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.
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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.
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Apartment Row |
Some of these apartments can, in fact, be a little disturbing but that is probably true of every city in he world.
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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.
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Unique House |
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Two Story House |
The majority, however, were more modest but very clean and well kept.
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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.
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Big Yard |
The "patio homes" were in a row each having a common wall with it's neighbor.
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Patio Homes |
These generally appeared to be small and always "protected".
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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.
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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.
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