As I mentioned in the previous post, the entire house, except for the footprint and load-bearing walls, are still open for change. Overall, we are incredibly happy with the design of the house, but we are still discovering a few ways to really make the home our own....

If you have peeked at the Financials section of the site, you may have already found the magic number. The house is going to cost $130,000. We have entered into a contract with Marco, the architect, for that amount, with a time frame of about 6 months for turnkey...

Andrea and I did not know any architects. Fortunately, our friends and family in Cuenca knew a handful, and the time to hire one had come. We had a list of about 5 architects we wanted to meet, and Andrea set up appointments for us throughout the coming weeks. We...

Just below is a dimensional drawing of the initial land that we purchased in Villaflor. It is made up of two separate lots because of the intersecting road, sold together, and referred to as lots A and B in the Financials section of this website. About half of the...

This is where we start. The obvious first step in building a home is figuring out where the hell you are going to put it. Our ideal land was at least a hectare (2.5 acres/ 10,000m²) in size, relatively flat, 30-45 minutes outside of Cuenca, and most importantly,...