Advice from a Do-It-Yourselfer
I am such a novice in this construction thing. I was a typical office worker (that surfed and came from a fairly active background) that was making some money and decided to give up the life in the fast lane for a couple acres in Puerto Rico and a fun little project (sarcasm). Finish a six bedroom, two bath house in Rincon Puerto Rico. Haha! Give up the fast lane? I have been busier now than I have ever been in my life and I have spent more Cash Money in the past eight months than I ever did in Las Vegas, San Francisco, Manhattan or La Jolla gourmet restaurants and clubs combined.
I have learned so much (including how to spend money), but today young grasshopper, I give you advice from an experienced (1 project) Do-It-Yourselfer. This advice will help you keep it together on a big project like ours. Every time we do a clean up, I feel a million times better about our progress around the house. So, here is my advice to you: Keep your construction site clean and organized
Today, I had a little Tom Cat come and scrape all the extra concrete, scrap wood and trash out of our backyard. We worked filling two large dump trucks (about 8 meters each) for about four hours and are now pretty much ready to plant some grass seed in the backyard.
We are also expecting our plants from Montoso Gardens tomorrow…so before they get here with the tropical plant and fruit delivery, I am having 8 meters of Top Soil dumbed down by the mango tree so we can make a little shaded nursery area for some of the younger plants and have the ability to back fill the big plant holes with rich top soil.
Starting the clean up of our back yard
Our Rincon backyard looking pretty good.
It feels great to see our back yard clean like this. I wish I kept it clean and organized from the beginning, it would have saved me so many headaches.
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January 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Haha, no you know why Gary threatens to go back to work!
January 13th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Was the slab already poured did you use a ratwall fooint?
January 14th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Hey guys,
Frequent vistor of Rincon from Baltimore.. just wondering if you don’t mind, if you guys own a business down there or what? Me and some friends have discussed doing something along those lines for the future so I’m just curious what you guys do.
B
January 19th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Hey guys, just stumbled on to your blog by chance but must say I have enjoyed your quest to establish yourselves in our island, good vibrations to you in accomplishings your dreams. And to answer your question since I was born and raised in PR, I would say I am a Puertorican-American.
January 20th, 2008 at 12:24 am
I hope u r doing well! Sometimes I think about you and miss you as a friend….I guess I don’t really know what to say. I wish u the best & if you would ever like to respond you know how:)
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Hey. I dont know u guys but I came across your blog & i found it so interesting that I read it from top to bottom, lol. I am from Philadelphia, I am american. My husband was born & raised in PR. I fell in love with it so much that I now want to move there also. We are in the process of buying a lot & will later build a house like u guys. I am really glad to see & hear your problems & accomplishments b/c it lets me know what I will be getting into. Did your family all think u guys were crazy? B/c my family does lol. Anyway best of Luck!! & I check back & read your blog every few days
January 25th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Brandon – Stefan and I both own internet businesses (retail and marketing), which we started a while ago, so the move was pretty easy.
Nana – Thanks for the well-wishings, it really does mean a lot! I love being uprooted and in a new environment and I’m definately digging the Puerto Rican culture. We have already met so many new, interesting people!