Can I ask what you do for a living?.......
Elvis Impersonator... look at those mutton chops.....
but what would a house cost to build?? like a price per meter???
i am just curious about what is would cost.. anyone have a rough idea??
i know it is hard to probably say a price due to where it is built ,what style and quality you are trying for....
i really find san martin de los andes very special..... but staying 2 weeks is different than living there.....
Freelance translator is my job and it pays quite well (and in USD) so no problem for the financing. Furthermore I have works of art I can sell easily if needed.
Cost per price meter of course depends on the materials used of course.
Just for the construction (materials + workmanship), I guess it ranges actually from 5.000 pesos up to 8/10.000 pesos per square meter.
I want in fact to build two houses (that's why I need at least something like 10.000 square meters):
- I'll be building a first house, quite simple and smaller than the second one, while not being present on the construction site in order to come & live on the property when the second house will be built (and I'll be present for that one). Later on, this first house will be a guest house, or I'll rent it temporarly to expats. Estimated costs per square meter for this first house will be around 6.000 pesos per sq. meter. 100 square meters will be enough so that should be around 600.000 pesos. Of course, it's likely to be more expensive in the end so even 800.000 pesos would be OK.
- Second house will be much more ambitious, I wouldn't mind having 250/350 square meters, very high ceilings, etc.
I mentioned this door before but I'll be buying it within 10 days.
It's the door on the right in this book about Art Nouveau in Buenos Aires (of course I'll have all the original bronze parts):
So I'll need to buy as well antique Art Nouveau windows, more Art Nouveau doors (found quite a few interesting ones on Mercadolibre for 20.000 pesos each).
Entrance door being 10 feet high, I'll really need high ceilings, so I guess I'll end up spending 10.000 (actual) pesos per square meters.
Building such a house will take a few years, but that's OK.