Housing in Jaco

Gail and I thought we would take our bicycles and ride through some of the neighborhoods in Jaco and try to get a feel for the type of housing they have here.  

There are a great many large condominium complexes in Jaco. These are not for the locals but more for the tourist and investor.  A condominium on the beach will cost a minimum of $300,000.

Jaco Beach

The local people live in apartments, houses, and small complexes that I would describe as a kind of patio home arrangement.
This is a view of the back of one of the apartment "rows" with a new high rise condo complex in the background.  You will note that although the apartments do not look very high class, they do all have air conditioning.

Apartment Row

Some of these apartments can, in fact, be a little disturbing but that is probably true of every city in he world.

Apartments

As we rode we found, at least in the neighborhoods we were in, that the houses were very nice.  Some were obviously more expensive.

Unique House

Two Story House

The majority, however, were more modest but very clean and well kept.

Very Nice House

Two things all of the houses had in common were that they all were surrounded by some sort of fence and they all had outdoor space, some more than others.

Big Yard

The "patio homes" were in a row each having a common wall with it's neighbor.

Patio Homes

These generally appeared to be small and always "protected".

Patio Homes 2

The apartments we saw that were more in a neighborhood were in a complex with common area in the middle, generally including a pool.

Apartment Complex

Jaco is the largest town in the area so they will have the largest variety of housing options.  But, we saw some very nice houses and it seems there is a very large percentage of the population that is living very well.