Well the day has finally arrived.  It’s been 17 months since we put an offer in on our Calle 66 property and today is finally Demolition Day.  The two old residences that sat on these two plots of land will cease to exist in a few days from now.  The contractors started at the back of the property because all the necessary permits had not been finalized.  But today we received the last piece of the puzzle from the City Permit Office, so this gives us the go ahead to bring downs the walls.

It’s really exciting to know that those old eyesores are going to be history.  We just found out that our Irish friends across the street have finished the construction on their 8-bedroom B&B directly across the street from our Casa and it turned out amazing.

So if our Casa Amigos ever gets a little over crowded we’ll have a great spot just across the street for overflow.  We’ve also finalized the Construction timelines and it looks like we might just get the keys to the place the 2nd week of May if they stay on schedule.

The focus over the next couple of weeks will be the removal of the main houses, lay the foundations and put up the 24’ high exterior and interior walls and dig the hole for the 42’ swimming pool.  Our photographs from this week’s activity just arrived from our Contractor so I thought I’d include them to show you the continued progress.  The focus this week has been on the front buildings, using jackhammers to separate these old structures from the adjoining properties.

We’ve finalized our bookings for the next trip down to Merida.  We’re leaving on November 12th and returning December 14th, so all the walls should be finished and we’ll have a better feel of what will be the finished product.