~Sale Suspended~
Golfito Bay beach front lodge
75 Acre Rainforest and waterfront property

VIEWS AND DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES:
PHOTOS 2006-2010

Eco Retreat Lodge - Exclusive Boat Access Only

* $439,000 USD  (Seller is extremely motivated and will listen to all serious offers - Financing Available)

*Personal Note from Katie: Many of you Investors, Co-operative Agents and Previous Land Sea Clients have asked to be notified when 'special opportunities' come up. Well, for those of you looking for a Golfito Eco-Lodge, this facility, location and price could be that something special that has come along. If you know our area and the comparable properties that have come on the market the past few years or if you know the array of local rainforest lodges, you will immediately see the potential in this one. Economics and personal reasons motivate this seller to consider any serious offers. This is a project that would not be difficult to button up and open in the 2010 season. The main house is turn-key ready for your arrival. Reasonable goals and investments may give you the tourism project of your dreams. Contact me for details. (You know who you are!)

Owner Provided Information is fully up-to-date.

Inactive Eco-Lodge in prime location ready to be refurbished enhanced with new energy. Take advantage of this opportunity in a growing tourist area with unlimited potential.

This lodge is "of the grid" and offers true nature lovers a private refuge with the convenience of nearby town amenities including hospitals, airport, supermarkets and typical infrastructure.

Some facts and history about this property;

This property is approximately 30 hectares or 75 acres.

The maritime zone area is approximately 13 hectares and the land area above totals approximately 17 hectares.

In the early 2,000s the property here was purchased by a group that eventually constructed all the dwellings on this property. The intent was to create a fishing lodge where families could also be present and enjoy the environment while the men would go out and fish daily.

This facility could also be great for a yoga center, eco lodge, surf lodge, or just a great place to escape civilization with all kinds or wild life. There is a baby crocodile that lives in the lagoon. We have dolphins often swimming in the water in front of the lower lodge. toucans, parrots, monkeys, and so much more. The fishing is fantastic, red snapper. steamer type clams that live on the stalks of the mangroves, blue claw crabs and more.
There is also a large assortment of fruit tress, bananas and much more on location.

This property is presently registered in the Costa Rican land registry. It has not been titled. Most land in Costa Rica is not titled for various reasons. A good registry is viewed by Costa Rican law as equal to a title with a few exceptions. Part of what constitutes (a good registry) is documentation. Here we have over 20 year’s of documentation as well as a defined property boarder, taxes paid yearly, building permits on all but one structure, certified surveys much more.

Since this property is presently water access only there was never any road access prior to the development of this land. The Costa Rican law will not allow for titling of a land locked property. Since my purchase of this property two years prior a road has been constructed close to the property borders. Easements will need to be established, but this will be possible with some time and leg work. It has also been brought to my attention recently that another approach for titling could be established through the use of the water for access. In any case, this process is for the next owner to pursue if there is a need to do so.

At the present asking price there is little in the way of profit for anyone who has been involved here to date. The previous owners had received from me about what it had cost them in materials and labor to get the property to where it was then. I was told they had run out of money and could not finish the project. I have invested additional money to a total of the existing asking price with no mark up at all.

This property is presently water access only. All materials used to construct this site were brought in on a barge. The access is restricted approximately two hours before low tide, and two hours after low tide. This time could be migrated significantly with more floats being extended from the present dock outwards. It is also possible to excavate a channel for access at low tide. The tidal surges are as much as 10’ from low to high here.

There is an access road constructed from the water edge to the top dwellings located along the lower side of the property extending through the jungle. There is a separate walking path ( see photo below) from the lower lodge to the top dwellings along the adjacent ridge. One idea presented was to install a canopy cable from the top lodge extending downward through the jungle to the lower lodge This would be very feasible to create and would be a great selling point for paying visitors.


Here is what the property has in inventory.

Nine buildings total;

On the lower part of the property

A.1 The main lower lodge is approximately 1400 square feet living space having two floors. There are two bathrooms with showers on the upper floor. There are three bathroom, showers, semi attached out side the lodge. The kitchen area is 13.5’ x 19.5’ with two sinks. There is a washing machine, solar fridge and a 5 kw generator with ceiling fans in each room.

B.3 Lower camper cabins are10’ x 10’ approximately 100 square feet per unit. All units have electric and are located next to the lower lodge and bathroom facilities.

boat house dimensions are 40’x 40’ and is approximately 1200 square feet with bathrooms and showers. The boat house has a spring fed water supply. This building is located on the small lagoon after the main dock entrance.

On top of Bliss

A.1 Main lodge is approximately 19.5 x 26’ feet with approximately 1000 square feet of living space, having two floors with electric. There are two full baths on the upper floor, 2 half baths in the lower level. The kitchen area is approximately 250 square feet 19.5 x 26’ feet

Pool 16’ x 65’ feet long with hot tub 9’ x 8’ foot
Sitting deck on the right hand side of the pool 21.5’ x 37.5’

B.3 Upper cabins all have bathroom with showers and are all wired for electric. Each cabin has two floors. The top floor is one large room with a view. All three cabins have identical dimensions and are approximately 16’ x 15’ with rap around deck for an approximate total of 500 square feet living space per building.

Recreational Area Including:
Grand view deck, pool, game room and a common kitchen - dining room


The lower lodge is equipped with a top of the line solar system. The system includes a 3,000 watt Outback inverter and controller box. With 8 Rolls deep cycle 6 volt batteries to make one batteries bank. There are six Sanyo 200 watt solar panels installed on the roof along with a solar hot water tube system for hot showers for all five bathrooms. All of the buildings here were rewired to conform to US standards in wiring.

Both lodges are rain catch water fed with tanks. The lower lodge area has a well that produces approximately 5 gallons per minute. The lower and upper lodges both have four 1,100 liter (275 gallons per tank) fresh water holding tanks located adjacent to the buildings.

All electric and plumbing has been completed on the top and bottom. All of the top cabins have separate septic systems and working bathrooms. They are all wired for electric with independent fuse boxes. .
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We are off the grid here so there is no city electric, phone lines or water presently here. There is cellular phone service with a cellular internet connection that works well for the basics. Satellite internet is a possibility or a shore to shore tube transmission from Golfito has also been successfully used elsewhere, locally.

The property is presently being managed by a property management company located in Golfito. All employees are paid weekly through the management company with all legalities being executed properly as well as all property taxes being paid and so on. If you would choose to be an absentee owner, the care taker here would be willing to live on site while you are away.

The property is also located at the entrance of the La troche. The trench as it is known is a water way that leads out to neighboring small beach town of Zancudo the short way. It can also serve as an access to the ocean at higher tides. Across the bay is the famous Matapalo surfing areas some of the best in the world I am told....