finished. I expect to
have about $200,000.00 US dollars in the property when it is finished.
In the US I would expect to pay upwards of $500,000.00 for the same
thing. The taxes on the property run about 2 to 3 hundred dollars a
year. A lot less than in the US.
For the most part the services such as electric and water are barely
exceptable. I have upgraded my water system to adding a storage tank
for when the water presure falls too low to be useful. I am going to
manufacture Solar and Wind power equipmant to be built by the cheap
Chileian labor to be found localy.
I have been looking into the cost of medical insurance in the area. I will update this when I get more answers.
I am now getting my residence papers together so that I can stay in
Chile long term and get my personal items brought to Chile without
paying the import tax.
While in Chile.
1. I will be assisting others make there home in Pucon and surrounding areas.
2. I will be buying land and making it into usable lots.
3. Building and assisting people in constructing their homes with local and imported materials.
4. Working with Appel well drilling company to get water to your property if not available from local water company.
5. Manufacturing Solar panels and wind power to sell in Chile.
6. Importing materials nessary for the american life style.
7. Provide americans with local labor at a good price. (Gringos are
always charged more.) We can help you get good help at chileian prices.
8. Assist in getting all leagal paperwork done and processed. Mainly Residency and property owenership papers.
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